ENU trains PhD doctors in collaboration with foreign universities

The Department of Russian Philology at L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University (headed by Professor Kadisha Nurgali, Doctor of Philology) has long been successfully preparing dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The external supervisors are academics from leading universities in the CIS countries and beyond. These include scholars from universities in Russia, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Bulgaria.

Doctoral graduates from the Department of Russian Philology defend their theses before the Dissertation Council for the specialization 8D02314 – “Literary Studies” (chaired by Academician Dichan Kamzabekuly).

The “ISTINA” website of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University has published information regarding the defence of theses by two graduates of the department: Zh. Azkenova on the topic “The Typology of the Invasion/Clash Plot and the Genre Dynamics of the 19th-Century Literary Process” (2021), and U. Baiturina on the topic “The Rhetoric of Law and Consciousness in F. Dostoevsky’s Novel” (2025), within the field of study 8D023 – “Languages and Literature” (educational program  8D02314 – “Literary Studies”).

The theses were written under the guidance of a foreign supervisor – Professor I.Mokletsova, Doctor of Philology, Department of Comparative Studies of National Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Foreign Languages, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, and a domestic supervisor - Associate Professor, Doctor of Philology, Department of Russian Philology, K. Urazayeva.

The importance of international cooperation and joint training of academic staff is reinforced by the strengthening of ties with domestic scholars. The following renowned Kazakhstani academics served as official examiners at these thesis defences: L.Safronova (Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University), U. Abisheva (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University), L.Kharitonova (E.A. Buketov Karaganda National Research University), and T.Demezhanov (Shakarim University) reflects the scope of the department’s academic ties with higher education institutions in Kazakhstan.

Participation as temporary members of the Dissertation Council by scholars from Russia – I.Kisseleva (Moscow State University of Education), T.Alpatova (Moscow State University of Education) – and from Kazakhstan – G.Vlassova (Kazakh Branch of Moscow State University), Zh.Bayanbayeva (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University), I.Spivak-Lavrov (K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional State University) – also attests to the demand for specialists and the relevance of the candidates’ research.