Azerbaijani historian, author and politician ()
Jamil Poladkhan oghlu Hasanli (Azerbaijani: Cəmil Poladxan oğlu Həsənli) (born 15 January ) is an Azerbaijani historian, author and politician. He served as a professor at Baku State University in – and as a professor at Khazar University in – He was an advisor to the President of Azerbaijan in and served two terms in the Parliament of Azerbaijan between and He was the main opposition candidate in the Azerbaijani presidential election where he came in second with % of votes. He has been the leader of National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan since
Jamil Hasanli was born on January 15, , in Aghalykend, Bilasuvar District, Azerbaijan SSR. After finishing secondary school in Alar, Jalilabad, he entered Azerbaijan State University's History program in After completing university, he worked in Təzəkənd village, Jalilabad District as teacher of history. In – he was a lecturer in the Baku branch of the Central Lenin Museum. In he entered doctoral courses at Baku State University and studied the modern histories of countries of Europe and the Americas. Since , he has worked there as a docent and professor. In he defended his PhD. dissertation on Soviet-American relations. In he became a docent, and in defended his dissertation, "Azerbaijan Republic in the system of international relations".[1]
From to , he was dean of the New and Modern History of Europe and Americas department. At present, he is the professor in the department. In , from April until September he was adviser to the President of Azerbaijan. From to he was a member of the President's Expert Council of High Accreditation Commission of Azerbaijan.
He graduated with a History degree from Baku State University in In he finished his PhD, and he served as a professor at BSU in and a professor at Khazar University in He was an advisor to the President of Azerbaijan in and served two terms as a Member of the Parliament of Azerbaijan in Professor Hasanli was a presidential candidate from the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan in October He was a History and Public Policy Scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center in
He is the author of 28 monographs and books and more than articles, printed in Azerbaijan, Russia, the USA, Turkey, Iran and other countries.[1][2] His books have been published in Azerbaijan, Russia, the USA, Turkey, Iran and other countries. Two of his monographs were published in the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series (At the dawn of the Cold War:: The Soviet -American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, ; Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, Lexington Books, ). His books The Khrushchev Thaw and National Question in Azerbaijan, (Moscow, ), Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan in the Soviet Period, (Baku, and Moscow, ) and Alimardan bey Topchibashov: Life for the Idea, (Baku, and Moscow, ) draw heavily on information from newly opened archives.
Hasanli’s book, Foreign Policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, The Difficult Road to Western Integration, (M.E. Sharpe, New York, ) narrates the tumultuous path of the first Azerbaijan Republic toward winning international recognition. Based on the archived documents of several countries, the author reconstructs a vivid image of the Azerbaijani political elite’s quest for nationhood after the collapse of the Russian colonial system. With a particular focus on the liberation of Baku from Bolshevik factions, relations with regional neighbors, and the arduous road to recognition of Azerbaijan’s independence by the Paris Peace Conference, the author provides valuable insights into the history of the South Caucasus region and the dynamics of the post-World War I era.[3][4]
1. The recognition of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty at the Paris Peace Conference. Azerbaijan Journal, No. , (Turkey).
2. Azerbaijan-American Relations. Azerbaijan Journal, No. , (Turkey).
3. Estrangement of Great Britain from Azerbaijan before the Russian invasion of Khudafarin Journal, No. 1, (Poland).
4. Atatürk: Independence and Nationalism. Conference material, Ankara (Turkey),
5. Azerbaijan-American Relations from A page in their history. Caspian Crossroads, Vol. 2, No. 1, (USA).
6. M.A. Rasulzade and Republic of Turkey. International Conference Material, Kayseri (Turkey),
7. The struggle for Baku Oil at the end of the World War I. Caspian Crossroads, No. 1, (USA).
8. Soviet invasion of South Azerbaijan. Tarih Journal, No. , (Turkey).
9. The spring of Moscow’s decisions and Southern Azerbaijan. Turk Dunyasi Arasdirmalari Journal, No: , (Turkey).
Southern Azerbaijan Turning Point in the History. Caspian Crossroads, No: 4, (USA).
Southern Azerbaijan: Perturbed Spring of Conflict Journal, No. , (Baku).
Reflection of the US-Soviet Post-War Confrontation according to the Released Russian Archival Documents. Iran and the Great Powers, thesis report, Tehran,
The Leader of Russian Turks (A. N. Topchubashi). Türk Dünyası Araşdırmaları Journal, No. , (Turkey).
February Qavam As-Saltanah's Moscow Visit. Caspian Crossroads, Vol. 6, No. 3, (USA).
Soviet Policy in South Azerbaijan, Vertikaly Istorii, No. 5, (Georgia).
La prima crisi della guerra fredda: Mosca e il petrolio iraniano (). Ventunesimo Secolo, , #13 (di Jamil Hasanli e Vladislav Zubok) Italia, Roma
Reaktionen und Folgen im Sudkauasus. Prager Fruhling. das internationale krisenjahr Bohlau, Verlag, Koln, Weimar, Wien,
Iranian Azerbaijan: The epicentrof the Cold War. Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 2, Issue , , Sweden
The “Turkish Crisis” of the Cold War and the South Caucasian republics. Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 2, Issue 4, , Vol. 3, Issue 1, , Sweden.
Stalins Griff nach den Schwarzmeerengen: Die Entwicklung der sowjetisch-türkischen Beziehungen wahrend der ersten Phase des Zweiten Weltkrieges (). In: Überfall auf Europa. Plante die Sowjetunion einen Angriffskrieg? Berlin,
Le “Crisis turca” nella Guerra fredda. Ventunessimo Secolo, , #19 Italia, Roma.
The Republic of Azerbaijan in International Relations System (). Azerbaijan in Global Politics: Crafting Foreign Policy. Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy,
Azerbaijan at the Crossroads of Epochs: The First Attempt to Join the Free World (). Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 4, Issue 1, , Sweden.
The Recognition of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan at the Versailles Peace Conference. Irs-Heritage, Spring
Karabakh: Looking into the Past in Search of the Truth. Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 4, Issue , , Sweden.
Chruschtschows Selbstinszenierung als Außenpolitiker Sowjetische Propaganda über den Wiener Gipfel am Beispiel Aserbaidschan. "Der Wiener Gipfel , Chruschtschow & Kennedy". Diplomatischen Akademie in Wien, , p.
Moscow and the Delimitation of Karabakh in the s. Azerbaijan in the World, Vol. IV, No. ,
How the Caucasian Bureau of the C.C. R.C.P.(b) discussed the Karabakh Issue in Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 5, Issue , , Sweden.
The historiography of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic: Political conjecture and reality. Re-defining History. Historiography and Historical Understandings of Asian States in the Former Soviet Bloc. Edited by Hiroki Oka. Tohoku University,
Kars Conference: Known and unknown facts. Irs-Heritage, Autumn
Der Kampf um das Erdöl im Nahen und Mittleren Osten. Stalins Wirtschaftspolitik an der Sowjetischen Peripherie. Studien Verlag, , pp.–
Nagorno-Karabakh: Old Delusions and New Interpretations. Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 5, Issue , , Sweden.
“The Iranian Epopee” of the Bolsheviks: The Deepening Conflict in the Southern Caspian (). Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 6, Issue 1, , Sweden.
The Relations Turkey with the Soviet Union during the Cold War period. Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eskişehir, (In Turkish), pp.29–
Sovietization of Azerbaijan and Inclusion of Krabakh into the Diplomatic Agenda. Irs-Heritage, Spring - Summer
Alimardan bey Topchubashov. Irs-Heritage, Summer
Alimardan bey Topchubashov: Life, Epoch, Comrades-in- Arms. Caucasus & Globalization, Vol. 7, Issue , , Sweden.