On October 28, 2025, representatives of the Center for Education and Social Development Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a meeting with the leadership of the A.Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The meeting was attended by the General Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Akan Ongaruly, and the Deputy General Director for Science, Asemgul Daurenovna Kassenova.

During the meeting, the National Academy of Sciences under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with the Institute, discussed proposals for the National Kurultai and the National Council on Science and Technology, and specified the key directions for strengthening national identity. As part of this discussion, initiatives were presented on preserving sacred geography and historical memory in a digital format, as well as on developing an open academic platform titled “Digital Historical Memory.”

In addition, the parties identified priority areas in the field of social and humanitarian sciences and outlined concrete steps for preparing proposals for scientific projects.

The Director of the Institute emphasized that digitizing the results of scientific research and ensuring open access to them are important areas of work, while the training of scientific personnel in the field of archaeology remains one of the institute’s key tasks. He also noted plans to establish a dissertation council and implement measures to support young scientists in this area.

All proposed initiatives were included in the meeting’s protocol, based on which an analytical report will be prepared and submitted to the relevant government authority.

At the end of the meeting, the representatives of the Academy were introduced to the Institute’s research base and laboratories. The delegates familiarized themselves with the modern research infrastructure, the progress of ongoing scientific projects, and the specific processes involved in handling and preserving archaeological materials.

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DISCUSSION ON THE DIGITALIZATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND STRENGTHENING OF NATIONAL IDENTITY