Zhanat Askerbekovna Aimukhambet
Education:
1982-1987 Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, Philologist, teacher of Kazakh language and literature.
Work experience:
1987-1995 Teacher of Kazakh language and literature at the School named after the 40th Anniversary of Kazakhstan, Tarbagatai District, East Kazakhstan Region;
1995-2000 Lecturer at the Department of Kazakh Literature, East Kazakhstan State University;
2000-present, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor (2005), Acting Professor (2013), Professor (2025) at the Department of Kazakh Literature, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.
Academic degree and title:
Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor.
Academic and teaching publications
Monographs:
“The World of Myth and the Artistic World” (2004), “Dangyl” (2007), “Artistic Space” (2009), “The Function of Myth in Poetics” (2010), “Poetry and Myth” (2012), “Myth. Mythology. Mythopoetics” (2017), “Abai’s Poetry in the Aspect of Mythopoetic Analysis” (2022), “The Space of Text and Literary Work in Verbal Art” (2023), “Abai’s Poetry: Artistic Anthropology. Motif and Actant” (2024).
Textbooks and teaching aids:
“Kazakh Folklore” (co-authored with S. Kaskabassov, 2017); “Mythopoetics” (2015, 2016, 2017); “Kazakh Literature of the 19th Century” (2014, 2015, 2016); “Theory of Literature” (2022); “Structural Literary Studies and Text Analysis” (2025).
Poetry collections:
“Qarakoz-bulaq”. Poems (2001), “Qantardagy qyzyl gul”. Poems (2001), “Kok turikter aueni”. Poems (2002), “Qaz qanatyndagy gumyr”. Poems and a poem (2007), “Ai-tamgy”. Poems (2014), “A Century on the Wings of Geese”. Collection of poems / ed. by B. Kanapyanov; translated from Kazakh by S. Mnatsakanyan (2016), “Bult bolyp koshedi olen”. Poems and translations (2016), “Qysh taqtadagy syna zhazu”. Poems (2019), “Myth-o-Poetry” (2022), “Urkek kundei urkerim” (2024).
Translations:
“When the Sakura Blossoms”. Japanese poetry (translated by Zh. Askerbekkyzy).
Practical skills:
Member of the National Scientific Council under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2019–2021);
expert on textbooks reviewed by the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Examination of Educational Content; expert on research projects reviewed by the National Center of State Scientific and Technical Expertise;
Awards and achievements:
- Recipient of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan grant “Best University Teacher – 2011”;
- included in the “TOP-30” list of university teachers of the Republic of Kazakhstan according to the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR) (2014);
- recipient of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan badge “For Merits in the Development of Science” (2015);
- recipient of the State Scholarship of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy in the field of culture (2016);
- laureate of the International “Alash” Literary Prize (2016);
- Letter of Appreciation from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2019);
- recipient of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan badge “Excellence in Culture” (2021);
- recipient of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan award “Best Researcher” (2022);
- Honored Worker of Kazakhstan (2023);
- recipient of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan badge “For Contribution to the Development of the Native Language” (2025);
- Commendation from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the “Altyn Barys” badge.
