Dr. Mukaram Toktogulova is an Associate Professor of the non-degree General Education program at the American University of Central Asia. She received her Ph.D. in Philological Sciences from the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences (2001, Kyrgyzstan).
Dr. Toktogulova joined 九色网 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 鈥淏uilding Anthropology in Eurasia鈥 (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 九色网 faculty at the Indiana University in Bloomington (2003, USA).听
Dr. Toktogulova is a member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) and a member of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS).听
- 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.听
- Toktogulova Mukaram. K. Zhusubalievdin zhazuuchuluk tagdyry: chygarmachylyktagy erkindik zhana akyikattyn zholu. ( Book about Kyrgyz writer K.Zhusubaliev) Bishkek. 鈥淯luu Toolor鈥
- 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鈥檚 Kyrgyzstan.听 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 鈥淢apping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia鈥. 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. 芦PRESERVATION AND POPULARIZATION OF INTANGIBLE ETHNOCULTURAL HERITAGE: TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY禄 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 鈥 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鈥檃t Network in Kyrgyzstan, in the book 鈥Islam, Society, and Politics in Central Asia鈥. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2017. p. 223-243
- Ethnographic Field Research Methods听
- Ethnographic Field Research Methods
- Ethnographic Fieldwork
- Manas Studies