Scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department of Philology and Translation of the Institute of Law and Modern Technologies of KNUTD are working on the implementation of the international program of academic credit mobility in a distance online format for the students of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design and Baku Slavic University. Within the framework of the mentioned program, on April 25, 2024, the lecture “The main peculiarities of the multiculturalism state policy in Azerbaijan” by the senior lecturer of the Department of Azerbaijani Multiculturalism and Area Studies at Baku Slavic University, Mayya Jafarguliyeva, was held. The meeting was attended by the students of the educational programs “English language: translation in business communications” (specialty 035 Philology), “Ukrainian language and literature and English philological studies” (specialty 014 Secondary education), “Economic and legal activity” (specialty 081 Law) and “Political science and public communications” (specialty 052 Politology) of the Institute of Law and Modern Technologies. The event was moderated by the Head of the Department of Philology and Translation, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor Yelyzaveta Isakova and Associate Professor of the Department of Philology and Translation, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor Svitlana Dvorianchykova.

Mayya Jafarguliyeva emphasized that multiculturalism in Azerbaijan is a component of the country’s state policy, which promotes the coexistence of representatives of different nations and religious denominations in conditions of friendship and good neighborliness. Multiculturalism is one of the aspects of tolerance and humanistic values, which consists in providing opportunities for the parallel existence of cultures, their mutual penetration, enrichment and development in the direction of universal human culture. The lecturer told the audience about several World Forums on Intercultural Dialogue held in Baku, as well as about the activities of Baku International Multiculturalism Center. The main goal of this institution is to ensure the preservation of tolerance and cultural, religious, linguistic diversity, as well as to popularize Azerbaijan in the world as a center of multiculturalism.

The students were interested to learn that Azerbaijan was historically a space where representatives of different peoples and religions lived in an atmosphere of peace and friendship. Azerbaijanis are proud that their Motherland is known in the world not only as a country with rich energy resources, but also as a state whose people are devoted to the principles of humanism and tolerance.

At the end of the meeting, the lecturer invited the applicants to complete the developed tasks to control the level of knowledge and assimilation of the studied material.

We sincerely thank to Mayya Jafarguliyeva and colleagues from Baku Slavic University for friendship and cooperation!

29.04.2024