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February 12-22, 2018, Al-Farabi Eurasian Research Center hosted 16 students of Masters Degree from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University related to different faculties: Faculty of Oriental Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Journalism Department. Center organized 10 day course which includes both theoretical and practice sessions and sightseeing tours to enrich knowledge of students about Turkish culture and traditions and increase cultural understanding between Kazakh and Turkish people.

Today, the fourth-year student of the specialty "Oriental Studies" of the branch of Korean Studies of al-Farabi KazNU Aidana Samuratova became a member of the team "Shinhan Way". She has been working for eight months at JSC Shinhan Bank Kazakhstan as an assistant manager. This opportunity was provided as one of the best students, who was selected as a bank employee on the job.

Interesting lecture of the American scientist Martin Blackwell on the topic: "Kyiv as Regime City: The Return of the Soviet Power after Nazi Occupation" Book Talk for Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI)

March 16, 2018 in the hall of the rector's office of KazNU named after al-Farabi solemn ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Olympic Committee and the Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi.   

On March 9, 2018, the final meeting of the "Arabic Language Week" was held. Director of the Egyptian Cultural Center Dr. PhD Hamdan Ibrahim, Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies Dr. PhD Ykhtiyar Paltore, lecturers of the Arabic language, headed by the Head of the Middle East and South Asia Department, Dr. Rashid Mukhitdinov, as well as students and undergraduates of the Arab department participated in the event.

On March 13, 2018, a round table was held on the theme "The Mongolian Empire and the history of Central Asia" organized by the Faculty of History, Archeology and Ethnology and the Department of History of Kazakhstan with Timothy Michael May, who is a professor at the University of Northern Georgia, Dean of the College of Arts and Literature, Ph.D. Professor Timothy May is a specialist in the history of the Mongolian Empire and the history of the nomadic empire.

On March 14, the Oriental Studies Faculty of al-Farabi KazNU, a lecture was given by the Chinese Consul General in Almaty Mr. Zhang Wei on the topic "New formats of Kazakh-Chinese relations".

Students of the Far East Department once again deservedly took part in the 20th Kazakhstan oratory competition in the Japanese language. 

Over the past five years, the number of graduates of the department of Japanese studies remains stable. "Piece" goods are the Japanologists of KazNU named after al-Farabi. Our graduates are very special, their level of knowledge of the Japanese language is very high, which is confirmed by the wins at the national and international competitions for knowledge of the Japanese language.