On June 11, 2026, 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 hosted a round table entitled “Child Homelessness as a Socio-Historical Phenomenon: The Experience of Kazakhstan and Neighboring Countries (1920s–1930s)”
The event was organized within the framework of the grant-funded research project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, “The Problem of Child Homelessness in Kazakhstan and Neighboring Countries in the 1920s–1930s” (IRN AP23488331).
The round table was opened by the Director General of the Institute, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Ziyabek Yermukhanuly Kabuldinov, who emphasized the importance of a comprehensive historical study of child homelessness and its social consequences.
The event brought together leading scholars and researchers from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Participants discussed the causes and consequences of child homelessness in the 1920s–1930s, state policies aimed at protecting vulnerable children, institutional practices of social support, and the historical experiences of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries.
Presentations were delivered by Professor Orazgul Khasenovna Mukhatova, Professor Zauresh Galymzhanovna Saktaganova, Professor Kamola Davlyatalievna Saipova of the National University of Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of universities and research institutions from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
The discussions focused on methodological approaches to studying child homelessness, the introduction of archival sources into academic circulation, historical experiences of social protection policies, and comparative regional research.
At the conclusion of the round table, participants highlighted the importance of further interdisciplinary research on child homelessness as a significant historical and social issue and emphasized the need to strengthen international academic cooperation in the field of Central Asian social history.
