Dark Shadows US Tour Recap

Joanna Lillis, the author of the best-selling Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan, has completed her successful tour of the USA following the book's North American publication on 30 January. 

Dark Shadows arrives in the Big Apple!

Here we publish links to videos of two events, so you can watch on catch-up if you missed them on the day.

Joanna Lillis in conversation with Alex Cooley at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, New York

Here’s a link to video of a Q and A with Alex Cooley about Dark Shadows at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University in New York, where you can hear how the book came about and learn more about the diverse, from-the-ground reportage that it contains, if you missed the event on the day. 

Kazakhstan’s Quest for Identity at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University

And here’s a link to the author’s presentation on Kazakhstan’s Quest for Identity at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. 

 

Joanna Lillis at the Central Asia Program at George Washington University

During the tour, Joanna Lillis also presented Dark Shadows at the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and at the Fletcher School’s Eurasia Club at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and addressed events at the State Department, the RAND Corporation and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Washington, at Open Society Foundations in New York and at the University of Arizona in Tucson. 

Joanna Lillis in conversation with the Russian Roulette podcast's Jeffrey Mankoff

She also gave an interview to Jeffrey Mankoff on the Russian Roulette podcast - a must-listen for all those interested in the former Soviet Union, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which you can listen to here.

Many thanks to all individuals and organisations that hosted these events and helped spread the word about Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan to readers in the United States.