In addition to my publications, this page has links to other conversations about language, education and internationalization.
2024
Podcast discussion about globalizing the Wisconsin Idea for the Morgridge Center for Public Service podcast, Gridge Fridge (2024, February 9). [click here]
2023
Virtual panel for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service Bagels & Research Series (2023, November 2). Wisconsin in the World: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison panel. [click here]
2021
In Ron Synovitz and Manas Kaiyrtayuly (2021, June 25). How top officials, relatives scooped up Kazakhstan’s higher-education sector. Radio Free Europe Radio Library. [click here]
2020
Presented as part of the UW-Madison Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia CESSI lecture series (2020, July 27). When is home? Exploring Kazakhstani Koreans’ notions of place and homeland. [click here]
2016
Presented as a panel at a conference "Education & Cultural Diversity in Central Asia". (2016, March 28-29). Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, organised by the French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC) in partnership with Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, UNICEF, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, UN Women and Friedrich Ebert foundation, with the support of Institut Français in Paris. [click here]
Colloque « Éducation et diversité culturelle en Asie centrale », 28-29 mars 2016, Bichkek, Kirghizstan, organisé à l'université slave kirghizo-russe par l'Institut Français d’Études sur l'Asie Centrale (IFEAC) en partenariat avec UNICEF, le Haut Commissaire de l'OSCE aux minorités nationales, ONU Femmes et la fondation Friedrich Ebert, avec le soutien de l'Institut français de Paris.
Конференция «Образование в поликультурной Центральной Азии», 28-29 марта 2016 г., г. Бишкек, Кыргызстан организованная Французским Институтом Исследований Центральной Азии (IFEAC) в партнерстве с Кыргызско-Российским Славянским университетом им. Б.Н. Ельцина, ЮНИСЕФом, Верховным Комиссаром по Делам Национальных Меньшинств ОБСЕ, ООН Женщины и фондом Фридриха Эберта и при поддержке Institut Français в Париже и МИД.
2015
Presented as part of British Council India’s LangDev 2015 (2015, Nov. 30). Medium of instruction, literacy and education equity. Presented by J. Smagulova. [click here]
Presented as part of the UW-Madison Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia fall weekly lecture series (2015, Nov. 5). Uneven transformations: Examining secondary public education in in urban Kazakhstan. [click here]
Presented part of the Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt NUPI “Beyond the Ivory Tower” project (2015, January 21). Exploring internal and external challenges: South Caucasus and Central Asia. [click here]
Press releases for findings from the project “An Exploratory Examination of Education Stratification in Almaty, Kazakhstan”
Grant Period: 2014-2015
Grant Funding Agency: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) under the auspices of the Beyond the Ivory Tower grant
Project Investigators: Elise S. Ahn, PhD and Juldyz Smagulova, PhD
Research Team Members: Maganat Shegebayev, DBA and Shirin Mussayeva, MA
Press releases: English, Russian/Kazakh
Local Press
газетa «Литер». Retrieved from http://liter.kz/ru/articles/show/6656-uch_nye_obnaruzhili_vzaimosvyaz_mezhdu_obrazovatelnymi_ustremleniyami_uchashihsya_i_raspolozheniem_i
HEADLINE.KZ. Retrieved from http://news.headline.kz/society/naskolko_dostupno_obrazovanie_dlya_detey_almati.html
газета«Деловой Казахстан» http://dknews.kz/analiz-dostupa-k-gosudarstvennomu-obshhemu-obrazovaniyu-i-obrazovatel-ny-m-resursam-v-g-almaty/
Казинформ. Retrieved from http://m.inform.kz/ru/article/2737445
газета «Алматы Ақшамы». Retrieved from http://almaty-akshamy.kz/?p=35107
фонд«Молодежная информационная служба Казахстана». Retrieved from http://www.misk.org.kz/news/?ELEMENT_ID=767;
https://www.facebook.com/yisk.kz/photos/a.303311326434500.62746.258730660892567/703127259786236/?type=1&theater
газета «Anonsy.kz». Retrieved from http://anonsy.kz/press-konferencii/press-konferenciya-po-itogam-proekta-provedyonnogo-kazahstansko-amerikanskoy