Announcements

Yerevan-Talin (Argatsotn region, Armenia)
October 11-12, 2024․

The Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of sciences of Armenia, with the support of the All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies, invites you to participate in the 6th international conference in Epic studies. In 1873, Garegin Archimandrite Srvandztyants, the founder of the study of Armenian folklore and ethnography of the new time, wrote down the first version of the epic "Darеdevils of Sassoun" from the narrator Tarontsi Krpo in the village of Arnist in the Mush region (nowadays Turkey). This version was published in Constantinople the following year, in 1874, in the book «Grots and Brots: Davit of Sassoun or the Door of Mher». Thus, 150 years ago the beginning of academic study of the Armenian folk epic was laid.

The aim of the conference is tо study and popularize the following topics:

Folkloristic, cultural and historical-comparative study of the epic;
Mutual influence and interpenetration of epic and other genres of folklore;
Space of creation and dissemination of the epic;
Discovery and recording of epic variants, new methods of their study;
Study of the heritage of Garegin Srvandztyants and other epic collectors;
Interrelations between epic and fiction;
Interrelations between epic and different kinds of art;
Impact of the epic on social life in the past and today.

We welcome analytical papers, representing scholarly novelty and clear methodology. Abstracts in two languages (each of them: 300-500 words) are accepted by e-mail at epic.conference2024@gmail.com until July 15, 2024. Papers based on accepted presentations will be published after conference in a separate volume. Travel and accommodation costs for international participants are covered by the sending party.

DEADLINES
Abstract submission: Jule 15, 2024.
Acceptance answer: August 1, 2024.
Conference program: September 30, 2024

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Arsen Bobokhyan – Ph.D (History), Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (IAE), NAS RA
Tork Dalalyan - Ph.D (Philology), Deputy Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (IAE), NAS RA, Head of Folklore Studies Department
Azat Yeghiazaryan – Dr.Habil. (Philology), prof., Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
Armen Petrosyan - Dr.Habil. (Philology), General fellow researcher at the Folklore Dtudies Department at IAE, NAS RA
Hayk Hambardzumyan – Ph.D (Philology), Head of Publishing and Senior researcher at Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts
Peter Cowie - prof., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Conference Secretary - Mari Hovhannisian

The Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the NAS of RA participates in the European Archeology Days. An open lecture will be presented in that context. Dr. Viktorya Vasilyan, the head of the scientific organizational group at the institute, will give the first lecture.

Content: The lecture is devoted to the application of artificial intelligence in the fields of popularization of archaeological material, creation of virtual cultural space, transformation of museums, as well as its educational and touristic importance. 3D technologies and their role in the comprehensive digital archiving of artifacts and historic sites will be addressed.

Dear Colleagues,

The Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of NAS RA invites you to participate in the international interdisciplinary conference entitled "Syunik: Culture & Nature", which will take place on April 26-28, 2022, in Yerevan.
The papers to be presented at the conference are related to human-nature relations and interactions, mainly from the point of view of humanities.
The selection of papers will be published in the collection of articles of the same name.

Applications for participation in the conference (it is required to fill in the contact details of the speaker, the title, the authors' names and the summary of the presentation) are accepted only online, with this link, by December 1, 2021.

Conference organizers:

Roman Hovsepyan (roman.hovsepyan@iae.am),

Arsen Bobokhyan (arsenbobokhyan@yahoo.com).