Dr. Guzel Maitdinova (Maytdinova) (born 5 September 1952) is a Eurasian geopolitician,

ethnologist Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology) ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

and

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

based in

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. She is a Professor of the Department of History and Theory of

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

of Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University (RTSU), a Director of the Center of Geopolitical Studies of Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University, and an Executive Director of the Central Asian Expert Club 'Eurasian Development' in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

Education

Guzel Maitdinova was born in Kashgar (

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

). She graduated in History from the State Samarkand University of

Alisher Navoi 'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī ( Chagatai: نظام الدین علی شیر نوایی, fa, نظام‌الدین علی‌شیر نوایی) was a Timurid poet, writer ...

(Samarkand, Republic of

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

) in 1977. From 1987 to 2015 – a Leading Researcher of the Department of Art history of Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Akhmad Donish, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. She received her PhD in Art Studies from the Institute of Art Studies in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

, Uzbekistan in 1992, and the Doctorship degree in History from the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Akhmad Donish, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan in 1997.

Career and research

Since 1997 she is a Professor of the Department of History and Theory of International Relations of Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University (RTSU). She is a Director of the Center of Geopolitical Studies of Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University since 2003, and an Executive Director of the Central Asian Expert Club 'Eurasian Development' since 2014. Guzel Maitdinova developed and teaches the following author's courses 'Geopolitics' and 'Geopolitics of Asian States' in Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University. She owns 15 Certificates of Authorship of the State Committee of Inventions of USSR and 2 Patents of inventions of Republic of Tajikistan (1998). Maitdinova served as a consultant for the cycle of documentaries on the

Ancient civilizations A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of a state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language (namely, a writing system). Civi ...

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

directed by her spouse Tajik filmmaker Mamatkul Arabov. She is an author of more than 160 research works.

Selected works

Monographs

* 2015 – The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Central Asian area of the Great Silk Route: Historical experience of integration and reference points of XXI century * 2011 – The Kirpand State – an

Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...

in Middle Asia * 2009 – Economic interests of Russia in Tajikistan: risks and possibilities. (cowritten with G.Koshlakov and M.Turaeva) * 2004 – The History of Tajik Costume. The genesis of the costume of Tajiks: Antiquity and Early Middle Ages (Vol.1) * 2004 – The History of Tajik Costume. Medieval and Traditional costume (Vol.2) * 1996 – Early Medieval Textiles of Central Asia * 1992 – The costume of Early Medieval

Tocharistan Tokharistan (formed from "Tokhara" and the suffix ''-stan'' meaning "place of" in Persian) is an ancient Early Middle Ages name given to the area which was known as Bactria in Ancient Greek sources. In the 7th and 8th century CE, Tokharistan ...

: History and Links

References

Sources

Guzel Maitdinova on the Official web page of the Central Asian Expert Club 'Eurasian Development'

External links

Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the geopolitical dynamics of Central Asia in the beginning of the second decade of XXI century

Central Asia: the new risks and challenges in the sphere of ecology

The format '7+5' will help to create a democratic structure of governance in Afghanistan
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