Summer Archaeology Camp at NU
PASTS (Promoting Archaeological Sciences to Students), a Summer Archaeology Camp at NU The pilot program of PASTS, an English-language Archaeology Camp at NU, took place at the Anthropology Laboratory between July 31 to August 11, 2023 and was lead by Professor Katherine M. Erdman and laboratory assistant Madina Makulbekova. 12 children of NU employees between the ages [...]
Workshop: Novel SEM Approaches for Archaeological Artefact Analysis (SEM-A3)
On March 16-17, 2023 our Anthropology Laboratory hosted a workshop in cutting-edge laboratory techniques for the study of ancient textiles, plants and ceramics. Along with providing hands-one practical training, scientific experts from Japan and Associate Professor Paula Dupuy presented lectures and examples from their own research to a diverse group of participants including our department majors and professional archaeologists [...]
Anthropology Professor Paula Dupuy gave an interview about the expedition in the Dzhungar Mountains
Professor Paula Dupuy gave an interview about the expedition to the popular magazine “Vox Populi”. Professor shared about her expedition in the Dzhungar Mountains, and the research conducted. For more information, please read the article in Russian by following the link: https://voxpopuli.kz/tajny-gor-bayan-zhurek/ [...]
Anthropology Professors and students feature in documentary on the archaeology of Eastern Kazakhstan
Anthropology Professors Paula Dupuy and Reed Coil with Laboratory Assistant Madina Makulbekova and students feature in the documentary. The professors shared about the archaeology of Eastern Kazakhstan and discussed the research conducted in the Anthropology Laboratory. Please follow the link to watch the documentary in Kazakh language. [...]
Professor Michael Ryan’s new book on Covid-19 has been published by Routledge
Dr. Michael Ryan (Assistant Professor of Sociology) has written a new book (with Serena Nanda) entitled COVID-19: Social Inequalities and Human Possibilities. The book examines the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, communities, and countries, a fact seldom acknowledged and often suppressed or invisible. Taking a global approach, this book demonstrates how the [...]
Professor Michael Ryan spoke for the Atamaken Business Channel
Professor of the Sociology and Anthropology Department Michael Ryan spoke for the “World.Outcome program, where he spoke about the impact of the covid pandemic on our lives. Here is the full program. Dr. J. Michael Ryan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland (United States of America) [...]
SSH Student stories: Interview with Tomiris Mashan who got into the Higher School of Economics in Moscow
Tomiris Mashan is a 2021 Summa Cum Laude graduate with major in sociology and minor in anthropology. During her studies, she actively participated in research, twice becoming a Research Assistant, being named an Outstanding Research Assistant in 2019, and having developed a research project on Almaty Clean Air petition together with Dr. Ramey Moore. Her [...]
Professor Reed Coil has been awarded a grant from the Leakey Foundation for his research project
Professor Reed Coil from Sociology and Anthropology Department received the Leakey Foundation Research Grant for a project at two caves in West Georgia, Tsutskhvati and Sakazhia, that contain archaeological sites spanning the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods (~100,000 – 10,000 years ago). “Our interest in these sites is to understand the transition from one period [...]
The COVID-19 Pandemic Conference Webinar will be held on April 19th, 20th, 21st
The “COVID-19 Pandemic Conference Webinar” will examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, communities, countries, and the larger global society from a social scientific perspective. It offers a timely and critical advance in knowledge related to what many believe to be the greatest threat to global ways of being in more than a [...]
Professor Elliott Bowen’s book “In Search of Sexual Health” has been published by John Hopkins University
How did beliefs about syphilis shape the kinds of treatment people with this disease received? The story of how a town in the Ozark hinterlands played a key role in determining standards of medical care around syphilis. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the central Arkansas city of Hot Springs enjoyed a reputation as [...]
About the Department
- The Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers groundbreaking undergraduate programs building on the faculty’s excellence in academic research, teaching, and public service. In our research, we examine the processes of social and cultural life in various human societies and time spans and ask the following questions:
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- What does it mean to be human?
- What does it mean to live in a society?
- Why do we behave the way we do?
- How can we live together in this world?
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- We offer courses and undergraduate programs in Sociology and Anthropology. We also contribute to interdisciplinary graduate programs at Nazarbayev University: MA in Eurasian Studies and PhD in Eurasian Studies by teaching courses and supervising students’ research.
- The faculty of the department consists over 15 internationally recognized scholars with expertise in various areas that comprise sociology and anthropology.
- The courses offered by the department range from introductory courses to sociology, subfields of anthropology and social science research methods to advanced courses that teach various research methods to courses that focus on specialized subjects of Sociology and Anthropology, such as gender analysis, social linguistics, social policy analysis, criminology, biological and medical anthropology, archaeology, etc .
- The department offers students research opportunities by engaging them as research assistants to faculty research or by supervising students’ independent studies (including credit-bearing courses). In the final year of the program, sociology and anthropology majors design and conduct independent capstone research projects, which culminate in undergraduate BA theses or a community engagement research reports.
- The department highly values students’ engagement. With encouragement and support of the department, sociology and anthropology majors have created and run the Sociology and Anthropology Students’ Association (SASA), an active and student-driven organization , with the aim of promoting sociology and anthropology among the NU community and general public, creating a sense of shared identity and camaraderie among sociology and anthropology majors, connecting them to alumni, and helping them navigate the world of employment opportunities and graduate studies.
- The department maintains close relationships with various organizations in Nur-Sultan, including research, nonprofit, governmental, international organizations and for-profit companies to offer students networking and internship opportunities.
- The department runs and hosts a Society and Culture lecture series that serve as a forum of scholars from and outside NU who share their research and discuss relevant policy and social issues.
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
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Gavin Slade, Associate Professor in sociology gavin.slade@nu.edu.kz Reed Coil, PhD - Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology Karina Matkarimova, MA in Eurasian Studies, Teaching Assistant
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