Just a couple of days prior to the commencement of EXPO, one could notice a lot of work and excitement going on in the city. Scores of delegates from other countries have been arriving to set up their booths and stands, explore the city, and watch how the former Soviet borough transformed itself into the […]
The European Institute for Advanced Study has re-appointed Prof. Philippe Forêt (History, Political Science and Religious Studies department) as one of its experts. He will rank multidisciplinary applications on the frontiers of science for 10-month residencies in the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities of Cambridge, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, the […]
On May 29th, 2017, the grand opening of the Summer School of Russian and Eurasian Studies took place at Nazarbayev University. The heads of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences congratulated students with their arrival to Astana and wished them productive studying and amazing time here. The opening ceremony was closed by the wonderful […]
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 […]
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 […]
