International round table "The role and place of Oriental studies in the Research University"

November 30, 2011, Department of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies of Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi held an International round table "The role and place of Oriental studies in the Research University" dedicated to 20^th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Attending the Roundtable were domestic scientists Orientalists, historians, philologists, philosophers, foreign scientists Orientalists and young scientists, students, undergraduates, doctoral students of faculty.

Moderator of this roundtable was a Russian scholar, orientalist, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Director of Center for Economic and Social Research of China Academy of Sciences Far Eastern Studies, Professor Andrey Ostrovsky.

The roundtable participants discussed the problems of Kazakh Oriental Studies, offered suggestions to improve the quality of education in the field of Oriental Studies and exchanged views.