This is what our MAPSIR student Jamilya Nurkanova has reported from the Syria peace talks in Astana: “I had a unique chance to participate in the negotiations on Syrian settlement that took place in Astana on January 23-24th, by being part of the BBC team. My role was to help and assist Khashayar Joneidi and […]
MAPSIR student shares impressions about the Syria peace talks held in Astana
We are glad to inform you that the long-awaited Anthropology lab in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is ready to start working now. In the space of 2 years, a lot of hard work, attention and dedication were put into the lab, in order to have it presentable and great to work in. […]
A group of eight first year MAPSIR students, alongside Professors Alexei Trochev and Hélène Thibault, has just returned from their educational trip to Tbilisi, Georgia. The trip was dedicated to observing the Georgian parliamentary elections that took place on 8 October. On that day, the students visited several polling stations in Tbilisi and observed the […]
On November 24 2016, the “Nazarbayev University” hosted the International Symposium “Mangilik eldin Mangilik tili” dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The symposium discussed the prospects of development of the Kazakh language in the context of global trends in the world, with an emphasis on academic and professional […]
On the 22nd November the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences held a seminar dedicated to the 10 the most interesting thesis works on such topics as migration, ethnic tension, jury, near-border business, internet regulations, political parties, student values and budgeting politics. […]
Congratulations to our first graduates! On Monday 15 June, 125 seniors graduated from NU and SHSS. It was a very special and emotional day capped by a speech by President Nazarbayev. […]
The Fifth CESS Regional Conference (Central Eurasian Studies Society) was held in Kazan Federal University in Tatarstan in June 2-4, 2016. This conference lasted for three days including approximately 50 panels and about 175 presentations from different countries on a wide range of topics related to religion, history, culture, migration, identity in Central Eurasia and […]
