Hamlet Isakhanli

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Hamlet Isakhanli
Hamlet İsaxanlı
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-01) March 1, 1948 (age 73)  [ka; pl], Gardabani, Georgia
Citizenship	Georgia (until 1970), Azerbaijan (1970 to present)
Nationality	Azerbaijan
Spouse(s)	Naila Isayeva
Website	Homepage of Hamlet Isakhanli Khazar University Khazar University Institutional Repository (KUIR)

Hamlet Abdulla oglu Isayev (Azerbaijani: Hamlet Abdulla oğlu İsayev, IPA: [hɑmˈlet ɑbduˈlːɑ oɣˈlu iˈsɑjef]; born March 1, 1948) is an Azerbaijani mathematician, historian of science and culture, writer, founder of Khazar University who served as University president from April 1991 to September 2010. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Trustees, founder of Dunya School, and founder of a publishing house (all in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan) as well as a translator of poetry, lecturer, and editor. He is a founding member of Eurasian Academy.^[1]

Hamlet Isakhanli (Azerbaijani: Hamlet İsaxanlı, IPA: [hɑmˈlet isɑxɑnˈlɯ]) is his 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, 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^[2][3] displaying talent in a wide range of subjects.

Biography[]

Hamlet's father Abdulla Isakhan oglu Isayev (1926–1972) taught mathematics in a secondary school and his mother, Perikhanim, is a housewife.

Hamlet attended public school (elementary, secondary and high school) in his home village of 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 Isakhanli's wife, Naila Isayeva (née Asgarli), 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 has 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 and a son. 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 Human Resources Director and as coordinator of the Department of Psychology.^[2][3][4]

Isakhanli finished high school with a gold medal and was admitted to the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Azerbaijan State University in 1965. He graduated from BSU in 1970 with honors. In the same year, he was admitted back to the postgraduate research course of the institute, and then sent to Lomonosov Moscow State University for his graduate education and research. In 1973, he received the Ph.D. degree in Physical-Mathematical sciences.

Hamlet Isakhanli at a conference.

From 1973 to 1983, he worked as professor at Azerbaijan State Institute of Oil and Chemistry (currently Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) and chaired the department of mathematics in the Baku campus of the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Finance.

Research[]

Hamlet Isakhanli is a scholar who has carried out research in various fields of sciences and arts.

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.^[5]

Hamlet Isakhanli discusses in his writings the problems of poetry and philosophy.^[6] political science and international relations,^[7][8][9] history,^[6][10] journalism,^[11] etc.

Poetry[]

Hamlet Isakhanli presents his work at a poetry evening.

Hamlet Isakhanli is also well known and respected in Azerbaijan and other countries as a poet.^[3][4]

He translated 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 .^[12][13]

Many of his lyric poems have been used for composing songs and musical spectacles.^[3][4]

Reforms in education[]

Isakhanli was interested in educational organizations in the West. In the late 1980s, Isakhanli tried to explain the educational crisis in the Soviet and Azerbaijani and tried to find solutions which he published in Azerbaijani and Russian newspapers and on the radio and TV.^[14][15]

Khazar University (foundation and principles)[]

Khazar University's Neftchilar Campus.

Khazar University (then called Azerbaijan University of the English Language) was established on March 18, 1991. The university was the first private university established in Azerbaijan and one of the first officially established in the post-Soviet era^[16]

It differentiates from other universities with 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, high-quality local and foreign specialists.^[17]

Dunya School and Training Center[]

Dunya School, established by Hamlet Isakhanli in 1998 and affiliated with Khazar University, providing the preschool, primary, secondary and high school levels with bilingual education in the Azerbaijani and English.^[18]

A classroom at Dunya School.

As of January 16, 2009, the school gained the status of an IBO school and offers the IB Diploma Program to its students in the last two years of high school.^[19]

Kin[]

Hamlet Isakhanli is a member of the Hajibayramli clan. His grandfather was guerilla Isakhan Hajibayramli (1897–1930), who organized an armed rebellion against the Soviets in the late 1920s to 1930, in the territories of Georgia and Armenia. His 100-year anniversary was celebrated in both Azerbaijan and Georgia.^[10]

Awards[]

• 2010 – National "Khazar" Award, in recognition of contribution to development of Azerbaijani Education and to founding a university which meets international standards ^[3][4]
• 2016 - "Eurasian Legend" Award, as a founding member of Eurasian Academy ^[1]

Notes[]

References[]

• "The Life of the Scholar And Founder" by Fuad Tanriverdiyev, Baku, 1997.(in Azerbaijani)
• "What I Brought To This World" by Knyaz Aslan and Vahid Omarli, Baku, 2005 (in Azerbaijani and Russian).
• "In Search of Khazar" by Hamlet Isakhanli, Baku, 2006 (in English, Azerbaijani and Russian).
• "On the Education System in Transition Economy. A View From Azerbaijan" by Hamlet Isakhanli, Baku, 2006.
• Emily Van Buskirk, "Current Trends in Education in Azerbaijan - A discussion with Professor Hamlet Isakhanli", Caspian Studies Program, Harvard University, April 25, 2001, Accessed on April 14, 2006.
• Hamlet Isakhanli - Assembly of Science and Art. 1-10. Khazar University Press, Baku, 2008 (in Azerbaijani)
• http://www.hisaxanli.org
• Khazar University
• Lyudmila Lavrova. "An invitation to traveling to the poetry world - "Contrasts"". Preface to the book by Hamlet Isakhanli, published in Moscow in Russian:
• Гамлет Исаханлы «Контрасты». Kнигa cтихотворений" (В переводах Аллы Ахундовой). "ИзoгpaфЪ", Москва, 2006).
• The Social and Political Context of Sovietization and Collectivization Period in the Central Transcaucasia and Isakhan Revolt (in Azeri) / Proceedings of the Conference "Socio-political Thought of the XX century". Baku, May 12, 1996. – Baku: Khazar University Press, 1996. – p. 1-16.

Also // Georgia newspaper. – Tbilisi. – 1996. – No 34-42.

Also // Khalg newspaper. – Baku. – 1996. – No 148-150.

• Fragments From the History of Thought and Education (in Azeri) // Khazar View, 1998–1999. No 57-64.
• Negotiations on Nagorno-Karabagh: where do we go from here? / Summary and transcript from a Panel Discussion held on April 23, 2001. Caspian Studies’ Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
• Minority Education Policy in Azerbaijan and Iran / Hamlet Isakhanli, Val D. Rust, Afgan Abdullayev, Marufa Madatova, Inna Grudskaya, Younes Vahdati // Journal of Azerbaijani Studies. – 2002. – Vol. 5. – No 3–4. – p. 3–78.
• Karakmazli, D. Taste of a Fig: Poems and Translations. Baku: Uyurd, 2005./Poems of Hamlet Isakhanli translated from Azeri into Russian – pp. 180–190.
• Perspectives on the United States (Hamlet Isakhanli, Anar Ahmadov) in "Global Perspectives on the United States: a Nation by Nation Survey". Vol. 1. – Great Barrington: Berkshire Publishing Group, 2007. – p. 31-33.
• Hamlet Isakhanli. What is Happening in the Modern World in the Field of Higher Education and How "The State Program to Reform the Higher Education System of the Azerbaijan Republic for the period of 2008-2012" May Best be Carried Out? (in Azeri). Khazar University Press, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2008.
• An Interesting Person (in Azeri) / Interview was led by X. Macidoglu // 525 newspaper. – 2008. –January 29 (No 15). – p. 4.
• Hamlet Isakhanli: "A creative person desires neither his house be high, nor his name..." /Interview with Hamlet Isakhanli (in Azeri) // 525 newspaper. – 2008. – October 11 (No.187). – p. 20.
• Nagiyev R. Formula of Vengeance (in Azeri) // Kommunist. – 1987. – July 2. – p. 6.
• Odinets V. At the Universities of Canada (in Russian) // Sovetskiy Ekonomist. – 1989. – January 27. – p. 4.
• Hamlet Isayev (Issakhanly) // Who's Who in the Former Soviet Union. – Surrey, England: Debrett's Peerage, Ltd., 1994. – p. 22-23.
• Seyidova I. "Khazar" - is a Lake which Can be Called a Sea (in Russian) // Consulting and Business. – Baku. – 1996. – p. 82-83.
• Who Dedicates Himself to Work and Regards it as a Field of Creativity will Never be Exhausted and Become Discouraged ... (in Azeri) / Interview was led by V. Omarov // Khazar View – 1997. – No 32. – p. 3-5.
• Mustafayev C. Poetry Gets Mingled with Intellect (A foreword to Hamlet Isakhanli's book "Contrasts") (in Azeri). – Baku: Khazar University Press, 2001. – 15 p.
• Suleymanli M. Inner Expression of the Great Word (in Azeri) // 525 newspaper – 2002. – September 3. – p. 7.

and Hemistichs Taking Reader Together: While Reading the Book "Contrasts" by Hamlet Isakhanli (in Azeri) // Khazar View. – 2002. – September 15 (No 129). – p. 6-9.

• Nazirli K. Poetic World of the Well-known Scholar. On Hamlet Isakhanli's Book "Contrasts" (in Azeri) // Khazar View. – 2003.– No 152. – p. 14-15.
• Metin Turan. New Azerbaijan Poetry and Hamlet Isakhanli (in Turkish) // LİTTERA. Edebiyat Yazıları. – Ankara. – 2004. – v.14. – p. 163-168. Also (in Azeri) // 525 newspaper. – 2005. – June 28. – p. 7.
• A Spouse of "Contrasts" Author and the Target of the "Emotions Turned out into Poetry" (in Azeri) / Inter¬view was led by S. Gulten // "Qadin Dunyasi" newspaper. – 2004. – November 5–18 (No 21). – p. 9
• Nazirli K. Hamlet Isakhanli's Sensitive Poetry (in Aze¬ri) // Khazar View. – 2005. – November 1 (No 196). – p. 21-23.

Also // 525 newspaper. – 2005. – October 12. – p. 7.

• "When you are Straightforward, Sincere, and GoodWilled, you Also Feel an Admiration of Surrounding you People" (in Azeri) / X. Ahmadov, Z. Aliyeva // "Geopolitika" newspaper. – 2007. – No 38. – p. 12.
• Isayev (Isakhanli) Hamlet Abdulla (in English and Russian) / M.B. Babayev // Azerbaijan Mathematicians XX Century. – Baku: Oka Ofset, 2007. – p. 77.
• Mecidoglu Kh. The Beloved One of the God (in Azeri) // Khazar View. – 2008. – January 1 (No 242). – p. 8-11.
• Mecidoglu Kh. About my friend (in Azeri) // 525-ci qazet– December 20, 2008. – (No. 235). – p. 26.
• Mecidoglu Kh. If We don't Pass From Aspirations to Deeds/ Our Hopes will Vanish and Become in Vain (in Azeri) // Khazar View. – 2008. – March 1 (No 246). – p. 7-9.
• Nazarli T. The Way Taking its Start From the Com¬mand of Soul (in Azeri) // Azerbaijan. – 2008. – March 19 (No 61).

Also // Khazar View. – 2008. – 01 aprel (No 248). – p. 14-16.

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)