Institute of Asian and African Studies develops scientific cooperation with Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies
The delegation of the Institute of Asian and African Studies consisting of the Director of the Institute Evgeny Zelenev, Deputy Directors Elena Soboleva and Maria Soloshcheva visited Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies - the largest centre of contemporary and classical Oriental Studies in Central Asia.
During the meeting with Gulchehra Rikhsieva, Rector of TSUOS, they discussed the creation of ‘mirror laboratories’ for the implementation of artificial intelligence methods in various areas of Asian and African studies, as well as priority areas of scientific cooperation. The main project being developed by the two Asian Studies centres is the study of soft power strategies of non-Western countries.
Maria Soloshcheva and Elena Soboleva visited the Confucius Institute on the basis of TSUOS, which was established as one of the first in the world in 2004. During the meeting, Saodat Nasirova, the director of the Institute on the Uzbek side, introduced the organization and work of the Confucius Institute at TSUOS. Parties shared the experience of teaching Chinese language and culture, as well as discussed possible formats of cooperation between the specialists in Chinese language and culture of the two universities.
The main event of the visit was the scientific seminar ‘Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of soft power of non-Western countries’. Elena Soboleva, Evgeny Zelenev, and Maria Soloscheva made presentations. From the Uzbek side, the seminar was attended by Professor Kakhramon Hakberdiev, Associate Professors Sukhrob Buronov, Rovshan Goziev and Akiliddin Alimov.
In the course of negotiations with representatives of TSUOS faculties, it was decided to organize online seminars on the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the educational process.