Hamlet Isakhanli
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Hamlet Abdulla oglu Isayev (born March 1, 1948, Kosali, near Gardabani
, Georgia
) is an Azerbaijani
mathematician
, poet, science- and sosial science writer, living founder of Khazar University
and founding president
during April, 1991 - September, 2010. He is a Chairman, Board of Directors and Trustees, Khazar University (beginning from September, 2010); founder of integrated primary, secondary and high schools (Dunya School
); and founder of a publishing house (all in Baku
, capital of Azerbaijan
) as well as a translator of poetry; lecturer
, and editor.
Hamlet Isakhanli ( Hamlet İsaxanlı in Latin
-based Azerbaijani script) is the penname that he uses as a poet and in his publications in the fields of humanities
and social sciences
. All his works in mathematics have been published under the surname
Isayev (H.A. Isayev, G.A. Isaev, etc. depending on the Western
transliteration
of his name
). Nowadays he is better-known among the general public
as Hamlet Isakhanli.
Hamlet Isakhanli's academic and literary works cover a broad range of fields including research in mathematics and in many areas of humanities and the social sciences, poetry, and creative writing
. He is often described as a polymath
displaying talent in a wide range of subjects.
His critical approach to the reform
of education systems in countries with transitional economies has affected the thoughts and actions of educators, policy makers and general public.
Hamlet Isakhanli is a prominent public intellectual and cultural figure who plays an important role as a true voice of society
. He regularly refuses to keep quiet about what he sees as radical conservatism and injustice. He also became a noted public face, often interviewing by newspapers, magazines, internet-based news agencies, frequently appearing on television.
.
Hamlet attended public school (elementary, secondary and high school) in his home village
Kosali (1954–1965) where the main language of instruction
was Azeri with Russian as a second language
, French as a foreign language
and Georgian
as an official language of Georgia. Hamlet finished this school with a gold medal
for highest achievement.
His brothers live in a village in Georgia and in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Hamlet Isaxanli’s wife Naila Isayeva (Naila Askerli before marriage) was born in Quba
, Azerbaijan. She graduated from the Institute of Russian Language and Literature in Baku. She has also received music education
. She composes songs. She was the head of Khazar Ladies` Club, then, until September 2010, the Director of Dunya School
(preschool, primary, middle and high schools) affiliated with Khazar University . At present she is the Advisor to the Board of Directors and Trustees in Humanitarian Affairs, Khazar University.
The couple have four daughters. Their eldest daughter Aygun (b.1972) finished secondary school with a gold medal
, took up undergraduate study in mathematics
and graduate - in management
and business administration. She is living in England with her husband and two sons.
Their second daughter Zeynab (b. 1975) finished secondary school with a silver medal
and received higher education
in medicine
with a further specialization
in dermatology
. She is living in Istanbul
, Turkey with her husband.
Their third daughter Ayten (b. 1977) took up post-graduate study in business administration, and she is a certified public accountant
. She was a member of the Azerbaijani national chess team. At present she is living and working in London
.
Their last-born daughter Ulker (b. 1985) is a psychologist
with a master`s degree
in cognitive neuroscience
. She works at Khazar University
now, acting as the director of "Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy
Center" affiliated with the University.
For Hamlet Isakhanli`s life through his academic, literary and public activities see below.
From 1973 to 1983, he carried out research in mathematics in Moscow and Baku at the Moscow State University
, the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
, the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
, then the Azerbaijan State University. During this period, he lectured occasionally. Later he also worked as professor at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Oil and Chemistry (currently the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) and chaired the department
of mathematics in the Baku campus
of the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Finance
.
Isakhanli's article
s were published in leading academic periodicals and transactions in the Soviet Union
, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, which brought him international
recognition
. In 1983, Hamlet Isakhanli defended his second doctoral dissertation (leading to a D.S. - Doctor of Science degree) “On Problems of Multiparameter Spectral Theory” at the V.I. Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Moscow. He received the degree of Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences, and was later awarded the title of Professor by the Soviet Higher Attestation Committee.
Hamlet Isakhanli is recognised as a scholar of great research capacity in mathematics. He did research in various areas of mathematics and the applied sciences such as non-self-adjoint operator theory
, multiparameter spectral theory
, the theory of joint spectra, differential equations, numerical ranges, and mathematical models of economy. He is considered as one of the founders of the modern Multiparameter Spectral Theory. He was the first Soviet mathematician to carry out scientific research in such an important field of study which has its origin in mathematical physics
.
Hamlet Isayev was not only a representative of the famous Moscow mathematics school, but his background also reflects achievements in the scientific schools of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. During the times of the Soviet “Iron Curtain
,” in spite of some difficulties, he viewed the West
not only from a distance, but also as a visiting professor. Scientific - research centers, academies and universities in Europe, Americas
and Asia continuously invited him to their institutions to deliver lectures, undertake joint research, and speak at international conferences. He in turn invited foreign scholars to Moscow and Baku to deliver lectures for furthering good relations between the East
and the West
. He achieved the establishment of an international
academic network even in those Soviet times.
His achievements in the field of mathematics were highly praised by prominent mathematicians, particularly by members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences as N.N.Bogolyubov, V.S.Vladimirov and S.M. Nikolskiy, Lenin Prize
winners B.M. Levitan and V.B. Lidskiy, and by well-known mathematicians A. G. Kostyuchenko, A.A. Dezin, and V.A. Sadovnichiy (currently rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University), professor F.Atkinson (University of Toronto
), professor P.J.Browne (University of Calgary
), and other scholars.His published works are included in “The List of Best Scientific Works of the Year” by the Presidium (an Executive Committee) of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
The book In Search of Khazar by Hamlet Isakhanli has become very popular in Azerbaijan and throughout the international community
. His quite interesting style of storytelling connected with description
of political, cultural, personal and psychological situations of the process of establishment of a new institution of higher education
, and well-documented analyses of events of the time, make this a valuable book to read. “The realities of events associated with the establishment and development of Khazar University
have left indelible traces in my memory
. I intend to pass these events to you in their entirety and in all sincerity,” says the author in the introductory note to the book.
His research and writings on translation problems, on language policy, and on lexicography are worthy of esteem. A large article entitled “Translating Poetry and Cross-cultural Communication: In Search of Beauty and Harmony Within Limited Borders” (most probably, a version of a future book) devoted to the history and analyses of East-West communication through the translation highway, to problems of translation from and into Azerbaijani, and to problems of translating poetry, is a “must, is for constant reference” according to one expert viewpoint.
Hamlet Isakhanli is one of the authors and co-editor of the Khazar English-Azerbaijani Comprehensive Dictionary
in six volumes. This work has been completed for the most part; its first three volumes have already been published. This dictionary is, without any doubt, one of the monumental achievements of the Azerbaijani culture.
The textbook “The Azerbaijani Language" for foreigners is based on the communicative approach, written by Hamlet Isakhanli with two co-authors as a handbook to which foreigners and teachers may have recourse.
Isakhanli is one of the most influential scholars, liberal intellectuals, educators, writers and public speakers in the field of education, education policy, and history and philosophy of education. He has written books, numerous articles, and reports in addition to abundant interviews in TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and bulletins. For just a sampling of them see.
Hamlet Isakhanli discusses in his writings the problems of poetry and philosophy
, political science
and international relations
, history
, journalism, etc.
In addition, he himself makes translations of poetry from English, Russian and French into Azerbaijani
, particularly the poems of George Gordon Byron, W. Blake, Robert Herrick
, and Gérard de Nerval
, Vasily Zhukovsky
, Evgeny Baratynsky
, Fyodor Tyutchev
, Afanasy Fet
, Sergei Yesenin
, Nikolay Gumilev, Anna Akhmatova
, and Alla Akhundova.
s.
The prominent national composers the late Ramiz Mustafayev and the late Vasif Adigozalov
composed music - a hymn
based on his poem My Khazar University; Ramiz Mustafayev – on the poem In Search of my Khazar; Vagif Garayzadeh - on the poem Parting; Lutfiyar Imanov
– on the poem Life will be so easy; Naila Isayeva - on poems I just felt in love with you, It is beautiful, Poppy, Lily, Wind and a lassie , I want to stay alone, Come soon, and My world; Tahir Akber -on three poems, Elza Seyidcahan - on the poems I couldn’t understand this world and Baku, Jahangir Zulfugarov – on the poem Where we meet, Dilara Gulamova - on the poems An old question, Magical night, Clouds lag behind of childhood, and musical spectacle “The life path is just a moment” based on series of Hamlet Isakhanli's philosophical poems, etc. His whole long epic
-lyric
poem “Pilgrimage” was set to music by composer Javanshir Guliyev, who also composed eleven songs on the lyric by Hamlet Isakhanli. All these, other songs and musical spectacles are sung and performed by master-singers Lutfiyar Imanov
, Flora Karimova, Brilliant Dadashova
, Azer Zeynalov, Ilgar Muradov, Rashida Behbudova, Manana Japaridze, Gulyanaq Memmedova, Elza Seyidjahan, Samir Jafarov, Fadaya Lachin, Azerbaijani State Symphony Orchestra and Choir
, the "Savalan," "Sheron" and "Kristal" bands and others. Khananda
s such as Arif Babayev, Alim Qasimov
, Nazakat Teymurova, Zabit Nabizadeh, and Zakir Aliyev also have used Hamlet Isakhanli’s poems while singing.
New ideas started to emerge and become implemented in a country that was living through political and economic crisis and war! Hamlet Isakhanli played an important role in that development.
Hamlet Isakhanli, on the one hand, noted the necessity for step-by-step reforms in the entire education system; on the other hand, he emphasized the prospects of establishing new types of higher education institutions that would meet the demands of the new, rapidly changing and globalised world.
In his opinion, in terms of curriculum, management, quality of teaching and research, university-industry relation]s, knowledge economy and innovation, interactive student-centered system based on credit accumulation, programs leading to Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees, extensive international relations, etc., these new higher education institutions might benefit to some degree from US models of higher education, and they would play an important role not only in education and research, but also in the overall awareness and democratization of society as a whole.
He stressed and put forward another important issue: in a country where corruption is widespread, including in the education system, it is vital and doable to establish a serious and high quality higher education institution. In general, with his gradually growing and strengthening activities he came to be known as a leader in both theory and practice in the field of education systems of countries with transition economies.
Due to its Western-type curricula and study programs, adoption of a flexible credit accumulation system and student-centered model of education, application of modern methods of management, establishment of broad and effective international relations, recruitment of high-quality local and foreign specialists, fighting against corruption in education, and generally speaking, provision of high-quality education under the direction of Hamlet Isakhanli, Khazar University became famous as one of the leading universities not only in Azerbaijan, but also in the wider geographical region covering the former Soviet area, particularly the Caucasus
and Central Asia
, and also the Middle East,
Hamlet Isakhanli decided to use English as a main language of instruction at Khazar. Reasons for this include providing ways to facilitate the use of books and other educational and research resources published in the West, for student exchange programs, for inviting visiting professors; and, in general, for running away from inertia
and opening ways for innovative thinking.
Innovative endeavours of Hamlet Isakhanli himself and his Khazar University played an important role in the introduction and successful application of the two-cycled (Bachelor, Master) system and in methodology
for evaluation
in the higher education system of Azerbaijan, which was later envisaged in the Bologna Process
on the creation of the European Higher Education Area
. He was one of the main initiators of joining Azerbaijan to the Bologna Process
in 2005
, established by Hamlet Isakhanli in 1998 and affiliated with Khazar University
, providing education at the preschool, primary, secondary and high school levels, is a successful and highly sought-after school where schoolchildren receive bilingual education – in the Azerbaijani
and English.
Recently (January 16, 2009) Dunya School
gained an international status through accreditation by International Baccalaureate Organization
- IBO. Namely, Dunya School
as an IB World School now offers the IB Diploma Program to its students in the last two years of high school.
Hamlet Isakhanli not only put his ideas into practice in the higher education system; he is also trying to create a model for pre-university education that would be able to compete internationally. Thus he is realizing and providing the lifelong education idea through building a network of education institutions from early childhood till PhD and professorship.
and natural sciences along with the humanities
and social sciences
.
Hamlet Isakhanli is recognized as a scholar, leader, and public figure, attracting intellectuals, scientists and men of arts, as well as the international community.
Hamlet Isakhanli is a member of international
networks, associations, academies and boards, as well as a participant in and organizer of international project
s and gatherings in different continent
s and various countries. He delivered plenary lectures at conferences held by UNESCO
, NATO, UNDP, Council of Europe
, etc. He has received honors and award
s for his contribution to the development of research, education and culture.
As a member of the Education
Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Hamlet Isakhanli is actively participating in preparation and realization of reforms carried out in the fields of research, development and education.
The Science
and Art Assembly , founded and chaired by Hamlet Isakhanli, has turned into a creative intellectual center, where scholars and men of arts from diverse fields of study and creative young people come together and carry out lively discussions on various topics of the arts and sciences. Speech
es of the presenter
s from different countries and minutes of the discussions are published first in the Khazar View magazine
, then in separate books by Khazar University Press
.
His editorship includes research journals and magazines both in the sciences and humanities, transactions of conferences, textbooks and monographs, encyclopedias and dictionaries, translations from various languages into Azerbaijani and vice versa in history
, mass media, poetry, novels, etc.
and leadership
, Hamlet Isakhanli greatly contributed to human resources
development, particularly sending students and scholars to universities of developed countries as well as teaching and supervising them himself.
Hamlet Isakhanli taught mathematics and its applications, intellectual and cultural history, and literature for many years in Azerbaijan in Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
), Baku State University
, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Khazar University
, as well as in the Former Soviet Union, Europe and North America, Middle East and Far East
for PhD, master and undergraduate students, helping and supervising them in their research works.
Hamlet Isakhanli is a caring supervisor
who tries to develop outlook and insight
in his advanced (Master and PhD) students, taking them to the frontlines of research, if they are ready to work hard. Scientists and researchers who defended dissertations under his supervision now work in the USA, Europe, Russia, Israel
, Turkey
, Iran
and in other countries.
Hamlet's grandmother Zeynab together with her children and near relatives were exiled from the home country to Kazakhstan
and Kyrgyzstan
for two years.
and image have been broadly represented in literary, publicist
ic, scientific articles and books, and in art works written, made and performed by various authors, scholars, writers and artists.
The life
and activity of the scholar have thoroughly been investigated in the book “The Life of the Scholar and Founder” by Fuad Tanriverdiyev, published in 1997. Another book “What I Brought to this World” by Knyaz Aslan and Vahid Omarli, published in 2005 in both Azerbaijani
and Russian language
s, is devoted to brief description
s of his academic and creative works, public and organizational life, and also contains the thoughts of well-known people of academia
, arts and culture from various countries about Hamlet Isaxanli. Besides all this, scholars, writers, poets and journalists in Azerbaijan
, the USA, Canada
, Russia
, Turkey
, Georgia
, Iran
, India
, China
, Estonia
and other countries have written and published works about his creative life and activities.
A number of monographs and scientific articles properly appraise and contain reference to Isaxanli’s (Isayev’s) works, part of which is based on his research. At the same time in the Eastern and Western World, in developed and developing countries, he has repeatedly appeared as an interviewee and as a visitor of broadcast
s and telecasts
.
The poets Nariman Hasanzade, Huseyn Kurdoglu, Muzaffar Shukur, Shahin Fazil, Alla Akhundova, Saadat Buta and many others devoted special poems to the personality of Hamlet Isaxanli. In Azerbaijan Jamal (Camal) Mustafayev, Manaf Suleymanov
, Movlud Suleymanli, Mirabbas Qasimov, Vidadi Babanli
, Zalimxan Yaqub, Bahlul Abdulla, Kamran Nazirli, Khalil Macidoglu, Aydin Xan, Tamilla Aliyeva and numerous other authors wrote about his literary and academic activity. Metin Turan from Turkey, Van Dzen Bo from China, Lyudmila Lavrova from Russia, many writers from Iran, Georgia and other countries wrote articles about his works.
In addition, Hamlet Isaxanli’s image has been portrayed in various drawing, mosaic, and carpet art works.
Selected publications in mathematics:
Gardabani
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, Georgia
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) is an Azerbaijani
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mathematician
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, poet, science- and sosial science writer, living founder of Khazar University
Khazar University
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and founding president
President
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during April, 1991 - September, 2010. He is a Chairman, Board of Directors and Trustees, Khazar University (beginning from September, 2010); founder of integrated primary, secondary and high schools (Dunya School
Dunya School
Dunya School is a part of Khazar University and was established by professor Hamlet Isaxanli in September 1998 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the objective to educate preschool and school students, individuals of 3–18 years old...
); and founder of a publishing house (all in Baku
Baku
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, capital of Azerbaijan
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) as well as a translator of poetry; lecturer
Lecturer
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, and editor.
Hamlet Isakhanli ( Hamlet İsaxanlı in Latin
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-based Azerbaijani script) is the penname that he uses as a poet and in his publications in the fields of humanities
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and social sciences
Social sciences
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. All his works in mathematics have been published under the surname
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Isayev (H.A. Isayev, G.A. Isaev, etc. depending on the Western
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transliteration
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of his name
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). Nowadays he is better-known among the general public
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as Hamlet Isakhanli.
Hamlet Isakhanli's academic and literary works cover a broad range of fields including research in mathematics and in many areas of humanities and the social sciences, poetry, and creative writing
Creative writing
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. He is often described as a polymath
Polymath
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displaying talent in a wide range of subjects.
His critical approach to the reform
Reform
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of education systems in countries with transitional economies has affected the thoughts and actions of educators, policy makers and general public.
Hamlet Isakhanli is a prominent public intellectual and cultural figure who plays an important role as a true voice of society
Society
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. He regularly refuses to keep quiet about what he sees as radical conservatism and injustice. He also became a noted public face, often interviewing by newspapers, magazines, internet-based news agencies, frequently appearing on television.
Biography
Hamlet’s father Abdulla Isaxan oğlu Isayev (1926–1972) taught mathematics in the secondary school and his mother, Perixanim, is a housewifeHousewife
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.
Hamlet attended public school (elementary, secondary and high school) in his home village
Village
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Kosali (1954–1965) where the main language of instruction
Education
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was Azeri with Russian as a second language
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, French as a foreign language
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and Georgian
Georgian language
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as an official language of Georgia. Hamlet finished this school with a gold medal
Gold medal
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for highest achievement.
His brothers live in a village in Georgia and in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Hamlet Isaxanli’s wife Naila Isayeva (Naila Askerli before marriage) was born in Quba
Quba
Quba is a rayon in northeastern Azerbaijan. The capital is located on the Kudyal River at 41.37°N, 48.50°E....
, Azerbaijan. She graduated from the Institute of Russian Language and Literature in Baku. She has also received music education
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. She composes songs. She was the head of Khazar Ladies` Club, then, until September 2010, the Director of Dunya School
Dunya School
Dunya School is a part of Khazar University and was established by professor Hamlet Isaxanli in September 1998 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the objective to educate preschool and school students, individuals of 3–18 years old...
(preschool, primary, middle and high schools) affiliated with Khazar University . At present she is the Advisor to the Board of Directors and Trustees in Humanitarian Affairs, Khazar University.
The couple have four daughters. Their eldest daughter Aygun (b.1972) finished secondary school with a gold medal
Gold medal
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, took up undergraduate study in mathematics
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and graduate - in management
Management
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and business administration. She is living in England with her husband and two sons.
Their second daughter Zeynab (b. 1975) finished secondary school with a silver medal
Silver medal
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and received higher education
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in medicine
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with a further specialization
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in dermatology
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. She is living in Istanbul
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, Turkey with her husband.
Their third daughter Ayten (b. 1977) took up post-graduate study in business administration, and she is a certified public accountant
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. She was a member of the Azerbaijani national chess team. At present she is living and working in London
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.
Their last-born daughter Ulker (b. 1985) is a psychologist
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with a master`s degree
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in cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience is an academic field concerned with the scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on the neural substrates of mental processes. It addresses the questions of how psychological/cognitive functions are produced by the brain...
. She works at Khazar University
Khazar University
Khazar University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Campuses:...
now, acting as the director of "Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
Center" affiliated with the University.
For Hamlet Isakhanli`s life through his academic, literary and public activities see below.
Mathematics
Hamlet Isakhanli finished high school (with a gold medal) and was admitted to the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Baku State University|Azerbaijan State University (present-day Baku State University, BSU) in 1965. He graduated from BSU in 1970 with honors. In the same year, he was admitted to the postgraduate research course (aspirantura) at the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan, and sent to Lomonosov Moscow State University for his graduate education and research. In 1973, he defended his dissertation “On Problems of Spectral Theory of Operator Pencils” and received the Ph.D. (Kandidat nauk) degree in Physical-Mathematical sciences.From 1973 to 1983, he carried out research in mathematics in Moscow and Baku at the Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
, the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Steklov Institute of Mathematics or Steklov Mathematical Institute is a research institute based in Moscow, specialized in mathematics, and a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was established April 24, 1934 by the decision of the General Assembly of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in...
of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
, the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences , located in Baku, is the main state research organization in Azerbaijan...
, then the Azerbaijan State University. During this period, he lectured occasionally. Later he also worked as professor at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Oil and Chemistry (currently the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) and chaired the department
Academic department
An academic department is a division of a university or school faculty devoted to a particular academic discipline. This article covers United States usage at the university level....
of mathematics in the Baku campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
of the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Finance
Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance was established in 1930 as "Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics"...
.
Isakhanli's article
Article (publishing)
An article is a written work published in a print or electronic medium. It may be for the purpose of propagating the news, research results, academic analysis or debate.-News articles:...
s were published in leading academic periodicals and transactions in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, which brought him international
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
recognition
Recognition (sociology)
Recognition in sociology is public acknowledgement of person's status or merits .When some person is recognized, he or she is accorded some special status, such as a name, title, or classification...
. In 1983, Hamlet Isakhanli defended his second doctoral dissertation (leading to a D.S. - Doctor of Science degree) “On Problems of Multiparameter Spectral Theory” at the V.I. Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Moscow. He received the degree of Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences, and was later awarded the title of Professor by the Soviet Higher Attestation Committee.
Hamlet Isakhanli is recognised as a scholar of great research capacity in mathematics. He did research in various areas of mathematics and the applied sciences such as non-self-adjoint operator theory
Operator theory
In mathematics, operator theory is the branch of functional analysis that focuses on bounded linear operators, but which includes closed operators and nonlinear operators.Operator theory also includes the study of algebras of operators....
, multiparameter spectral theory
Spectral theory
In mathematics, spectral theory is an inclusive term for theories extending the eigenvector and eigenvalue theory of a single square matrix to a much broader theory of the structure of operators in a variety of mathematical spaces. It is a result of studies of linear algebra and the solutions of...
, the theory of joint spectra, differential equations, numerical ranges, and mathematical models of economy. He is considered as one of the founders of the modern Multiparameter Spectral Theory. He was the first Soviet mathematician to carry out scientific research in such an important field of study which has its origin in mathematical physics
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...
.
Hamlet Isayev was not only a representative of the famous Moscow mathematics school, but his background also reflects achievements in the scientific schools of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. During the times of the Soviet “Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989...
,” in spite of some difficulties, he viewed the West
West
West is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of east and is perpendicular to north and south.By convention, the left side of a map is west....
not only from a distance, but also as a visiting professor. Scientific - research centers, academies and universities in Europe, Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
and Asia continuously invited him to their institutions to deliver lectures, undertake joint research, and speak at international conferences. He in turn invited foreign scholars to Moscow and Baku to deliver lectures for furthering good relations between the East
Eastern world
__FORCETOC__The term Eastern world refers very broadly to the various cultures or social structures and philosophical systems of Eastern Asia or geographically the Eastern Culture...
and the West
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
. He achieved the establishment of an international
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
academic network even in those Soviet times.
His achievements in the field of mathematics were highly praised by prominent mathematicians, particularly by members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences as N.N.Bogolyubov, V.S.Vladimirov and S.M. Nikolskiy, Lenin Prize
Lenin Prize
The Lenin Prize was one of the most prestigious awards of the USSR, presented to individuals for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was created on June 23, 1925 and was awarded until 1934. During the period from 1935 to 1956, the Lenin Prize was...
winners B.M. Levitan and V.B. Lidskiy, and by well-known mathematicians A. G. Kostyuchenko, A.A. Dezin, and V.A. Sadovnichiy (currently rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University), professor F.Atkinson (University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
), professor P.J.Browne (University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
), and other scholars.His published works are included in “The List of Best Scientific Works of the Year” by the Presidium (an Executive Committee) of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
Research in humanities and social studies, creative writings
Hamlet Isakhanli is a scholar who has carried out research and produced significant results in various fields of sciences and arts; particularly outside of mathematics. Overall, he has written hundreds of articles, monographs, and textbooks in the philosophy of history, history of science, education and culture; education policy; theory and history of translation; language and literature; and in many other areas.The book In Search of Khazar by Hamlet Isakhanli has become very popular in Azerbaijan and throughout the international community
International community
The international community is a term used in international relations to refer to all peoples, cultures and governments of the world or to a group of them. The term is used to imply the existence of common duties and obligations between them...
. His quite interesting style of storytelling connected with description
Description
Description is one of four rhetorical modes , along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions....
of political, cultural, personal and psychological situations of the process of establishment of a new institution of higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
, and well-documented analyses of events of the time, make this a valuable book to read. “The realities of events associated with the establishment and development of Khazar University
Khazar University
Khazar University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Campuses:...
have left indelible traces in my memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
. I intend to pass these events to you in their entirety and in all sincerity,” says the author in the introductory note to the book.
His research and writings on translation problems, on language policy, and on lexicography are worthy of esteem. A large article entitled “Translating Poetry and Cross-cultural Communication: In Search of Beauty and Harmony Within Limited Borders” (most probably, a version of a future book) devoted to the history and analyses of East-West communication through the translation highway, to problems of translation from and into Azerbaijani, and to problems of translating poetry, is a “must, is for constant reference” according to one expert viewpoint.
Hamlet Isakhanli is one of the authors and co-editor of the Khazar English-Azerbaijani Comprehensive Dictionary
Khazar English-Azerbaijani Comprehensive Dictionary
The Khazar English-Azerbaijani Comprehensive Dictionary , published by the Khazar University Press, is a bilingual dictionary of the English language and the Azerbaijani language....
in six volumes. This work has been completed for the most part; its first three volumes have already been published. This dictionary is, without any doubt, one of the monumental achievements of the Azerbaijani culture.
The textbook “The Azerbaijani Language" for foreigners is based on the communicative approach, written by Hamlet Isakhanli with two co-authors as a handbook to which foreigners and teachers may have recourse.
Isakhanli is one of the most influential scholars, liberal intellectuals, educators, writers and public speakers in the field of education, education policy, and history and philosophy of education. He has written books, numerous articles, and reports in addition to abundant interviews in TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and bulletins. For just a sampling of them see.
Hamlet Isakhanli discusses in his writings the problems of poetry and philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
and international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
, history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, journalism, etc.
Poetry
Hamlet Isakhanli is also well known and respected in Azerbaijan and many other countries as a brilliant poet. Although he has written poems since childhood |
In addition, he himself makes translations of poetry from English, Russian and French into Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...
, particularly the poems of George Gordon Byron, W. Blake, Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick (poet)
Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English poet.-Early life:Born in Cheapside, London, he was the seventh child and fourth son of Julia Stone and Nicholas Herrick, a prosperous goldsmith....
, and Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, one of the most essentially Romantic French poets.- Biography :...
, Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century...
, Evgeny Baratynsky
Evgeny Baratynsky
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Anna Akhmatova and Joseph Brodsky as a supreme poet of thought.- Life :Of noble ancestry, Baratynsky was...
, Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov.- Life :...
, Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet , was a Russian poet regarded as one of the finest lyricists in Russian literature.-Origins:...
, Sergei Yesenin
Sergei Yesenin
Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was a Russian lyrical poet. He was one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century but committed suicide at the age of 30...
, Nikolay Gumilev, Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko , better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova , was a Russian and Soviet modernist poet, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Russian canon.Harrington p11...
, and Alla Akhundova.
Poetry and music
Hamlet Isakhanli's poems are pleasant; certainly for this reason his poems have attracted Azerbaijani composers' attention. Many of his lyric poems have been used for composing songs and musical spectacleSpectacle
In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French spectacle, itself a reflection of the Latin spectaculum "a show" from spectare "to view,...
s.
The prominent national composers the late Ramiz Mustafayev and the late Vasif Adigozalov
Vasif Adigozalov
Vasif Adigozalov was one of Azerbaijan's most distinguished composers.-Career:Vasif Adigozalov excelled both as composer and performer. He majored in Piano as well as Composition at the Azerbaijani Conservatory...
composed music - a hymn
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
based on his poem My Khazar University; Ramiz Mustafayev – on the poem In Search of my Khazar; Vagif Garayzadeh - on the poem Parting; Lutfiyar Imanov
Lutfiyar Imanov
Lutfiyar Muslum oglu Imanov was an Azerbaijani opera singer .-Career:Lutfiyar Imanov started his career in the arts as a teenage actor at the Sabirabad State Drama Theatre. He graduated from the Zeynalli School of Music with a degree in vocal arts in 1957...
– on the poem Life will be so easy; Naila Isayeva - on poems I just felt in love with you, It is beautiful, Poppy, Lily, Wind and a lassie , I want to stay alone, Come soon, and My world; Tahir Akber -on three poems, Elza Seyidcahan - on the poems I couldn’t understand this world and Baku, Jahangir Zulfugarov – on the poem Where we meet, Dilara Gulamova - on the poems An old question, Magical night, Clouds lag behind of childhood, and musical spectacle “The life path is just a moment” based on series of Hamlet Isakhanli's philosophical poems, etc. His whole long epic
Epic poetry
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
-lyric
Lyric poetry
Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. In the ancient world, lyric poems were those which were sung to the lyre. Lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and today do not need to be set to music or a beat...
poem “Pilgrimage” was set to music by composer Javanshir Guliyev, who also composed eleven songs on the lyric by Hamlet Isakhanli. All these, other songs and musical spectacles are sung and performed by master-singers Lutfiyar Imanov
Lutfiyar Imanov
Lutfiyar Muslum oglu Imanov was an Azerbaijani opera singer .-Career:Lutfiyar Imanov started his career in the arts as a teenage actor at the Sabirabad State Drama Theatre. He graduated from the Zeynalli School of Music with a degree in vocal arts in 1957...
, Flora Karimova, Brilliant Dadashova
Brilliant Dadashova
Brilliant Suleyman qizi Dadashova is an Azerbaijani pop singer.-Life:Brilliant Dadashova was born into a family of six children. Her mother Gizkhanim Dadashova was a famous accordion player who died in a car accident in 1966...
, Azer Zeynalov, Ilgar Muradov, Rashida Behbudova, Manana Japaridze, Gulyanaq Memmedova, Elza Seyidjahan, Samir Jafarov, Fadaya Lachin, Azerbaijani State Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, the "Savalan," "Sheron" and "Kristal" bands and others. Khananda
Khananda
A khananda is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer"...
s such as Arif Babayev, Alim Qasimov
Alim Qasimov
Alim Qasimov is an Azerbaijani musician, and one of the foremost mugam singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of the highest international accolades for music. His music is characterised by his vocal improvisation and represents a move...
, Nazakat Teymurova, Zabit Nabizadeh, and Zakir Aliyev also have used Hamlet Isakhanli’s poems while singing.
Reforms in education
Besides conducting his research and delivering lectures abroad during the Soviet Period, Hamlet Isakhanli was also interested in studying different aspects of educational organizations in the West. In the late 1980s, Isakhanli tried to explain the meaning and reasons of crisis of the Soviet, and particularly, Azerbaijani Higher Education System to the public and to the government. He showed ways to overcome the crisis and called for substantial reforms through his articles published in Azerbaijani and Russian newspapers and in speeches made on the radio and TV.New ideas started to emerge and become implemented in a country that was living through political and economic crisis and war! Hamlet Isakhanli played an important role in that development.
Hamlet Isakhanli, on the one hand, noted the necessity for step-by-step reforms in the entire education system; on the other hand, he emphasized the prospects of establishing new types of higher education institutions that would meet the demands of the new, rapidly changing and globalised world.
In his opinion, in terms of curriculum, management, quality of teaching and research, university-industry relation]s, knowledge economy and innovation, interactive student-centered system based on credit accumulation, programs leading to Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees, extensive international relations, etc., these new higher education institutions might benefit to some degree from US models of higher education, and they would play an important role not only in education and research, but also in the overall awareness and democratization of society as a whole.
Khazar University (foundation and principles)
In addition to thinking and writing about ways of educational reforms, Hamlet Isakhanli decided to create and establish a university. In this way he aimed to contribute to the process of implementing his own proposed reforms through his actions. As an outcome of these activities, official preparatory efforts by the Resolution of the Cabinet (Council) of Ministers of the Republic of (that time Soviet!) Azerbaijan were carried out (dated on December 20, 1990). Khazar University (the then Azerbaijan University of the English Language) was subsequently created by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers dated March 18, 1991. The university, which began with seven teachers and 19 students, was the first private (not for profit) university established in Azerbaijan and one of the first ones officially established in the present-day post-Soviet areaHe stressed and put forward another important issue: in a country where corruption is widespread, including in the education system, it is vital and doable to establish a serious and high quality higher education institution. In general, with his gradually growing and strengthening activities he came to be known as a leader in both theory and practice in the field of education systems of countries with transition economies.
Due to its Western-type curricula and study programs, adoption of a flexible credit accumulation system and student-centered model of education, application of modern methods of management, establishment of broad and effective international relations, recruitment of high-quality local and foreign specialists, fighting against corruption in education, and generally speaking, provision of high-quality education under the direction of Hamlet Isakhanli, Khazar University became famous as one of the leading universities not only in Azerbaijan, but also in the wider geographical region covering the former Soviet area, particularly the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
, and also the Middle East,
Hamlet Isakhanli decided to use English as a main language of instruction at Khazar. Reasons for this include providing ways to facilitate the use of books and other educational and research resources published in the West, for student exchange programs, for inviting visiting professors; and, in general, for running away from inertia
Inertia
Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. It is proportional to an object's mass. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to...
and opening ways for innovative thinking.
Innovative endeavours of Hamlet Isakhanli himself and his Khazar University played an important role in the introduction and successful application of the two-cycled (Bachelor, Master) system and in methodology
Methodology
Methodology is generally a guideline for solving a problem, with specificcomponents such as phases, tasks, methods, techniques and tools . It can be defined also as follows:...
for evaluation
Evaluation
Evaluation is systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards.Evaluation often is used to characterize and appraise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises, including the arts, criminal justice,...
in the higher education system of Azerbaijan, which was later envisaged in the Bologna Process
Bologna process
The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
on the creation of the European Higher Education Area
European Higher Education Area
The European Higher Education Area was launched along with the Bologna Process' decade anniversary, in March 2010, during the Budapest-Vienna Ministerial Conference....
. He was one of the main initiators of joining Azerbaijan to the Bologna Process
Bologna process
The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
in 2005
Dunya School (foundation)
Dunya SchoolDunya School
Dunya School is a part of Khazar University and was established by professor Hamlet Isaxanli in September 1998 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the objective to educate preschool and school students, individuals of 3–18 years old...
, established by Hamlet Isakhanli in 1998 and affiliated with Khazar University
Khazar University
Khazar University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Campuses:...
, providing education at the preschool, primary, secondary and high school levels, is a successful and highly sought-after school where schoolchildren receive bilingual education – in the Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...
and English.
Recently (January 16, 2009) Dunya School
Dunya School
Dunya School is a part of Khazar University and was established by professor Hamlet Isaxanli in September 1998 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the objective to educate preschool and school students, individuals of 3–18 years old...
gained an international status through accreditation by International Baccalaureate Organization
International Baccalaureate Organization
The International Baccalaureate , formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization , is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. IB offers three educational programmes for children ages 3–19.The organization's name and logo were changed...
- IBO. Namely, Dunya School
Dunya School
Dunya School is a part of Khazar University and was established by professor Hamlet Isaxanli in September 1998 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the objective to educate preschool and school students, individuals of 3–18 years old...
as an IB World School now offers the IB Diploma Program to its students in the last two years of high school.
Hamlet Isakhanli not only put his ideas into practice in the higher education system; he is also trying to create a model for pre-university education that would be able to compete internationally. Thus he is realizing and providing the lifelong education idea through building a network of education institutions from early childhood till PhD and professorship.
Public work and leadership
Hamlet Isakhanli has two cultures united within himself - mathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and natural sciences along with the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
.
Hamlet Isakhanli is recognized as a scholar, leader, and public figure, attracting intellectuals, scientists and men of arts, as well as the international community.
Hamlet Isakhanli is a member of international
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
networks, associations, academies and boards, as well as a participant in and organizer of international project
Project
A project in business and science is typically defined as a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Projects can be further defined as temporary rather than permanent social systems that are constituted by teams...
s and gatherings in different continent
Continent
A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents—they are : Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.Plate tectonics is...
s and various countries. He delivered plenary lectures at conferences held by UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
, NATO, UNDP, Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
, etc. He has received honors and award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
s for his contribution to the development of research, education and culture.
As a member of the Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Hamlet Isakhanli is actively participating in preparation and realization of reforms carried out in the fields of research, development and education.
The Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and Art Assembly , founded and chaired by Hamlet Isakhanli, has turned into a creative intellectual center, where scholars and men of arts from diverse fields of study and creative young people come together and carry out lively discussions on various topics of the arts and sciences. Speech
Speech
Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
es of the presenter
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
s from different countries and minutes of the discussions are published first in the Khazar View magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
, then in separate books by Khazar University Press
Khazar University Press
Khazar University Press, an independent publishing house affiliated with Khazar University, produces printed publications related to educational and research fields....
.
His editorship includes research journals and magazines both in the sciences and humanities, transactions of conferences, textbooks and monographs, encyclopedias and dictionaries, translations from various languages into Azerbaijani and vice versa in history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, mass media, poetry, novels, etc.
Teaching professor and supervisor
Through his academic activity, creativityCreativity
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and leadership
Leadership
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, Hamlet Isakhanli greatly contributed to human resources
Human resources
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development, particularly sending students and scholars to universities of developed countries as well as teaching and supervising them himself.
Hamlet Isakhanli taught mathematics and its applications, intellectual and cultural history, and literature for many years in Azerbaijan in Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences , located in Baku, is the main state research organization in Azerbaijan...
), Baku State University
Baku State University
Baku State University is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established in 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the University started with faculties of history and philology; physics and mathematics; law and medicine with an initial enrollment of 1094...
, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Khazar University
Khazar University
Khazar University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Campuses:...
, as well as in the Former Soviet Union, Europe and North America, Middle East and Far East
Far East
The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...
for PhD, master and undergraduate students, helping and supervising them in their research works.
Hamlet Isakhanli is a caring supervisor
Supervisor
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who tries to develop outlook and insight
Insight
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in his advanced (Master and PhD) students, taking them to the frontlines of research, if they are ready to work hard. Scientists and researchers who defended dissertations under his supervision now work in the USA, Europe, Russia, Israel
Israel
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, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Iran
Iran
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and in other countries.
Kin
Hamlet Isakhanli is a member of the well known kin Hajibayramli. His grandfather was a famous guerilla Isakhan Hajibayramli (1897–1930), who organized an armed rebellion against the Soviets during the collectivization period (namely, in the late 1920s and 1930) in the territories of Georgia and Armenia. It is known from published sources as well as from archives that Stalin and Beria were worried, troubled of the Isakhan movement and used against him a secret net and army. He exposed the Soviet Army in its weaknesses. Isakhan is retained in the memory of old generation for his bravery and knighthood. His 100 year anniversary was celebrated in both Azerbaijan and Georgia.Hamlet's grandmother Zeynab together with her children and near relatives were exiled from the home country to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
and Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
for two years.
Awards
- 1965 - Gold Medal Award for highest achievement in high school, Republic of Georgia
- 1970 - Honors Diploma in Mathematics, Azerbaijan State University, Baku
- 1994 - Yusif Mamedaliyev Award, in recognition of contributions to science and education, Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2004 – “Golden Pen” Award, In recognition of contribution to Poetry and Creative Writing, Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2005 - “Samad Vurghun” Award, in recognition of contributions to Education, Science, Azerbaijani Culture and Literature, Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2008 – Honorary Doctor of EuroUniversity, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2010 - “Jafar JabbarlyJafar JabbarlyJafar Gafar oglu Jabbarly, often spelled Jabbarli was an Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter.-Literature and theatre:...
” (Cəfər Cabbarlı) Award, in recognition of contribution to publicity of classic and modern Azerbaijani Poetry, to compile a multi voluminous "The Azerbaijani Love Poetry". - 2010 – National “Khazar” Award, in recognition of contribution to development of Azerbaijani Education and to founding of the University which meets international standards
Recognition and membership
- 1976 - 1983: Research articles included into lists of the most outstanding scientific researchs in the USSR, published annually by the National (Soviet) Academy of Science, Moscow
- 1988 - 1990: Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Leningrad Institute for Economics and Finance, Baku branch
- 1991–2010: September: President, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan
- 1996 – present: Co-Chair, Council of Azerbaijani University Presidents
- 1997–1999 Board Member, Eurasia FoundationEurasia FoundationEurasia Foundation is a publicly funded, privately managed grantmaker and program implementer working to strengthen civil society, advance private enterprise and promote public policy and administration in the successor states of the former Soviet Union—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,...
Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia - 1998–2002: Board Member, Open Society InstituteOpen Society InstituteThe Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...
- Azerbaijan - 2000–2007: Executive Committee Member, Association of Azerbaijani Football Federations
- 2001 – present: President, Association of Azerbaijani Private Universities
- 2001 – Member, International Academy of Science - International Council for Scientific Development
- 2005 - Member, Academy of Pedagogical and Social Sciences, Russia, Moscow
- 2005 - Member, National Education Council under President of Azerbaijan
- 2008–present: First Vice-President, EURAS (Eurasian Universities Union)
- 2010 – Co-founder, Karabakh Foundation, and Member of the Board of Directors, Karabakh Foundation, USA
- 2010 - Chairman, Board of Directors and Trustees, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan
On Hamlet Isakhanli
Hamlet Isakhanli's many-sided activityActivity
Activity may mean:* Action , in general* The Aristotelian concept of energeia, Latinized as actus* Physical exercise* Activity , a major task in Unified Modeling Language...
and image have been broadly represented in literary, publicist
Publicist
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ic, scientific articles and books, and in art works written, made and performed by various authors, scholars, writers and artists.
The life
Life
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and activity of the scholar have thoroughly been investigated in the book “The Life of the Scholar and Founder” by Fuad Tanriverdiyev, published in 1997. Another book “What I Brought to this World” by Knyaz Aslan and Vahid Omarli, published in 2005 in both Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...
and Russian language
Russian language
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s, is devoted to brief description
Description
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s of his academic and creative works, public and organizational life, and also contains the thoughts of well-known people of academia
Academia
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, arts and culture from various countries about Hamlet Isaxanli. Besides all this, scholars, writers, poets and journalists in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
, the USA, Canada
Canada
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, Russia
Russia
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, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, India
India
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, China
China
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, Estonia
Estonia
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and other countries have written and published works about his creative life and activities.
A number of monographs and scientific articles properly appraise and contain reference to Isaxanli’s (Isayev’s) works, part of which is based on his research. At the same time in the Eastern and Western World, in developed and developing countries, he has repeatedly appeared as an interviewee and as a visitor of broadcast
Broadcast
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s and telecasts
Broadcasting
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.
The poets Nariman Hasanzade, Huseyn Kurdoglu, Muzaffar Shukur, Shahin Fazil, Alla Akhundova, Saadat Buta and many others devoted special poems to the personality of Hamlet Isaxanli. In Azerbaijan Jamal (Camal) Mustafayev, Manaf Suleymanov
Manaf Suleymanov
Manaf Faraj oglu Suleymanov was a famous Azerbaijani writer, translator and historian.-Life:...
, Movlud Suleymanli, Mirabbas Qasimov, Vidadi Babanli
Vidadi Babanli
Vidadi Yusif oglu Babanli , is an Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, translator and Merited Artist of Azerbaijan.-Life:Vidadi Babanli was born on 5 January 1927, in Shikhly village of Qazakh Rayon which is now renamed to Mughanly and is under administration of Agstafa Rayon. His father Yusif Babanli...
, Zalimxan Yaqub, Bahlul Abdulla, Kamran Nazirli, Khalil Macidoglu, Aydin Xan, Tamilla Aliyeva and numerous other authors wrote about his literary and academic activity. Metin Turan from Turkey, Van Dzen Bo from China, Lyudmila Lavrova from Russia, many writers from Iran, Georgia and other countries wrote articles about his works.
In addition, Hamlet Isaxanli’s image has been portrayed in various drawing, mosaic, and carpet art works.
Publication
For full list of publications by Hamlet Isakhanli and on Hamlet Isakhanli, including 2009, seeSelected publications in mathematics:
See also
- Khazar UniversityKhazar UniversityKhazar University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Campuses:...
- Dunya SchoolDunya SchoolDunya School is a part of Khazar University and was established by professor Hamlet Isaxanli in September 1998 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the objective to educate preschool and school students, individuals of 3–18 years old...
- http://dspace.khazar.org
External links
- Homepage of Hamlet Isakhanli (in English, in Azeri, in Russian, and in German)
- Khazar University a research-oriented university (in English and in Azeri)
- Khazar University Institutional Repository (KUIR)