research centers

 

"Computer Linguistics" Resrarch Center

 It was  organized by professor Zh.M. Umatova  director of the center,  PhD, associate.
The main aim of the scientific center "Computer Linguistics" is to  create  and introduce  the  new language technology into the educational process. The main center working direction  is to conduct basic and applied research of human speech-thinking activities based on  various information technologies, as well as to implement the results of all these studies into the educational process at the humanitarian faculties. The Research Center conducts research independently  and in cooperation with scientific institutions, organizations and enterprises of all forms of property within the framework of the research programs based on  linguistic computer technology.

Linguistic Research Center organized by Olzhas Suleimenov.
  It was established in 2015.
The purpose of the center is to study the literary works of Kazakh and Russian writers  of the XX-XXI centuries in the context of Russian-Turkick relationships.
Centre Objectives are to
-determine  Turkick -Slavic parallels in the languages ​​and cultures; 

- to give the scientific intepretation  of the origin of the ancient Turkic languages ​​and scripts;
  - to study  the problems of Turkic and Slavic Studies, 

- to  create  database research on Turkic and Slavonic studies;
  -  to investigate  the scientific contribution made by Olzhas Suleimenov in Turkic and Slavic studies.

The center researchers are also planning to
  participate in scientific competitions in order to obtain grants for fundamental and applied research in the country and abroad and organize  conferences and symposia, exhibitions, thematic meetings. Publishing activity is also included in the center work.

 " Abai Institute"

 It was organized by Professor, Zh.D. Dadebayev, Ph.D. Director Center.
The center activity is mainly related to the study of Abai's  literary  works,  his worldviews and  profound philosophical vision.
  The center researchers have  developed  interdisciplinary paradigm and the  structural integrity of  Abay’s doctrine in the course of interdisciplinary studies of Abai’s creative legacy. The principles of interdisciplinary study and aesthetic perception of the creative legacy of Abai were formulated and  the essence of Abai’s doctrine was determined. The procedure of axiological analysis of the national value of Abai’s creative legacy was proposed. The practical recommendations  to  create   multimedia technology for the popularization of Abai’s creative works were made.  The center researchers have  also developed the recommendations how to summarize   the conceptual foundations of the Abai’s creative legacy. The method of studying the factors that influenced the formation of national and universal values ​​of Abai’s creative legacy was developed. More than 15 video lectures on Abai’s life and creative  work were  prepared.

"GLOSSA" multidisciplinary research and innovation center of educational services

The main subject of the activity is to  develop and conduct  trainings, lectures, seminars, practical exercises, consultations, tests. The center activity also provides the  development of scientific and methodological documentation for educational institutions.

 The goal of the Center is to  implement  innovative activities into the educational sphere,  form and disseminate  knowledge in linguistics, literary critisism and cultural studies  through research and teaching of special courses.

The mission of the Center is to train  competent and  creative specialists for  the Kazakhstan  society.

 

Zhambyl Centre of Kazakh Folklore and Literary Research

Zhambyl Centre of Kazakh Folklore and Literary  Research was founded on February 25, 2016 at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University as a part of  of the research laboratory "Kazakh folklore".

The Centre studies the problems of Kazakh folklore and literary criticism in the context of modern national methodology. The centre also reveals the laws, origin  and differences in the history and development of  the folklore heritage of other Turkic-speaking ethnic groups.  More attention is paid to studying the  genres of the Kazakh folklore: fairy tales, legends, lyrical poems, Proverbs, sayings, epic poems (heroic and lyrical epics), historical songs, etc.

The center also focuses on the patterns  of oral and written literature in the center of the Kazakh ethnic Diaspora in the near and far abroad, as well as on the investigation of  the causes, historical foundations and scene of literary texts. It  also analyzes the past and present poetry, prose and literary works of drama of Kazakh literature from the viewpoint of a new national approach to independence. In this direction,  the  literature researchers of Kazakhstan  and the scholars   of Kazakh folklore and foreign literary art in foreign countries participate in literary research and work  together  on monographs and literary textbooks  issued by  the publishing house "Kazakh University".

Since 2016 - head of the Centre - candidate of philological Sciences, associate Professor Maulenov Almasbek Anykbekovich.