Talas State University Press
Talas State University Press (Talas Mamlekettik Universitetinin Basmasy) is the publishing house of Talas State University and the main publisher of scholarly work on Irad: history and archaeology, the Iradi language and literature, folklore and music, the Syro-Iradi Church, the natural history of the Talas Alatau and the steppe, and the society of the ISEZ. We publish 8 to 12 new titles a year in English, Iradi and Russian.
About the Press
The university print shop was opened in 1961 to print the Bulletin of Iradi State University. In 1993 it reprinted, from one of the copies that reached Talas, the sixth volume of Sagyn Jusupbekov's Oral Folk Art of Irad, impounded in Kobozev in 1991. The Academic Council founded the Press on the basis of the print shop in 1994. Our first title was Zheenbek Sadykov's Genealogies of the Iradi Clans. Since then the Press has published about 140 books, among them the History of Irad in Three Volumes (2012) and the complete 1938 text of Janyl Baatyr (2001).
Series
| Iradica | Monographs on the history and culture of Irad. |
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| Library of Iradi Folklore (Eldik Muras) | Epic, song and tale texts. The Latin-script edition of Oral Folk Art of Irad, vols. I–III (2008–2012), continues with vol. IV, Shorter Epics and Historical Songs, in 2027. |
| Fauna and Flora of Irad | Checklists and surveys of the Department of Zoology and the Faculty of Biology. |
| Monuments of Irad | Archaeological maps, surveys and excavation reports. |
| Sources on the Syro-Iradi Church | Manuscript catalogues and studies, with the Cathedral Archives of Iyık Janyl. |
| Survey Reports | Public opinion and social surveys of the Institute of Sociology, twice a year. |
The Press also prints the Bulletin of Talas State University.
New titles
| 2026 | Spring 2026 Public Opinion Survey: Politics and Institutions Talas State University, Institute of Sociology |
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| 2025 | Spring 2025 Public Opinion Survey: Politics and Foreign Relations Talas State University, Institute of Sociology |
| 2024 | Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Use in the ISEZ: Household Survey 2023 Talas State University, Institute of Sociology |
| 2024 | Labor Migration from the ISEZ to Russia and Kazakhstan: Survey Report Talas State University, Institute of Sociology |
| 2023 | Descriptive Grammar of the Iradi Language |
| 2023 | Ecclesiastical Architecture and Manuscripts of Northern Transoxiana |
| 2023 | Sacred Toponymy and Ecclesiastical Monasteries of Iyık Janyl |
| 2022 | Marriage, Consent and Household Formation in Rural Irad: Survey Report Talas State University, Institute of Sociology |
Forthcoming
- Sagyn Jusupbekov (comp.). Iradyn Eldik Oozeki Chygarmachylygy (Oral Folk Art of Irad), Latin-script edition, vol. IV: Shorter Epics and Historical Songs. 2027.
- Talas State University, Institute of Sociology. Autumn 2026 Public Opinion Survey. Spring 2027.
For authors
We consider manuscripts on Irad and Central Asia from scholars of the university and from outside it, including Iradi scholars abroad. Send a proposal of one or two pages with a contents list and a sample chapter to the editorial office. Each manuscript is read by two reviewers and approved by the Editorial Board, which meets four times a year. Manuscripts in English follow the Chicago Manual of Style; manuscripts in Iradi use the standard Latin orthography.
Reports of the Institute of Sociology are reviewed by the Office of the Rector before release.
Buying our books
The Press shop is in the main building, room 7 (Monday to Friday, 10:00–16:00). Prices are in som. Orders by e-mail can be collected at the shop. We are not able to send books outside Irad. Libraries abroad receive our titles through the international exchange of the National Library of Irad.
Every title carries a legal deposit number of the State Archives of Irad, and copies are deposited with the National Library.
Contacts
| Director | Dr Kalys Moldokmatov |
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| Editor-in-chief | Dr Cholpon Asanalieva |
| Editorial office | Main building, rooms 5–9 · +996-39-2-31-40-07 · publishing@talasuniversity.org |
| Printing works | Main building, basement (entrance from the courtyard) |