Altay Goyushov received his PhD in the History of Political Islam from Baku State University in 1993. He has held fellowships in Germany, Italy, France and the United States, including fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, the Bourse “Directeurs d’Études Associés” at the FMSH in Paris, a Fulbright Scholarship at Georgetown University, Reagan-Fascell Fellowship at the National Endowment for Democracy and visiting professorships and appointments at Sapienza-Università di Roma, UCLA.