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Saulesh Yessenova received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from McGill University in 2003. Her doctoral dissertation, 'Politics Poetics Nation: Urban Narratives Kazakh Identity,' was published as a monograph in 2009. Following her graduation, she was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada (SSHRC) postdoctoral fellowship, which she held at the University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2005. Yessenova continued her research at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany until 2008, before joining the University of Calgary as an Associate Professor. Her research primarily focuses on the intersections of nation-state building and natural resource development, particularly in relation to crude oil in Kazakhstan, where she conducts extensive ethnographic fieldwork. Yessenova critically engages with the dynamics of independence-era projects and oil extraction, considering their impact on local and global contexts. She has shifted her focus to Cold War history, examining the Soviet military installations and the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Her current research encompasses the implications of the space age and post-nuclear politics. Yessenova's work investigates the legacy of Soviet exploration and its tension with terrene existence, challenging utopian visions of space travel and their contemporary ontological implications.
University of Calgary • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Teaching and research in Anthropology, focusing on political environmental anthropology and historical contexts.
Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.