Today, an international scientific-theoretical conference titled “Problems of Research and Education in the Uzbek Language” was held at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, dedicated to the 37th anniversary of granting the Uzbek language State Language status and the 105th anniversary of the “First Regional Congress on the Uzbek Language and Orthography.”
This prestigious conference was organized by the Department of Uzbek Linguistics of the Faculty of Journalism and Uzbek Philology at NUUz. The international conference was conducted in both offline and online formats, with leading higher education institutions from countries such as Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Azerbaijan participating as partners. Notably, these included Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazan Federal University, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Ankara University, Firat University, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Baku Slavic University, and the international scientific journal “Science and Innovation.”
At the opening ceremony, welcoming speeches were delivered by the Vice-Rector of the National University of Uzbekistan Yokub Ergashev, First Vice-Rector for Youth Affairs and Spiritual-Enlightenment Work Tunis Khojiyev, and Dean of the Faculty Muzaffar Chorshanbiyev, who emphasized the strategic importance of enhancing the prestige of the state language and strengthening its role in science.
During the plenary and breakout sessions, lectures by leading domestic scholars and international experts covering pressing topics in Uzbek linguistics and Turkology were presented. In particular, key areas such as language, orthography, and alphabet issues, commonalities among Turkic languages, historical development of the Uzbek language, applied linguistics and modern trends, as well as methodologies for teaching Uzbek as a foreign language were thoroughly discussed. At the conclusion of the conference, scientific and practical recommendations were developed to contribute to the advancement of Uzbek language research and education and to further expand international academic collaboration.
