The defense of Arsen Harutyunyan's Doctoral dissertation, titled “Medieval Tatev and Its Written-Cultural Heritage” will take place at the IAE

At the session of Specialized Council 007 on Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (IAE) of the NAS RA, to be held on October 30 at 14:00, Arsen Harutyunyan, Head of the Epigraphy Department at the IAE and Candidate of Historical Sciences, will defend his doctoral dissertation entitled “Medieval Tatev and Its Written-Cultural Heritage.”

The presented dissertation is dedicated to the historical description of the Tatev Monastery, a spiritual and cultural center of Syunik, and its adjacent monastic settlements, as well as a comprehensive study of their written heritage.

Official opponents:

• Doctor of Historical Sciences, Prof. Karen A. Matevosyan
• Doctor of Historical Sciences, Prof. Hamlet L. Petrosyan
• Doctor of Historical Sciences, Prof. Arman S. Yeghiazaryan

Leading institution: Yerevan State University