Dedicated to the great Abai Kunanbayev

Dedicated to the great Abai Kunanbayev

October 9, 2020, Department of Foreign Philology, L.N. Gumilyov ENU together with the Department of General Linguistics and European Languages KazNU named after Al-Farabi held a large republican scientific conference of students, undergraduates and doctoral students on the topic: "The world and creativity of Abai Kunanbayev through the eyes of youth", dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the great poet-educator, philosopher, founder of Kazakh literature, translator and thinker Abai Kunanbayev.

The conference was greeted by the Dean of the Faculty of Philology L.N. Gumilyov ENU Beisenbai A.B. and Dean of the Faculty of Philology and World Languages KazNU named after al-Farabi Joldasbekova B.U.

The conference was attended by students studying foreign languages. In total, over 90 applications were submitted, 40 people took part as speakers. The geography of the participants is wide: Almaty, Taraz, Turkestan, Pavlodar, Kostanay, Nur-Sultan. All the reports were presented and contained many interesting approaches to scientific research.

Abai revealed himself in the scientific research of young scientists as a translator, as a poet, striving for the internationalization of national poetry, building bridges of friendship between peoples. His creative heritage is a treasure trove that must be studied, every verse of Abay must be re-read and the depth of its content must be understood, Abai's thoughts are not only the philosophy of that distant time when the great sage lived and worked, but also the commandments of human humanity that are relevant at all times, human existence and relationships.

All reports were permeated with the general idea of preserving the creative heritage of the great son of the Kazakh people, careful reading and respect for human values that Abai wrote about. It's good that young people as one talked about this. Abai's ideas, his poems sounded in English, Kazakh and Russian. One talk was even given in French.

The conference began with a plenary session. Among the best performances of the participants were the 2nd year undergraduate student of the Department of Foreign Philology of the ENU Stanislav Shishkovsky "Abay's song discourse" (scientific supervisor - PhD, associate professor Sabitova L.S.), report of the doctoral student of KazNU named after Al-Farabi Sarsenova Balnur (scientific supervisor - PhD, associate professor Dosanova A.M.), 4th year student of the Department of Foreign Philology, LN Gumilyov ENU Aitkazy Madina (scientific supervisor - PhD, associate professor Beisembaeva G.Z.).

 

After lunch, the conference continued in two sections: Linguistics and Linguodidactics and Literary Studies and Intercultural Communication. The best reports were also revealed here and the winners were announced. The jury was headed by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of General Linguistics and European Languages KazNU named after al-Farabi Madieva G.B. Among the best in the first section were recognized: 1st place - Malshy Moldir, doctoral student of KazNU named after al-Farabi, 2nd place was shared by Mamyr Akerke, master student of KazNU named after al-Farabi, Akhmetova Gulnara, doctoral student of L.N. Gumilyov ENU, 3rd place was taken by undergraduates of . L.N. Gumilyov ENU Ibraeva Anel, Slambek Zhanbota, Tursynova Dana. In the second section, Shagirova Laura, student of L.N. Gumilyov ENU named after, for the 2nd place - Baiman Akerke, student of the KazNU named after al-Farabi, Raikhan Madina, student of the Taraz Innovation and Humanities University, for the 3rd place - Kaldybekova Saltanat, master's student of KazNU named after al-Farabi and students of the Taraz Innovation-Humanitarian University Kim Tatiana and Balgabaykyzy Perizat.

In conclusion, all the participants, on behalf of the organizers, were thanked by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Philology, L.N. Gumilyov ENU A.Y. Bizhkenova and expressed the hope that the conference will contribute to the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the great Abai and will remain in the memory of the participants as a great scientific event that gave impetus for further development in the spirit of humanism and intercultural creation .The words of gratitude were expressed by professors Nurkenova S.S., Sarsikeeva G.K., Madieva G.B.