On January 26, the next meeting of the Presidium of ANAS was held.

The meeting was attended by the President of ANAS, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev, other members of the Presidium - academicians Arif Hashimov, Isa Habibbeyli ,Ibrahim Guliyev, Dilgam Tagiyev, Irada Huseynova, Rasim Aliguliyev, Govhar Bakhshalieva, Fikret Aliyev, Adil Garibov, as well as the head of the Presidium of ANAS, Doctor of philosophy in philology, associate professor Seyfal Hasanov, the head of the Secretariat of the President of ANAS, Doctor of philosophy in political sciences Eldar Amirov and relevant persons.

Opening the event, the President of ANAS, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev informed about the agenda.

Then a report on the scientific and scientific-organizational activities of the Divisions of Humanities of ANAS for 2021 was heard at the meeting. Vice-President of ANAS, chairman of the Divisions of Humanities Sciences (DHS), academician Isa Habibbeyli noted that during the reporting period, research works on 95 topics (9 completed), 531 works (330 completed), 308 stages (301 completed) were carried out in the department on 38 problems of 8 directions. He noted that in 2021, the members of the Divisions of Humanities have achieved significant creative success in scientific, organizational and social work. According to the academician, the members of the department have published 36 books, more than 250 articles. And the staff of the DHS published 127 books (8 abroad), 76 monographs (7 abroad), 2253 articles (344 abroad, in journals with an impact factor of 20), 185 theses (86 abroad).

The speaker stressed that the scientific institutions of the Divisions of Humanities had published 32 books, 1 calendar, 20 scientific and practical events dedicated to literature, folklore and cultural heritage of the lands liberated from occupation. Academician also noted that in 2021, the research institutions of the DHS held 15 international conferences, 1 congress, 1 forum, 2 events, 1 seminar and 1 round table.

Academician Isa Habibbayli noted that in order to re-Research and popularize the creativity of the great poet Nizami Ganjavi, which occupies a worthy place in the treasury of world literature, on the basis of the ideals of independent statehood and azerbaijanism, a joint action program was developed with scientific research institutions of the Divisions of Humanities Sciences and a number of academician recalled books published within the framework of the “Year of Nizami Ganjavi”, conferences held, as well as a special meeting of the Presidium of ANAS and said that academician Ramiz Mehdiyev and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Aziz Sanjar were awarded with the “Gold medal named after Nizami Ganjavi of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.

In addition, the scientist spoke about the events held on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Ashig Alasgar, Memorial Day and Victory Day, international relations of the department, integration of science and education, the state of electronic science, prizes, awards, etc.

Then, academician Isa Habibbeyli presented a report on the scientific and scientific-organizational activities of the Division of Social Sciences (DSS) of ANAS in 2021. Academician noted that in 2021, research was conducted in the scientific institutions of the department covering 37 problems, 112 topics, 361 works and 174 stages, 58 topics, 298 works and 172 stages were completed, 21 important results were obtained and 19 important results were obtained in organizations outside the department.

Academician stressed that during the past year, the members of the department published 9 books (5 abroad) and 119 articles (13 abroad). The staff of the department published 2279 scientific papers, including 68 books (8 abroad), 83 monographs (9 abroad), 1746 articles (329 abroad, 55 in journals included in the databases “Web of Scinece” and “Scopus”), 383 theses (137 abroad), 6 textbooks, educational and methodological manuals, the works of employees were referenced 2209 times.

In addition, in the reporting year, the research institutions of the Division of Social Sciences held 16 international conferences, 2 international symposiums, 1 international seminar, 1 international forum, 21 republican conferences, 56 scientific seminars, 4 scientific sessions, 3 book presentations, 10 meetings, 28 round tables, as well as 82 meetings of the Academic Council.

Speaking about the works carried out in the department within the framework of the Decree of the Head of state dated January 5, 2021 “On declaring 2021 the Year of Nizami Ganjavi in the Republic of Azerbaijan”, academician Isa Habibbeyli spoke about conferences, seminars, events, published books, monographs, magazines, organized exhibitions and listed the titles of books by the President of ANAS, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev “Nizami Ganjavi: the Legacy of a Thinker in the context of world culture and national identity” and academician Govhar Bakhshalieva “The ethnic identity of Nizami Ganjavi”, etc.

Then the members of the Presidium of ANAS spoke, who voiced their thoughts and suggestions. The reports were unanimously adopted by the Presidium of ANAS, relevant instructions were given.

The meeting also heard a report on the scientific and scientific-organizational activities of the Nakhchivan branch of ANAS in 2021. In his speech, the chairman of the department, academician Ismayil Hajiyev said that the department conducts research covering mainly such tasks as the study of history, ethnography, epigraphy, archeology, material culture, literary environment, folklore, as well as natural resources, ecogeographic conditions, potential energy sources, flora, fauna, soil cover, economic development of Nakhchivan.

Then discussions took place, the report on the activities of the Nakhchivan branch in 2021 was found satisfactory, the relevant instructions were given to the branch by the decree of the Presidium.

Members of the Presidium of ANAS – academicians Arif Hashimov, Ibrahim Guliyev, Irada Huseynova, Rasim Aliguliyev, Govhar Bakhshalieva, Fikret Aliyev and Adil Garibov - spoke on the presented reports and voiced their thoughts and suggestions.

Then a resolution was adopted on the implementation of the activities of the Divisions of Humanities and Social Sciences of ANAS separately. The leadership of the Division of Humanities was entrusted to academician Isa Habibbeyli and the leadership of the Division of Social Sciences was entrusted to academician Govhar Bakhshalieva.

By the following resolution of the Presidium of ANAS academician Govhar Bakhshalieva was appointed Acting Vice-President of ANAS. Also at the meeting, new members of the academic councils of the Divisions of Humanities and Social Sciences of ANAS were approved.

Then the Presidium adopted a resolution on the 60th anniversary of corresponding member of ANAS Elmar Gasimov.

In conclusion, the President of ANAS, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev gave relevant instructions to the heads of scientific departments in connection with the improvement of the activities of scientific journals that are published in the institutions of the Academy and distributed on the Internet.