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

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

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 species; as well as the ...

and

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the 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 landscapes. Archaeol ...

based in

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. She is a professor at the Department of History and Theory of

International Relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

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 is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

Education

Guzel Maitdinova was born in

Kashgar Kashgar () or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar ...

(

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

). She graduated in history from the State

Samarkand Samarkand ( ; Uzbek language, Uzbek and Tajik language, Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand, ) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central As ...

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, ) was a Timurid poet, writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi mystic and ...

(Samarkand, Republic of

Uzbekistan , image_flag = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , image_coat = Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg , symbol_type = Emblem of Uzbekistan, Emblem , national_anthem = "State Anthem of Uzbekistan, State Anthem of the Republ ...

) 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 (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

, 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 (also spelled civilisation in British English) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or spoken languag ...

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

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, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...

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 a historical name used by Islamic sources in the early Middle Ages to refer to the area which was known as Bactria in Ancient Greek sources. By the 6 ...

: History and Links

References

Sources

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Guzel Maitdinova on the Author's Project 'Central Asia' by Vladimir Paramonov

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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