On the initiative of the NAS RA Institute of History, an international conference entitled “The Armenian People in the Second World and the Great Patriotic Wars: Uncovered Pages” was held on 6 May 2025. The event was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War. The conference aimed to highlight the substantial contribution of the Armenian people to the victories in these wars and to shed light on previously unexplored aspects of the nation’s history, including the involvement of individual participants.
On 5 May 2025, the presentation of the book Where? by Kolya Stepanyan, a participant in the 44-day Artsakh War, was held in the conference hall of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
On 24 April, the final session of the conference dedicated to the new world order was held in the conference hall of the “President” Hotel, under the chairmanship of Academician Alexander Chubaryan, President of the Association of Historical Institutes of the CIS Countries, with the participation of specialists from numerous countries. Professor Viktor Ishchenko addressed the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in his speech, noting that the parliaments of approximately thirty countries, including the State Duma of the Russian Federation, have recognised and condemned this grave crime. He conveyed condolences to the Armenian delegation on behalf of the conference participants and the Russian public.
At the initiative of the Department of the History of the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide of the NAS RA Institute of History, an international conference entitled “The National Awakening of the Armenian People and the Process of International Recognition of the Armenian Genocide” was held in Yerevan on 22–23 April, 2025. The conference was dedicated to a comprehensive examination of the national awakening and the popular movement that took place in Soviet Armenia and the Diaspora in 1965, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
On 22–23 April, an international conference marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War was held in Moscow. The event was organised at the initiative of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the participation of scholars from over twenty countries.
On 10 April of this year, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the NAS RA Institute of History and the Institute of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The cooperation encompasses the organisation of joint conferences, the publication of scholarly works, the exchange of researchers, and a number of other initiatives aimed at the comprehensive study of the history of Ancient Armenia.
The Director of the NAS RA Institute of History, A. Melkonyan, and the Director of the Kalmyk Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, V. V. Kukanova, signed a cooperation agreement between their respective institutions. The agreement aims to facilitate long-term scientific research.
A jubilee meeting dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the distinguished researcher of the NAS RA Institute of History, Cd. Hist. Sci., Associate Professor Gohar Derenik Vardumyan, was held in the conference hall of the Presidium of the NAS RA.
On 18 March, the second book of the first volume of the academic multi-volume History of Armenia was presented in the conference hall of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
On 25 February, a cooperation agreement was signed between the NAS RA Institute of History and the Italian Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO).
A lecture titled “The Origin of Armenians from the Perspective of Genetics” was held in the conference hall of the NAS RA Institute of History, delivered by Dr. Levon Yepiskoposyan, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, and Head of the Laboratory at the NAS RA Institute of Molecular Biology.
A seminar-discussion titled “THE APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT PERIOD OF ARMENIAN HISTORY” was held at the Institute of History, NAS RA.
A hybrid international conference titled “Historical Primary Sources on Armenian Settlements” was held in the conference hall of the NAS RA Institute of History, dedicated to the centenary of Vardges Mikaelyan. In addition to the Institute’s staff, participants included representatives from Egypt (Armine Hakobyan), the Czech Republic (Anna Karapetyan), and Romania (Arsen Arzumanyan).
On November 14, the city of Stavropol in the Russian Federation hosted an international conference organised by the North Caucasus Federal University. The event gathered postgraduate students, master’s students, and undergraduates from Russia, Armenia, and Georgia.
Armenia was represented by the Director of the NAS RA Institute of History, Academician Ashot Melkonyan, and research fellow, Cd. Hist. Sci. Henrik Khachatryan; the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan by Professor Khachatur Stepanyan and a group of students from the Faculty of History; and the National Archives of Armenia by Cd. Hist. Sci. Varditer Grigoryan. Delegates from Yerevan State University included students from the Faculties of History and International Relations.
