Selected works of Chokan Valikhanov published in English for first time
18 December 2020 10:29
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LONDON. KAZINFORM Cambridge University Press, in partnership with the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the UK and with the support of the Akimat of the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan’s National Bureau of Translations and the Chokan Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology launched the first ever English-language collection of selected works of Chokan Valikhanov, one of the most prominent Kazakh scholars of the 19th century.
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The ‘hybrid’ event at the Royal Geographical Society was attended by Jane Mann, Managing Director of Cambridge Partnership for Education at the University of Cambridge; Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK; Professor Ziyabek Kabuldinov, Director of the Chokan Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology; translator Dr Arch Tait; and Nick Fielding, British writer and editor of the book. Annie Michailidou, Head of Global Engagement at Cambridge Partnership for Education, was the master of the ceremony.