On the 12th May 2017, Nazarbayev University acted as a co-organiser in the closing ceremony of the Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (hereinafter – FLTAL) conference that was held in Astana. “The FLTAL conference is the one biggest conference in the field of language teaching and learning in Kazakhstan. More than 400 language experts and […]
Nazarbayev University acted as a co-organiser in the closing ceremony of the FLTAL conference
Three MAPSIR students Madina Bizhanova, Botagoz Kunedilova and Slyamzhar Akhmetzharov have returned from New York City where they had presented their research at Fordham University, Columbia University, and the World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities. You can read their impressions here: https://nupsreview.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/mapsir-trip-to-new-york-city/ […]
On May 2, 2017 SHSS held an annual student awards ceremony to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contribution that SHSS students have made during the 2016-2017 academic year to the NU community. Apart from announcing the student award-holders, the Dean Dr. Daniel Pugh has also announced the winners among professors! Such nomination categories as “Best Feedback”, “Outstanding Student” and “Commitment Leader” were […]
In February 2016, Prof. Neil Collins from the School of humanities and social sciences won the Horizon 2020 grant by the European Commission, thus, bringing Nazarbayev University for 3-year period to the team of 8 leading academic institutions from Belgium, UK, Germany, Slovenia and France to work on the research project launched on 1st March […]
Europe’s global image is better abroad than at home where it is daily battered by populists and Eurosceptics. Europe’s concern about its self-image will be the focus of academics attending workshop in Malta on 27th and 28th April who will ponder if the EU should take pride in how it is perceived abroad. At a […]
On the 10th of March 2017, the NU community had a unique, live opportunity to listen to and ask questions with the philosopher, Onora O’Neill, who gave a talk on “Trust” exclusively to Nazarbayev University students. Baroness O’Neill is one of the most eminent philosophers in Europe. She is Emeritus Professor at the University of […]
NU Professors and students who published their scholarly articles related to their research in Kazakh language: Professor Abdulla Mahboob, SST Nazerke Balgabay, SST NU participants who made a contribution to Kazakh Wikipedia in 2016: Aigerim Duisenbiyeva Karlygash Ismagulova Ainur Kuandykova Gabit Kussainov Banu Ospanova Nursultan Toksanbayev Magzhan Yernazarov Assel Zhambekova Azamat Zhaisan Aidana Akhmetova Aidana […]
SHSS Assistant Professor Dr Helene Thibault has published her first book titled “Transforming Tajikistan: State-Building and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia”, that addresses the issue of religious revival in Tajikistan in light of the Soviet atheist legacy. The book demonstrates the profound and lasting influence of Soviet power structures and attitudes, and how secular and religious identities […]
Open lesson, which is dedicated to the Nauryz Meiram! […]
As the greatest poet of Kazakhs, Abai, said that “Our life is empty without love,” “love” in its essence has several meanings, such as parents’ love to their children, citizens’ love to Motherland, friend love, boy and girl’s love. Concert dedicated to the lovers “Kozy Korpesh – Bayan Sulu”! […]
