On November 6, 2026, at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), during the International Symposium "Philosophy. Ethics. Future," dedicated to the philosophical and scientific legacy of Abu Nasir al-Farabi, the Department of Religious and Cultural Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science at KazNU was granted the status of Representative Office of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO).
The Representative Office will work in three main areas of partnership development. Within the framework of research activities, it is planned to deepen research in the field of religious and cultural studies, as well as to study the common historical and cultural heritage of the Islamic world and Central Asia.
As part of the education and capacity building program for students and researchers from ICESCO member states, special courses and professional training programs will be developed, as well as summer schools and academic mobility programs.
In the area of dialogue and education, plans include holding international conferences and seminars, as well as preparing scientific publications. The official document was signed by KazNU Rector Zhanseit Tuimebayev and ICESCO Director General Salim Al-Malik.
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