School of Political and Social Sciences
Arif Alizade
PhD in History
History of Turkic peoples, History of Slavic countries, History of Azerbaijan, History of Caucasian peoples, historiography
+994 12 565 39 77
elizadearif1956@wcu.edu.az
Arif Alizada was born on November 9, 1956, in the village of Arbatan, Salyan district. In 1984, he graduated from the Faculty of History at Azerbaijan State University named after S.M. Kirov (now Baku State University) and began his scientific and pedagogical career that same year. In 1996, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD). Currently, he is working on his doctoral dissertation (state-funded) for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences. He is presently a lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy at Western Caspian University.
He is the author of one textbook, one monograph, and multiple scientific articles.
Teaching focus: Azerbaijani history, History of Azerbaijan, Caucasus history, History of Turkic peoples, Eastern history, History of Slavic countries, Ancient history.