Robinson Alva, Arık Kağan, Köchümkulova Elmira, Washington Jonathan North (eds.) Heritage and Identity in the Turkic World: Contemporary Scholarship in Memory of Ilse Laude-Cirtautas (1926-2019)

De Gruyter, 2023. — 362 p. — (Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkvölker 33).This volume builds on the work of Ilse Laude-Cirtautas (1926–1919), a pioneering Turkologist who introduced the field of comparative Turkic studies to the US in the 1960s. It presents an ongoing dialogue whereby scholars from central and inner Asia and the West engage on issues of Turkic heritage, identity, language and literature. The discussions enrich scholarship in Central and Inner Asian Studies and explore the question "Who are the Turks?"E. Köchümkulova, Bishkek; J. Washington, Swarthmore; K. Ank, Chicago; A. Robinson, Houston.