This year, 10 new book-albums from the Cultural Legacy in the World Collections series (volumes 61 - 70) will be 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 will be 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 upcoming Congress will consist of 5 international conferences, at which about 120 scientific reports will be given. 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 is no coincidence that a separate conference on cinema will be held: at a video conference 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, the upcoming conference will also discuss 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. There will be a discussion of topics for further co-production between the countries of the Turkic world.
The organizer and sponsor of the event is the ERIELL Oil Service Group.
Among participants in the Congress there are heads of more than 20 scientific organizations, including the head of TURKSOY Sultan Rayev, General Director of IRCICA Mahmud Erol Kilic, General Director of the Library and Information Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Istvan Monok, Head of the International Relations Department of the Turin Museum Angela Benotto, Founder and President of the French Timurid Association Frederic Bressand, Director of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Popova, Founder and Chairman of the Institute of Central Asia and the Caucasus Frederic Starr, President of the International Turkic Academy Shahin Mustafayev and other experts.
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.
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 devoted to collections kept in more than 350 domestic and foreign museums and libraries in 50 countries.
Every year, the World Society, with the support of the Government of Uzbekistan and the ERIELL Company, publishes 10 volumes of this series.
