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Foreword
KazakhstanisanimportantCentralAsiancountrywhosecultural,political,mili-
tary,andeconomicpotentialisenhancedbyitshistoricalbackground.Beingthe
ninthlargestcountryintheworldbyareaandquiterichinundergroundresources,
Kazakhstanhascometotheforeregionallyandinternationallyduetoitsincreasing
internationalinfluence.Inaddition,theKazakhlanguageandculturehavedrawn
considerableinterest,particularlyinthelast25years.
Despiteitsethnic,religiousandlinguisticdiversity,Kazakhstanhassucceeded
inpreservingpeaceandpoliticalstabilitywithinitsborders.Peace,harmony,and
dialogueamongtheculturesandlanguagesofKazakhstanisanoteworthyexample
fortherestoftheworld.BeingintriguedbyKazakhlanguageandculture,academics
fromaroundtheworldhavestudieditfromvariousaspects.TheInstituteofOriental
StudiesatAdamMickiewiczUniversity,Poznań,isaninstitutionwhereKazakh
istaughtatundergraduateandgraduatelevelswithinthecurriculumofTurkology.
InadditiontotheteachingofKazakh,variousdimensionsofKazakhcultureand
theculturesofCentralAsianpeoplesaretaughtatourinstitute.
In2019,wecelebratedthe10thanniversaryoftheSectionofKazakhStudies.It
wasoriginallypartoftheDepartmentofAsianStudies,butin2020itwasmerged
withtheDepartmentofOrientalStudies,whichisnowknownastheInstituteof
OrientalStudies.Sinceitsinception,anumberofstudiesontheKazakhlanguage
andculturehavebeenpublishedandtwenty-fiveundergraduateandmaster’sthe-
sesonnumeroussubjectsrelatedtoKazakhlanguage,culture,andsocietyhave
beendefended.Wehavealsohostedmanyscholarlyandsocialevents.Theongo-
ingcollaborationbetweenourdepartmentandKazakhuniversitiesandresearch
institutionsplaysakeyroleinsupportingoureducationalandthereforecultural
partnership.Unfortunately,duetothenewPolisheducationlawcomingintoforce
thisyearandthesubsequentnewuniversityregulations,theKazakhSectionhas
beenincorporatedintotheDepartmentofTurkicStudies,thoughteachingand
researchcontinue.
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