On October 30, 2026, the 2nd International Scientific Conference on "Current Problems of Azerbaijani and World Nizami Studies," dedicated to the 885th anniversary of Nizami Ganjavi, the great Azerbaijani poet and thinker, was held at the Ganja Branch of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

This prestigious scientific forum was held with the support of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and the Ganja City Executive Authority. It was jointly organized by the Nizami Ganjavi Center of the Ganja Branch of the Academy, the Azerbaijan Culture Center under the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Türkiye, and the Heydar Aliyev Azerbaijan Culture Center under the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Uzbekistan.

Scholars and researchers from Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Iran, Lebanon, India, Lithuania, Pakistan, Germany, and the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation participated in the international conference. Elnara Kazimova, chair of the Humanities Subject Association of the College of Industry and Technology under the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, and Rahima Rahimova, a teacher of the department, took part in the conference.

Within the framework of the conference, Elnara Kazimova delivered a paper on "Motifs of Eastern Culture in Nizami Ganjavi's 'Khamsa' and Their Embodiment in Azerbaijani Literary Carpets," and Rahima Rahimova delivered a paper on "Public Lectures in the Context of Studying and Promoting the Legacy of Nizami Ganjavi."