The Scientific Council was held at the Institute of Folklore

On the 21st of January the next Scientific Council was held at the Institute of Folklore. The meeting was opened by the director of the Institute, the academician Mukhtar Imanov, in his speech he estimated the works carried out at the Institute and determined next year’s activity directions.

The first problem of the council was about the results of the admittance to the post graduate education of the Folklore Institute of ANAS and the information was given by Ph.D. Elchin Abbasov. Aytaj Abbasova (“Literature of Turkic nations”), Tahir Nasib (Folklore-study), Nail Gurbanov (“Literature of Turkic nations”) and Ulkar Aliyeva (Folklore-study) were accepted to the post graduate education (Doctor of Sciences). Rada Abbasova, Nigar Zeynalova and Asmar Veyisova were also accepted to the post-graduate education (Ph.D).

Then the collaborator of the department “Music folklore”, Ph.D. Kamala Atakishiyeva made report on the theme “Explanation of the ashug melody “Jalili”. At the end director of the Institute Mukhtar kazimov told about the activity of the journal “Dede Gorgud”. It was decided to publish the mentioned journal four times per a year and to allow publishing the articles in the Russian and English languages.