Sevket Hylton Akyildiz
Freelance interdisciplinary researcher and writer of (I) general studies: history, society, culture, politics, ethnicity, religion, climate change, and personal development; (II) Soviet-era Central Asia; and (III) British and European Muslims (living in seaside towns/coastal towns). My focus is on historical, social, cultural and contemporary analysis. My research methods are critical analysis, online research, semi-structured and unstructured interviews, and participant observation.
My 2011 PhD thesis title: 'Implementing a Vision of Citizenship in Soviet Uzbekistan: Theory, Social Issues, and Education' (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.)
Sevket and several academic and postgraduate colleagues established the Eurasia Studies Society of Great Britain & Europe. (Est. 2011).
Supervisors: Shirin Akiner and George Dedes
My 2011 PhD thesis title: 'Implementing a Vision of Citizenship in Soviet Uzbekistan: Theory, Social Issues, and Education' (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.)
Sevket and several academic and postgraduate colleagues established the Eurasia Studies Society of Great Britain & Europe. (Est. 2011).
Supervisors: Shirin Akiner and George Dedes
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The book contains contributions from scholars in a variety of disciplines, and looks at topics that have been somewhat marginalised in contemporary studies of Central Asia, including education, anthropology, music, literature and poetry, film, history and state-identity construction, and social transformation. It examines how the Soviet legacy affected the development of the republics in Central Asia, and how it continues to affect the society, culture and polity of the region. Although each state in Central Asia has increasingly developed its own way, the book shows that the states have in varying degrees retained the influence of the Soviet past, or else are busily establishing new political identities in reaction to their Soviet legacy, and in doing so laying claim to, re-defining, and reinventing pre-Soviet and Soviet images and narratives.
Throwing new light and presenting alternate points of view on the question of the Soviet legacy in the Soviet Central Asian successor states, the book is of interest to academics in the field of Russian and Central Asian Studies.
The book contains contributions from scholars in a variety of disciplines, and looks at topics that have been somewhat marginalised in contemporary studies of Central Asia, including education, anthropology, music, literature and poetry, film, history and state-identity construction, and social transformation. It examines how the Soviet legacy affected the development of the republics in Central Asia, and how it continues to affect the society, culture and polity of the region. Although each state in Central Asia has increasingly developed its own way, the book shows that the states have in varying degrees retained the influence of the Soviet past, or else are busily establishing new political identities in reaction to their Soviet legacy, and in doing so laying claim to, re-defining, and reinventing pre-Soviet and Soviet images and narratives.
Throwing new light and presenting alternate points of view on the question of the Soviet legacy in the Soviet Central Asian successor states, the book is of interest to academics in the field of Russian and Central Asian Studies.
Papers by Sevket Hylton Akyildiz
An outline of the Bexhill Mosque and Muslims, East Sussex, England. Social and cultural change in 21st century UK.
2021 second edition.
Journal of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2015, pp. 197-222.
The majority of British Muslims live in cities such as London, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford—and academic research thus far has reflected a city and post-manufacturing town emphasis. This paper investigates the as yet undocumented history and mosque politics of Muslims living in the small town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, using participant observation and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. Firstly, I conceptualise my case study group by highlighting some differences found in a small town in terms of the origins of its Muslims, their ethnic heterogeneity, and residential spatial distribution. Secondly, I explore mosque politics in terms of mosque planning, public reactions to mosque rebuilding, and mosque management issues.
Three English folk customs with links to the Saracens,
Moors, & Seljuk Turks.
Publication date June 2020
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18546.73921/1
"The learned ones are the heirs of the Prophets-they leave knowledge as their inheritance; he who inherits it inherits a great fortune." Al-Bukhari's Hadith.
"Science flourished in the heart of Islamic urban centres, not only as an integral part of civilisation, but also as one of its social institutions." Ahmad Dallal, “Science, Medicine and Technology,” 1999, p. 212.
The book contains contributions from scholars in a variety of disciplines, and looks at topics that have been somewhat marginalised in contemporary studies of Central Asia, including education, anthropology, music, literature and poetry, film, history and state-identity construction, and social transformation. It examines how the Soviet legacy affected the development of the republics in Central Asia, and how it continues to affect the society, culture and polity of the region. Although each state in Central Asia has increasingly developed its own way, the book shows that the states have in varying degrees retained the influence of the Soviet past, or else are busily establishing new political identities in reaction to their Soviet legacy, and in doing so laying claim to, re-defining, and reinventing pre-Soviet and Soviet images and narratives.
Throwing new light and presenting alternate points of view on the question of the Soviet legacy in the Soviet Central Asian successor states, the book is of interest to academics in the field of Russian and Central Asian Studies.
The book contains contributions from scholars in a variety of disciplines, and looks at topics that have been somewhat marginalised in contemporary studies of Central Asia, including education, anthropology, music, literature and poetry, film, history and state-identity construction, and social transformation. It examines how the Soviet legacy affected the development of the republics in Central Asia, and how it continues to affect the society, culture and polity of the region. Although each state in Central Asia has increasingly developed its own way, the book shows that the states have in varying degrees retained the influence of the Soviet past, or else are busily establishing new political identities in reaction to their Soviet legacy, and in doing so laying claim to, re-defining, and reinventing pre-Soviet and Soviet images and narratives.
Throwing new light and presenting alternate points of view on the question of the Soviet legacy in the Soviet Central Asian successor states, the book is of interest to academics in the field of Russian and Central Asian Studies.
An outline of the Bexhill Mosque and Muslims, East Sussex, England. Social and cultural change in 21st century UK.
2021 second edition.
Journal of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2015, pp. 197-222.
The majority of British Muslims live in cities such as London, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford—and academic research thus far has reflected a city and post-manufacturing town emphasis. This paper investigates the as yet undocumented history and mosque politics of Muslims living in the small town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, using participant observation and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. Firstly, I conceptualise my case study group by highlighting some differences found in a small town in terms of the origins of its Muslims, their ethnic heterogeneity, and residential spatial distribution. Secondly, I explore mosque politics in terms of mosque planning, public reactions to mosque rebuilding, and mosque management issues.
Three English folk customs with links to the Saracens,
Moors, & Seljuk Turks.
Publication date June 2020
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18546.73921/1
"The learned ones are the heirs of the Prophets-they leave knowledge as their inheritance; he who inherits it inherits a great fortune." Al-Bukhari's Hadith.
"Science flourished in the heart of Islamic urban centres, not only as an integral part of civilisation, but also as one of its social institutions." Ahmad Dallal, “Science, Medicine and Technology,” 1999, p. 212.
when we experience bouts of too much stress that negatively affect our lives, it can affect our social relations, friendships and physical and mental health. Lee Brosan’s An Introduction to Coping With Stress (2018) is a handy pocket-sized guide to help us (re-)think and reflect on our emotional and mental health condition. The book is important because it explains how we might better cope with stress in the present and future.
achieve goals.
The premise of Be A Man: How Macho Culture Damages Us and How to Escape It (2017) by Chris Hemmings is that modern men are currently experiencing, and perhaps always have experienced, a unique set of challenges about what it means to be a 'man' and how to interact with others as a man. Indeed, the book argues that men face an identity crisis based on their problematic upbringing, socialisation and lived reality.
Asia. In doing so, the author explains how and why Western capitalist-influenced business practices function in the way they do across the region. Many texts on Central Asia analyse nation-state-building. Ozcan’s work is unique because she introduces market-building into
the discourse. In particular, her book touches upon an important but neglected theme in Central Asia studies since 1991: business practices and morality in contemporary Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
My talk will give an overview of the leadership’s attempt to reduce costs, deregulate sport and leisure provision, and re-access the philosophy of sport in society. It will also show that during glasnost, sport was used as a reference in Soviet newspapers to critique government policies.