John Heathershaw is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter.  He is the author of Post-Conflict Tajikistan: The Politics of Peacebuilding and the Emergence of Legitimate Order.Edmund Herzig is Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies and Fellow of Wadham College, University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction: the sources of statehood in Tajikistan, John Heathershaw I. The roots of statehood 2. “Hapless Imperialists: European ‘Developers’ in Soviet Central Asia in the 1920s and 1930s”, Botagoz Kassymbekova 3. “Soviet population transfers and interethnic relations in Tajikistan: assessing the concept of ethnicity,” Olivier Ferrando 4. "From resettlement to conflict: development-induced involuntary displacement and violence in Tajikistan", Alexander Sodiqov II. Islam and statehood 5. “From Revival to Mutation: The Religious Personnel of Islam in Tajikistan from De-Stalinisation to Independence (1953-1991)”, Stephane A. Dudoignon 6. “Defining normative Islam: Some remarks on contemporary Islamic Thought in Tajikistan – Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda’s Sharia and Society” Tim Epkenhans III. Gender and statehood 7. “Affairs of the State: gender, sex and marriage in Tajikistan”, Colette Harris 8.“Wedding rituals and the struggle over national identities”, Sophie Roche and Sophie Hohmann IV. Security, economy and statehood 9. “Counter Narcotics policies in Tajikistan and their impact on state-building,” Filippo de Danieli 10. "Statehood as Dialogue: Conflicting Historical Narratives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan", Mohira Suyarkulova 11. "Tajikistan amidst globalization: failed state or state transformation?", John Heathershaw

John Heathershaw is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter.  He is the author of Post-Conflict Tajikistan: The Politics of Peacebuilding and the Emergence of Legitimate Order.Edmund Herzig is Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies and Fellow of Wadham College, University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction: the sources of statehood in Tajikistan, John Heathershaw I. The roots of statehood 2. “Hapless Imperialists: European ‘Developers’ in Soviet Central Asia in the 1920s and 1930s”, Botagoz Kassymbekova 3. “Soviet population transfers and interethnic relations in Tajikistan: assessing the concept of ethnicity,” Olivier Ferrando 4. "From resettlement to conflict: development-induced involuntary displacement and violence in Tajikistan", Alexander Sodiqov II. Islam and statehood 5. “From Revival to Mutation: The Religious Personnel of Islam in Tajikistan from De-Stalinisation to Independence (1953-1991)”, Stephane A. Dudoignon 6. “Defining normative Islam: Some remarks on contemporary Islamic Thought in Tajikistan – Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda’s Sharia and Society” Tim Epkenhans III. Gender and statehood 7. “Affairs of the State: gender, sex and marriage in Tajikistan”, Colette Harris 8.“Wedding rituals and the struggle over national identities”, Sophie Roche and Sophie Hohmann IV. Security, economy and statehood 9. “Counter Narcotics policies in Tajikistan and their impact on state-building,” Filippo de Danieli 10. "Statehood as Dialogue: Conflicting Historical Narratives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan", Mohira Suyarkulova 11. "Tajikistan amidst globalization: failed state or state transformation?", John Heathershaw