During the 7^th-8^th of May in 2026 the XVII International Scientific Conference on the theme “Azerbaijan of the New Era” was held at Baku Slavic University, dedicated to the 103^rd anniversary of the birth of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev.

Within the framework of the theme “Azerbaijan of the New Era” the political and ideological foundations of modern Azerbaijani statehood, the statehood legacy of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev, the national identity model, the philosophy of sovereignty and development strategies, as well as methodological innovations and integration models in the humanitarian and social sciences were discussed.

Employees of the Institute of Folklore of ANAS also actively participated in the conference and made a presentation. The reports such as “Folklore in Ali Amirli’s comedy “Old House”: in a traditional and modern context” by Head of the Department of Folklore and Written Literature of the Institute, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Associate Professor Leyla Mammadova, “Western Azerbaijani folklore in the literary and cultural system of the Turkic world: regional typology and modern Turkological problems” by Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, Associate Professor Gulsumkhanim Hasilova, “Functional-semantic analysis of poetic formulas in the context of ethno-cultural identity and collective memory in Western Azerbaijani folklore texts” by Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, Associate Professor Sevinj Aliyeva, “Issues of ethnic memory and identity of the Garapapags and Garagalpags” by Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, Associate Professor Shabnam Mammadova, “Mythopoetic discourse in modern Azerbaijani poetry” by PhD in Philology, Associate Professor Gulnar Osmanova, “The tale language in the activity of story (on the base of the stories independence period)” by Gulnar Ismayilova were made.