History, Philosophy and Religious Studieshttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/4972024-03-28T20:23:26Z2024-03-28T20:23:26ZA NATION’S HOLY LAND: KAZAKHSTAN’S LARGE-SCALE NATIONAL PROJECT TO MAP ITS SACRED GEOGRAPHYTsyrempilov, NikolayBigozhin, UlanZhumabayev, Batyrkhanhttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/69482023-02-13T21:00:16Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZA NATION’S HOLY LAND: KAZAKHSTAN’S LARGE-SCALE NATIONAL PROJECT TO MAP ITS SACRED GEOGRAPHY
Tsyrempilov, Nikolay; Bigozhin, Ulan; Zhumabayev, Batyrkhan
This article focuses on the project Sacred Geography of Kazakhstan, launched in 2017 in Kazakhstan as part
of the nationwide program Ruqani Zhangyru (Modernization of Spirituality). The officially stated goal of the
project is to cultivate a sense of patriotism in the country’s residents related to places and geographic sites
that are important for the historical memory of independent Kazakhstan. The authors assume that the real
goal of the project is national territorialization, or recoding of the semantics of space, by selecting, codifying,
and articulating some symbols and practices, while leveling and “forgetting” others. The analysis, which is
based on expert interviews and official documents, shows that this postcolonial process fits into the tendency
toward ethnonationalization of Kazakhstan, in which discourse on the civil nation continues to be
reproduced at the official level, while real activity is more focused on reinforcing the idea of Kazakhstan
as the state of the Kazakh nation. The institutionalization of organizing and recoding the sacred landscape
involves a wide variety of groups and actors. These factors may explain the success of the project in
comparison to other projects being implemented under the Ruqani Zhangyru program.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZCREATING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ISLAM OF THE KAZAKH STEPPE: THE STEPPE, THE EMPIRE, AND THE OUTSIDERBaiseit, Dinahttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/61562022-06-10T21:00:25Z2022-04-01T00:00:00ZCREATING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ISLAM OF THE KAZAKH STEPPE: THE STEPPE, THE EMPIRE, AND THE OUTSIDER
Baiseit, Dina
Thesis: The depiction of Islam that the Qazaqs practiced during the 19th and early 20th centuries
differed hugely in the accounts of the outsiders and insiders. The first group, which included
colonizers and foreigners, had specific purposes while creating accounts of this religion. One of
the primary aims was, as Edward Said puts it, to justify their colonial presence in the region and
oppressive policies toward these nomads. They depicted the Qazaqs as backward, uncivilized, and
uneducated subjects who did not believe truly in Islam and were not true Muslims1
. Christian
missionaries were present in the steppe and tried to convert the locals into Christianity. They
believed blindly that they could convert the locals to Christianity, but after a couple of attempts
failed and the tsarist government just decided to use Islam as a tool to control the locals by sending
Tatar Muslims to the steppe and assigning them into positions of the steppe religious community
before 1868. In 1868, Qazaqs were excluded from the Orenburg Spiritual Assembly.
2022-04-01T00:00:00ZARTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS: KAZAKH PAINTERS RECONNECTING; AMERICAN ACTORS REGROUPINGKruszewska, Małgorzatahttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/53532021-07-07T08:08:02Z2021-03-01T00:00:00ZARTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS: KAZAKH PAINTERS RECONNECTING; AMERICAN ACTORS REGROUPING
Kruszewska, Małgorzata
The second talk of our Spring 2021 speaker series will feature Małgorzata Kruszewska (Instructor, Writing Program), who will discuss
“Arts in Times of Crisis: Kazakh Painters Reconnecting; American Actors Regrouping”. To watch this webinar please follow the link above and log in using your library account.
2021-03-01T00:00:00ZCOPING WITH COVID-19: EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHINGGuven, FundaOmarbekova, Gulnarahttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/53492021-07-07T08:08:07Z2021-03-01T00:00:00ZCOPING WITH COVID-19: EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHING
Guven, Funda; Omarbekova, Gulnara
The next talk of our Spring 2021 speaker series will feature Funda Guven (Assistant Professor, Department of Kazakh Language and Turkic Studies) and Gulnara Omarbekova (Associate Professor, Department of Kazakh Language and Turkic Studies) who will discuss
“Coping With COVID-19: Emergency Remote Teaching”. To watch this webinar please follow the link above and log in using your library account.
2021-03-01T00:00:00ZPANDEMICS IN THE HISTORY OF TURKIC LANGUAGES AND CULTURESSchamiloglu, Ulihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/52892021-07-07T08:08:08Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZPANDEMICS IN THE HISTORY OF TURKIC LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Schamiloglu, Uli
The first talk of our Spring 2021 speaker series will feature Dr. Uli Schamiloglu (Professor and Chair of the Department of Kazakh and Turkic Studies), who will discuss “Pandemics in Turkic Culture”. To watch this webinar please follow the link above and log in using your library account.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZCOVID-19: THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTUREStitt, NancyCrape, ByronSarria-Santamera, Antoniohttp://nur.nu.edu.kz:80/handle/123456789/51162021-07-07T08:08:09Z2020-11-01T00:00:00ZCOVID-19: THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE
Stitt, Nancy; Crape, Byron; Sarria-Santamera, Antonio
The last talk of our Fall 2020 speaker series will feature Nancy Stitt (RN, BSN, BC-RN; Nursing Professional Development Specialist; Program Director; Department of Nursing Education; Nazarbayev University School of Medicine), Byron Crape (PhD; Program Director; Master Of Public Health; Nazarbayev University School of Medicine), and Antonio Sarria-Santamera (MD, PhD; Associate Professor; Nazarbayev University School of Medicine), who will discuss “COVID-19: The Past, The Present, and the Future”. To watch this webinar please follow the link above and log in using your library account.
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