Sultan Akimbekov’s course on the birth, rise, and dissolution of the Kazakh Khanate in the 15th–19th centuries

Lectures: 3

Have you wondered why certain rituals are still practiced today or how ancient traditions have shaped the Kazakh worldview? Researcher Zira Nauryzbai, in her new lecture series for Qalam, takes us into the fascinating, mysterious world of Kazakh customs around life’s biggest milestones: birth, marriage, and death.

Lectures: 3

Friedrich Engels believed that labor created humans, but modern scientists argue that love, children's curiosity, and long-distance running played a much more significant role in the formation and development of our species. In his new lecture series for Qalam, paleontologist Alexander Markov explains how and why Homo sapiens emerged.

Lectures: 4