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Olivier Ferrando

Associate Professor at UCLy

3. Culture(s), Language and Imagineries

oferrando@univ-catholyon.fr

Campus Lyon - Saint Paul
10 Place des archives 69002 Lyon

Function

  • Member of Culture(s), Language, Imaginaries Research Group,UR CONFLUENCE Sciences et Humanités (EA 1598) Lyon Catholic University
  • Assistant Professor, Human Rights Institute of Lyon Lyon Catholic University

Further information

Research areas

Socio-Economic Transformations in Central Asia Collective Identity Mobilizations Environmental Migrants in Central Asia Post-Soviet Shrinking Mining Cities

Teaching areas

International Relations International Project Management European Studies Minorities and Human Rights

Presentation

Olivier Ferrando is a lecturer and researcher in political science at the CONFLUENCE: Sciences et Humanités research unit at the Catholic University of Lyon. His work focuses on social transformations in post-Soviet Central Asia, in particular the construction of nation states and ethnic mobilisations, and more recently the regional consequences of the war in Ukraine. He directed the French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) in Kyrgyzstan from 2013 to 2016.
  • Direction & coordination
    • Management & coordination of conference proceedings
      • AITPAEVA, Gulnara, CHOTAEVA, Cholpon, ESENGUL, Chinara, FERRANDO, Olivier, KOCHUMKULOVA, Elmira (dir.) (2017). Rethinking the 1916 Uprising in Central Asia. Bichkek : American University of Central Asia Press, 180 p.  [+]
    • Management & coordination of a journal issue
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (dir.) (2016). 1989, année de mobilisations politiques en Asie centrale, Cahiers d'Asie centrale, 26, 302 p.  [+]
  • Chapters
    • Book chapters
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2023). «L’Asie centrale face à l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine : les débordements d’un conflit régional». In : Anne de Tinguy (dir.), Regards sur l'Eurasie. L'année politique 2022. Paris : Les Etudes du CERI, 266-267, 38-43.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2022). «Domestic & Foreign Policies in the Context of Eurasian Integration». In : David W. Montgomery (dir.), Central Asia: Contexts for Understanding. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 514-518.
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2013). «Central Asian States and their Co-Ethnics from Abroad: Diaspora Policies and Repatriation Programs». In : Marlène Laruelle (dir.), Migration and Social Upheaval as the Face of Globalization in Central Asia. Leyde : Ed. Brill, 239-262.
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2012). «Soviet Population Transfers and Interethnic Relations in Tajikistan: Assessing the Concept of Ethnicity». In : John Heathershaw & Edmund Herzig (dir.), The Transformation of Tajikistan. Routledge, 35-48.
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2012). «Policies and Practices of Language Education in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Between Ethnic Identity and Civic Consciousness». In : Katriona Kelly, Mark Bassin (dir.), Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities. Cambridge University Press, 254-277.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2011). «Ethnic Minorities and the Media in Central Asia». In : E. Freedman, R. Shaffer (dir.), After the Czars and Commissars: Journalism in Authoritarian Post-Soviet Central Asia. Michigan State University Press, 161-183.
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2010). «Politiques diasporiques et flux migratoires : les États-nations et leurs minorités co-ethniques de l’étranger». In : M. Laruelle (dir.), Dynamiques migratoires et changements sociétaux en Asie centrale. Paris : Editions Petra, 49-76.
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2009). «Politics of ‘Diasporization’ in Post-Soviet Central Asia». In : Jane Fernandez (dir.), Diasporas: Critical and Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives (ebook). Oxford : Inter-disciplinary press, 41-51.  [+]
    • Chapters in proceedings of colloquiums / conferences / seminars / congresses
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2018). «The Shkolnyi Fond in Non-State Language Schools. A Liberal Practice under State Control». In : Laura Turarbek (dir.), Materials of the Conference “Philosophical and Political Aspects of International Education Projets”. Almaty : Abai State University Press, 65-71.
  • Articles
    • Articles in peer-reviewed journals
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2020). «Education Language Policies and Practices in Post-Soviet Central Asia. An Historical Analysis of Ethnic Minorities in the Ferghana Valley». Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 19, 1, 32-57.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2019). «L’impact de la crise ukrainienne en Asie centrale : quelle évolution depuis 2014 ?». Anne de Tinguy, Regards sur l’Eurasie. L’année politique 2018, Les Etudes du CERI, 241-242, 38-43.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2016). «L’ethnicisation des mobilisations collectives en Asie centrale depuis 1989». Cahiers d'Asie centrale, 26, 195-223.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2011). «Soviet Population Transfers and Interethnic Relations in Tajikistan: Assessing the Concept of Ethnicity». Central Asian Survey, 30, 1, 39-52.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2011). «Déplacements de population et identités dans la vallée du Ferghana. Les limites du paradigme ethnique». Cahiers d'Asie centrale, 19-20, 177-212.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2008). «Manipulating the Census. Ethnic Minorities in the Nationalizing States of Central Asia». Nationalities Papers, 36, 3, 489-520.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2008). «Education and Ethnic Minorities in Central Asia. A Comparative Analysis». Central Eurasian Studies Review, 7, 1, 8-12.  [+]
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2006). «Du concept de minorité en Asie centrale. L’exemple de la vallée du Ferghana». Cahiers d’études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, 39-40, 73-100.  [+]
    • Book reviews & reviews
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2015). «Madeleine Reeves, Johan Rasanayagam et Judith Beyer, Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia. Performing Politics, Indiana University Press, 2013». Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 3, 46, 223-224.  [+]
    • Articles in non-peer reviewed journals
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2012). «Strany Tsentral’noy Azii i ih ‘rodstvennye men’shinstva’ v regione: ot diasporal’noy politiki k programmam repatriatsii». Diaspory, 1, 66-94.
      • FERRANDO, Olivier (2010). «Les violences ethniques de juin 2010 au Kirghizstan. L’identité manipulée». Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 41, 3, 107-136.  [+]
  • Communications (conferences, seminars, study days)
    • FERRANDO, Olivier (2023). «Les études centrasiatiques face à la guerre en Ukraine : la nécessaire décolonisation d’un champ d’études postcolonial ?». Journée d'étude Les études sur l'Asie centrale. Dynamiques scientifiques, nouveaux contextes de recherche, GIS Moyen-Orient et Mondes Musulmans, February 2023, Paris, France.
  • Popularization & dissemination of research
    • FERRANDO, Olivier (2023). «Les perceptions et répercussions de la guerre en Asie centrale». Le choc de la guerre en Ukraine: l'Eurasie un an après le 24 février, CERI/Sciences Po, February 2023, Paris, France.
    • (2022) «En Asie centrale, la puissance tutélaire de Moscou perd en influence». Les enjeux internationaux, October 2022, France Culture, Paris, France.
    • FERRANDO, Olivier (2022). «Kirghizstan et Tadjikistan : les effets funestes de la militarisation des frontières». The Conversation, 1-3.
    • (2022) «Guerre en Ukraine : "L’appui tacite des Etats d’Asie centrale à la Russie est un revers pour les droits humains"». June 2022, Le Monde.
    • FERRANDO, Olivier (2010). «Violences au Kirghizstan : ce que cache le discours ethnique». Hommes & Libertés, 151, 32-34.
    • FERRANDO, Olivier (2010). «Nationalités, minorités ou diasporas. L’identité mouvante des peuples autochtones d’Asie centrale». Etudes interculturelles, 3, 193-215.
    • FERRANDO, Olivier (2009). «Minorités ethniques d’Asie centrale. Le destin croisé des Ouzbeks de la vallée du Ferghana». Etudes interculturelles, 2, 33-45.
  • Coordination of scientific events
    • Co-direction of the research seminar "Beyond Post-Sovietism: Societies and territories on the move", Centre for International Studies - UMR 7050 , France, 2023
    • Workshop "Rethinking 1916 Uprising in Central Asia", French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kirghizistan, 2016
    • Coordination of the symposium "Education & Cultural Diversity in Central Asia", French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kirghizistan, 2016
    • Coordination of the symposium "Migrations & Healthcare in Central Asia", French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Tajikistan, 2015
    • Coordination of the conference "Water Management in Central Asia. International & Local Perspectives, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kirghizistan, 2015
    • Coordination of the conference "Welfare State and Collective Action in Central Asia, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kazakhstan, 2015
    • Coordination of the symposium "Social Mobilisations and Geopolitics in Central Asia", Centre for International Studies - UMR 7050 , France, 2014
    • Coordination of the symposium "1989, Also a Key Year in Central Asia?", French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kirghizistan, 2014
    • Co-organised of the research seminar "L'Asie centrale dans tous ses Etats", Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France
    • Member of the program committee of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Association for the Study of Nationalities, United States of America
    • ASN Regional Convention "Empires & Nations, SciencesPo Paris, France, 2008
  • Scientific collaborations
    • Participation in other research projects
      • 2007 - 2009, Member of a research project "Oral History in Tajikistan", OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kirghizistan
    • Responsibilities in learned societies
      • 2018 - 2020, Member of the Pluridisciplinary Initiative on Central Asia (IPAC), UMR 7528 Monde iranien et indien, France
    • Associate member of research networks / laboratories
      • 2013 - 2016, Regional director of IFEAC, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kirghizistan
      • 2013 - 2017, Associate researcher at CERI/Sciences Po, Centre for International Studies - UMR 7050 , France
      • 2010 - 2017, Member of a the Research Group on Central Asia (GRAC), Centre for International Studies - UMR 7050 , France
  • Editorial activities
    • Collections / series / journals management
      • 2013 - 2016, Director of publication and chief editor, Cahiers d'Asie centrale, French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) - USR 3140, Kirghizistan
  • Member of thesis jury / HDR
    • Thesis jury member : M. SADOZAI, PhD thesis, National Institute of Oriental Languages & Civilisations, Paris, 2022
  • Academic background
    • 2011 PhD in Political Science, La question minoritaire en Asie centrale post-soviétique: reconfiguration ethnique dans la vallée du Ferghana (1989-2008), SciencesPo Paris, France
    • 2005 Master Degree in International Human Rights Law, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • 1994 Engineering Degree in Agricultural Sciences, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (ENSAIA), France
  • Educational responsibilities and professional experiences
    • 2021 - 2022 Administrator , Human Rights Institute of Lyon, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • Since 2020 Assistant Professor, Human Rights Institute of Lyon, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • Since 2016 Member of the UNESCO Chair "Memory, Cultures & Interculturality", Lyon Catholic University, France
    • 2005 - 2013 Vocational Training Officer, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), France
    • 2002 - 2004 Desk Manager for Southern Africa and the Horn of Africa, Handicap International , France
    • 1999 - 2001 Projects Regional Coordinator, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), Tajikistan
    • 1998 Programme officer for TACIS technical assistance in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, European Commission, Kazakhstan
    • 1997 Project officer for a youth reconciliation project, Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste (ASF), Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 1996 - 1997 Programme officer for the pre-adhesion of Slovenia to the EU, European Commission, Slovenia
    • 1994 - 1996 Attaché for Academic & Scientific Cooperation, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères, Slovenia
  • Teachings
    • Since 2022 Project cycle management, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • Since 2020 Conflict Resolution, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • 2019 - 2021 Areal Approach of IR: Caucasus & Central Asia, National Institute of Oriental Languages & Civilisations, France
    • 2018 - 2021 Development & Humanitarian Project Management, Université Paris Nanterre - Paris 10, France
    • 2018 - 2021 International European Policies (24h), Université Paris 13, France
    • 2018 - 2021 Territorial European Policies, Université Paris 13, France
    • 2018 - 2021 European Integration & Institutions, Université Paris 13, France
    • 2018 - 2020 , Université Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris 1, France
    • Since 2018 Religions & Human Rights, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • 2017 - 2020 Cultural Diversity in Development Policies, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris 1, France
    • Since 2016 International Law & Cultural Diversity, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • Since 2015 Comparative Political Systems, Institute Sorbonne-Kazakhstan (ISK), Kazakhstan
    • 2011 - 2013 International Project Management, Lille Political Studies Institute, France
    • 2011 - 2013 , Rouen Business School, France
    • Since 2010 Droit des minorités et des peuples autochtones (18h), Lyon Catholic University, France
    • Since 2008 Cultural Diversity & Human Rights, Lyon Catholic University, France
    • Since 2008 Security Issues in the Post-Soviet Periphery, SciencesPo Paris, France
    • 2007 - 2013 Geopolitics of Central Asia & the Caucasus, Lille Political Studies Institute, France
    • 2007 - 2011 IR Theory & World Politics, Lille Political Studies Institute, France
  • Languages
    • French - Able to teach
    • English - Able to teach
    • Russian - Able to teach
    • Spanish - Able to teach