{"id":36,"date":"2020-09-02T14:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T14:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2023-04-28T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:14:48","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About this Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36\" class=\"elementor elementor-36\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-462ac22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"462ac22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70744bd\" data-id=\"70744bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98eddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d98eddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Forum for Uzbek and Silk Road Studies (FUSRS) provides a dynamic\nplatform for debate and research on contemporary developments in Uzbekistan,\nCentral Asia and the broader Silk Road region. The Forum seeks to be inclusive,\nengaging with all those interested in the region and furthering international\nunderstanding of what is happening along the Silk Road.<\/p><p>FUSRS is a joint initiative between Westminster International University in\nTashkent (WIUT) and the University of Westminster in London (UoW).<\/p><p>The activities of the Forum include conferences, lectures, seminar series,\nstudent exchanges, and support for a number of research projects. The Forum\nexplores issues relating to the wider Eurasia region, supported by the\nUniversity of Westminster Press&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/silkroadjournal.online\/\"><em>Silk\nRoad<\/em>&nbsp;journal<\/a> and the FUSRS Blog.<\/p><p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><p>The FUSRS blog was launched in February 2023. Its primary aim is to bring\nout local voices from within the Central Asian region on issues that are of\nimportance to the social, economic and political development of this\nfast-moving region. The blog also provides a means for researchers on Central\nAsia to set out the significance of the findings of their research in an\naccessible and easily digested manner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forum for Uzbek and Silk Road Studies (FUSRS) provides a dynamic platform for debate and research on contemporary developments in Uzbekistan, Central Asia and the broader Silk Road region. The Forum seeks to be inclusive, engaging with all those&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":684,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/wefusrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}