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Cristin Burke

Cristin Burke

Office: 222 Lindley
Phone: 864-4251
Email: cburke@ku.edu

  • B.S., Bridgewater State College, Geography w/concentration in geotechnology (2003)
  • M.A., Geography, University of Kansas, (2006).
    Thesis title: "Territorial Cohesion in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan"

Publications/Presentations

  

Research Interests

"Power and Identity: Implications of Borat in Kazakhstan"--April 2007 meeting of the Association of American Geographers in San Francisco.

"Territorial Cohesion in Kazakhstan"--February 2007 Laird Brown Bag Discussion, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas.

"The Regional Resource Curse in Kazakhstan", March 2006 meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago.

Burke, Cristin. 2006. Modern Clan Politics: the power of blood in Kazakhstan and beyond. Book review in National Identities.

 

I'm interested in the role that resources play in the transition process in post-communist countries. My focus is on the post-Soviet states of Central Asia, with an emphasis on Kazakhstan.

My interests also include democratization theory and Turkic cultures. When not wrapped up in research, I can usually be found trying out new Turkish and German recipes and traveling at every available opportunity.


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