On 6 October 2026 at 10:00 a research seminar will be held at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University under the Dissertation Council for the educational programme group 8D016 — “Teacher Training in the Humanities.”

The following doctoral dissertations will be discussed at the research seminar:

the dissertation by Hakan Ast, a doctoral candidate at Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, entitled “The Socio-Political and Creative Activities of Konyrkozha Kozhikov: Historiography and Integration into the Educational Process”;

the dissertation by Karlyga Berikovna Mukhametkaliyeva, a doctoral candidate at Shakarim University, entitled “The History of Enlightenment and Education in the Semipalatinsk Governorate in the 1920s: Content and Methods of Teaching in Schools.”

The research seminar will be held in both offline and online formats.

The language of the dissertation defence is Kazakh.

Academic Advisers of Hakan Ast:

Khazretali Makhanovich Tursyn — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University (Turkistan, Republic of Kazakhstan);

Talgat Daniyarov — Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University (Turkistan, Republic of Kazakhstan).

International Academic Adviser:

Güljanat Kurmangaliyeva Ercilasun — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University (Ankara, Republic of Türkiye).

Academic Advisers of Karlyga Berikovna Mukhametkaliyeva:

Bakyt Zhumagaziyevna Atantayeva — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Shakarim University (Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan);

Aiman Yezhenkhanovna Berikkhanova — Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan).

International Academic Adviser:

Tatiana Kirillovna Shcheglova — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Altai State Pedagogical University (Barnaul, Russian Federation).

Address: 25 Zhambyl Street, Almaty 050010 (1st floor, Library).