Shaking the nail: the battles around women, power and politics in Central Asia

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• Dr Gillian Tett
• Friday 08 March 2024, 14:00-15:00
• Audit Room, King’s College (and online) .

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Thirty five years ago, Gillian Tett set out to understand the legacy of the little-known Khudzhum in the lives of Tajik women during the Soviet period. During her fieldwork, the Soviet Union collapsed, and those seemingly-historical issues became vitally current and relevant. How is this playing out today?

About the Speaker: Dr Gillian Tett is the Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. She also is a columnist and member of the editorial board for the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on Friday, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. She is the author of, among other books, Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life and the New York Times bestseller Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe. Gillian has received several awards in recognition of her work, including Columnist of the Year (2014), Journalist of the Year (2009) and Financial Journalist of the Year (2008) at the British Press Awards; the British Academy President’s Medal (2011); and the American Anthropological Association President’s Medal (2022). She has an undergraduate degree and PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, based on research conducted in the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

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