Farabi University

International Institute of Kipchak Studies

The International Institute of Kipchak Studies was established in 2012 as a subdivision of the Faculty of History of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The scientific activities of the Institute of Kipchak Studies are related to the development of the history and culture of the Kipchak tribes of Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Eurasia based on Arabic, Persian and Turkic written monuments and cartographic materials of the 9th-15th centuries. The Institute has two full-time positions: a director and a junior research fellow.

Kumekov Bulat Eshmuhambetovich, Academician of National Academy of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of History, Professor