Irada Rovshan

Life

Irada Rovshan Abdullayeva (Mamedova) was born on May 15, 1968, in Zagatala. She has graduated Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University (1990), and been the member of the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan (2013). Abdullayeva Irada Rovshan has studied at complete secondary school No 2 in Zagatala (Russian language sector) in 1975-1985. Studying in X grade she was busy with training the correspondence preparation course of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), The Institute of Engineering and Construction. She entered the University of Architecture and Construction and graduated there with honors in 1990 and received higher education after leaving secondary school. Irada Rovshan has begun her professional career in 1991 in Sheki Regional Scientific Center of ANAS. Until 1998, she worked as the laboratory assistant, then a junior researcher. She moved to St. Petersburg in 1998-2004 and lived there. In 2004 she has returned again to Sheki and continued working in Sheki Regional Scientific Center of the previous place.

Labour activity

Irada Rovshan has gained the respect of the co-workers of Sheki Regional Research Center. Her knowledge, ability and hardworking activities drew attention the scientific workers and they recommended her to continue on investigating. Her research ability was taken into account by The Scientific Council of ANAS Institute of Architecture and Art and approved the theme "The interior of the Sheki houses" as a dissertation. Irada Rovshan has begun to investigate this theme with great interest and enthusiasm, at last successfully completed this challenging and exciting field of research. The members of the Council commission appreciated her scientific innovation and relevance of the research. Irada Rovshan has defended the theme "The interior of the Sheki houses" and was awarded the title of candidate of architecture (architecture, PhD) on 25 December 2007 by the Scientific Council of the University of Architecture and Construction. After receiving a degree, she has begun her leadership position; was appointed scientific secretary in SHRSC. From 2013 until the last days of her life she was the head of the “Folklore and Ethnography” laboratory. Irada Roshan has published a book named ""The interior of the Sheki houses" (from eighteenth to early-twentieth century)" in 2008. At the same time, she published numerous scientific articles in the country as well as abroad while working. Irada Rovshan would not be only interested in architecture; she also was interested in folk art and oral literature of Azerbaijan. Her ideas about National folklore was attracted to folklore experts. Her all published articles outside the borders of the country, and in country would be of interested in experts from time to time. Irada Rovshan has been worked in the local Sheki municipality press (newspapers) for a long time, published the scientific- publicistic articles and gained a lot of readers.

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