Umirzakova Lyazzat Amantaevna
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor
Education:
Graduated in 1989 from Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov
Faculty: Philosophy and Economics
Major: Philosophy
Academic Degree:
In 2001, defended the Candidate of Sciences (PhD equivalent) dissertation:
“Myth-making as a Gnoseological Phenomenon”
Specialty: 09.00.01 – Ontology, Epistemology, and Dialectics
Academic Title:
In 2009, awarded the academic title of Associate Professor by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Academic Identity:
Integration with international databases:
Google Scholar: [https://scholar.google.ru/citations?hl=ru&hl=ru&pli=1&user=PjbxB4kAAAAJ] (https://scholar.google.ru/citations?hl=ru&hl=ru&pli=1&user=PjbxB4kAAAAJ)
Scopus Author ID: 55701709600
ORCID ID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7525-4625](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7525-4625)
Research Interests:
Study of the phenomenon of contemporary myth-making, modern religious and mystical beliefs, their essence and manifestations
Significant Publications:
Formation of Ethical Competences for AI Use in English Foreign Language Teaching
Qubahan Academic Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 2024, pp. 191–205
DOI: [https://doi.org/10.48161/qaj.v4n4a1256](https://doi.org/10.48161/qaj.v4n4a1256)
The Formation of a Unified Social Morality under Conditions of Ethical Relativism
XLinguae, Volume 17, Issue 3, 2024, pp. 170–186
DOI: 10.18355/xl.2024.17.03.14
Mythological Thinking in the Cognitive System
Bulletin of Karaganda University named after E.A. Buketov,
Series “History. Philosophy”, 2024, Vol. 29, No. 3(115), pp. 437–448 (Recommended by CQASHES)
DOI: [https://doi.org/10.31489/2024HPh3/437-448](https://doi.org/10.31489/2024HPh3/437-448)
Methods for Developing Ethical and Ethnic Tolerance in Multiethnic University Groups
Original Research (ORIS), No. 9, 2025, pp. 193–195 (RSCI)
Myth-making as a Cognitive-Linguistic and Gnoseological Phenomenon
Monograph – Astana, 2025, 131 pages
ISBN 978-601-82241-7-1
https://lib.tau-edu.kz/public/resources](https://lib.tau-edu.kz/public/resources)
Projects and Grants:
Grant-funded research project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
Project No. 471AR19680020
“Study of the Ethnic Conceptosphere of People and Thinkers of the Past through Approaches, Principles, and Methods of Cognitive-Ethical Linguosynergetics as a New Humanitarian Knowledge” (2023–2025)
Expert Status:
Expert in educational programs of higher and postgraduate education in the fields of:
Religious Studies and Theology
Philosophy
Commissioned by National Center for Higher Education Development
State and Other Awards:
Medal “30 Years of Independence of Kazakhstan” (Certificate No. 12904, 2021)
Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2024)
Badge “For Contribution to the Development of Science” (Certificate No. 01336, August 22, 2025)