Biography
Mirzokhid Akramovich Rakhimov, an Uzbek historian, was born in 1974. He studies the recent history of the Central Asian states and the regional and international cooperation in which they take part.
From 1991 to 1996 he studied history at Navoi State Pedagogical Institute. He then continued at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan: postgraduate studies in 1997–2000, a candidate’s dissertation defended in 2000 (reference sources date his PhD in history to 2001). He was a doctoral student at the same institute in 2003–2006, defended his doctoral dissertation in 2012 (some sources say 2013) and received the title of professor in 2015. His specialities are the history of Uzbekistan and the history of international relations and foreign policy.
Between 2003 and 2017 he made research and lecture visits abroad, among them Cambridge, the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, the universities of Washington and Georgia, Johns Hopkins, Leiden, the NATO Defense College in Rome, the universities of Giessen, Bielefeld and Passau, Hokkaido University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the University of Mumbai and Moscow State University. In 2016 he was a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Central Asia–Caucasus Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
Rakhimov now heads the department of contemporary history and international relations at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences and teaches at the Tashkent branch of Webster University. His work has appeared with Brill, Routledge and Springer and in international journals such as the Journal of Eurasian Studies. In 2021, as a laureate of the Atlas programme of the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme in France, he researched the part Uzbeks played in the antifascist movement in Europe during the Second World War, and in spring 2024 he gave a lecture series on Central Asia at Shanghai International Studies University.
The SCO People’s Diplomacy Center has given him its “People’s Diplomat” badge. He remains active in research.
Education
- Navoi State Pedagogical InstituteUniversity · Navoi · 1991–1996 · History
Career
- Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of UzbekistanHead of the department of contemporary history and international relations · Tashkent · present
Life path
- 1974Born
Mirzokhid Akramovich Rakhimov was born in 1974.
- 1991–1996Navoi State Pedagogical Institute
Studied at the history faculty.
- 1997–2000Postgraduate studies
Postgraduate at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan; defended his candidate’s dissertation.
- 2001PhD in history
Reference sources give this year for the degree.
- 2003–2006Doctoral studies
Doctoral student at the Institute of History.
- 2003–2017Research trips abroad
Researched and lectured at universities in the UK, USA, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Japan, India and Russia.
- 2012Doctor of historical sciences
Defended his doctoral dissertation (some sources say 2013).
- 2015Professor
Received the academic title of professor.
- 2016Fulbright programme
Visiting scholar at the Central Asia–Caucasus Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
- 2021Atlas programme
Worked in France as a laureate of the FMSH Atlas programme.
- 2024Lectures in Shanghai
Gave a lecture series on Central Asia at Shanghai International Studies University.
Works
- “International cooperation of Uzbekistan in the context of ensuring stability and sustainable development in Central Asia” (2011)Monograph
Book published in Tashkent by Tangi Nashr.
- “Central Asia Nations and Border Issues” (with G. Urazaeva) (2005)Research report
Published in the Central Asia series of the UK’s Conflict Studies Research Centre.
- “From Soviet republics to independent states: challenges of transitions in Central Asia” (2007)Book chapter
A chapter in a Brill volume edited by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh.
- “Internal and external dynamics of regional cooperation in Central Asia” (2010)Journal article
Published in volume 1, issue 2 of the Journal of Eurasian Studies.
- “The European Union and Central Asia: challenges and prospects of cooperation” (2010)Journal article
Issued as number 47 of the Giessen University Center for International Development and Environmental Research papers.
- “Civil society in Uzbekistan” (co-edited with Efim Pivovar) (2009)Edited volume
Published by Moscow State University.
Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Oling quda, bering quda | 2011 |