The year 2025 is the celebration of the 1155th anniversary of the great thinker of the East Abu Nasr al-Farabi (870-950).
The main achievement of more than half a century of the history of Farabi studies in Kazakhstan is that the legacy of the great medieval encyclopedic thinker has firmly entered the treasury of Kazakhstan's spiritual culture, becoming a national treasure of the country's history and culture.
The ideological mastermind behind the creation of the al-Farabi Center in 1993 and the first head was an outstanding Kazakhstani scientist, whose work on the history of Oriental philosophy and research on al-Farabi's work is widely known all over the world - Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Corresponding member of HAH PK Agyn Khairullovich Kasymzhanov.
The modern Al-Farabi Center, while maintaining historical continuity for three decades and taking into account the realities of the modern scientific world, actively continues research and organizational work on the study and popularization of the scientific heritage of the Second Teacher al-Farabi.
The encyclopedism and universality of al-Farabi's philosophical views are the subject of annual international scientific discussions within the framework of the Farabi Forum.
To spread al-Farabi's scientific and philosophical legacy and share research experience internationally, a network of al-Farabi Centers has been established at leading universities in the world (Turkey, Bulgaria, Syria, Japan), and al-Farabi House Museums have been opened in Istanbul and Delhi.
The Center's website al-farabi.kaznu.kz dedicated to the medieval philosopher, encyclopedic scholar al-Farabi, it functions as a discussion, educational and informational online platform for scholars of Farabi studies, doctoral students, undergraduates, students, as well as anyone who wants to get acquainted with the legacy of the great philosopher around the world.
The center's activities are closely linked to the work of the al-Farabi Museum in the building of the Scientific Library of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The concept of the museum is based on the value system of the scientist and philosopher al-Farabi, who devoted his whole life to the search for harmony of the world and human happiness.
The museum's exposition is divided into the following thematic sections: «Ancient Otrar is a treasure trove of memory. The early years of al-Farabi», «Along the Great Silk Road. Years of comprehension of wisdom, knowledge of the world. Education in the Middle East», «Al-Farabi. Dialogue between East and West», «Al-Farabi's works are the golden heritage of mankind. Al-Farabi and the thinkers of the Turkic world», «Spiritual heritage of al-Farabi and modern Kazakhstan».
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