At Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the dissertation of Mukhametkali Alisher Anuarovich, submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the educational program “8D02206 – History”, entitled: “Italian Travelers of the 13th–15th Centuries on Political, Religious, Trade, and Economic Relations in Central and East Asia,”
will be defended.
The dissertation was completed at the Department of World History, Historiography, and Source Studies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Form of defense: dissertation.
Language of defense: Russian.
Official reviewers:
1. Kanat Zulkaryshuly Uskembay — Candidate of Historical Sciences, Director of the “ABDI” Institute for Humanitarian Studies (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Risalat Bibi Usmanovna Karimova — Candidate of Historical Sciences, docent, the head of the branch in R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Academic advisors:
1. Kalkaman Tursynuly Zhumagulov — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Fabio Grassi — PhD, Professor, La Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, Italy).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Galiya Aitzhanovna Shotanova — Candidate of Historical Sciences, leading researcher, the head of the branch in Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Nurlan Adilbekuly Atygaev — Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
3. Bakhromjon Bakhtierovich Khainazarov — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of World History, Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
The defense will take place on March 30, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in a hybrid format, at the meeting of the Dissertation Council of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University for the group of specialties / educational programs: “8D02206, 6D020300 – History; 8D02207 – Museum Studies and Heritage Protection; 8D02205, 6D020800 – Archaeology and Ethnology; 8D03206 – Library and Information Systems; 8D03205 – Archival Studies, Records Management, and Documentation Support.”
Zoom conference link:
https://zoom.us/j/96025369452?pwd=GRIF9Zg0Vl3ATkq8PioqzlRqP2UXmN.1
Meeting ID: 960 2536 9452
Conclusion of the ethics commissions