The Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia organizes an international conference titled “Foreign Sources on Armenian Communities” dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Armenologist, member of the Mkhitarian Congregation - Ghevond Alishan. The conferene is scheduled to take place on the 15^th of September, 2020.

Those wishing to take part in the conference should submit  abstracts of their papers up to 1 page to the Department of History of Armenian Comunities and Diaspora of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, including the topic of the paper, name of the participant and the academic degree, as well as the institution that the speaker represents (Independent researchers may also participate). The abstracts should be submitted not later than the 30^th of June of the current year.

On January 21, 2020, a conference on "Baku: Continuing Genocide" with the participation of specialists from the various educational institutions was held at the conference hall of the Institute of History, NAS of RA.

List of scientific events/conferences

Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of History on the specialization of “History of Armenia” 07.00.01

The defense of the dissertation will be held on Mart 10, 2020, at 14⁰⁰ at the session of the Specialized Council 004 on Armenian History of SQC RA by the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of RA (0019, Yerevan, Marshal Baghramyanave. 24/4).

On December 6-7, 2019 with the joint efforts of the Chair of Iranian Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of RA the first international conference on “The Autochthonous Peoples of the Caucasus-Caspian Region in the Light of the Scientific Realities and Falsifications” took place in the Hall of the of Best Western Congress Hotel in Yerevan.  

On December 10th, 2019, the presentation of new book of Aram Sokhakyan entitled “Encyclopedia of the Sourcebook of Armenian History:  From the Ancient Times to the end of XVIII Century” took place at the Institute of History, NAS of RA.

On November 28-29, 2019 the National Library hosted the conference on “The Role of the Armenian Press in the Formation and Preservation of National Values System: Family, Homeland, and Church".

On November 20, 2019 an international scientific and practical conference on the "Eurasian Historical Heritage: The Facets of History – from Origins to Present»  was held in the city of Nur -Sultan - the capital of Kazakhstan.

On November 8-9, 2019 an international conference entitled «THE RESCUE OF ARMENIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN 1915-1923» was held. On November 8, the conference was held at the Conference Hall of  the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, and the second day at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

On November 4-5, 2019 an international conference entitled "Communities in the Middle East" was held at the Ambrosian Academy in Milan, Italy.

On October 25-27, 2019 the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia under the leadership of Gegham Harutyunyan, the coordinator and adviser to the Minister of Defense together with the members of the Council organized a visit to the military units of the Artsakh’s Defense Army. The group of lecturer consisted of 27 people. The Institute of History, NAS of RA was presented by Prof. Ashot Melkonyan, the Director of the institute, Prof. Hamlet Harutyunyan, Prof. Vahan Melikyan, Dr. Armen Marukyan, Dr. Gayane Makhmuryan, Dr. Gevorg Stepanyan, and Dr.  Ruben Stepanyan, researchers Anahit Khosroeva, Ph.D, Gurgen Vardanyan, Ph.D, Vahe Sargsyan,Ph.D, Mariam Hovsepyan, Ph.D.

On October 21, 2019 a conference on “Hovhannes Tumanyan-150" was launched at the Conference Hall of the RA National Academy of Sciences. Seven presentations were presented at the plenary session.  Prof.  Ashot Melkonyan – the director of the Institute of History, NAS of RA delivered a presentation on "Hovhannes Tumanyan and the Armenian History".

On October 10^th, 2019 an international conference on "Caucasus-Russia-Europe: The Area for Dialogue and Cooperation» launched in Stavropol, Russia   with the participation of historians from over the two dozen countries.

On September 13-15, 2019 in Stepanakert on the initiative of Artsakh Young Scientists and Professionals' Union NGO the 4th International Youth Conference on the "Past, Present and Future of the Armenian Statehood" was organized. It was dedicated to the problems, achievements, priorities of long-term development of the Armenian state, particularly on the last century. The conference was co-organized by Yerevan State University and Mesrop Mashtots University of Artsakh.

On September 25, 2019, Prof. K. Kachatryan was invited to MGIMO by prof. E. Kozhokin - the Deputy Director of the institute to participate to the conference on the  in the “Eurasian Integration Processes in Education: Problems and Prospects of Research in Russian Language».

On October 1-2, 2019 an international conference on the «80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II» took place at Russian Academy of Sciences. The historians from the 23 different countries of the world were presented during the conference.

On October 1-2, 2019 an international conference on the «80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II» took place at Russian Academy of Sciences. The historians from the 23 different countries of the world were presented during the conference.

On September 27-29, 2019 the 10th International Conference on “Historical and Cultural Heritage of Shirak: Modern Issues in Armenian Studies” took place at Sport and Cultural Center in Gyumri hosted by the Shirak Center for Armenian Studies, NAS RA. About 150 presentations were presented at the conference which was on the topics of history, archeology, ethnology, philology, philology of Armenia.

On September 20 to 22, 2019, the international scientific conference “National Classics in the World Artistic Context” dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Komitas and Hovhannes Tumanyan took place in the Temple Complex of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.