Acknowledgements
We are deeply grateful to Brill publisher, for their meticulous review of the book proposal and the entire manuscript. Our heartfelt appreciation extends to all the authors for their invaluable contributions to the creation of this book. We also extend our gratitude to Melaika Elyasova for her contribution in coordinating the contributors for the book publication project. Our thanks also go to the translators of some papers, including Anne Thompson, Nargiz Omarova, Eva Lennarz, and Callie Berman. We are thankful to Fidana Musayeva and Hilal Sadigov for their enduring encouragement and inspiration throughout this challenging process.
Our project’s earlier stage was a conference, and we appreciate the active involvement of the Azerbaijan Comparative Literature Association for their engagement with the scholarly aspect of the conference, including the workshop concept. We also extend our gratitude to the International Nizami Ganjavi Center for their technical and financial support during the online part of the conference in 2021. We would like to acknowledge Arzu Tabrizli, a member of this organization, for her precise coordination of the conference. We are grateful to Salima Abdelhak, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Algeria to Azerbaijan at that time, for providing space, technical support, and hospitability for in-person presentations part in Baku.
We sincerely thank Maria Teresa Giavery for her efforts in fostering connections with Italian colleagues during the conference. We acknowledge the collaboration during conference etap of the project with Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Università di Pisa, Università di Siena, and Università del Piemonte Orientale, under the patronage of Associazione degli Italianisti (ADI), Associazione di Teoria e Storia Comparata della Letteratura (COMPALIT), and PEN Club Italy.