As part of the COMPASS project, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, in collaboration with the Centre for Development

Studies and the Department of Sociology have organised a conference on ‘Marx in a high technology Era’.

The papers will address Marxist Heritage, Marxism and

Contemporary Issues, Marx in the Digital Era and Marx in the 21st century. It will be attended by academics and

students from the University of St. Petersburg and Moscow State University along with members of UK universities.

COMPASS with its focus on the wider region and global networks will benefit from these discussions in wider Eurasia. Russia remains are important for Central Asia and Belarus not only because of the membership to EAEU but also a much longer shared past.

Discussions will include how the Eurasian and Central Asian worldview is evolving in the context of this history.