KazNU hosted a leadership lecture on ethnoculturology

A leadership lecture by the famous Tuvinologist, invited foreign professor of KazNU Chimiza Lamazhaa on the topic "Conceptualization of ethnocultures: an interdisciplinary approach" was held at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

The meeting, organized by the Research Institute of Turkology and Altaic Studies together with the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation, brought together teachers, researchers and students of the university. Within the framework of the event, a solemn presentation of the scientist's new monograph "Concepts of Culture. The Turkic World".

The lecture focused on the issues of studying ethnocultures from the perspective of an interdisciplinary approach. Cimiza Lamajaa presented research approaches to understanding culture as a complex social and historical phenomenon, focused on the importance of cultural concepts for the study of societies and considered the possibilities of interaction between various humanitarian disciplines.

A special place in the speech was occupied by the problems of the Turkic world. Through the analysis of cultural concepts, the topic of the diversity of cultural traditions, the mechanisms of their preservation and transformation in the context of modern social changes was touched upon. The second part of the event was devoted to the presentation of the monograph "Concepts of cultures. The Turkic World". The author presented the main ideas of the publication and spoke about the importance of conceptual analysis for modern studies of Turkic cultures.

Special attention was paid during the meeting to scientific cooperation between Kazakhstan and Tuva. International cooperation with the al-Farabi Kazakh National University has been carried out since 2024. During this time, the scientific journal "New Research of Tuva" published articles prepared by university professors and young researchers.

The development of scientific cooperation serves as the basis for a comparative study of cultural and social processes in the Turkic world, the exchange of experience between researchers and the implementation of joint projects.

Press-service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University