Summer archaeology: NU faculty and students excavate east Kazakhstan’s Semey region This summer Professor Paula Dupuy and history faculty Aidyn Zhunishkhanov led archaeological excavations in the Semey region to uncover new information on its ancient societies. The team included undergraduate and graduate students from Nazarbayev University, Shakarim State University of Semey, and the United States (Washington University […]
On June 1, 2019, the 5th Anniversary graduation ceremony of students of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences held, where the graduates’ families were invited. This year, the School graduated 131 students with an undergraduates degree and 19 students with a Master degree at the ceremony. Graduates of the Department of Political Science […]
On June 20-22, 2019 the Department of Kazakh Language and Turkic Studies (KLTS), Nazarbayev University, SHSS in cooperation with Erciyes University (Turkey) and Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University (Kazakhstan, Turkistan) held the 5th International Symposium on Asian Languages and Literature on the topic “Intersection of Cultures”. The symposium was aimed to gather researchers and create more opportunities […]
On June 3, 2019, the opening ceremony of the study period for students of the Summer School of Russian language and Eurasian studies took place, where our faculty of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nazarbayev University congratulated and wished fruitful studies and a great time in Nur-Sultan. We would like to note […]
The department of the Kazakh Language and Turkic Studies of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Nazarbayev University, held the «Zhas Galym» student scientific exhibition in cooperation with the International Association of Kazakh Teachers on 12-19th April 2019. The scientific exhibition was dedicated to two anniversaries in 2019 – the 120th anniversary of […]
On April 26, 2019 the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nazarbayev University had held an annual student awards ceremony to acknowledge exceptional work some of our students have done in their classes during the academic year. There were nominations such as exceptional research performance, outstanding academic success, and sustained academic excellence. We would […]
Great steppe culture and Kazakh national cuisine are attracting great interest among foreigners. For example, Sandra Real from Mexico is currently exploring the koumiss nutritious drink. Sandra’s interest in the national drink grew stronger as she learned that in addition to taste, this drink helps to cure many diseases. Therefore, her first thesis in undergraduate […]
On March 5, 2019, in honor of the discovery of a unique laboratory for the study of materials obtained during archaeological excavations, a seminar on the “History of the study of ancient DNA” was held at Nazarbayev University School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Domestic and foreign archaeologists, genetics and historians pointed out the secrets […]
On the first day of March 2019, in the special project “Sana” our teaching assistant Aydin Zhuniskhanov shared his interest in the genesis of the Kazakhs and why he has chosen a profession in anthropology. At the moment, Aydin Zhuniskhanov is exploring the outskirts of the city of Semey, where the Neolithic monuments are concentrated […]
For all those who wish to study at the School of humanities and social sciences! We are glad to invite you to the Application Evening, where we will talk about Master of Arts and PhD programs taught at SHSS on the 5th March at 5.30 pm in the auditorium 9.105. We will tell you about Master of […]
