Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

An online meeting of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Literature of ANAS named after Nizami Ganjavi was held. The meeting, chaired by the first vice-president of ANAS, director of the institute, academician Isa Habibbayli, was attended by deputy directors, scientific secretaries, department heads, etc.

Initially, academician Isa Habibbayli introduced everyone to the scientific and organizational issues on the agenda.

At the event, Action Plan of the Institute of Literature was discussed in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev "On holding the 145th anniversary of the Azerbaijani national press." It was noted that “Molla Nasraddin” encyclopedia, prepared in the Department of the History of Press and Journalism, is one of the important works carried out in connection with this order.

At the meeting, academician Isa Habibbayli took an interest in the research work carried out by the institute’s departments during the pandemic, gave his instructions and recommendations.

Then the head of the Department of Literary Criticism, Doctor of Philology Vagif Yusifli talked about the progress in preparing the reports of the creative meeting “Literary Process-2019”.

In their speeches, academician Isa Habibbayli and Professor Imamverdi Hamidov spoke about preparations for the publication of the second volume of the ten-volume “History of Azerbaijani Literature” and noted that the volume was already ready for publication.

Next, issues related to the preparation for publication of the fifth volume of the seven-volume “History of Azerbaijani Literature” were discussed. Along with this, Almaz Ulvi Binnatova, Doctor of philological sciences, said she was ready to print a special issue of the journal “Comparative Literary Studies”, devoted to Azerbaijani-Uzbek literary relations.

At the event, the institute’s leadership and participants in the meeting congratulated the head of the Department of Literature Theory, Professor Tahira Mammad, on his 60th birthday.

At the meeting, several monographs prepared by the institute staff were also recommended for publication.

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