On October 11, the presentation of the proceedings of “The Famous Resident of Syunik, Prominent Historian and Philologist” dedicated to the 115th anniversary of Morus Hasratyan took place at the conference hall of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences.
At the initiative of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, with the support of the RA Ministry of Diaspora, the presentation of 14 volumes of the series “Western Armenia and Cilicia Commemorative Book Series” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide took place at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
The presentation was attended by RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, Primate of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia Khachik Dedeyan, Director of the RA National Academy of Sciences Institute Ashot Melkonyan, Editor of the series Jirayr Danielyan, scholars, intellectuals and guests.
The International Conference “The Armenian Genocide: History, Memory, Responsibility” organized by Union of Armenians of Romania, Lepsiushaus Potsdam, Bucharest City Museum, Orbis Tertius Association took place in Bucharest in October, 13-14, 2017.
Among 16 participants of the conference - representatives of 7 countries were Sorin Antohi (Bucharest), Yair Auron (Neve Shalom, Israel), Halil Berktay (Istanbul), Gérard Dédéyan (Montpellier), Bedros Horasangian (Bucharest), Rolf Hosfeld (Potsdam), Carol Iancu (Montpellier), Raymond Kévorkian (Paris), Cătălin Mamali (Dubuque, Iowa, US), Suren Manukyan (Yerevan), Hakob Matevosyan (Leipzig), Varujan Vosganian (Bucharest), Felicia Waldman (Bucharest).
The Director of the Institute of History Academician, professor Ashot Melkonian with the report “The International Recognition Process of the Armenian Genocide in the Context of the Reparation Issue” and senior researcher at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the R A Armenuhi Ghambaryan with the report “Reflections of the Armenian Genocide in US Congressmen’s Speeches and Statements (1918-1919) introduced the National Academy of Sciences of RA at the Conference.
Representatives from the Institute of History NAS RA, the Center of Armenian Studies of Shirak, the International Scientific-Educational Center, the Armenian State Pedagogical University, the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran (Institute of Ancient Manuscripts), the National Archives of Armenia, and the Moscow State University participated in the conference.
Republican scientific conference entitled "Problems of Syrian Armenians. History and Modernity" held on June 26 in the presidential conference hall of the NAS RA. The conference was divided into two sections: historical and modern problems.
Prominent doctors, candidates and researchers gave reports during the conference.
On October 24-25, 2017, by the initiative of the Department of Armenian and Social Studies of NAS RA an International conference dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the establishment of Mekhitarist Congregation in Venetian island of St Lazarus will be organized.
The scientific reports to be presented to the conference will be divided into the following thematic groups:
On June 4-10, 2017, the regular international summer school of young scholars of the CIS countries entitled "Revolution of 1917. New Visions and New Approaches", sponsored by the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the State University of Saint-Petersburg, the Russian Scientific Fund, and the Humanitarian Fund for Intercultural Cooperation of CIS countries was held in Saint-Petersburg.
On May 29-31, 2017, the Haigazian University of Beirut hosted "The Armenians of Iraq" three-day scientific conference organized by the Armenian Diaspora Research Centre. It was the fourth conference dedicated to the Armenian Communities in the Middle East (the previous ones were on Lebanon, Syria and Jordan).
The members of the Young Scholars Council of the Institute of History of NAS RA gathered on May 23, 2017, to discuss the upcoming 38th annual scientific session of young scholars. Hamo Sahakyan, the Leader of the Council, presented the main issues of the session which will be held in the Institute of History.
Scientific conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Shushi held on May 23 in the ArSU.
Under the auspices of the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I and by the invitation of the Head of Education and Armenian Studies Department of the Catholicosate Girayr Danielyan the Director of the Institute of History of NAS RA Ashot Melkonyan visited Lebanon in the second half of April.
