A.S. Zhanbossinova is a distinguished Kazakhstani historian whose scholarly and editorial work has focused on the history of Kazakhstan, Siberia, Central Asia, and Eurasia across a broad chronological and thematic spectrum. Her research interests include ethnoconfessional processes, the history of religion and Islam, historical memory, memory politics, archival sources, the history of political repressions, issues of identity, and interethnic and intercultural interactions.

Her professional activity is significant not only as a contribution to a particular field of historical scholarship, but also as an example of work within a wide interdisciplinary landscape. This is especially important for the Gumilyov Journal of History, which brings together research in archaeology, national history, world history, source studies, historiography, ethnography, and ethnology. Such a profile requires the Editor-in-Chief to possess a holistic vision of historical processes — through written, archival, archaeological, ethnographic, and other types of sources, as well as through the ability to connect local historical narratives with broader Eurasian and global developments.

She has extensive experience participating in research projects, serving as principal investigator and key researcher in national and international research projects and grants, as well as in contract-based studies. This experience demonstrates her active involvement in international academic communication and her ability to organize research work oriented toward academic standards, interdisciplinarity, and publication productivity.

Editorial and publishing work occupies a special place in her professional career. A.S. Zhanbossinova is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal The World of the Great Altai in Kazakhstan and serves on the editorial boards of academic journals in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus, including Izvestiya of Altai State University. Series: Historical Sciences and Archaeology, Peoples and Religions of Eurasia, Journal of the Belarusian State University. History, and Nauchnyi Dialog, Qazaq Historical Review». Her involvement in these journals demonstrates her extensive academic networks and experience in internationally oriented editorial environments.

The experience of A.S. Zhanbossinova as a researcher, academic organizer, and editor strengthens the scholarly profile of the Gumilyov Journal of History. Under her leadership, the journal continues to develop as a platform for research on the history of Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and Eurasia — including archaeological, source-based, ethnographic, and historical-analytical studies — and contributes to expanding the journal’s presence in the international academic space.