NUR Home
→
01.NU Schools
→
School of Sciences and Humanities
→
Eurasian Studies
→
Browsing Eurasian Studies by Title

Browsing Eurasian Studies by Title

Now showing items 1-20 of 48

ART BAZAAR: A NEW "RESIDENCY" FOR ARTISTS AT THE TIME OF COVID-19

Jampeissova, Aiganym (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

This study focuses on Kazakhstani art. It aims to comment particularly on the impact COVID 19 had on the artistic community, whose chance to earn income decreased with the introduction of countrywide lockdown due to ...
BOUTIQUE OWNERS IN NUR-SULTAN: THE THORNY PATH TO SUCCESS FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Kimel, Zhansaule (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-07-16)

Many people believe that shuttle trade does not exist anymore and it is a thing of the past. Shuttle trade as an activity in which individual peddlers buy goods abroad and import them for resale in local markets and street ...
BRANDING KAZAKHSTAN: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS

Sadvakassova, Darina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This thesis is devoted to the analysis of Kazakhstani nation branding processes. The Republic of Kazakhstan faced the need to present itself on international arena right after the country’s independence. The questions of ...
BUILDING A CORPUS OF JOURNALISTIC KAZAKH LANGUAGE USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATED PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING

Mikhailov, Nikolay (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

The thesis explores the status quo of the Kazakh language in terms of corpus linguistics. The project aims to survey the currently existing corpora of the Kazakh language and contribute to the existing body through a ...
Burabay national park. Experiments in tourism, nationbuilding, and informal economy

Nurmukhanov, Nursultan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This work analyzes how environment and society interact with each other focusing on the case of Burabay National Park. Based on the field research and numerous interviews, this work demonstrates how seemingly disparate ...
Captivity and empire: Russian captivity narratives in fact and fiction

Gao, Yuan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This thesis studies Russian captivity narratives about Central Asia produced during the nineteenth century. Focusing on the captivity theme, this thesis explores diverse individual captivity stories written within the ...
Central Asia in Asia: Charting growing trans-regional linkages

Contessi, Nicola P. (Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2016-01-01)

Abstract As the so-called ‘Asian Century’ unfolds, Central Asian countries are increasingly directing their foreign relations eastward. Meanwhile, Asian states are equally turning to Central Asia in their search for energy ...
CHRISTIANITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: ADOPTION OF EAST SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Tashmanbetova, Zhuldyz (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2019)

In 2016 archeologists discovered the medieval city of Ilibalyk in modern day Kazakhstan. This new and exciting archeological excavation of the medieval archeological site Ilibalyk reveals the presence of the Church of ...
(De)Construction of Queer Identities Based on the Queer Discourses in Kazakh

Ilyassov, Dulat (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020)

This thesis examines the construction and expression of a queer identity on the example of queer fiction written in Kazakh in modern Kazakhstan. A single work of fiction titled “Renaissance”, and written by a young Kazakh ...
Electronic bazaar: Social Media as a marketplace in contemporary Kazakhstan

Kagarmanova, Aigerim (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

This study focuses on different modalities of social media trade in Kazakhstan and how sellers create trust online using platform features, personal skills and physical locations of stores associated with social media ...
EXPERIENCE OF BEING AN ETHNIC RETURNEE: RETURN MOTIVATIONS, POST-RETURN LIFE AND TRANSNATIONALISM OF KAZAKH REPATRIATES

Utetileuova, Togzhan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

This thesis explores the experience of being an ethnic returnee, an individual “returning” to the land where their ancestors had once migrated from. Return motivations, post-return experiences, and transnational ...
FEMALE SHRINE PILGRIMAGE IN CONTEMPORARY KAZAKHSTAN

Adzhar, Atikah (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022)

Ethnographies and popular belief posit that women dominate as pilgrims in Islamic shrine pilgrimage in Kazakhstan. This thesis attempts to examine the larger phenomenon of female pilgrim majorities in Islamic shrine ...
Feminisms in Kazakhstan: On the intersection of global influences and local contexts

Udod, Xeniya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

This thesis is an exploratory qualitative study into the recent revival of feminism which is now gaining its momentum in Kazakhstan, where several feminist unions and numerous individual activists publicly promote feminist ...
FROM HUMANS TO DANDELIONS, HIPPOS, AND COCKROACHES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE INVOLVED IN AFFECTIVE INTERCONNECTIONS OF THE KAZAKHSTANI ZOO ASSEMBLAGE?

Kulinova, Anastassiya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

Keeping nonhuman animals in captivity has a long history, is performed in various forms, and can be viewed from different perspectives. This work concentrates on the contemporary zoological parks most of which represent ...
FROM KRESY TO KAZAKHSTAN: THREE GENERATIONS OF POLISH MINORITY

Maskevich, Anastassiya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022)

This study aims to investigate the transformations of ethnic identity of three generations of Kazakhstani Poles and their ancestors who were deported from Ukraine to Kazakhstan in the 1930s. Deportation and Sovietization ...
Gender Nonconformity and Homosexuality in Kazakhstan’s Contemporary Visual Culture

Ten, Yuliya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-07-26)

While gender binarism and heterosexual relations are widely present in traditional art spaces such as museums and art exhibitions in modern Kazakhstan, non-normative gender and sexual behavior can rarely be seen there. ...
Germany’s “soft power” strategy in Kazakhstan: educational and cultural aspects

Matkarimova, Karina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

The research represents a case study and explores Germany’s “soft power” strategy in Kazakhstan in terms of education and culture. Since no research has been conducted before on this matter, the author attempts to provide ...
HETEROGLOSSIA IN KAZAKHSTANI`S METAL SUBCULTURE: TECHNOLOGICALLY MEDIATED SONIC REPRESENTATION OF AUTHENTIC METAL VOICES

Dukayev, Ali (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

The current work attempts to investigate the concept of heteroglossia and its sonic representation in Kazakhstani`s metal subculture. Heteroglossia is a combination of voices that we consciously and subconsciously derive ...
HOW TEMPORARY? THE EDUCATION-MIGRATION NEXUS: REAL-LIFE STRATEGIES AND THE “STAY-RETURN” PARADIGM OF KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS IN SOUTH KOREA

Koldeyeva, Dana (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

As one of the new actors in the global higher education market, South Korea has enhanced its international competitiveness over the last two decades. Education policies aimed at receiving international recognition have ...
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN: STATE POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES

Tazhibayeva, Aliya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This thesis deals with the interpretation and implementation of internationalization of higher education in Kazakhstan at national and institutional levels. The goal of the study is to find out how internationalization ...