At the al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Zhorabek Zhuldyz Gaifurkyzy will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: «Post-Islamism: The Evolution of Political Islam»under the educational program «8D02204 – Islamic Studies».
The dissertation was performed at the Department of Oriental Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Form of defense – dissertation work
Language of defense – Kazakh.
Official reviewers:
- Kerim Shamshadin Tursynuly – Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Center for International Scientific Research and Innovation at the Nur-Mubarak University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
- Kasabekova Enlik Kuralgazykyzy – PhD, Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies.
Scientific supervisors:
- Baitenova Nagima Zhaulybaevna – Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
- Ali Rafet Özkan – PhD, Professor at Ankara University (Ankara, Turkey).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
- Seitakhmetova Natalya Lvovna – Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
- Saparov Bakhytzhan Zholdybaevich – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Director of the Institute of Social and Humanities Sciences and Arts at the Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
- Temirbayev Talgat Tulyubaevich – Acting Associate Professor (PhD) at the Department of Religious Studies of the Nur-Mubarak Egyptian University of Islamic Culture (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
The defense will take place in a mixed format (online/offline) on September 11, 2026 at 10:00, faculty of Philosophy and political science, Room 123 (Masanchi 39), at the dissertation council at al-Farabi Kazakh National University for the group of specialties/educational programs «6D020600, 8D02203 – Religious Studies», «6D021500, 8D02204 – Islamic Studies», «6D020400, 8D03102 – Cultural Studies», «6D020100, 8D02202 – Philosophy», «8D02201 – Political philosophy».
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Conference ID: 997 0840 6741