ASANKANOV ABYLABEK ASANKANOVICH

Biography
Date of birth: December 27, 1954
Place of birth: Zhany-Aryk (Doskulu) village, Jumgal district, Naryn region
Nationality: Kyrgyz
Languages: Kyrgyz, Russian

Doctor of Historical Sciences (1993), Professor (1996), Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (2000), Academician of the NAS KR (2021), twice laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology, Honored Scientist of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Education and career path:

·         1972–1977 – Student, Faculty of History, Kyrgyz National University;

·         1977–1978 – Teacher, “Köl-Aryk” Secondary School, Jumgal district, Naryn region;

·         1978–1979 – Teacher, “Jumgal” Secondary School, Jumgal district;

·         1979–1980 – Lecturer, Department of “History of the CPSU,” Frunze Polytechnic Institute;

·         1980–1983 – Postgraduate student, Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology named after N.N. Miklukho-Maclay, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow;

·         1984–1991 – Lecturer, Head of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnography, Kyrgyz State University;

·         October 21, 1991 – April 30, 1992 – Senior Researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology named after N.N. Miklukho-Maclay, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow;

·         1992–1993 – Dean, Faculty of History, Kyrgyz National University;

·         1994–1997 – Director, Institute of Kyrgyz Studies, Kyrgyz National University;

·         1999–2001 – Head of the Social Policy Department, Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic;

·         2001–2005 – Rector, Kyrgyz Pedagogical University named after E. Arabaev;

·         2005–2006 – Head of the Department of National History, Kyrgyz Pedagogical University;

·         From August 11, 2010 – Head of the Department of Ethnic Development, Religious Policy, and Relations with Civil Society, Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic;

·         2010–2012 – Deputy Head of the Department of National Development, Religious Policy, and Relations with Civil Society, Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic;

·         Since 2016 – Director of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology named after Begimaly Zhamgyrchinov, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Scientific and public activities

·         Member of the Kyrgyz Historical Society (2012).

·         Awarded the medal in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the epic Manas (1995).

·         Author of about 300 scientific publications, including 15 monographs and 10 university textbooks.

·         A. Asankanov has made a significant contribution to the training of young scholars, serving as the scientific supervisor for 11 Doctors and about 40 Candidates of Historical Sciences in the specialty “07.00.07 – Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology.” His students successfully defended their dissertations and work in various fields of science, education, culture, and public service.

·         He played an even greater role in the organization and activities of the Dissertation Council for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations in history at the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn and the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology named after B. Zhamgyrchinov of the NAS KR.

Major works:

·         Socio-cultural Development of the Contemporary Rural Population of Kyrgyzstan. – Frunze, 1989.

·         The Kyrgyz: Growth of National Self-Awareness. – Bishkek, 1997.

·         History of Kyrgyzstan (From Ancient Times to the Present). University textbook. – Bishkek, 2009.

·         The Kyrgyz of Xinjiang (PRC). – Bishkek, 2010.

·         The Kyrgyz of China’s Xinjiang (Monograph). – Artush: Kyzyl-Suu Kyrgyz Publishing House, 2013. – ISBN 978-7-5374-1355-8. – 307 pp., illustrations.

·         The Kyrgyz (Moscow: Nauka, 2016. – 626 pp.).

·         In 2023, together with A. Erkebaev, A. Asankanov wrote an analytical review “Interethnic Conflict in June 2010 in Southern Kyrgyzstan.” – Bishkek, 2023.