Information
Membership Number: FCA2401
Membership Type: Fellowship
Division: Humanities
Corresponding Email: president@science.az & isa.habibbeyli@science.az
Homepage(s): https://science.gov.az/en/pages/tecumeyi-hal
Present and Previous Positions
President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Professor and Director General of the Institute of Literature (named after Nizami Ganjavi) of ANAS
- 2019-2021 – First Vice-President of the ANAS
- 2013-2019 – Vice-President of the ANAS
- 1996-2013 – Rector of the Nakhchivan State University
- 1991-1996 – Vice-Rector of the Nakhchivan State University
- 1975-1996 – Associate Professor and Full Professor at the Nakhchivan State University
- 1975-1990 – Chairman of the Student Scientific Society at the Nakhchivan State University
- 1971-1975 – Teacher at Danzik village school in Sharur region of Nakchivan AR
Other activities:
- 1998-2005 – Member of the Supreme Majlis (Parliament) of Nakhchivan AR, head of the Commission on International Relations and Human Rights;
- 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 – Member of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan of III, IV, V, VI calls;
- 2015-2020 – Chairman of the Science and Education Committee of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, preparation of the “Law on Science” (2016), “Preschool Education” (2017), “Vocational Education” (2018), “On General Education” (2019);
- Since 2015 – Chairman of the Commission of Toponymy of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- 2014, 2019, 2023 – Author of the Charter of ANAS.
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Theory of literature; History of literature
The research of the stage and problems of Azerbaijani literature, literary movements, literary types and genres, study of the heritage of prominent figures of Azerbaijani literature. For the first time, satire was defined as one of the literary types, the concept of Azerbaijani studies and the history of periodization of literature was developed.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
Member of the Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History (1999)
Member of the Coordination Council of World Azerbaijanis (2001)
Full Member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2003)
Full member of the International Information Academy (2006)
Full Member of International Chingiz Aytmatov Academy (2018)
Honorary Doctor of the University of St. Petersburg (2015) and the Southern Russia University (2017), Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature (2021).
Awards:
- For Merits to the Motherland Order of 1st degree (2019);
- Order of Shohrat (Glory) (2007) and Order of Sharaf (Honour) (2009) of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- Gold medal of the International Turkic Academy (2021);
- Prize “The name in Science Award” (2013);
- Honorary diploma of the Chairman of Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (2009);
- Honorary diploma of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2009);
- Diploma of “The elite of information world” and medal “The leader of scientific direction” of International Information Academy (2009);
- Symbolic award of Eurasia Culture and Art Association of Türkiye (2009);
- “Outstanding Service Berat” of Turkish Language Association (2004);
- “Person of the year” by USA Biography Institute (2001);
- Honorary Title of Honored Scientist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1999);
- Honorary degree of the Ministry of Education (1999);
- Honored friend of Ankara University (1999).
Selected Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lwD6b3AAAAAJ&hl=ru
More than 1000 scientific publications, including 14 monographs, 3 textbooks, 17 brochures. Books and articles were published and scientific works were presented in Turkiye, Russia, China, France, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Iran, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Lithuania, Georgia, Egypt, Turkmenistan and Kirgizstan.
List of selected publications:
1. The possibilities of Romantic Lyrics. Yazichy, Baku, 1984
2. The theory of literature. Baku, 1985.
3. Jalil Mammadguluzade (Album-monograph). Ishig, Baku, 1987.
4. Azerbaijani Writers of the XX century. Baku, 1992.
5. Biographies of Azerbaijani Writers of the early XX century. Ataturk University, Türkiye, 1992.
6. Honored Azerbaijani Writer Jalil Mammadguluzade. Ataturk University, Türkiye, 1994.
7. Jalil Mammadguluzade: His Enviroenment and Contemporaries. Azernashr, Baku, 1997.
8. Nakhchivan State University. Ankara University, Türkiye, 1998.
9. People’s Poet Mammad Araz. Elm, Baku, 1999.
10. Mentor Mohammedhuseyn Shahriyar. Elm, Baku, 1999.
11. Jalil Mammadguluzade (Molla Nasraddin). Nauka, Moscow, 1999.
12. Heydar Aliyev and Nakhchivan State University. Nakhchivan, Geyrat, 2002.
13. Outstanding Azerbaijani Writer Jalil Mammadguluzade. Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004
14. Literary and Historical Memory and Contemporaneity. Elm, Baku, 2005.
15. Azerbaijani Writer of the New Era. With the works of Jalil Mammadguluzade. Cairo, Egypt, 2008
16. Azerbaijani Literature of the Beginning of the XX century. Triad, Moscow, 2008.
17. Creativity in all Respects. Elm ve Tahsil, Baku, 2014.
18. Academician Samad Vurgun Vakilov. Elm ve Tahsil, Baku, 2015
19. From Noah to Nakhchivan. Elm ve Tahsil, Baku, 2015.
20. Literary Identity and Time. Elm ve Tahsil, Baku, 2017.
21. A Word about Chingiz Aitmatov. Elm ve Tahsil, Baku, 2018.
22. Azerbaijani Literature: Concept of Periodization and Stages of Development. Elm, Baku, 2019.
23. "The Book of Dede Gorgud": Written Epos or Epopee. Elm, Baku, 2020.
24. Literature, Time and Contemporaneity. Khudijestvennaya Literatura, Moscow, 2020.
25. Nizami Ganjavi: From Azerbaijan to the World. Ankara, Türkiye, 2021.
26. The Pearl of Turan: Azerbaijani Poetry. Khudijestvennaya Literatura, Moscow, 2021.
27. Azerbaijani literature of the Beginning of the XX century. Sandro Tetti, Roma, Italy, 2021.
28. Huseyn Javid. His Life and Art. Elm ve Tahsil, Baku, 2022.