A scientific lecture by a professor from Washington University was held at "Gylym Ordasy"

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On September 17, 2026, a scientific lecture was held at the Central Scientific Library of "Gylym Ordasy" by Talant Maukanyuly, Professor at the University of Washington (USA), Director of the Program in Turkic Languages and Central Eurasian Studies, on the topic "The Manuscript Heritage of Kazakhstan: Registration, Restoration, Scientific Cataloging, Digitization, and Comprehensive Codicological Research."

A scientific lecture by a professor from Washington University was held at "Gylym Ordasy"

The event was attended by representatives of the scientific community, university faculty, researchers, doctoral students, master's students, and undergraduate students, as well as specialists from the library and archival fields.

Talant Maukanyuly is a specialist in the fields of Turkology, sociocultural linguistics, and Central Eurasian studies. He received his PhD from Indiana University. The scholar's research focuses on the study of Turkic languages in a sociocultural context, linguistic anthropology, and the study of the languages of minority peoples. One of the areas of his current research is the study, scholarly description, cataloging, and comprehensive analysis of archival manuscripts in the Chagatai language containing information about the Kazakh language and society of the 18th–19th centuries.

During the lecture, current issues in the study of manuscript sources, their systematization, scholarly description, cataloging, and interdisciplinary analysis were examined. Participants exchanged opinions and shared experience in the field of studying manuscript heritage.

According to Talant Maukanyuly, cooperation between Kazakhstan and the United States in the field of studying manuscript heritage opens up new scientific opportunities for young researchers. For the development of science, the exchange of knowledge and experience between scholars of the two countries, as well as the implementation of joint research projects, are important. In studying manuscripts in the Chagatai language, along with knowledge of the Kazakh language, knowledge of the Kipchak and Oghuz languages, as well as Turkish, Uzbek, Arabic, and Persian, allows for a deeper understanding of the content of the sources.

The meeting with the foreign scholar contributed to strengthening scientific ties between domestic and foreign researchers and to the exchange of experience in the field of studying, scholarly description, cataloging, and digitization of the manuscript heritage of Kazakhstan. The event became a platform for scientific dialogue, exchange of experience, and professional development of young scholars.