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Altay Goyushov
received his PhD in the History of Political Islam from Baku State University in 1993. He has held fellowships in Germany, Italy, France and the United States, including fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, the Bourse “Directeurs d’Études Associés” at the FMSH in Paris, a Fulbright Scholarship at Georgetown University, Reagan-Fascell Fellowship at the National Endowment for Democracy and visiting professorships and appointments at Sapienza-Università di Roma, UCLA and the Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes.
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The Azerbaijani Government’s Islamic Rhetoric During the Six-Week War in Karabakh
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The Language of Azerbaijan: Turkish or Azerbaijani?
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A Brief History of Salafism in Azerbaijan
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