Adishirinov Kamil Fikret 

   Doctor of Philological sciences, docent

With the decision of the Presidium of ANAS dated June 4, 2026, doctor of philological sciences and docent Kamil Fikrat oglu Adishirinov was appointed director of Sheki Regional Scientific Center of ANAS.

Kamil Fikrat oglu Adishirinov was born in 1960 in Okhud village, Sheki district; he received his primary and secondary education in Okhud village eight-year and full secondary school between 1967 and 1977, and his higher education at the S.M. Kirov Azerbaijan State University from 1982 to 1987.

In 2005, he began his scientific career as a junior researcher in the "Folklore Studies and Folk Arts" department of Sheki Regional Scientific Center, where he conducted research on the folklore, literary-historical, and ethnographic aspects of life in ancient Sheki villages such as Okhud, Bash Goynuk, Bash Shabalid, and Bash Layisqi. The material compiled regarding the village of Okhud was published in 2006 by the "Nurlan" publishing house under the title “Ancient Turkic-Oghuz Land: Okhud”. That same year, Kamil Adishirinov’s second book, titled “Ismayil Bey Nakam: His Life and Literary Work” which explores the life and creative output of Ismayil Bey Nakam, a figure who lived and worked in Sheki during the second half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries was published. Beginning of 2007, he conducted research on the subject of "The Life and Literary Work of Ismayil Bey Nakam" at the Nizami Institute of Literature of ANAS; in 2013, he successfully defended his dissertation before the institute's Specialized Defense Council and was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Philology.

Kamil Adishirinov’s extensive monograph “The Literary and Cultural Environment of Sheki in the 20th Century” was published by the "Elm ve Tehsil" publishing house in 2015; in this research work, he presented readers with fascinating facts regarding the literary and cultural life of Sheki spanning an entire century. Between 2015 and 2019, Kamil Adishirinov compiled and published—with extensive forewords—books by writers from Shaki, including Elchin Abdullayev’s “Our hearts grew cold”, Nurpasha Hummatov’s “My wish from God”, Tofiq Gaffarov’s “Light of my eyes, words of my tongue”, Ahmad Zayzidli’s “What is living?”, Alashraf Shayan’s “Don’t look at life through rose-colored glasses”, Mammad Chalabiyev’s “Human dignity”, Aynur Tamkin’s “Lost happiness”, Tural Adishirin’s “The ring mark on the finger”, and Suragat Gurbani’s “Song of Balakan”.

His substantial monograph titled “Goynuk District: Political, Geographical, and Cultural History and Folklore” was published in 2019, while his monographs “The poetic legacy of Yagub Mahir” and “Sabir’s satirical traditions in Shaki literary environment” were published in 2020 by the "Elm ve Tahsil" publishing house. From 2017 to 2022, Kamil Adishirinov pursued his studies in the correspondence doctoral program for the Doctor of Sciences degree at the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature of ANAS; on December 21, 2023, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, titled "The Role of Sheki Literary-Cultural Environment in the Development of Azerbaijani Literature: 1900–2015," before the Specialized Defense Council of the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature. On May 8, 2024, by the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was awarded the scientific degree of Doctor of Sciences in Philology. Additionally, he received the academic title of Associate Professor pursuant to the decision of the Board of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated March 30, 2022.

K.F. Adishirinov’s research activities extended beyond large-scale book publications; he also authored approximately 70 noteworthy articles—focusing on the literary life of Sheki and, in particular, the Sheki literary-cultural environment of the 20th century—which were published in prestigious scholarly journals both within the country and abroad. Possessing a thorough understanding of the scientific and theoretical foundations of literary studies, this researcher has made a significant contribution to the study of regional literature through his profound knowledge and research capabilities.

From March 2025 to June 2026, K. F. Adishirinov served as the deputy director for scientific affairs at Sheki Regional Scientific Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.