On 3 November 2020, at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, in cooperation with the Department of Middle East and South Asia and the Consulate General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Almaty in the centre of "Tajik language and culture" was held an online round table on "Rudaki – the founder of classic Tajik-Persian literature".
Congratulations to the winners of the talent competition among first-year students of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
On November 29, 2020, as part of the celebration of the 1150th anniversary of the great thinker, scientist Abu Nasr al-Farabi, an international "Leadership Lecture" was held, organized for Arabic language teachers, doctoral students and undergraduates at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, the Department of the Middle East and South Asia of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
On October 21, 2020, the Consul General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Kazakhstan, Bahodur Nazir, visited the Faculty of Oriental Studies and met with the Dean of the Faculty Ykhtiyar Paltore.
COVID-19 brought a lot of restrictions and upsets to the whole world, it was necessary to adjust plans for academic mobility, as the sending of students to study abroad was suspended. Despite the current situation in the world, students of the Department of The Far East of the Korean Department continue their studies at the Sookmyung Women's University through online courses.
At the initiative of Al-Farabi KazNU, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of the Middle East and South Asia, within the framework of the 1150th anniversary of the great philosopher, scientist Abu Nasr al-Farabi, lectures are organized for teachers of the Arabic language, doctoral students and undergraduates on the heritage of Al-Farabi in Arabic language.
Recently, at the initiative of al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the faculty of Oriental studies, the Department of Middle East and South Asia, within the framework of the 1150th anniversary of the great philosopher, scientist Abu Nasr al-Farabi, lectures on the heritage of al-Farabi in Arabic were launched for teachers of the Arabic language, doctoral students and undergraduates.
On October 23, 2020, the Persian language department of the Department of Near East and South Asia of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Al-Farabi KazNU, together with the World Literature Service of the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as part of the celebration of the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev, held a literary evening on the theme "Abai and Oriental Poets".
From October 22, the Department of Middle East and South Asia of the faculty of Oriental studies of al-Farabi Kazakh National University jointly with Allameh Tabataba’i University will hold a lecture on leadership for Iranian scientists, doctoral students and undergraduates in Kazakhstan, Professor of Allameh Tabataba’i University Ourang Izadi.
On October 17 of the current year, Ibodzoda Khairullo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Kazakhstan, visited the Faculty of Oriental Studies and got acquainted with the life of the faculty. During the meeting, the ambassador presented to the center of “Tajik language and culture” of our faculty the book of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon “Tajiks in the mirror of history. From Aryans to the Samanids”, which was translated into the Kazakh language. The books were received by Pirimbek Suleimenov, head of the Department of the Middle East and South Asia. These books will be kept in the book fund of the сenter.
