Nurzat Mukan

Senior Lecturer, PhD

Email: Mukan.nurzat@gmail.com 

Tel: 8(727)292-57-17 (ex.2125)

Address: Faculty of philosophy and political science

Department of religious and cultural studies

Masanchi 39/47, Building 4, office 403

BIOGRAPHY

2002-2006 – BA in “Religious Studies” at al-Farabi Kazakh National University;

2006-2008 - MA in “Religious Studies” at al-Farabi Kazakh National University;

2013-2016 - PhD in "Religious Studies". The theme of dissertation was "Processes of developing Islam in China: history and present (religious studies analysis)".

As part of PhD program Mukan Nurzat passed scientific internship at Zheijiang University (China) from 10.06.2014 to 10.08.2014 and 15.06.2015 to 15.08.2015.

She has more than 30 scientific publications published in scientific journals recommended by the Committee for control in education and science of the MES RK, materials of international conferences near and far abroad, including publications in journals of Scopus database.

From 14.09.2018 to 18.04.2018 she participated in the international forum "Dialogue Chinese and other World Civilizations" (PRC). Successfully passed a course on advanced training "New modern pedagogical technologies in higher education" on the basis of the National center for advanced training "Orleu" (240 hours, 28.04.2018).

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

• History of Islam in China
• Sufism in Central Asia
• Eastern religions
• Confucianism

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Qytajdagy islam dіnіn qabyldagan ehtnikalyq toptar // ҚazUU Habarshy. Filosofiya seriyasy. Mәdeniettanu seriyasy. Sayasattanu seriyasy. – 2015. - № 4 (53).
• Qytajda islam dіnіnіng tarihi damu kezengderі // KazUU Habarshy. Filosofiya seriyasy. Mәdeniettanu seriyasy. Sayasattanu seriyasy. – 2016. - № 2 (55).
• Qytajda islam dіnіn nasihattaudagy medreselerdіng orny // KazUU Habarshy. Filosofiya seriyasy. Mәdeniettanu seriyasy. Sayasattanu seriyasy. – 2016. - № 2 (55).
• Mosques in China: architectural features and functions // Materiály XII mezinárodní vědecko -praktická konference. Praha Publishing House «Education and Science» s.r..2016.
• Confessional Peculiarity of Chinese Islam // International journal of environmental & science education, 2016. Vol.11, No 15. 7906-7915 pp.
• Islamic movements and urgent issues of the modern Kazakhstan // European Journal of Science and Theology. Volume 13, Issue 4, 2017.

TEACHING

Bachelour

• Culture and religion
• Islam and the cultural traditions of the Kazakhs
• Directions and schools of Islam
• Primal beliefs
• Religious anthropology
• Contemporary non-traditional religious movements and cults
• Doctrinal literature (Sacred texts of the religions of the world)
• Religions of Kazakhstan
• Sufism in Central Asia
• Man in Islamic theology
• Quran studies