“GEGHARD”
SCIENTIFIC ANALYTICAL
FOUNDATION
2025
2025
2024-03-24
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Yerevan State University
"Geghard" Scientific Analytical Foundation
“Orbeli” Center
Yerevan, Armenia
Day I:
Thursday, March 28, 2024
9:15-10:00 - Registration
Opening of the conference
(The Great Hall of the NAS RA, 1st floor)
10:00-11:00 Greetings
Chair: Robert Ghazaryan
Welcome speech
President of RA Vahagn Khachaturyan
Welcome speech
President of NAS RA Ashot Saghyan
Welcome speech
YSU Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan
Welcome speech
Director of the PMO’s Public relations and Information center Gor Tsarukyan
Welcome speech
RA NA deputy, President of “Gardman-Shirvan-Nakhijevan Union” NGO Vilen Gabrielyan
Welcome speech
Director of “Geghard” scientific-analytical foundation Robert Ghazaryan
11:00-12:00 PLENARY SESSION
(The Great Hall of the NAS RA, 1st floor)
Elisa von Joeden-Forgey (USA)
Armenia as a Global Leader in Genocide Prevention
Hranush Kharatyan
The so-called "deportation of Azerbaijanis" from Armenia in 1947-50 as part of the falsification of the construction of the new Azerbaijani identity
12:00-12:30
Coffee break
Presidency building, 1st floor of the NAS RA
SESSION 1
GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES AND ARMENIA
(Great Hall of the NAS RA, 1st floor)
12:30-14:00
Chair: Johnny Melikyan
Amir Mohammad Mohani (Iran)
Geopolitical realities of South Caucasus: implication of Iran-Armenia Relations
Vilen Gabrielyan (Armenia)
Tsarist Baku as a center of Armenian capital investment: history and law
Mahesh Ranjan Debata (India)
India-Armenia Relations in the post-Cold War Period
Atef Saadafi (Egypt)
Armenia and the Middle East: The Necessary role of cultural diplomacy
Chang Liu (China)
The Rise of Civilizational Narratives on a Global Scale
SESSION 2
(Presidium of the NAS RA, Round Hall, second floor)
12:30-14:00
"INTERACTION OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE CAUCASUS
Chair: Hranush Kharatyan
Shahban Khapizov (Russia)
On the role of Armenia in the spread of Christianity in Dagestan (VII-X centuries)
Seyyed Hosein Tabatabaei (Iran)
The role of Armenians in the modernization of Iranian art
Ramazan Abdulmazhidov (Russia)
About the contacts of Joseph Emin with the ruler of the Avar Nutsal - Muhammad Nutsal (XVIII century)
Davit Merkviladze (Georgia)
Distortion of data from the works of Colonel Burnashev in a book published in Baku
Timur Aitberov, Akhmedia Makhadov (Russia)
Karabakh and Karabakh Armenians in Avar historical sources
SESSION 3
(Meeting Hall of the Institute of History of the NAS RA, 1st floor)
12:30-14:00
ARMENIA AT THE FOCUS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Chair: Armen Petrosyan
Gayane Makhmuryan (Armenia)
The Republic of Armenia in the center of political controversy of the USA, Great Britain and France in 1918-1920
Vanik Virabyan (Armenia)
The fall of the first republic of Armenia: the failure of RA foreign political calculations
Vachagan Cholakhyan (Russia)
Armenia as an intercivilizational platform of dialogue in the Eurasian space
Gharib Babayan, Diana Ohanyan, Lina Barseghyan (Armenia)
The geopolitical transformation of the South Caucasus after the fourth Azerbaijani-Karabakh war
Armen Nersisyan (Armenia)
Armenia as a center of civilizational dialogue: Assessment of opportunities in the context of the "Middle East - Common Home" civilizational project
14:00-15:00
LUNCH
(Presidency building of NAS RA, first floor)
15:00-17:30
SESSION 4
(Presidium, Great Hall of the NAS RA, first floor)
15:00-17:30
ARMENIA WITHIN THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC-POLITICAL AND CIVIL-EDUCATIONAL DYNAMICS
Chair: Hakob Muradyan
Giorgi Sanikidze, Tamar Lekveishvili (Georgia)
Materials concerning Armenians and Armenia in the French magazine “Le Caucase illustre” published in Tbilisi (1889-1892, 1899-1902)
Nikolai Javakhishvili (Georgia)
The unified financial system of Transcaucasia (1918-1919 and 1923-1924)
Chunming Zu (China)
What does the "period of cultural change" mean for China and Armenia?
Vahagn Asryan (Russia)
Russian view on the “Crossroads of the Peace” of the RA
Beka Chedia (Georgia)
Formation of a new foreign policy identity of Armenia and the prospect of strategic partnership with Georgia in the context of europeanization of the Caucasus region
Bao Yi (China)
Regional cultural cooperation with China's experience of cooperation within the SCO
Tessa Savvidis (Hofmann) (Germany)
Reflections on Armenia as a Crossroad of Civilizations (online)
Ruslan Kobzar (Ukraine)
On the issue of localization of “70 Valleys” (Strabo, XI, 14, 15) (online)
SESSION 5
(Presidium of the NAS RA, Round Hall, second floor)
STUDY OF ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND GLOBAL IMPACT
15:00-17:30
Chair: Haykuhi Muradyan
Christine Lamoureux (Italy)
The wall paintings of the 7th century in Armenia the case of Lmbatavank: sources comparisons, influences with older, contemporary and subsequent depictions in the Easter Christian world and in Italy
Alyson Wharton (UK)
Collecting the world: Armenian antiquities dealers and museum collections in Europe and North America at the turn of the 20th century
Arà Zarian (Italy)
Wall paintings in Armenian churches and their historical and cultural relations
Aleksandr Hakobyan, Lusine Ghushchyan (Russia)
Between cultures and eras: biography of a thing using the example of one Armenian neck and chest decoration
Shinnosuke Matsui (Japan)
The Influence of Armenian Traditional Weaving Techniques on the Mode-“Trompe-l’oeli sweater” by Schiaparelli
Lavrenty Dzhaniashvili (Georgia)
Family and kinship relations of the Armenian population living in Southern Georgia
Ivet Tajaryan, Greta Gasparyan (Armenia)
Khoja’s palaces of New Julfa as a source for studying the features of architectural heritage
Maksim Vaskov (Russia)
Armenia in the system of global and regional political processes: challenges and prospects
Vahe Avetisyan (Armenia)
The role of the Cilician Armenian kingdom in the inter-Christian dialogue
SESSION 6
(Meeting Hall of the Institute of History of the NAS RA, 1st floor)
15:00-17:30
GEOPOLITICAL RESEARCH AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chair: Artak Maghalyan
Hakob Simonyan (Armenia)
Armenia-Iran: interconnections in the Bronze Age
Zarifa Tsallagova (Russia)
National heroic epic as a basis for ethnocultural education (“David of Sasun” and “Narts”)
Artak Maghalyan (Armenia)
The falsification of the history of Artsakh melikdoms in the Azerbaijani historiography
Andrey Bedrik (Russia)
Historical homeland in preserving the ethnocultural identity of the Armenian community of the Rostov region
Larisa Tsvizhba (Russia)
Armenians in Abkhazia: history and modernity
Maria Bratolyubova (Russia)
New Nakhichevan: the role of Don’s Armenians in the sociocultural and economic development of the South of Russia (according to the memoirs of contemporaries of the 19th-early 20th centuries
Gagik Avetisyan (Armenia)
The role and significance of Armenian cultural heritage in the artistic processes
Irina Badalyan (Armenia)
Demographic processes in the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of the North Caucasus (1991-2022)
Kristina Hovhannisyan (Russia)
Memories and fates of the victims of Sumgait and Baku massacres after moving to Stavropol region
DAY 2:
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2024
9:30-10:00 - Registration
SESSION 7:
(Great Hall of NAS RA, First floor)
10:00-12:00
WORLD POLITICAL CHANGES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: EXPERIENCE AND PROSPECTS
Chair: Mikael Yalanuzyan
Andrey Tikhomirov (Belarus)
Armenians in Belarus from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the present day
Ashot Hayruni (Armenia)
The fall of Kars in 1920 and its reasons in the light of the new discourse
Mikael Yalanuzyan (Armenia)
The discourse of pan-Turkism and pan-Islamism in 1988-1989 in the Armenian press and non-official printed organs
Nelly Minasyan (Armenia)
The South Caucasus in Turkey's pan-Turkic plans
Wang Jing (China)
Russian-Chinese financial cooperation: potential opportunities of Armenia
Dewen Tian (China)
Another possibility of international relations
Margo Zazyan (Armenia)
RA-IRI cooperation in the energy sector
SESSION 8
(Presidium of the NAS RA, Round Hall, second floor)
10:00-12:00
ISSUES OF PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chair: Hamlet Petrosyan
Meline Anumyan (Armenia)
Policy of Turkey towards the Armenian architectural heritage
Hamlet Petrosyan (Armenia)
"Syndrome of Caucasian Albania": Soviet-Armenian Armenology against Azerbaijani expropriation of Armenian cultural heritage (60s-80s of the 20th century)
Vardges Safaryan (Armenia)
Archaeological research in Artsakh after the 44-day war (2021 - 2023)
Haykuhi Muradyan (Armenia)
The factor of culture in the context of Azerbaijan's foreign policy (Armenia)
Anush Safaryan (Armenia)
Artsakh monuments of independence in the context of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
Ruben Hovsepyan (Armenia)
Problems of research and preservation of Islamic monuments of Artsakh
Hovik Avanesov (Armenia)
Azerbaijan policy of albanization of the Armenian cultural heritage and mechanisms to counter it
SESSION 9
(Meeting Hall of the Institute of History of the NAS RA, 1st floor)
10:00-12:00
STATE ADMINISTRATION AND PRESERVATION OF CULTURE: THE EXPERIENCE OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES AND OTHER STATES
Chair: Mkhitar Gabrielyan
Aleksan Hakobyan (Armenia)
Early medieval fortresses of Yerevan and Kozern-Kond on the banks of the Getar River
Mkhitar Gabrielyan (Armenia)
The problem of "mapping" the Armenian cultural heritage in the Caucasus: ethnological perspective
Armine Hayrapetyan (Armenia)
The Kochiz principality and the Melik Pashayan dynasty mentioned in the inscription of Melik Yegan
Harutyun Khudanyan (Armenia)
Preservation of the Armenian historical and cultural heritage of the former Caucasus Museum in the State Museum of Georgia named after S. Janashia
Karen Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
Allusions to Armenians in Iranian discourse
Knarik Avagyan (Armenia)
Crises in Middle Eastern countries as a stimulus for repatriation of Diaspora Armenians to Armenia (2000s)
Marianna Manasyan (Hungary)
Images and Perceptions of Armenia in Diaspora Armenian Films
12:00-12:30
COFFEE BREAK
(Presidium of NAS RA, 1st floor)
SESSION 10
(Presidium, Great Hall of NAS RA, 1st floor)
12:30-14:30
ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE: CONNECTING PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Chair: Khachatur Stepanyan
Vahram Balayan (Armenia)
The role of Armenian industrialists of Shushi in strengthening economic ties with the countries and settlements of the region (1813-1920)
Khachatur Stepanyan (Armenia)
Ruben Ter-Minasyan's valuable work "Cilicia, Antioch, Amanos as a junction of international roads"
Gevorg Ghazaryan (Greece)
Armenian-horoms (Orthodox Armenians) in the maelstrom of the Armenian Genocide and Asia Minor disaster
Nona Shahnazaryan (Armenia)
Armenia’s Frontiers: Convergent border zonas as a locus of syncretism
Mariam Petrosyan (Armenia)
War photography as an important source of historical validation: the local and civilizational value of the photograph
Taron Hakobyan (Armenia)
Political processes in Artsakh (1986-1992)
Mikhail Ilchenko (Germany)
On the Cutting Edge of Modernity: New Public Perceptions of the Modernist Urban Legacy in Armenia (online)
SESSION 11
(Presidium of the NAS RA, Round Hall, second floor)
12:30-14:30
DYNAMICS OF REGIONAL PROCESSES AND GLOBAL POLITICAL CHALLENGES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUES
Chair: Gor Margaryan
Hamo Sukiasyan (Armenia)
The importance of territorial-border issues in the relations of the Republic of Armenia with Georgia and Azerbaijan (1918-1920)
Gor Margaryan (Armenia)
Death penalty, its types and perceptions among turk-tatar tribes and peoples
Giorgi Tcheishvili (Georgia)
Georgia and Georgians in the 13th century: designation by "selves" and "others
Yelena Jaghatspanyan (Russia)
Jugha-New Julfa: the history of the resettlement of the city
Grigol Peradze, Manana of Javakhishvili (Georgia)
Caucasian policy and unification attempts in the 1760s: historical analysis
Tiruhi Baiburdyan (Armenia)
The creation of the history of Azerbaijan and the advancement of the theses of indigenousness in the 1940s by Soviet historiography (on the example of I. P. Petrushevsky)
Gagik Chilingaryan (Hungary)
Norms of the Council of Europe in the Post-soviet space: National Minorities in the Republic of Armenia and FCNM
Giusto Traina (France/Italy)
Roman occupation of Armenia, 114-117 CE: a geo-strategic analysis (online)
14:30-15:30
LUNCH
(Presidium of NAS RA, 1st floor)
SESSION 12
(Presidium, Great Hall of NAS RA, 1st floor)
15:30 - 17:30
ARMENIA AND CIVILAZATIONAL INTERRELATIONS: REGIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chair: Mushegh Ghahriyan
Masayuki Ishimoto (Japan)
The role and connections of Armenian Catholics as a crossroad of civilizations in the 19th century and the early 20th Century
Péter Récsei (Hungary)
Imagined Nations - Cultural Memory of the Caucasus
Kima Saribekyan (Hungary)
Perspectives on Power: First Republic of Armenia and French engagement in the Middle East
Lilit Saghatelyan (Hungary)
Historical Citizenship in the Soviet Border Region: Armenians of Nakhijevan
Mou Wan (China)
Ecological Civilization in China: From Concept to Practice
Wei Fu (China)
Rural Industry and Chinese path to modernization
Vilen Mnatsakanyan (Armenia)
Armenia's strategic role in regional economic dynamics: a bridge between north and south, east and west
Armine Mnatsakanyan (Hungary)
Historical Narratives in the Museums of Soviet Armenia: A Case study on the State Revolution Museum of the Armenian SSR
SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE
Chair: Robert Ghazaryan
(Presidium, Round Hall, 2nd floor)
17:30-18:30
Reports are up to 15 minutes long
15 minutes of discussion at the end of each session
Abbreviations
NAS RA - National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
YSU - Yerevan State University
NA RA - National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
Address:
Armenia, Yerevan 0019, M. Baghramyan 24: