Colonial Encounters & Challenges of Religious Minorities between Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran n(19th–Early 20th Centuries)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Colonial Encounters & Challenges of Religious Minorities between Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran n(19th–Early 20th Centuries)

Original language description

This conference aims to examine the colonial encounters and (trans)regional relations of religious minorities in and between Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It seeks to explore how the colonial setting and the emergence of new borders affected and reshaped these communities. nNon-Muslim groups, including Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, and Armenians, were integral to the cultural and economic histories of Russian (later Soviet) Central Asia, as well as Afghanistan and Iran. Wedged between competing Muslim rulers and the British and Russian empires, these communities were linked by traditional trade routes and family ties, enabling the exchange and mobility of people, goods, and ideas within and beyond what has been conceptualized as the Persianate sphere. nThis conference seeks to offer new perspectives on the cross-border connections of these communities and their social and economic practices within both regional and colonial contexts. The prevailing imperial and state-centred historiography has often overlooked the perspectives of minority groups, focusing instead on more recent colonial and nation-state boundaries. By examining the experiences of non-Muslim communities in Central Asia and exploring the broader implications of borderland and minority policies in Afghanistan, Iran, and the Russian Empire, we will enhance our understanding of regional and transregional entanglements and how these communities navigated their relationships and interacted with political authorities and Muslim societies.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GF23-08007K" target="_blank" >GF23-08007K: The Jewish Triangle: Connections and Disruptions in Persianate Jewish Life during the 19th and 20th Centuries</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů