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Gabriel McGuire holds a BA in Anthropology from Whitman College (2002) and an MA (2007) and Ph.D. (2013) from the department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. His dissertation was based on a year of field work in the south of Kazakhstan, and described the revival of small-holder mobile pastoral practices in one village.
His current research interests include the depictions of mobile pastoral lifeways in Soviet era Kazakh language short stories and novels, and the relationship between genres of oral and written Kazakh literature.
He joined the department of World Languages and Literatures at Nazarbayev Univeristy in the fall of 2011. In addition to his work at Nazarbayev University, he also serves as a board member for the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS).
Selected Grants and Awards
- Nazarbayev University: Outstanding Instruction in the Humanities, 2013
- Fulbright-Hayes DDR Fellowship, 2008
- Fulbright IIE Fellowship, 2008 (declined)
Education/Academic qualification
Indiana University Bloomington
Dec 2007 → May 2013
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Aqyn Agha? Abai Zholy as socialist realism and as literary history
McGuire, G., 2018, In: Journal of Eurasian Studies. 9, 1, p. 2-11 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aqyn agha? Abai Zholy as socialist realism and as literary history
McGuire, G., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Eurasian Studies. 9, 1, p. 2-11 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Geoarchaelogical survey of the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan
Cofran, Z., Coil, R. & McGuire, G., 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Of Crossed-Dressed Batyrs and Transvestite Tricksters: Gender Performance in Central Asian Folktales
McGuire, G., 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Of Roads and Routes: Small Holder Mobile Pastoral Practices in Contemporary Kazakhstan.”
McGuire, G., 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper