Candidate of Art Criticism
The dissertation was defended at the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK, Moscow) in 2022. Dissertation topic: “Problems of studying the history of Soviet Film Art (on the example of the scientific legacy of N.M. Iesuitov)"

Candidate of Art Criticism
The dissertation was defended at the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK, Moscow) in 2022. Dissertation topic: “Problems of studying the history of Soviet Film Art (on the example of the scientific legacy of N.M. Iesuitov)"

Conferences and Film Festivals

Usuvaliev S. "Film Studies in Kyrgyzstan: Legacy and Challenges" // Film Heritage Through the De/Post/Anti-Colonial Lenses: New Perspectives in Research and Teaching (Workshop at the Blinken OSA Archivum, Budapest, on June 28–30, 2023); Usuvaliev S. "Strategy and tactics for the development of film studies in Kyrgyzstan" // 2nd Forum of film scholars and film critics of the CIS countries as part of the VIII BAIQONYR International Film Festival (Kazakhstan, Almaty, on
September 7–11, 2023); Usuvaliev S. Kyrgyz Cinema: Between Myth and History // XVII ESCAS
Conference Almaty 2023: “Power, people and cultural change in an ever-evolving Central Asia” (September 21–24, 2023, Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Chairperson of the jury at International forum of the young cinema “Umut”, Kyrgyzstan (December 2020); Member of NETPAC jury at 16th Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan (12-18 December 2022); Member of the jury at the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer (23.06/02.07 2023).