Dr. Mukaram Toktogulova is an Associate Professor of the non-degree General Education program at the ñ. She received her Ph.D. in Philological Sciences from the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences (2001, Kyrgyzstan).
Dr. Toktogulova joined ñ in 1999, and she was a Research Fellow at Indiana University (2018, USA), a participant in the EHESS Islamic Education in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan program (2015, France), and the Crossroads Asia Fellowship (2013, Germany). She was a Fulbright fellow at the University of Pittsburgh (2011, USA), a visiting fellow at the University of Kansas (2007, 2009, USA), a resource faculty member of the Regional Seminar of Excellence in Teaching “Building Anthropology in Eurasia” (2007), and a visiting scholar of the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus of Harvard University (2004-2006). She attended various professional conferences and seminars, such as the Seminar of Research Design for CARTI Grantees (2007, Hungary), the Regional Seminar on Excellence in Teaching: Teaching Islam in Eurasia (2006, Russia), and the Course Development Program for ñ faculty at the Indiana University in Bloomington (2003, USA).
Dr. Toktogulova is a member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) and a member of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS).
- Fulbright Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2010-2011
- Folklore of Central Asia
- Islam in Central Asia
- Kyrgyz Literature
- Language and Culture
- Language Ideologies
Books:
- 2022. Ilimij izildoo usuldary. Uuluu toolor. Bishkek, (Research Methods in Social Sciences). Ed. M. Toktogulova.
- Toktogulova Mukaram. K. Zhusubalievdin zhazuuchuluk tagdyry: chygarmachylyktagy erkindik zhana akyikattyn zholu. ( Book about Kyrgyz writer K.Zhusubaliev) Bishkek. “Uluu Toolor”
- 2007. Mazar Worship in Kyrgyzstan: Rituals and Practitioners in Talas. Bishkek. Maxprint. The book co-edited with G.Aitpaeva, A.Egemberdieva .
Papers:
- Female, Veiled, Active: Muslim Professionals in Self-development Training in Today’s Kyrgyzstan. Manja Stephan- Emmrich,Toktogulova Mukaram. IQAS. Vol.54 No.4 (2024.02).Mosques and Meeting Rooms: Professional Lives of Muslim Women. P.363-388.
- Representation of Islam and Muslims in Kyrgyz Media: Contesting interpretations, in the book “Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia”. Lexington books. 2023. pp. 173-196.
- Book chapter. 2023. From Hate Speech to Nonviolent Communication. Bishkek. Turar. Supported by UNDP. (in Russian)
- Invisible epic reciters: Recognition problems of female manaschi in Kyrgyz Society. «PRESERVATION AND POPULARIZATION OF INTANGIBLE ETHNOCULTURAL HERITAGE: TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY» within the framework of the IV Meeting of UNESCO Masterpieces on Olonkho Land International Festival
- Collection of materials from the International Scientific Symposium, June 20 – 22, 2022, Yakutsk City, The Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Russia. pp. 23-28
- Islam in the context of Nation building in Kyrgyzstan: Reproduced practices and Contested discourses. Muslim world. 2020.Vol.110, No.1. pp. 51-63. 2019.
- The Localization of the Transnational Tablighi Jama’at Network in Kyrgyzstan, in the book “Islam, Society, and Politics in Central Asia”. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2017. p. 223-243
- Ethnographic Field Research Methods
- Ethnographic Field Research Methods
- Ethnographic Fieldwork
- Manas Studies