DrHab Anna J. CIESLEWSKA
Assistant Professor | reader
Oriental Studies
Contact
Objects of Research
Islam, healing, migration, religious leaders, informal networks, social relationships, politics
CE Languages
Projects Management
Changes in spiritual tradition of migrants from Tajikistan in the Russian Federation, a field work in the Russian Federation
National Science Centre, Poland
2017-20
A social role of female religious leaders in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, a field work in Tajikistan
National Science Centre, Poland
2013-2016
independent research on the informal economy after the system transformation in Kyrgyzstan
own funding
5 months, 2006
research for my master disseration at School Oriental and Development Studies, London)
Projects Participations
The Relationship between self-governments and informal, traditional institutions, and international and local non-governmental organizations in Tajikistan, collecting and analyzing
Ministry of Higher Education, Poland
2008-2013
Where is the water? Access to water in the context of the social development of Central Asia
Eastern-European Democratic Center
2012
Teachings
Anthropology of Islam in Central Asia
Jagiellonian University
Selected aspects of the Persian societies: Tajikistan
Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
Selected aspects of the Persian societies: Tajikistan
Jagiellonian University
Publications
[book] 978-83-7638-767-3, 2017, Islam with a female face: how women are changing the religious landscape in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Księgarnia Akademicka: Krakow
[book] 978-83-7638-558-7, 2015, Community, the State and Development Assistance: Transforming the Mahalla in Tajikistan, Księgarnia Akademicka: Krakow
[book] 978-83-916658-7-9, Cieślewska A., Makowska A. (2012) Gdzie jest ta woda? Dostęp do wody w kontekście problematyki rozwojowej regionu Azji Centralnej (Where is the water? Access to water in the context of the social development of Central Asia), Warsaw
[article] 2016, Transforming the social role of female religious professionals in Tajikistan, a speciale issue: Studying Female Islamic Authority: From Top-Down to Bottom-Up Modes of Certification, 40/4 Asian Studies Review.
[chapter] n/a, Local development in practice: a case study – Mahalla Committees in their interaction with a foreign NGO in the Vakhsh Valley in Tajikistan , Antropologicheskii forum. 2017/35, From Shuttle Trader to Businesswomen: The Informal Bazaar Economy in Kyrgyzstan w ‘The Informal Post-Socialist Economy. Embedded practices and livelihoods’, Morris J., Polese A., (red.), Routledge, London & New York 2014, s. 121-134.
[book] 978-83-7638-558-7, 2015, Community, the State and Development Assistance: Transforming the Mahalla in Tajikistan, Księgarnia Akademicka: Krakow
[book] 978-83-916658-7-9, Cieślewska A., Makowska A. (2012) Gdzie jest ta woda? Dostęp do wody w kontekście problematyki rozwojowej regionu Azji Centralnej (Where is the water? Access to water in the context of the social development of Central Asia), Warsaw
[article] 2016, Transforming the social role of female religious professionals in Tajikistan, a speciale issue: Studying Female Islamic Authority: From Top-Down to Bottom-Up Modes of Certification, 40/4 Asian Studies Review.
[chapter] n/a, Local development in practice: a case study – Mahalla Committees in their interaction with a foreign NGO in the Vakhsh Valley in Tajikistan , Antropologicheskii forum. 2017/35, From Shuttle Trader to Businesswomen: The Informal Bazaar Economy in Kyrgyzstan w ‘The Informal Post-Socialist Economy. Embedded practices and livelihoods’, Morris J., Polese A., (red.), Routledge, London & New York 2014, s. 121-134.
Ongoing Publications
[book] 978-83-7638-767-3, 2017, Islam with a female face: how women are changing the religious landscape in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Księgarnia Akademicka: Krakow
[book] 978-83-7638-558-7, 2015, Community, the State and Development Assistance: Transforming the Mahalla in Tajikistan, Księgarnia Akademicka: Krakow
[book] 978-83-916658-7-9, Cieślewska A., Makowska A. (2012) Gdzie jest ta woda? Dostęp do wody w kontekście problematyki rozwojowej regionu Azji Centralnej (Where is the water? Access to water in the context of the social development of Central Asia), Warsaw
[article] 2016, Transforming the social role of female religious professionals in Tajikistan, a speciale issue: Studying Female Islamic Authority: From Top-Down to Bottom-Up Modes of Certification, 40/4 Asian Studies Review.
[chapter] n/a, Local development in practice: a case study – Mahalla Committees in their interaction with a foreign NGO in the Vakhsh Valley in Tajikistan , Antropologicheskii forum. 2017/35, From Shuttle Trader to Businesswomen: The Informal Bazaar Economy in Kyrgyzstan w ‘The Informal Post-Socialist Economy. Embedded practices and livelihoods’, Morris J., Polese A., (red.), Routledge, London & New York 2014, s. 121-134.
[book] 978-83-7638-558-7, 2015, Community, the State and Development Assistance: Transforming the Mahalla in Tajikistan, Księgarnia Akademicka: Krakow
[book] 978-83-916658-7-9, Cieślewska A., Makowska A. (2012) Gdzie jest ta woda? Dostęp do wody w kontekście problematyki rozwojowej regionu Azji Centralnej (Where is the water? Access to water in the context of the social development of Central Asia), Warsaw
[article] 2016, Transforming the social role of female religious professionals in Tajikistan, a speciale issue: Studying Female Islamic Authority: From Top-Down to Bottom-Up Modes of Certification, 40/4 Asian Studies Review.
[chapter] n/a, Local development in practice: a case study – Mahalla Committees in their interaction with a foreign NGO in the Vakhsh Valley in Tajikistan , Antropologicheskii forum. 2017/35, From Shuttle Trader to Businesswomen: The Informal Bazaar Economy in Kyrgyzstan w ‘The Informal Post-Socialist Economy. Embedded practices and livelihoods’, Morris J., Polese A., (red.), Routledge, London & New York 2014, s. 121-134.
Research Themes
amulets & talismansbakhshisborderlands & borders disputescemeterieschild birthcivil societycivil war of Tajikistanclans & clan structurecollectivisationcolonialismcommunes & communities (rural)communes & communities (urban)developmentdhikrdiaspora phenomenadivorceeducationemotions (musical)employmentenclavesepicsethnic conflictsethnic history‘ethnicity’ethnographyexogamyexorcismfamily relationsfatwasfeminismfiqhfortune-tellingfunerary ritualsgenderghazalglobalisationhealers & healinghealthhuman rightsinternational relationsinternetishansjihadjïyïnskhalifas (Isma‘ili)khutbakinshipkolkhozeslegitimacy (political and/or religious)living standardslocal networksmadhhabsmadrasasmagicmagical numbersmaqamsmarriagemigrationsminorities (ethnic)money transfer networksmosquesmountain-dwellersmultilingualismmusicmusiciansmystical pathsnetworksoqsoqoloral tradition & creationotinspilgrimagespirs (Isma‘ili)polygamyprayersqasidaqawmrefugeesreligion (‘popular’)religion(s)religious personnelremittancesrisalasritualssaintly lineagessaints & sainthoodsayyidssedentarisationsedentary societiesshrinessilsilasongssorceryspiritsstatehoodtafsirtariqatterrorismtoy (party)traditiontransition from socialismtrans-nationalismtravels and travellerstribes & tribalismuprisingsurbanisationUSSRveil & veiling of womenviolencewaqfswaterwedding & wedding ritualsyasazakat