School of Education

Azizagha Najafov

Azizagha Najafov

Additional position
Program Head, Philology

Background

In 2007, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Philology (specialization in Azerbaijani Literature); 

In 2016, he received the academic title of Associate Professor; and in 2024, he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Philological Sciences. 

He possesses extensive pedagogical experience at the country’s leading secondary specialized and higher education institutions. He has taught Azerbaijani Literature, the History of the Azerbaijani Language, and the Methodology of Teaching Azerbaijani Language and Literature to students of the SABAH groups at the Military Lyceum named after J. Nakhchivanski, Baku State University, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Azerbaijan University of Languages, and Baku Slavic University. 

He has held the positions of Research Fellow at the Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Senior Research Fellow at the House-Museum of Huseyn Javid, Scientific Secretary, and Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs at the Institute of Manuscripts named after Muhammad Fuzuli. 

He is the author of more than 120 scholarly publications, including monographs and textbooks, and has participated in numerous research projects in the country and abroad. His research focuses on the poetico-linguistic, psychopoetic, and comparative analysis of the works of classical and contemporary Azerbaijani poets.

Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Philology at Karabakh University.

Degrees

2011 – 2015

Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of ANAS

Azerbaijani Literature, DSc

 

2002 – 2005

Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of ANAS

Azerbaijani Literature, PhD

                                               

2000 – 2002

Baku State University

MA, Azerbaijani Literature

 

1996 – 2000

Baku State University

BA, Philology (Azerbaijani Language and Literature)

Awards

  • Medal “For the Sake of the Motherland”
  • Commemorative Badge “Nizami Ganjavi – 880”

Research Interests

  • Nizami Studies
  • Javid Studies
  • Fuzuli Studies
  • Comparative Literary Studies

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