Dr. Azim MALIKOV

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Azim Malikov is a historian and social anthropologist specializing in Central Asia. He currently works in the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc and was a member of the research project Sinophone Borderlands – Interactions at the Edges (2018–2022). Previously, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. He has held visiting research positions at Harvard University, the University of Vienna, and Hokkaido University, and was a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Germany). From 2004 to 2005, he directed the Centre for the Study of the History of Uzbekistan at Samarkand State University. Since 1993, Dr. Malikov has taught courses on the history, identity, and culture of the peoples of Central Asia at Samarkand State University (Uzbekistan), Balkh University (Afghanistan), and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). His research interests include identity construction, Islam, nationalism, migration, politics of memory, intercultural relations, and transregional Islamic networks. He is particularly interested in the production of historical knowledge in Central Asian societies and sacred lineages in Central Asia, especially in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan. He has also conducted extensive research on the history, society, and cultural heritage of Samarkand.

Functions & membership in academic & non academic bodies:

Mezinárodní organizace

  • Central Eurasian Studies Society (člen, 2000–2011)
  • Association for the study of nationalities (člen, 2019–2020)
  • The China Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (CUAES) (člen, 2009–2022)
  • Commission of Anthropology of the Middle East of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) (člen, 2009–)
  • ESCAS (European Society for Central Asian Studies) (člen, 2025–)

Redakční rada

  • International Journal of Modern Anthropology (člen, 2010–)
  • Samarqandim (člen, 2024–)

Habilitační komise

  • Council for the Defense of Doctoral and Habilitation Dissertations at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (člen, 2015–2017)
Selected publications
Malikov A. Arminius Vambery and the urban culture of Samarkand. Orpheus Noster. 2022. (ČLÁNEK)
Malikov A., Djuraeva D. Women, Islam, and politics in Samarkand (1991–2021). Inrternational Journal of Modern Anthropology. 2021. (ČLÁNEK)
Malikov A. Sacred Lineages of Samarqand: History and Identity. Anthropology of the Middle East. 2020. (ČLÁNEK)
Malikov A. The cultural traditions of urban planning in Samarkand during the epoch of Timur. Cultures in Contact: Central Asia as Focus of Trade, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transmission. 2022. (PŘÍSPĚVEK VE SBORNÍKU)
Malikov A. Islamic Shrines and Pilgrimage in Samarkand (1992-2022). Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia. 2024. (KAPITOLA V KNIZE)
Malikov A. IX–XIV асрнинг биринчи ярмида Самарқанд. Ўзбекистон тарихи. IX жилд. (Самарқанд тарихи). 2023. (KAPITOLA V KNIZE)
Malikov A. Shrines and Pilgrimage in Southern Kazakhstan. Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World. 2019. (KAPITOLA V KNIZE)
ČLÁNEK
PŘÍSPĚVEK VE SBORNÍKU
Malikov A. Хорезм и его топонимика на европейских географических картах XVII-XIX вв. «Орталық Азияның тарихи географиясы» атты II Халықаралық конференция материалдарының жинағы. 2025.
KAPITOLA V KNIZE
Malikov A. Хорезм в XIII-XVII вв. Летопись тюркской цивилизации. Том 2. Тюркский мир в XIII-XVII вв. 2025.

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