This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We design our lives. Where we will live, what we will study, when we will marry. Aigerim Shilibekova talks about her journey of life and her experience at Harvard. Through her life story she shows us that life cannot be planned. Dr. Aigerim Shilibekova is the founding director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Gumilyov Eurasian National University, located in the heart of Eurasia - Astana. Besides doing a serious research on international security issues like terrorism and hard power politics her most important and favorite job is being Mom of two naughty kids. Aigerim likes to travel a lot and has visited more than twenty countries around the world. But her latest and the longest journey was to Harvard University, where she spent a year as a visiting scholar and which has changed the pattern in her life design. In between her trips she likes and needs to write research papers, thus she has turned out to be an author of two monographs and more of articles. As a result it led her to presenting at national and international conferences more frequently than her family welcomes. Her hobby is art of Ebru, reading and learning new languages. She is fluent in Kazakh, Russian, English, Turkish and French, and can communicate in Persian and German when needed. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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