RAKHIMOV RUSLAN MARATBEKOVICH
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology and History
Experience
Head of the Social Sciences Division
- Strategic academic planning and international research initiatives, enhancing global competitiveness.
- Initiation of annual faculty and student conferences.
- Participation in the development of regulations on the use of AI in the educational process at AUCA.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
- Innovated the curriculum by integrating global research perspectives and interdisciplinary methodologies.
- Led projects that shape transformative understandings of nomadism in Central Asia and transnational migration.
Head of the Anthropology Program
- Coordination of the anthropology curriculum with an international focus, increasing research output and academic recognition.
Member of the dissertation council in history
- Participated in the work of the council, reviewing and evaluating dissertation research on history.
Lecturer, master's degree in history
- Developed courses that emphasize global historical and anthropological frameworks.
Coordinator of the Social Anthropology Program
- Reorganized the program to meet international academic standards and research practices.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social Anthropology and History
Dissertation topic: Transformation of nomadism in the 1920s-30s through the prism of Western scholars.
Candidate of Historical Sciences
Master of Public Administration
Diploma in International Relations
Research grants
- AUCA Faculty Research Scholarship 2025: "Shame, Silence, and the Kinship System: Ethnographic Studies of Emotional Abuse in Kyrgyz Families."
- FMSH Scholarship (France, 2024): "From the Alps to the Tien Shan." Transnational fieldwork comparing environmental practices.
- OSUN (Open Society University Network) initiatives:
- Co-leader of the OSUN Rural Sustainability project (2022–2025).
- Member of OSUN Policy Lab.
- OSUN Mobility Fellowship (2023) – internship in France.
- EHESS Grant (Mexico): Transcontinental project on cultural heritage and tourism.
- Grant from the AUCA Tien Shan Research Center: Research on Kyrgyz Labor Migration in Afghanistan (2016).
- Open Society Foundations Academic Fellowship.
Selected publications
- Article: "The Rhetoric of World War II in the Context of Kyrgyz Labor Migration," The Muslim World, 2020.
- Chapter in the book: "The Rhetoric of World War II in the Context of Kyrgyz Labor Migration," The Muslim World, 2020.
- In Russian: “Integration of Kyrgyz nomads into the socialist system” (2005), “Theoretical discussions on nomadism” (2009).
Public lectures (2024)
- IFEAC (French Institute for Central Asian Studies): Results of research on Central Asia and the Alps.
- EHESS: "The Rhetoric of World War II in the Context of Migration."
Teaching experience and courses
Fall 2025
Applied research in the field of sustainable development, project management, circular economy (jointly with K. Sultanaliev).
2021 – 2024
Anthropology of Love; Body and Performance; Anthropological Theories II.
2018 – 2019
Creative thinking; Production and exchange in social life; History of anthropological theories.
Languages and Achievements
Kyrgyz (native)
Russian (fluent)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Kazakh (functional)
Uzbek (functional)
Russian (fluent)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Kazakh (functional)
Uzbek (functional)
Additional achievements
- Co-founder of the Kyrgyz Anthropological Association: A key forum for anthropological discourse.
- Conference Management: Organization of four national congresses.
- Digital Innovations: Founder of the platforms ilimelim.kg, sabak.ilimelim.kg.