SDG 17: "Partnerships for the Goals" Series of International Leadership Lectures at Berdakh Karakalpak State University

 As part of the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 "Partnerships for the Goals" (SDG 17) and aimed at strengthening bilateral academic cooperation, scholars from the Department of Turkology and Language Theory at the Faculty of Philology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, delivered a series of intensive lectures upon official invitation at Berdakh Karakalpak State University (Nukus, Republic of Uzbekistan).

      During the 40-hour lecture course delivered to undergraduate, Master’s, and doctoral students across the Karakalpak, Uzbek, and Kazakh departments of KSU, key theoretical and applied topics were presented in disciplines including Introduction to Turkology, Introduction to Linguistics, General Linguistics, History of the Uzbek Language, and Turkic Lexicology and Lexicography. Scholars from Al-Farabi KazNU shared best practices in modern computational linguistics, language digitization, and comparative-historical research on closely related Turkic languages of Central Asia.

     This leadership lecture series expanded the research interests of learners, deepened spiritual, educational, and scientific-pedagogical integration between the leading higher education institutions of both countries, and made a significant contribution to advancing regional international partnerships under SDG 17.

      Organizers: R.A. Avakova, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Turkology and Language Theory; Sh.T. Kudyarova, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Turkology and Language Theory.