As part of the implementation of the work plan of the grant-funded research project «The Specificity of Kazakh–Russian Relations in the Kazakhstan Ural Region: The Interrelation of Ideology and Practice in Historical Perspective» (IRN AP23487682), G.A. Shotanova, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Leading Research Fellow of the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology,…

On 23 July 2026, the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology hosted the presentation of the new monograph “Kazakh–Qing Relations during the Era of Abylai Khan” by renowned Kazakh historian and Orientalist, Doctor of Historical Sciences Bakhyt Ezhenkhan. The event brought together leading historians, Oriental studies scholars, researchers from academic institutions, university faculty members,…

The Institute of History and Ethnology named after Ch.Ch. Valikhanov has published the monograph “Qozhabergen Batyr Zhanibekuly” by the Institute’s research fellow Aknur Amangeldyevna Oralova (Almaty: TURAN Publishing House, 2026. – 232 pages. ISBN 978-601-80679-4-5) The monograph is devoted to the life and activities of the prominent 18th-century Kazakh batyr Qozhabergen Zhanibekuly. Drawing upon archival…

On 14 July 2026, the Ch. Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the Republican Scientific and Practical Conference entitled “The Evolution of Social Policy in Kazakhstan: Historical Transformations, the Legacy of the Soviet Period, and Post-Soviet…

On 13 July 2026, the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology hosted a meeting with Dr. Vladimir T. Tepkeev, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Leading Research Fellow at the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences The meeting focused on prospects for further cooperation in the study of the history of the…

From 7 to 11 July 2026, Ziyabek Yermukhanuly Kabyldinov, Director General of the Ch. Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology under the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor,…

The Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology has successfully passed the state accreditation as a subject of scientific and scientific-technical activity for a five-year period The accreditation certificate was issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 9 July 2026 in accordance with Article 27 of the…

From 28 June to 8 July 2026, Professor Orazgul Khasenkyzy Mukhatova, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Chief Researcher at the Sh. Sh. Walikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Mars Qadilbek, Junior Researcher, carried out a research visit…

Postdoctoral Research Seminar On June 17, 2026, another doctoral research seminar was held at the Institute. At the PhD seminar, doctoral students of the Institute made presentations on topics of dissertation research. Moderator – Deputy General Director for Science Tleubaev Shamek Bayanovich. The Institute’s staff, who completed the PhD program in different years, presented the…