Guzel Maitdinova was born on September 5, 1952 in Kashgar. She graduated in History from the State Samarkand University of Alisher Navoi in 1977. From 1987 to 2015 – a Leading Researcher of the Department of Art history of Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Akhmad Donish, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. She received her PhD in Art Studies from the Institute of Art Studies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1992, and the Doctorship degree in History from the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Akhmad Donish, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan in 1997. Since 1997 she is a Professor of the Department of History and Theory of International Relations of Russian-Tajik University. She is a Director of the Center of Geopolitical Studies of Russian-Tajik University since 2003, and an Executive Director of the Central Asian Expert Club 'Eurasian Development' since 2014.
Research
Guzel Maitdinova developed and teaches the following author's courses 'Geopolitics' and 'Geopolitics of Asian States' in Russian-Tajik University. She owns 15 Certificates of Authorship of the State Committee of Inventions of USSR and 2 Patents of inventions of Republic of Tajikistan. Dr. Guzel Maitdinova served as a consultant for the cycle of documentaries on the Ancient civilizations of Central Asia directed by her spouse Tajik filmmaker :ru:Арабов, Маматкул Абдукадырович|Mamatkul Arabov. She is an author of more than 160 research works, including the following monographs: 2015 – The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Central Asian area of the Great Silk Route: Historical experience of integration and reference points of XXI century 2011 – The Kirpand State – an Empire in Middle Asia 2009 – Economic interests of Russia in Tajikistan: risks and possibilities. 2004 – The History of Tajik Costume. The genesis of the costume of Tajiks: Antiquity and Early Middle Ages 2004 – The History of Tajik Costume. Medieval and Traditional costume 1996 – Early Medieval Textiles of Central Asia 1992 – The costume of Early Medieval Tocharistan: History and Links
