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Aliya Bolatkhan is a doctoral researcher focusing on the project "Dealing Institutional Volatility: Food Production, Processing, Trade South-Eastern Qazaqstan," led by Professor Peter Finke. With a Master's degree, Aliya has been engaged in historical research institutions in Kazakhstan and has worked on long-term research projects that integrate published sources, archival research, and fieldwork. Her research primarily revolves around the history of food and foodways in Soviet Kazakhstan, examining state policies, ethnographic scholarship, and representations of ethnic food cultures such as the Qazaqs, Dungans, and Cossacks. Her work contributes to understanding the intricate connections between food, identity, and national policies in post-Soviet contexts.
Department of Law