Book about Ziya Buniatov published in Amsterdam

Baku/27.06.23/Turan: Sara Krombach's book "Myth-making and Nation-building. Ziya Bunyatov and the Construction of Azerbaijan's Past".

Historian Sarah Krombach has conducted a sociological analysis of Academician Z. Bunyadov's contribution to the development of historical and Orientalist science in Azerbaijan. 

Her research is based on numerous interviews with relatives of the Academician, employees of the Institute of Oriental Studies, where he worked for many years and then was director, as well as many others who knew Ziya Bunyadov closely. These included Jamil Hasanli, Isa Gambar, Hikmet Hajizade, other Azerbaijani politicians, as well as Arif Yunus and Leyla Yunus, attending the launch of the new book in Amsterdam.

"Sarah Crombach tried to show through the figure of Z.Buniatov how the history of Azerbaijan changed during the Soviet period and the period of independence, what myths existed in historical science during the Soviet period and after the collapse of the USSR, as well as what problems the country faced in the 80-90s.  Krombach paid much attention to the Karabakh conflict as well as the history of the emergence of the Popular Front and its struggle for the independence of the country. The book is very interesting and, as befits a real scientific work, debatable", A. Yunus characterized the publication.

A historian by profession, Sarah Krombach is also a professional pianist and recitalist. She accompanied her presentation on June 25th with a performance of many pieces of music. In particular, she performed 12 musical etudes by Fikret Amirov.

In 2019, Crombach, who is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, defended her doctoral thesis on the role of Academician Ziya Buniatov in Azerbaijani historiography. 

This work formed the basis of her book "Myth-making and Nation-building. Ziya Bunyatov and the Construction of Azerbaijan's Past.-0-