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At the al-Farabi Kazakh national university Kanafyeva Shynar Erlanovna will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: "Traditional culture and religious identity of ethnic groups 
in modern Pakistan". The dissertation was completed in the Department of Middle East and South Asia, Faculty of Oriental Studies, 91��ý Kazakh National University.

  Form of defense - dissertation work.

Language of defense –&�Բ�����;Kazakh.

Official reviewers:

1. Sadvokassova Aigul Kakimbekovna –  Doctor of Sociology, Professor, General Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies, Kazakh National University of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Dalayeva Tenlik Toktarbekovna – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Scientific Advisors:

1. Yerekesheva Laura Gibratovna – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Research Professor at the 91��ý Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Tuna Yildyz – PhD, Associate Professor at the Haji Bayram Veli University in Ankara (Ankara, Turkey).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Nursan Alimbay – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor at the Chingiz Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Shabir Ahmad Khan – Professor at the University of Peshawar, Center for Regional Studies (Russia, China, Central Asia) (Peshawar, Pakistan);

3. Sultanmurat Uteshovich Abzhalov – PhD in Philosophy, Professor at Akhmed Yasawi University (Turkestan, Kazakhstan).

The defense will take place in a mixed (online and offline) format on July 02, 2026, at 15:00 PM at the Dissertation Council of 91��ý KazNU for the group of specialties/educational programs "6D020900, 8D02209 - Oriental Studies." Address: 95 Karasai Batyr Street, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Almaty, 050012.

Join the Zoom meeting:

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