DEAR COLLEAGUES!
On December 23, 2025, as part of the 13th Nussupbekov Readings, the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology will hold a International scientific and practical conference. The conference will focus on the topic: “Academician Akai Nussupbekov and his role in the development of domestic historical science and the creation of the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology.”
Academician Akai Nussupbekovich Nussupbekov is an outstanding Kazakhstani historian and organizer of national historical science. A participant in World War II, awarded medals and orders for his military service, he headed the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography in 1956 and served as its permanent director for more than 26 years (1956–1982). Historian A. Nussupbekov developed three areas of research in his scholarly work: the first was concerned with assessing the nature of the Kazakh people’s liberation movement in the second half of the 18th century; the second with research into the formation and development of Kazakh Soviet statehood; and the third was devoted to studying Kazakhstan’s contribution to Victory in the Great Patriotic War. In 2024, to celebrate the scholar’s 115th birthday, the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology prepared and published a collection of his scholarly works in five volumes, each with a 1,000-copy edition.
The conference is being held in the year of the 80th anniversary of the Institute of History and Ethnology and the 190th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Kazakh scholar, geographer, and ethnographer Ch.Ch. Valikhanov, whose name the Institute of History and Ethnology now bears.
As part of this scientific event, the 9th International Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Historians, “ Past and present of the science of history of Kazakhstan: dialogue of generations” will be held.
The conference of young scientists-historians is open to students, undergraduates, doctoral students and young scientists under the age of 40. Young scientists, whose reports are recognized as the best, will be awarded with nominal scholarships.
The purpose of the conference is to study the contribution of Academician A. Nussupbekov to the development of historical science and the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, define his role as a scholar and historian, an organizer of national science, and highlight his life. In addition, a discussion of current issues national history is planned.
The conference will be held in the following areas:
- The life and work of Academician Akai Nussupbekov: his scholarly legacy and its significance;
- problems of historical science and interdisciplinary communication;
- new areas of research and development prospects;
- new positions and approaches in modern historical science;
- Actual problems of the history of the fatherland and young scientists;
- source and historiographic changes;
- problems of archeology and ethnology;
- problems of archival and scientific research.
Venue: Ch. Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, 28 Shevchenko Street, “Gylym Ordasy” building (3rd floor), 050100 Almaty.
The conference will begin at 10:30 AM, registration will begin at 10:00 AM.
Format: Online conference using Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84564702011?pwd=XgMNCDolpM0DGmOkT4f7HTPbPcETVb.1 Conference ID: 845 6470 2011, access code: 446767
Organizing Committee Contact: Aizhan Doskarayeva. Email: doskaraeva@gmail.com, tel.: +7 702 932 33 33.
Based on the results of the Scientific Forum, a collection of reports is compiled and published.
Conference languages: Kazakh, Russian, English.
To participate in the conference, please send applications to: doskaraeva@gmail.com by December 16, 2025.
Travel expenses for conference participants will be covered by the sending party.
Article Format Requirements:
The following requirements must be met when formatting articles: up to 10 pages of typewritten text in electronic format. Font: Times New Roman, 14 point; line spacing: 1 cm; justification: 1 cm; paragraph indentation: 1 cm; page orientation: portrait, top and bottom margins: 2.0 mm, left margin: 3.0 mm, and right margin: 1 cm.
Heading formatting: ARTICLE TITLE (in capital letters, bold, centered); full name on the next line (bold italic, right-aligned); academic rank, degree, position, place of work, and city on the next line (italic, right-aligned); contact email on the next line (italic, right-aligned); article body text after one line. References to the relevant source in the bibliography should be formatted using Arabic numerals in square brackets, for example, [1, p. 277]. Automatic page links are not permitted.
A summary is provided at the end of the article: in Kazakh and English for articles in Russian; in Russian and English for articles in Kazakh.
The information about the author, including their last name, first name, patronymic, academic degree, title, place of work and position, city, country, as well as postal and email addresses and contact phone numbers should be attached to the manuscript.
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The organizing committee reserves the right to select articles that meet the stated topic and formatting requirements.
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