On the 23^rd of September in 2026 the international scientific-theoretical conference on the topic “Important Issues and Innovative Approaches to the Study of the History and Folklore of the Literatures of the Turkic Peoples” was held in Nukus, Republic of Uzbekistan, organized by the Department of Karakalpak Literature of the Haji Niyaz Nukus State Pedagogical Institute.

PhD, Associate Professor Shabnam Mammadova, Senior Researcher at the Department of Folklore and Written Literature of the Institute of Folklore of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), participated in the conference online. As part of the conference, the scholar delivered a presentation entitled “A special perspective on the structural and content features of the 100-volume collection of Garagalpag folklore”.

The presentation examined the structural and content features of the 100-volume “Garagalpag folklore”, an extensive publication of the rich folkloric heritage of the Garagalpag people. The study focused on the principles underlying the formation of the multivolume folklore collection, its genre and content diversity, the systematization of folklore materials, and the scholarly significance of the publication.

It should be noted that the international scientific-theoretical conference was held with the organizational support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Preschool and School Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Haji Niyaz Nukus State Pedagogical Institute. Scholars and researchers from various countries participated in the conference and presented papers on the literature and folklore of the Turkic peoples, literary and cultural relations, their national and spiritual heritage.