On April 19, 2024, under the auspices of Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, the “Birds’ Nest” institution in Jbail hosted the presentation of the collection of materials from the “Armenian Genocide and Armenian Orphans” roundtable discussion, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the orphanage.
On February 16, 2023, the annual Armenological conference titled “21st Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies” was convened at the University of California (Los Angeles, UCLA). Andranik Yesayan from the NAS RA Institute of History delivered a presentation there (“Demographic changes of Tavush province in the 17th-18th centuries”).
On the initiative of the Department of Ancient History of the NAS RA, a commemorative matinee dedicated to the 100th birthday of the famous historian and source researcher Simon Krkyasharyan was held. The aim of the memorial matinee was to pay tribute to the historian’s scholarly legacy once again and to honour the bright memory of the scholar.
On the joint initiative of the ARF Armenian Committee of Greece, the periodical “Armenica”, the Pontic Union and the Panhellenic Union of Assyrians, the congress “Turkey’s consistent policy of conquest towards the Balkans, the Middle East, Mesopotamia and Armenia” took place on November 19 in the hall of the old Greek parliament building in Athens. The three speakers who took part in the congress presented Turkey’s policy from the 19th century to the present day and went into detail about the genocidal policy towards the neighboring peoples, which most recently found expression in the deportation of the Armenians from Artsakh.
From November 17-19, the city of Meghri in the Syunik region hosted the international conference “Arevik (Meghri). Historical and Cultural Heritage and International Relations”, which was organised by the NAS RA Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography and Yerevan State University with the support of the pan-national organisation “Earth and Culture” and the “All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies”.
On the initiative of the Department of History of Armenian Colonies and Diaspora of the NAS RA Institute of History, an anniversary conference was organised on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the source researcher, historian and Cd. Hist. Sci. Suren Kolanjyan.
Leading researcher of the NAS RA Institute of History, Dr. Hist. Sci. Gayane Makhmourian received the invitation of the International Historical Biographical Institute (operating in Dubai-New York-Rome-Burgas-Jerusalem-Beijing) to participate in the International Scientific Project titled the “Nobel Laureates: Studying Experience and Professional Achievements for Forming a Successful Personality and Transforming of the World” in Oslo, Stockholm, New York, Rome, Burgas, Jerusalem and Beijing. She participated in the Nobel Laureates’ Reflection Course, submitted a brief summary and was awarded the “International Lecturer / Senior Researcher” (IRS) certificate on July 22, 2023, which is classified in the field “Research and Development” (R&D).
From October 30 to November 5, 2023, Tashkent (Uzbekistan) hosted a regular summer school for young historians of the CIS countries titled “Historical Texts: Culture and Interpretations of Their Creation”. The event was initiated by the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS countries (IFHC), the International Public Fund, and the International Association of Historians and Archivists of the CIS countries.
From November 1-4, the Russian Academy of Sciences organised an academic forum of young scientists from the countries of Greater Eurasia (Академический форум молодых ученых стран Большой Евразии, «КОНТИНЕНТ НАУКИ»), entitled “THE PLANET OF SCIENCE” in Moscow, which was dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On September 19, 2023, an international conference entitled “ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS AT THE TURNING POINTS OF WORLD HISTORY (HISTORY AND MODERNITY)” was held in the meeting room of the NAS RA Institute of History.
On September 15, in the session hall of the NAS RA Institute of History a meeting was held with historian, professor Sepuh Aslanyan – the Chair of “Armenian Modern History” after R. Hovhannisyan at the University of California in Los Angeles and director of the Armenological center of the Armenian Institute “Promise”.
On July 26, in Ufa – the capital of Bashkortostan, on behalf of the NAS RA Institute of History Academician of the NAS RA A. A. Melkonyan signed a tripartite cooperation agreement with S. M. Yemelin – the Director of the Institute of Ethnological Studies after R. G. Kuzeev of the Ufa Federal Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and R. N. Zinurov – the representative of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Bashkortostan.
On June 27-29, 2023 Beirut (Lebanon) hosted the second international conference entitled “The Movements and Transformations of Armenians in the 20th and at the Beginning of the 21st cc.” (the first was held on June 29-30, 2022, in Yerevan), which was initiated by the Center for the Study of the Armenian Diaspora of Haykazian University of Beirut and Armenian State Pedagogical University named after Kh. Abovyan.
On June 27, in the meeting hall of the NAS RA Institute of History a meeting was held with Professor Igor Kryuchkov, Chair of the Department of International Relations of the North Caucasus Federal University. He delivered a report on “Russia’s Foreign Policy on the Armenian Question at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th CC.”.
