Forum of the National Congress of Historians of Kazakhstan: Discussion of the Nation's History and Future Research

On January 25, 2025, the Forum of the National Congress of Historians of Kazakhstan was held in Astana. The event was attended by the State Advisor, Yerlan Karin. The gathering brought together 300 representatives of the country's scientific community, including research historians, university professors, public figures, and media representatives.

During the plenary session and seven working sections of the forum, participants discussed the analysis, systematization, and introduction of new data in archaeology, ethnography, ethnology, and historical geography into academic circulation. The forum also reviewed the results of research conducted by Kazakhstani scholars in foreign archives, museums, and library collections.

One of the key topics of the meeting was the discussion of progress in preparing the new academic publication "The History of Kazakhstan: From Antiquity to Modern Times." The project involves five research institutes and more than 250 scholars from across the country.

Representatives from the Astana International University were invited to participate in the forum, including Associate Professor, Candidate of Historical Sciences Gulmira Kabylanovna Asanova; Candidate of Historical Sciences Kundyzai Myrzashkyzy Yerimbetova; Senior Lecturer, PhD Adiet Kairken Baltagulovich; and Senior Lecturer Meruert Doktyrkhanovna Tlebaldiyeva. Candidate of Historical Sciences, PhD, and Associate Professor of the Higher School of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Gulmira Kabylankyzy Asanova, is the author of one of the chapters in Volume 7 (covering the independence period) of the new academic publication "The History of Kazakhstan from Ancient Times to the Present."

Participants delivered speeches praising the preparation of the multi-volume academic work dedicated to the history of Kazakhstan. They also emphasized the need to expand research on archaeological and historical-cultural monuments, develop archival studies and regional research, and improve textbooks and teaching methods in history.