Conference on 'History and Culture of the Great Steppe'

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS Republican Information Center for the Study of Historical Sources, R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies, Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan 

A. Margulan Institute of Archeology, Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan 

Laboratory of Population Genetics, Institute of General Genetics and Cytology, Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

International Scientific and Research Geoarcheology laboratory, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University  Republican Research Center for Study of World History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Republican Research Center for Study of Traditional Civilizations of Central Asia, AlFarabi Kazakh National University

Scientific and Research Oral History Center, Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University

Republican Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, M.O. Auezov South Kazakhstan State University 

Funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the interdisciplinary scientific program "History and Culture of the Great Steppe" was implemented during 2018-2020, in order to form a holistic vision of national history, preserve historical memory, continuity and the formation of identity. Based on the results of three years of research, new theoretical and methodological approaches and conclusions on topical issues of history and culture were developed, which will be announced at the conference.

Zoom webinar registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eaBr74rdQ4GvdX_lhbFNkQ

Cambridge Central Asi Forum will be represented by Dr Saxena and Dr Laumulin

HISTORY OF KAZAKH STATEHOOD (26/08/2020)

A new impetus to research the less studied issues of the formation and development of Kazakh statehood was given by the identified unique archival, visual sources and documentary materials

Moderators: Meruert Abusseitova, Corresponding Member, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Republican Information Center for the Study of Historical Sources, R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies, Kazakhstan

Kalkaman Zhumagulov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Director, Republican Research Center for Study of World History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

Siddharth Saxena, PhD in Historical Anthropology, Chair of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum, University of Cambridge, UK, 'Unrigid Geographies: A case of Central Asia, Eurasia and the Silk Road'

Session No. 3 (part 3)
IDENTITY AND MODERNIZATION IN KAZAKHSTAN HISTORY
Moderators: Murat Laumulin, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Chief Research Fellow, Kazakhstan
Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Gulmira Sultangalieva, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of World History, Historiography and Source Study, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

Speakers:

Chokan Laumulin – Doctor (Darwin College), Research Affiliate, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK, 'Fundamental Science and Modernization of Kazakhstan'