Aftandil Erkinov

After receiving his master's degree from the National University of Uzbekistan, Aftandil Erkinov worked at the same university (1988–2008), the Tashkent State University of the Uzbek language and literature, and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2016–2022). He also served as a Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA) (2022–2023). Since 2023, Aftandil Erkinov has been a professor at the International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan.

The project

Title: Banned Literature as a Vehicle for the Quest for Identity: A Study of the Uzbek Literary Press (1985–1991)

Hosting institution: Centre de recherche sur le monde iranien (CeRMI)

Selective Bibliography

• Erkinov A., Praying For and Against the Tsar : Prayers and Sermons in Russian Dominated Khiva and Tsarist Turkestan, Berlin, 2004
• Erkinov А., Shahishahani S., Anthropology of the Middle East, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2008
• Erkinov A., The Andijan Uprising of 1898 and its leader Dukchi-ishan described by contemporary Poets, Tokyo, 2009
• Erkinov A., Ali Shir Navai. Divan of the Aq qoyunlu Admirers (1471), Tokyo, 2015