• 10 November 2026
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CONGRATULATIONS!

Agabek Nazarov, Senior Lecturer in the Design and Technology educational programme at the Pedagogy and Traditional Arts Institute of Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

The dissertation was defended before the Dissertation Council of the Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts for the award of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the field of “8D021 — Arts” under the “8D02108 — Decorative Arts” educational programme.

The title of the research is “Classification of Decorative Archetypal Patterns of Medieval Settlements in the Aral Sea Region: Symbolic Meanings of Ornaments and Cultural Contexts”.

The research focuses on studying the decorative art heritage of medieval settlements in Aral littoral region, revealing the symbolic meanings of ornaments, and providing a scholarly systematization of their historical and cultural characteristics.

The doctoral candidate’s academic supervisors were Sangul Karzhaubayeva, Doctor of Art History and Professor at the Department of Scenography of the Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts; Kabyl Khalykov, Doctor of Philosophy and Vice-Rector for Research at the same academy; and Omer Zaimoglu, PhD, Professor at the Department of Traditional Turkish Arts of Ankara Music and Fine Arts University, Türkiye.

Agabek Nazarov’s successful doctoral dissertation defence represents a significant contribution to strengthening the University’s research capacity and advancing scholarly research into the national heritage of decorative arts.

The University community congratulates Agabek Zhenisbekuly on his academic achievement and wishes him every success in his future professional career and scholarly pursuits!

The Media Center of Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University