Editor-in-Chief

 

Sydykov Yerlan Battashevich

Education: Higher education (Faculty of History, Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov, now Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 1973–1978), postgraduate studies (Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov, 1981–1984).

Place of work: L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

Position: Chairman of the Board – Rector of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Chairman of the National Congress of Historians.

Academic Degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences (1999), Professor (2001).

Sydykov Y.B. has risen from a research intern at a regional institute to the head of the Eurasian National University, which is included in the QS Sustainability Rankings 2024, a ranking of top universities achieving sustainable development goals.

Scientific Interests: Domestic and world history, issues of socio-economic and socio-political history, historiography, and source studies. The content of his Ph.D. and doctoral dissertations is devoted to the problems of modern and contemporary periods in domestic history.

He combines research, public, and managerial activities. Author and scientific editor of more than 200 monographs, collective works, scientific collections, and scientific publications. He has been a leader and coordinator of several scientific projects on the study of national history, making a significant research contribution to the development of Kazakhstani historical science. Laureate of state awards and honors.

Editor-in-chief of the following journals: "Bulletin of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Series: Historical Sciences. Philosophy. Religious Studies," "Turkic Studies Journal," and "Journal of the National Congress of Historians."