Aliagha Mammadli
| Aliagha Mammadli | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. |
| Born | January 5, 1958 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | |
| 🏫 Education | Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I.Lenin |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | anthropologist, pedagogue |
| 👶 Children | 3 |
| 🏅 Awards | |

Aliagha Mammadli (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; 5 January 1958) is an anthropologist, Azerbaijan’s first Doctor of Anthropological Sciences, and a professor.[2] He heads the Department of Anthropology at the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and is a recipient of the "Taraggi" Medal (2025). Since 2010, he has also served as a professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University.[3][4] He is the Deputy Chair of the Expert Council on History and Anthropology of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[citation needed]
Among Mammadli’s principal scientific contributions are his identification and conceptualization of the essence and trajectory of modern ethnocultural processes in Azerbaijan, as well as his analysis of the key factors shaping contemporary interethnic relations within the country.[2]
Early life and education
Aliagha Mammadli was born on 5 January 1958 in Baku.[2]
He completed his secondary education in 1975 at Secondary School No.175 in the capital. That same year, he entered the Faculty of History at the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute, where he studied from 1975 to 1979. From 1979 to 1981, he fulfilled his military service in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Upon returning from service, he began his professional career as a research associate at the Gobustan National Historical and Artistic Reserve, where he worked from 1981 to 1982. Beginning in 1982, Mammadli continued his academic and scientific work at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.[2]
Personal life
Aliagha Mammadli is married and has three children . He is the son of painter, member of Artists' Union of the USSR Ayyub Mammadov.[citation needed]
Career
From 1982 to 1984, Mammadli worked as a researcher-trainee at the Department of Ethnography of Moscow State University, and from 1985 to 1988 he pursued postgraduate (doctoral) studies at the same department. Upon completing his postgraduate program, he defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation in December 1988 on the topic "Ethnocultural Processes in the Contemporary Azerbaijani Village" and was awarded the academic degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences. After returning to Baku, he continued his scholarly work at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
From 1982 to 1985, Mammadli served as a senior laboratory assistant in the Department of Soviet-Era Ethnography. Between 1985 and 1989, he worked as a junior research fellow in the Department of Ethnosociological Research, where he later held the position of senior research fellow from 1990 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, he served as a leading research fellow in the same department. In 1996, he was appointed Head of the Department of Applied Ethnology. In 2003, he became Head of the Department of Ethnosociological Research. In 2018, he was appointed Head of the newly established Anthropology Center at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, which was later reorganized as the Department of Anthropologyd.[5]
In 2012, Mammadli defended his dissertation titled "Characteristics of Contemporary Ethnocultural Processes in Azerbaijan" and became the first scholar in Azerbaijan to earn the academic degree of Doctor of Anthropological Sciences.[2]In 2017, by decision of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was awarded the academic title of Professor.[2]
He has authored 110 scholarly articles published in national and international journals and edited volumes. He is also the author of six monographs and has served as the scientific editor of seven monographs. He currently serves as Deputy Chair of the Expert Council on History and Anthropology of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[2]
Scientific journals of which is a member of the editorial board
Mammadli is a member of the editorial boards of the Ministry of Science and Education; "History, Human and Society" scientific-theoretical and scientific-methodological journal of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University;[6] Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences "Social Sciences" Journal[7] and the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of ANAS "Tempus Pontem: Azerbaijan Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology" Journal.[8]
Teaching

Since 2010, Mammadli has served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University. He teaches several courses, including Ethnography, World Cultural Heritage, and Organization of the Protection of Archaeological Heritage.[4]
Under his academic supervision, seven PhD candidates have successfully completed their dissertations.[9]
Monographs
- (1998) Азербайджанцы. Историко-этнографический очерк. Чашыоглу. Баку (co-author).
- (2008) Современные этнокультурные процессы в Азербайджане: основные тенденции и перспективы. Издательство Университета Хазар. Баку.
- (2016) Этнокультурное воспроизводство в условиях глобализации: этноперекрестки и трансграничье. Москва-Берлин: Директ-Медиа, (co-author).
- (2017) Müasir cəmiyyət və etnomədəni müxtəliflik (etnoloji oçerklər). Bakı.[10]
- (2017) Азербайджанцы. Серия "Народы и культуры". Москва, Наука, (co-author and Responsible Secretary from Azerbaijan).
- (2017) "Azerbaijani" and Beyond. Perspectives on the Construction of National Identity. Verlag Dr.Köster, Berlin, (co-author).
- (2023) Этнокультурные сообщества Шахдага между прошлым и будущим. Bakı.[11]
Scientific articles

- (2005) Глобализация и распространение информационных технологий в фокусе современных этнокультурных процессов в Азербайджан
- (2007) Müasir etnomədəni proseslər. Azərbaycan milli ensiklopediyası[12]
- (2011) Soviet-Era Anthropology by Azerbaijani Scholars[13]
- (2012) Современные этнокультурные процессы. Азербайджанская Национальная энциклопедия
- (2012) Features of socialization of Azerbaijani youth in the context of democratic values[14]
- (2013) Советская действительность в этнографических исследованиях азербайджанских ученых. Etnoqrafiyadan etnologiyaya doğru: Azərbaycanda müasir etnoloji araşdırmalar
- (2014) "Особенности современных миграционных процессов в Азербайджане", Теоретические проблемы этнической и кросс-культурной психологии
- (2015) "Этнокультурная идентичность в условиях трансформации городского пространства", Материалы X международной научной конференции "«Свое» и «Чужое» в культуре" Петрозаводск[15]
- (2016) Multikulturalizm: nəzəri yanaşmalar və gündəlik həyatın reallıqları[16]
- (2017) О влиянии социально-экономических факторов на состояние межэтнических отношений и конфликтов на постсоветском пространстве. Geostrategiya. Aylıq ictimai-siyasi, elmi-populyar jurnal
- (2017) Theorizing nation building in Azerbaijan[17]
- (2017) PECULIARITIES OF THE FORMATION OF AZERBAIJANIS’ETHNIC IDENTITY IN THE SOVIET ERA
- (2017) "AZERBAIJANI" AND BEYOND[13]
- (2018) Sovet dövründə azərbaycanlıların etnik identikliyinin formalaşması xüsusiyyətləri. 20.Yüzyil başlarından günümüze türk dünyasındakı siyasi, iktisadi ve kültürel gelişmeler
- (2019) Культурные смыслы исторического пространства "Ичери шехер" (Внутреннего города) в Баку: социально-антропологический аспект
- (2019) Şahdağ xalqlarının müasir etno-mədəni proseslərinə dair. Azərbaycan xalçaları[15]
- (2022) Народы шахдагской группы в условиях современных социокультурных модернизаций. Этнокультурное пространство Кавказа в системе межэтнических и межконфессиональных коммуникаций
Awards
Mammadli was awarded the Taraggi Medal by Decree No. 790 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated 5 November 2025.[18]
See also
References
- ↑ "Azərbaycan elminin inkişafında xidmətləri olan şəxslərin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 8 November 2025. Retrieved 12 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Məmmədli Əliağa Əyyub oğlu" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 12 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Prezident onları təltif etdi" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. 5 Nov 2025. Archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025. Retrieved 12 Dec 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Əməkdaşlar" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 15 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Antropologiya mərkəzi" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Tarix, insan və cəmiyyət" elmi-nəzəri və elmi-metodik jurnalı" (PDF) (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 13 February 2026. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası Sosial Elmler". Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 7 January 2026. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "About the Journal". Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 30 Jan 2026.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Əliağa Məmmədli" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 Dec 2025.
- ↑ Əliağa Məmmədli. "Müasir cəmiyyət və etnomədəni müxtəliflik: etnoloji oçerklər" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 15 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Əliağa Məmmədlinin Şahdaq xalqlarına həsr olunmuş monoqrafiyası çapdan çıxıb" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ Ялиаьа Мяммядли. "Müasir etnomədəni proseslər" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 April 2026. Retrieved 16 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Aliagha Mammadli". Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 15 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Aliagha Mammadli". Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 19 December 2025. Retrieved 16 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Aliagha Mammadli". Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 15 Dec 2025. Retrieved 16 Dec 2025.
- ↑ Əliağa Məmmədli. "Multikulturalizm: nəzəri yanaşmalar və gündəlik həyatın reallıqları" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 19 December 2025. Retrieved 16 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ Mahmudlu, Ceyhan; Mammadli, Aliaga; Braux, Adeline. "THEORIZING NATION BUILDING IN AZERBAIJAN" (PDF). Azerbaijani’and Beyond: Perspectives on the Construction of National Identity: 124–151. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Prezident onları təltif etdi - Siyahı" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
External links
- "Əliağa Məmmədli: Antropologiya Mərkəzi tərəfindən Azərbaycanda ölkə əhalisi arasında etnomədəni dəyişikliklərin xüsusiyyətləri tədqiq olunur" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishingh. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- "Əliağa Məmmədli: Ümid edirəm ki, ölkəmizdə antropologiya elminə diqqət daha da artırılacaq" (in azərbaycanca). Open Publishingh. Archived from the original on 17 December 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- Əliağa Məmmədli tarix elmləri doktoru,etnoqraf
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