November 4, 2019 at the meeting of the Academic Council of Al-Farabi KazNU was held a ceremony of awarding scholarships «Choi Jae Hyung Memorial Association» in Seoul. Seven students(Korean studies) of Department of the Far East, Faculty of Oriental Studies received scholarships in the amount of 100,000 tenge (700,000 tenge).
On November 9, 2019 year at the faculty of Oriental studies of the Kazakh National University al-Farabi was organized an event dedicated to the birthday of the great poet, philosopher, spiritual father of Pakistan Allama Muhammad Iqbal. The program was held with the participation of Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, Head of the Board of the Pakistan National Bank Mr. Muhammad Raffik and President of the Kazakhstan-Pakistan Association, who contributed to the opening of the Muhammad Ali Jinnah center at the faculty of Oriental studies, Mr. Habib Ur Rahman. Dean of the faculty of Oriental studies, PhD Dr. Paltore Yihtiyar Moldatoreuli met guests in the heart of Muhammad Ali Jinnah centre and made a welcoming speech. The books were donated on behalf of the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Urdu department. All the guests were pleased with the concert program prepared by the students of Urdu Department. Students who learned by heart from Iqbal's poems were awarded gifts. Program was completed with celebration cake in honor of the birthday of Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan the political integration is developing in a spirit of friendship. Today the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr.Imtiaz Ahmad Kazi has presented the books in urdu language to the department of urdu of the Oriental Studies Faculty. The representative of the Embassy Mr.Manas was at the receiption of the Dean of the Oriental Studies Faculty, PhD, Dr. Paltore Yikhtiyar Moldatoreuly and handed him the books.
On the basis of the Department of the Far East, Faculty of Oriental Studies a methodical seminar for teachers of the Korean language in Almaty was held on the topic: Methods of preparing students for the Topik exams.
Sakha scientists visited the faculty of Oriental Studies of the Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi and met with the teaching staff of the Department of Turksoy.
The delegation of honorary guests was headed by academician of the Academy of Sciences of RS Sleptsov Petr Alekseevich. The head of the project "Big explanatory dictionary of the Yakut language" Monastyrev Vladimir Dmitrievich, said that the main purpose of the visit of the delegation from Sakha is to get acquainted with Kazakh scientists. In addition, a 15-volume "Explanatory dictionary" of about 10 thousand pages, which contains about 80 thousand words and phraseological units of the Sakha language and their interpretation in the Sakha-Russian languages, was presented for review in the National library of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Authors of dictionaries Ph. D., researchers: Nadezhda Matveevna Vasilyeva, Nadezhda Nikolaevna, Olga Nikonorovna Ammosova and other junior researchers and undergraduates noted that they worked on each volume for 15 years. Also in their speech, they noted that students and undergraduates of the Department of TURKSOY will be able to freely use the dictionary donated to the library.
In his speech, the chief editor of the "Big explanatory dictionary of the Sakha language", Ph.D. Nelunov Anatoly Gavrilovich noted that the main aim of the visit was the promotion of values, history and culture of the Turkic peoples, as well as exchange of experience.
The scientist of Sakha, academician Sleptsov Petr Alekseevich, as the author of the "Big explanatory dictionary of the Yakut language", noted that the dictionary is a unique publication created by the latest methods of the explanatory dictionary in the Turkic languages, and also shared his experience with the teaching staff of the Department.
At the end of the meeting, the Dean of the faculty Yktiyar Paltore thanked the scientists from RS for time they dedicated in order to visit the faculty, emphasizing the importance of strengthening ties in the scientific and educational sphere and expressing interest in strengthening the partnership.
The delegation from Japan visited Kazakh National University in order to investigate the educational situation here.
At the Department of the Far East in the framework of the student scientific circle "Shinsede" held an open lecture of doctor of political Sciences Dmitry Volbonovich Myung on a trip to North Korea
A Japanese visiting professor of the Department of the Far East Al-Farabi Kazakh National University attended to the event “Art Night”.
Abai is the great son of the Kazakh people, a talented poet. The moral life of Abay instills a sense of pride in the hearts of every Kazakh citizen. Each word of Abay is filled with art and is a commandment for man. "If you are looking for noble words, do not be lazy, read the works of Abai," said S. Toraigyrov. In order for young people to become more familiar with his work, on November 2 at the Faculty of Oriental Studies held a competition "Readers of Poems and Prose of Abai" dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Abay Kunanbaev.
Head of the Department for East Asian Studies, associate professor Natalya Yem announced al-Farabi Kazakh National University at the Research Center for Korean Community’s (RCKC) at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY)
