Faculty & Staff

Daniyar Karabaev

Сhair, Assistant Professor

Liberal Arts and Sciences Department

Division of Arts, Humanities and Communication

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Phone: +996 (312) 915000 ext. 487

Room: 333

Daniyar Karabaev is the Chair and an Assistant Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at the American University of Central Asia. Daniyar is currently pursuing his postgraduate degree at Kyrgyz National University. He earned his Master of Arts degree in International Area Studies from the University of Tsukuba (2011, Japan), a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from OSCE Academy (2009, Kyrgyzstan), and a specialized degree with distinction in Linguistics from Khorog State University (2007, Tajikistan).

Daniyar joined AUCA in 2012 as a Coordinator and Instructor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and non-degree General Education departments. He was appointed as the Chair of the LAS department in 2014 and serves as an Executive Committee member of the Faculty Senate. He is involved in various projects that explore the themes of digital pedagogy, digital Manas studies, education and politics of Central Asia, oral history practices, and the role of language and education in post-Soviet states, particularly focusing on how educational practices and policies impact social and political development in Central Asia.

Faculty Research Grants (AUCA), 2019-2022
The National Commission for the State Language under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic was awarded with a badge "KYRGYZ LANGUAGE" for the great contribution to the development of the state language of the Kyrgyz Republic, Order No. 244, 27.10.2020, No. 51
MEXT Scholarship (Government of Japan), 2010-2011
Aga Khan Foundation Scholarship, 2002-2007

Digital Pedagogy
Digital Manas Studies
Education and Politics of Central Asia
Oral History Practices
The Role of Language and Education in Post-Soviet States

Books:

Kyrgyz genealogy of Kydyrshaa”, Bishkek, Turar publisher, 2019, co-edited by Karabaev Daniyar, Tashbaev D, Kadyrov M.
Preparing schoolchildren and their parents for online learning in the new school year. Manual, 2020, Bishkek, co-authored.

Articles:

“Language-in-Education: A look at Kyrgyz language schools in the Badakhshan Province of Tajikistan” with Elise S. Ahn in “Language Change in Central Asia” ed. Ahn, Elise S and Smagulova Juldyz, De Gruyter, Germany, 2016.
“Tajik - Kyrgyz friendship on the Roof of the World”, in “Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia – dialogue space: Strengthening interethnic relation in the past, present and Future”, Kyrgyz National University, Bishkek, 2015.
“Political socialization process of the ethnic minorities in Central Asia” in “Issues of multiethnic Central Asia: Challenges and Solutions”, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2013.
“Kyrgyz-Tajik Relation”, published by Central Eurasia Scholars and Media Initiative in cooperation with BBC Kyrgyzstan, January 4, 2012.
“Turmoil and Beyond in Tajikistan”, in The Sunday Indian Journal, December 2011
“The impact of PISA on secondary education quality of Kyrgyzstan (in Kyrgyz)”, in Journal “Shookum,” Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, #9 (38) September 2009.

Concepts of Modern Art
Chess
Digital Histories
Introduction to Digital Manas Studies
Oral History
Traditional Kyrgyz Game Ordo