Nariman SkakovDr Nariman Skakov is an Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Stanford University. Prior to this, he was a doctoral student in Medieval and Modern Languages at University College, the University of Oxford. His research interests nclude literary theory, cinema and contemporary Central Asian art.Dr Alim Sabitov is a Professor of Design and Architecture at the Kazakh Academy of Architecture, Almaty. He has written extensively on Kazakh contemporary art and architecture, including the book Imaginary Architectural Spaces (2000). Read More Read Less