International Scientific and Methodological Conference “Language. Society. Time”



On September 3, 2026, the Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Faculty of Philology, jointly with the Research Institute of Turkology and Altaic Studies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, organised the International Scientific and Methodological Conference “LANGUAGE. SOCIETY. TIME.”
The purpose of the event was to discuss the dynamics of the relationship between language, society, and time in the process of cultural modernisation in Kazakhstan and other countries. Particular attention was given to Turkic languages as the foundation of national identity and historical, linguistic, and epic traditions, as well as to the role of other languages and literatures in contemporary sociocultural processes in Turkic-speaking countries.
The conference participants included: