N A R I S. S H E L E K P AY E V - Curriculum Vitae - Publications

Sep 4, 2026

Comprehensive curriculum vitae for Naris Shelekpaev, PhD, outlining current and prior academic appointments, degrees, and research training across Europe and North America. Presents language competencies and detailed research interests spanning Soviet and Imperial Russian history, Central Asia, urban history, and global transnational perspectives. Includes a publications section with an in-progress monograph and peer-reviewed journal articles, essays, edited volumes, forthcoming works, and book chapters with publication venues and dates.

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Curriculum Vitae (including publications) N A R I S. S H E L E K P AY E V, PhD Gagarinskaya str. 6/1 A, Saint Petersburg, 191187, Russian Federation [nshelekpaev@eu.spb.ru](nshelekpaev@eu.spb.ru), +7.931.375.2242 I. CURRENT AFFILIATIONS 2019/7- Associate Professor, Soviet History, European University at St. Petersburg. II. PAST AFFILIATIONS & DEGREES: 2021 Research Fellow, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France. 2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Sciences Po Paris. 2019/3 Ph.D. with distinction (mention “excellent”), History, University of Montreal. 2018 The 2018 Fellow-in-Residence of the Einstein House, Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany. 2018-2019 Research Fellow, Università di Roma La Sapienza. 2016-2019 Doctoral Fellow, International Research Group “Diversity,”Universities of Trier & Montreal. 2016-2017 Doctoral Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin. 2016 Lecturer, History Department, University of Montreal. 2015 Doctoral Fellow, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada. 2013 M.A., Social Sciences, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris, France. 2013 M. L., International Law, Université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas. 2011 B.A., Political Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China (taught in Chinese) . 2007 Intense Chinese Language Training Certificate, Beijing Language and Culture University, China. 2004 Attestato di Frequenza, University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy. III. LANGUAGES Native speaker: Russian, Kazakh. Fluent: Chinese, English, French, Italian. Intermediate: Portuguese (B1) . Beginner: German (A2) . IV. RESEARCH INTERESTS Soviet Union & Russian Empire (1850-1917), Central Asia (1850-), Urban History, Global & Transnational History. V. PUBLICATIONS (refereed*) A. Monograph in progress Visible Power: The Invention of Capital Cities in Kazakhstan, Brazil, and Canada (1850-2000) . B. Articles andEssays in Peer-Reviewed Journals 2021/9 (*)“The Man Who Struck the Judge with a Fly Swatter: Justice and Performance in Contemporary Kazakhstan,” Slavic Review 80 (2), 363-382, [doi.org/10.1017/slr.2021.89](doi.org/10.1017/slr.2021.89) . 2021/9 (*)“Ottawa and the Making of Canada’s National Identity on the Eve of the Confederation,” Urban History (Cambridge Core), 1-17, doi:10.1017/S0963926821000481 . 2021/3 (*)“Borrowed Traditions, Veiled Connections, and Cargo Cults: Opera and Capital Cities, 1600-2020,” Cambridge Opera Journal, accepted & forthcoming in 2022. 2021/9 (*)“Rethinking Transfers of Power and Public Protest in the Soviet Kazakhstan, 1959-1989,”EuropeAsia Studies, accepted & forthcoming, [https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1990213](https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1990213) . 2020/10 (*) (with Aminat Chokobayeva)“Центральная Азия между‘стратегическим эссенциализмом’глобальных символов и‘тактическим эссенциализмом’националных нарративов,”The Russian Sociological Review 19 (3), Autumn 2020, 70-101. Response: Tomohiko Uyama (Hokkaido University),“Между эссенциализмом и многоидентичностью: Центральная Азия как часть Востока, Юга и мира,” in Sergei Abashin, Forum on the article by Nari Shelekpayev and Aminat Chokobayeva, forthcoming in The Russian Sociological Review, 2022. Response: Isabelle Ohayon and Julien Thorez (CNRS France),“За критический и беспристрастный конструктивизм: Еще раз о понятии «Глобального Востока»применительно к Центральной Азии,” 1-19, in Sergei Abashin, Forum on the article by Nari Shelekpayev and Aminat Chokobayeva, forthcoming in The Russian Sociological Review, 2022. Response: Botakoz Kassymbekova (University of Basel),“On External and Internal Essentialisms: External Emancipation?,” in Sergei Abashin, Forum on the article by Nari Shelekpayev and Aminat Chokobayeva, forthcoming in The Russian Sociological Review, 2022. 2020/5 (*)“Whose Master Plan? Kisho Kurokawa and‘Capital’Planning in Post-Soviet Astana, 1995-2000,” Planning Perspectives 35 (

FAQs

What are Naris Shelekpaev’s current academic role and institution?

He serves as an Associate Professor of Soviet History at the European University at St. Petersburg (2019/7–).

Which languages does Naris Shelekpaev speak and how is his proficiency classified?

He is a native speaker of Russian and Kazakh, fluent in Chinese, English, French, and Italian, intermediate in Portuguese (B1), and a beginner in German (A2).

What are Naris Shelekpaev’s main research interests?

They include the Soviet Union and Russian Empire (1850–1917), Central Asia (1850–), urban history, and global/transnational history.

What types of publications are listed in the CV?

The CV lists an in-progress monograph, peer-reviewed journal articles and essays, edited collections (including works in progress), and book chapters with venues and dates.

Sep 4, 2026

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