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Uzbekistan, Soviet Union, Soviet sport, citizenship, communism, Central Asia, British Muslims

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Private Tutor University: London, GB

2011 to present | Private tutor
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Sevket Akyildiz

SOAS University of London: London, London, GB

2009 to 2019 | Senior Examination Invigilator (Student services)
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Sevket Akyildiz

Arcadia International: London, GB

2011 to 2013 | Lecturer
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Sevket Akyildiz

SOAS University of London: London, London, GB

2011 to 2012 | Senior Teaching Fellow (Anthropology)
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Education and qualifications (1)

SOAS University of London School of Arts: London, London, GB

2005 to 2011 | PhD
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Professional activities (1)

Eurasia Study Society of Great Britain and Europe: London, GB

2011 to present | Administrator (Management)
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Works (22)

Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto

Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies
2022-04-01 | Book review
Part of ISSN: 2757-9247
OTHER-ID:

https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjds/issue/69249/1055055
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Sevket Akyildiz

European Handbook of Central Asian Studies: History, Politics, and Societies, Eurasian Insights: Strengthening Central Asian Studies in Europe EISCAS

Vakanuvis Journal Vol.7, no.1
2022-03-28 | Book review
Part of ISSN: 2149-9535 / 2636-7777
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https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/vakanuvis/issue/69103

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Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World, 2020

Vakanuvis International Journal
2021 | Book review
Part of ISSN: 2149-9535
OTHER-ID: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/vakanuvis/issue/61105/907435
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Sevket Akyildiz

The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities, 2019

Vakanuvis International Journal
2021 | Book review
OTHER-ID: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/vakanuvis/issue/67143/1048367
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Sevket Akyildiz

A history of football in North and South Korea c.1910–2002: development and diffusion (2016)

Sport in History
2021-07-03 | Book review
DOI: 10.1080/17460263.2020.1772596
Part of ISSN: 1746-0263
Part of ISSN: 1746-0271
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Sevket Akyildiz

Sport in Central Asia under Gorbachev: Uzbekistan from 1985 to 1991

Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi
2021-03-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.24186/vakanuvis.880436
Part of ISSN: 2149-9535
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Sevket Akyildiz

The Sociology of Central Asian Youth. Choice, Constraint, Risk, 2018

Europe-Asia Studies
2020-05-27 | Book review
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1764756
Part of ISSN: 0966-8136
Part of ISSN: 1465-3427
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Sevket Akyildiz

Cultural Change in Central Asia: Brezhnev, Modern Sports, and Memories in Uzbekistan, 1964 to 1982
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Modern and Folk Sports in Central Asia under Lenin and Stalin: Uzbekistan from 1925 to 1952

Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi
2019-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.24186/vakanuvis.595032
Part of ISSN: 2149-9535
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Sevket Akyildiz

Raised Under Stalin. Young Communists and the Defence of Socialism, 2019

Europe-Asia Studies Journal
2019-03-16 | Book review
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1593621
Part of ISSN: 0966-8136
Part of ISSN: 1465-3427
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Sport has become the privilege of the millions: Physical culture in Uzbekistan 1924-1991

Proceedings of the XIIth Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies Central Asia: A Maturing Field
2017-03 | Book chapter
ISBN: 9781908106421
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Sevket Akyildiz

Introducing Seaside Town Muslims: Eastbourne Mosque History and Politics

Journal of Muslims in Europe
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1163/22117954-12341305
EID:

2-s2.0-84954118105
Contributors: Akyildiz, S.H.
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Introduction: The soviet cultural legacy

Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia: The Soviet Legacy
2013 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9780203761977
EID:

2-s2.0-84920530971
Contributors: Akyildiz, S.; Carlson, R.
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‘Learn, learn, learn!’ Soviet style in Uzbekistan: Implementation and planning

Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia: The Soviet Legacy
2013 | Book
DOI: 10.4324/9780203761977
EID:

2-s2.0-84920531792
Contributors: Akyildiz, S.
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Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia: The Soviet Legacy

Routledge
2013-10 | Book
ISBN: 9781134495139
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Sevket Akyildiz

Sovietisation in Uzbekistan 1980-1991: success or failure?

Twentieth Century Communism
2013-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3898/175864313807052839
Contributors: Sevket Akyildiz; Richard Carlson
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An Introductory History of Soviet Uzbek Academics 1924-1960

Polyvocia: SOAS Journal of Graduate Research
2012 | Journal article
OTHER-ID: https://www.academia.edu/1516721/An_Introductory_History_of_Soviet_Uzbek_Academics_1924_1960
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Soviet Physical Culture in Uzbekistan: Implementation & Social Impact
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Donahoe, Brian & Joachim OttoHabeck (eds). Reconstructing the House of Culture: community, self, and the makings of culture in Russia and beyond. xii, 336 pp., maps, figs, tables, illus., bibliogrs. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. £55.00 (cloth)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
2012-11-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2012.01798_29.x
Contributors: Sevket Akyildiz
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Olympic Culture in Soviet Uzbekistan 1951-1991: International Prestige and Local Heroes
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The Rediscovery of a Fresh Water Spring beside the Sea: a local Holy well?

Unpublished
2011 | Working paper
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.32091.16167
Contributors: Sevket Akyildiz
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The Moor's Last Stand: How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End
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