On February 23, 2017, Roza Arazova, Head of Khazar University Department of History and Archelogy, held an open lecture in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of academician Ziya Bunyadov’s death. At the event, Nizami Alisoy, student of the School of Education, made a presentation on Ziya Bunyadov’s life and academic career.
Farda Asadov, Head of the Department of History of Arab Countries of the Ziya Bunyadov Oriental Studies Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, also made a speech in which he spoke about Ziya Bunyadov’s international fame.