Aitpaeva Gulnara Amanovna (1961), Doctor of Philological Sciences (1997)
Kyrgyz. Born in the city of Karakol, Issyk-Kul region. Graduated from Voronezh State University (1983), postgraduate studies at Moscow State University (1987), doctoral studies at Kyrgyz National University (1995).
Worked as a lecturer at Przhevalsky Pedagogical Institute, senior lecturer, associate professor at ISU, lecturer at the Department of KNU, AUK, and since 1999 — Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Head of the "Ethnology of Kyrgyz" program at AUK. Specialist in Kyrgyz literature, folklore, and ethnology.
Published over 40 scientific works, including 1 monograph. Under her supervision, 1 candidate dissertation has been defended.
Main works:
4. Changing a name is changing fate (on the semantics of K. Akmattegin's novel "Mezgil"). // Bulletin of KNU, issue 8, 1995, pp. 35-52.
5. Religious motifs in the Kyrgyz novel (60s-80s). Bishkek, 1996.
6. On the autobiographical prose of Tugelbai Sydykbekov // Russian Language and Literature in Schools of Kyrgyzstan, 1996, No. 3-4, pp. 71-83.
7. The trial of the female (an ancient plot about a woman in contemporary interpretation). // Turkic World, 1998, No. 2, pp. 88-90.
8. Urkun: the meaning of the tragedy of 1916 in the context of a larger time. // The Nature of University Education. Materials, scientific-methodological conference. AUK. Part 1. Bishkek, 1999, pp. 36-43.