Congresses
The 7th International Congress of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan “The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan: the Foundation of a New Renaissance”
From November, 5 to 8, the 7th International Congress of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan “The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan: the Foundation of a New Renaissance” was held in the territory of the Silk Road Samarkand Tourist Complex in Samarkand with the participation of a number of national and international co-organizers.
It is worth noting that the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan was established on the initiative of more than 300 orientalists and scholars around from 40 countries of the world in 2018 and it was officially registered in Paris. In 2023, the World Society received registration in Uzbekistan and opened an office in Tashkent. Congresses of the World Society are a traditional annual event where the results of the year's work are discussed and plans for the future are made. These events and projects of the World Society are supported by the decree of the President of Uzbekistan and the Government of the country.
At this large conference of scientists, members of the World Society discussed the results of the year’s work and outlined plans for the future. The central event of all Congresses is the presentation of publications of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections series in Uzbek, Russian and English. These books contain valuable information about the masterpieces of the cultural heritage of Uzbekistan and are are dedicated to collections from more than 30 countries.
Every year, the World Society, with the support of state, public and international organizations, socially significant business structures, publishes regular book-albums related to this series. This year, 10 new book-albums from the Cultural Legacy in the World Collections series (volumes 61 - 70) were presented at the Congress. Among them are albums on collections of the cultural heritage of Uzbekistan from Azerbaijan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (including Tatarstan), Turkey and Uzbekistan.
Also, other publishing projects of the World Society were presented to the participants of the Congress; they are Historical Personalities in Oriental Miniature, Clavijo: Diary of a Journey to Samarkand to the Court of Timur (1403-1406), Ceramics of Rishtan, Masterpieces of Art of Uzbekistan, On Banks of the Aral and the Amu: the Art of the Karakalpaks, Encyclopedia of Artistic Terms, as well as planned publications devoted to the topics Encyclopedia of Ornaments, Carpets of Uzbekistan, and 114 Qurans and 100 Outstanding Manuscripts of the East projects.

The scientific part of the last Congress consisted of 5 international conferences, at which about 120 scientific reports were heard. These are the conferences Discovering New Facets of Heritage: Uzbek Collections in the World Collections, Masterpieces of the Manuscript Heritage of the East in Projects of the World Society, Museums and Libraries of Central Asia in Projects of the World Society, History and Art of Central Asia: Searches and Discoveries and The World of Cinema and Media: A New Look at Heritage.
It was no coincidence that a separate conference on cinema was held: at a video conference meeting held on October 11 of this year, chaired by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the task of creating feature films and documentaries about the history and culture of Uzbekistan was set. In order to implement this large-scale program, new mechanisms for combining the creative and production capabilities of film organizations of the TURKSOY countries to create films about the history and historical figures of the countries of the Turkic-speaking world were also discussed at the last conference.
With the participation of heads of film organizations from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, topics for future cooperation in film production between the countries of the Turkic world were discussed. A memorandum was also signed on the creation of the Union of Cinematographers of the TURKSOY Countries in order to participate in the Congress of the heads of film organizations of these countries and present new film projects aimed at popularizing their cultural activities. According to the memorandum, in the future animation schools will be opened in Tashkent, Nukus and Bukhara.
The International Congress was attended by leaders of more than 20 scientific organizations, including the head of TURKSOY Sultan Raev, General Director of IRCICA Mahmud Erol Kilic, General Director of the Library and Information Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Istvan Monok, founder and president of the French Timurid Association Frederic Bressand, director Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Popova, founder and chairman of the Institute of Central Asia and the Caucasus of the USA Frederick Starr, President of the International Turkic Academy Shahin Mustafayev and other experts.
Following the results of the 7th International Congress of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan “The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan: the Foundation of a New Renaissance” more than 350 oriental scientists sent an appeal to the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
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World scientists about the International Congress
"Let me express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to participate in the VII International Congress of the World Society"

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World scientists about the International congress
"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the invitation to the VII International Congress of WOSCU in Samarkand. The scale of effort put into bringing together scientists from all over the world for this purpose is truly commendable".