PhD program
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Contemporary Islamic Studies

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. To carry out analytical processing of source study, theoretical and methodological material, applying critical-reflective, historical-objective assessment, modern methodological attitudes and principles.
2. To use productively available scientific material of historical and modern Islamic studies, with the conceptual base formed in them, for further study of modern Islamic studies discourse.
3. To carry out interdisciplinary research at the intersection of Islamic studies, philosophy, history, theology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of culture, political science, using the methods of religious and philosophical comparative studies, general scientific methodology, Islamic rationalism, religious phenomenology, historiography.
4. To manage an analytical and informational review and logical processing of Islamic classical and modern narratives in order to obtain objective knowledge, concretize it and introduce theoretical research and practical recommendations into the Islamic studies landscape.
5. To conduct a comprehensive analysis of the innovative potential of Islamic paradigms of knowledge to substantiate its importance in the dialogical consensus of religions and cultures in Kazakhstan.
6. To consume Islamic studies methodology to identify the features, universalism, uniqueness of the Islamic tradition, Islamic philosophy, Islamic culture in Kazakhstan, revealing its modernization potential for the formation of the spiritual foundations of national identity.
7. To use conceptual approaches and the conceptual and cognitive base of Islamic studies in the study of modern religious, cultural and political processes, forming their own conceptualization of theoretical and applied research necessary for the criterion assessment of the existing spiritual, cultural and social reality
8. To carry out a scientific-objective, criterial analysis and assessment of foreign and Kazakh corpus of Islamic studies.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Contemporary Islamic Studies
Speciality Code
8D02216
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Academic Writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to form the skills of writing scientific publications, taking into account the requirements of publishers. Studied: the principles of academic writing when writing articles with a high impact factor; scientific style for writing analytical notes, expert assessments; skills in the use of academic writing, taking into account the type of scientific research.

Features of the Islamic traditional paradigm in the Kazakh culture
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to introduce and analyze interdisciplinary methodologies in the study of the specificity, universality and uniqueness of the Islamic paradigm in the phenomenon of Kazakh culture. The study of the course is connected with the need to form a position of religious and cultural tolerance, a fundamental understanding of the role of religion in the spiritual modernization of Kazakhstani society.

Islamic identity in the philosophical discourse
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to model the paradigm of Islamic identity in the philosophical discourse of intellectuals of the Islamic world. In the course of studying the discipline, doctoral students learn to interpret texts that form Islamic identity, define the role of falsafa in Islamic identity, explore Islamic identity in contemporary philosophy.

PhD thesis writing and defence
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Докторская диссертация
  • Description - The main purpose of "PhD thesis writing and defence": of a doctoral dissertation is the formation of the doctoral students' ability to disclose the content of research work for the defense of the thesis. During the study of course, doctoral student's should be competent in: 1. to substantiate the content of new scientifically grounded theoretical and experimental results that allow to solve a theoretical or applied problem or are a major achievement in the development of specific scientific directions; 2. explain the assessment of the completeness of the solutions to the tasks assigned, according to the specifics of the professional sphere of activity; 3. they can analyze alternative solutions for solving research and practical problems and assess the prospects for implementing these options; 4. apply the skills of writing scientific texts and presenting them in the form of scientific publications and presentations. 5. to plan and structure the scientific search, clearly highlight the research problem, develop a plan / program and methods for its study, formalize, in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Establishment, the scientific and qualification work in the form of a thesis for a scientific degree Doctor of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on specialty «8D07502 – Standardization and certification (by industry)». During the study of the discipline doctoral student will learn following aspects: Registration of documents for presentation of the thesis for defense. Information card of the dissertation and registration-registration card (in the format Visio 2003). Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the institution, in which the preliminary defense of the thesis took place. Cover letter to the Higher Attestation Commission. Expert conclusion on the possibility of publishing the author's abstract. Expert opinion on the possibility of publishing a dissertation. Minutes of the meeting of the counting commission. Bulletin for voting. A shorthand record of the meeting of the dissertational council. List of scientific papers. Response of the official opponent. A review of the leading organization. The recall of the scientific adviser.

Scientific Research Methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop skills in the use of laws, terminologies, specific features of the organization and management of scientific research. The study of the discipline is aimed at developing the skills of planning the organization of scientific research; skills of search procedures in global networks for information on scientific developments, opportunities for scientific contacts, applications for scientific grants of various levels.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Interfaith dialogue in Islamic Studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to analyze the methodological and practical problems of interfaith dialogue in the ethno-confessional processes of the modern world. The discipline is aimed at knowledge of interfaith issues; study of the structures of interfaith dialogue, the features of interfaith dialogue in secular and religious societies.

Islamic studies in Kazakhstan: history and modernity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to systematize the history of Islam on the territory of Kazakhstan in Islamic studies. This scientific course is aimed at studying the historical aspects of Islamic theology, systems of knowledge about the features of Islamic theology and knowledge of the source base for successful application in modern studies of Islam.

Politicization of Islam and Political Islam
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to conceptualize scientific foundations about the politicization of Islam and political Islam, Islamism and various radical ideologies. The study of the discipline involves the analysis of Islamist ideologies, research of the dialogical content of foreign, Kazakhstani Islamic studies; use of interdisciplinary methodology.

Traditionalist and neotraditionalist experience in the formation of Kazakhstani islam
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to study the history of Islamic traditions in Kazakhstan in connection with pre-Islamic beliefs in the Kazakh steppe. The course is aimed at studying the features and universality of Kazakhstani Islam, correlation between Islamic and Kazakh traditions; historical reconstruction of the Islamic tradition.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years