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Please find below links to recent Scholar Research Briefs from
recipients of IREX research support fellowships and grants for Eastern
Europe and Eurasia:

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Kate Transchel
Hidden in Plain Sight: An Oral History of Modern-Day Slavery from
Russian and Eastern Europe
http://www.irex.org/resource/hidden-plain-sight-oral-history-modern-day-slavery-russian-and-eastern-europe-research-brie

Abstract: This study traces the history of human trafficking from the
former Soviet Union through the life stories and lived experiences of
the victims of trafficking and their rescuers. The individuals I
interview come from Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia and were either
trafficked or worked in a non-governmental organization (NGO) dealing
with trafficked victims between 1989 and 2008. In telling the story of
human trafficking in the words of those rescued and their rescuers, my
study deepens our understanding of the historical context and
evolution of the slave trade in Russia and Eastern Europe, and gives
human expression to a tragic social and economic problem of
considerable magnitude.

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Idil P. Izmirli
Resurgence of Fundamentalist and Radical Islamic Identities in Crimea
and Its Implications for Regional Security in Post-Soviet Ukraine
http://www.irex.org/resource/resurgence-fundamentalist-and-radical-islamic-identities-crimea-and-its-implications-region

Abstract: In post-independence Ukraine, the number of registered
religious organizations has been growing significantly within the last
decade. According to Vladimir Maliborsky, the Chairperson of the
Republican Committee for Religious Affairs (RCRA) of the Autonomous
Republic of Crimea, religious organizations increased forty-fold in
Crimea, surpassing all the other regions of Ukraine. My research
specifically focuses on one of these rapidly growing religions,
namely, Islam, in Crimea as well as in Ukraine. It examines the
Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine (DUMU) and the
Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea (DUMK), which represent
mainstream Islam, as well as the dynamics of the emerging fundamental
Islamic splinter group Hizb Ut Tahrir al Islami (HUT), or Party of
Liberation, which was originally founded in 1952 in Jerusalem (Al
Quds) by Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani. By highlighting the serious
ideological rifts between the mainstream Islamic administrations and
HUT, this research aims to assess the risks in sufficient time to
prevent potential intra-religious group conflict from erupting into
violence and spilling over to the international arena.

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IREX research support fellowships for US scholars are supported by the
US Department of State Title VIII program. To learn more about these
fellowships, please visit
http://www.irex.org/focus_area/research-support or email
jhon@irex.org.


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Julia Hon
Program Associate
Education Programs Division
IREX
phone: 202.628.8188 x211
fax: 202.628.8189
jhon@irex.org
www.irex.org


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