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The lecture will present some results of the joint Georgian-Italian archaeological project of Ca' Foscari University of Venice in collaboration with the Georgian National Museum in the Shida Kartli province of Georgia, focusing on their relevance for the integration of the pre-classical cultures of the Southern Caucasus into the general framework of Near Eastern archaeology. In particular, recent excavations at Aradetis Orgora, one of the main sites of the region, yielded a continuous occupational sequence able to highlight the development of local societies from the Early to the Middle and to the Late Bronze Age and, together with data from the neighbouring site of Khashuri Natsargora, contribute to the ongoing debate about the Kura-Araxes culture.

Elena Rova is associate professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Her research interests concentrate on the study of the first urban civilizations of the Near East, with a special focus on the archaeology of Upper Mesopotamia and its connections with the Southern Caucasus during the Late Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age (4th-2rd millennia BC). She has been doing field research in Northern Iraq (Tell Karrana 3) in Syria (Tell Leilan, Tell Beydar) and, since 2009, she is director of the "Georgian-Italian Shida Kartli Archaeological Project" of Ca' Foscari University of Venice in collaboration with the Georgian National Museum of Tbilisi (excavations of Natsargora, Okherakhevi and Aradetis Orgora). Among her main research topics are: the comparative chronology of the first urban civilizations, the interconnections between Mesopotamia and the neighbouring areas, the chronological and geographical distribution of ceramic styles, seals and iconographies (both with traditional methodologies, and with the help of mathematic-statistical analysis methods). She is the author (or co-author) of 6 monographs and of more than 100 articles and reviews in scientific journals, conference proceedings and miscellaneous volumes, and the editor (or co-editor) of 4 volumes of conference proceedings and miscellaneous studies.

International conference, 17-19 November 2023, YSU and IAE

�� Yerevan State University and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (IAE), with assistance of the All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies and in cooperation with the nationwide organization ''Terre et culture'', are convening an international conference dedicated to the historical and cultural heritage of the region of Arevik in Syunik province (nowadays Meghri region). The conference will take into examination various aspects of intercultural relations that the region of Arevik has developed with the neighboring countries during its history.

�� We welcome analytical papers representing scholarly novelty and related to the following academic disciplines:

�� tangible cultural heritage (archaeology, epigraphy, museology);

�� intangible cultural heritage (ethnography, cultural anthropology, folklore studies, linguistics, dialectology);

�� art history (architecture, miniature painting, frescoes, manuscripts);

�� historical disciplines (historiography, source studies, topography, cartography).

♟ The conference will be held in Yerevan and Meghri.

✅ For the participation, please send your abstract, indicating the name of the author(s), title, position, place of work and mobile phone number to meghri.conference@gmail.com by 22 September. The participants selected by the organizing committee will be notified by 10 October. The preliminary program of the conference will be sent to the participants by 30 October.

�� The articles written on the basis of the reports will be included in the collection Arevik: Essays on Historical and Cultural Heritage, which will be published in 2024.

�� The working languages of the conference are Armenian, English, French, and Russian.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Ph.D. (Rector of YSU)

Arsen Bobokhyan, Ph.D. (Director of IAE NAS RA)

Davit Davtyan (Chairman of the Yerevan branch of the Organization ''Terre et culture'')

Hamo Sukiasyan, Ph.D. (IH NAS RA)

Arsen Harutyunyan, Ph.D. (IAM/IAE)

Tork Dalalyan, Ph.D. (Deputy Director of IAE NAS RA)

The Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of the Republic of Armenia is organizing a conference on October 18–20, 2023, on the topic "Globalization and Contemporary Socio-Cultural Processes in Armenia: Problems and Perspectives". The goal of the conference is to address Armenia's current socio-economic and ethno-demographic challenges, including issues with emigration and refugees, social stratification and poverty, marriages, changes in family and intra-family relationships, new manifestations of traditional and modern Armenian festive and professional culture, language, religious behavior and identity, and diaspora-related issues and potential returns in relation to the advancement of Armenia's intellectual and scientific capabilities.

The conference will be held both in person and remotely.

To participate in the conference, please email your abstracts to iae.ethnosociology@gmail.com by September 25, 2023. Applicants will be informed about accepted applications by October 10. The abstracts will be published online before the conference, and the reports will be published as articles in a separate collection by April 1, 2024.

Criteria for Abstracts. The abstract must include 250-300 words in three languages: Armenian, English, and Russian. Times New Roman for English and Russian; Sylfaen for Armenian. 6-8 key words. Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides. Font size: 12. Line spacing: 1.5.

The title of the report must be written in capital letters at the beginning of the abstract in the center of the page, followed by key words. The name and surname of the author, academic degree and title, affiliation, position, email address, and the form of participation (in person or remotely) must be indicated below in the right.

For more information, please email Lusine Angelush at iae.ethnosociology@gmail.com, lusineangelush@gmail.com or call +37498913314.

The Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia is organizing a conference on the epigraphic cultural heritage of the Armenian Highlands and settlements, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. The main goal of the conference is to present the perception of writing in the context of human thought and culture based on the tradition of epigraphy, emphasizing the values of source study of the stone chronicle.

The application for participation in the conference and the abstract (200-300 words) should express the scientific novelty of the report and relate to the following topics:

• Petroglyphs (the simplest forms of information transfer),

• Epigraphy of Pre-Mashtotsian scripts (cuneiform, hieroglyphic, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, etc.)

• Epigraphy of Mashtotsian scripts (carved, embossed, painted),

• Epigraphy in other languages (Georgian, Albanian, Persian, Arabic, Assyrian, etc.),

• Content, language and art of epigraphic inscriptions,

• Unofficial epigraphy - graffiti.

Please, send the abstracts of the reports in Armenian or English by October 1 to the following email address: ars.vimagraget@gmail.com. Applications selected by the organizing committee will be announced till October 15. The conference will take part on November 10-11, 2023. The selected reports will be published in the special collection of articles till April 1, 2024.

Contacts: ars.vimagraget@gmail.com, +374 94 73 00 27

October 6–7, 2023 Yerevan, Armenia

The canonical definition of the era of modernity goes as follows: “All that is solid melts into air.” In the modern epoch, seemingly eternal traditions and institutions, forms of economic life and social organization collapsed under the onslaught of revolutions, industrialization, and secularization. However, in this definition there is one surprisingly stable element – air. For too long, researchers have assumed that nature is a motionless decoration, a passive object that must be conquered or protected. The current planetary environmental crisis demands that we reconsider our conceptualization of “modernity” as an analytical category. Witness, for example, that as the relationship between human civilization and the environment has taken its place at the center of recent scholarly research agendas and public debates, some have abandoned “modernity” altogether in favor of the neologism “Anthropocene.” Simultaneously, environmental studies, previously a separate, and even marginal, field, has become a pervasive theme in the social and natural sciences. The conference Everything is Changing: Climate, Society, Landscapes aims to contribute to efforts to reappraise the relationship between the environment and “modernity.” We plan to discuss how modern human societies conceptualize, use, destroy, and create ecosystems. Likewise, we seek to reflect on how the material conditionality of modern economies, cultures, politics, and social structures shape and are in turn shaped by nature.

Topics for discussion include, but are not limited to, the following:

Natural and social sciences in the era of the Anthropocene
Environmental protests and green movements
Social consequences of natural disasters
Ecology and war
Practices of adaptation of indigenous peoples to changing environments
Urban spaces and loci
Water-use issues: History, Economy, and Cultural Practices
Extractivism and the rational use of natural resources
Terraforming and geoengineering
(De)sacralization of landscapes
International Law and Environmental Protection
Climate change and new waves of migration
The languages of the conference are Armenian, Russian, and English. Please, submit your CV and abstracts (400-500 words) to iae.anthropology@gmail.com or anthroposchool@utmn.ru․ The deadline is August 20, 2023.

The organizers are able to offer a limited number of travel grants covering accommodation. There is no application fee.

School for Environmental and Social Studies (AnthropoSchool), University of Tyumen

Center for Science and Technology Studies (STS Center), European University at St. Petersburg

Department of Cultural Anthropology, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography NAS RA

“EUSP Center for International Education" Foundation

Tue, 06/13/2023 - 10:00 to Thu, 06/15/2023 - 16:00
The Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences in Armenia and the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn are organizing a conference dedicated to the Soviet experience in Armenia and its legacy, which will be held in Yerevan, Armenia on June 13-15, 2023.

✅The conference will seek to analyze the impact of seventy years of Soviet rule in Armenia between 1920 and 1991. It will explore the trajectory of Soviet Armenian society, including but not restricted to critical developments and turning points in politics, the economy, and culture. Preference will be given to papers that tackle the key theoretical and methodological concepts that help elucidate the Soviet experience in Armenia.

✅The overall aim of the conference will be to analyze political, social, and other dynamics within Soviet Armenia, using applicable theoretical tools and methodologies established by specialists studying the broader Soviet world.

✅Conversely, the analysis of the Soviet Armenian experience can also be used to critique and challenge these frameworks. The papers can also explore the ways with which Armenian society in the homeland and the Diaspora is handling the legacy of the Soviet era since Armenia regained its political sovereignty and independence in 1991.

➡️The first part of the conference was held in October 2022 at the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The second part will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.

➡️Submitted papers should be original work. Papers that have previously been published or presented at other conferences will not be accepted.

Scholars researching the Soviet experience in Armenia and its legacy are invited to submit their applications (title, abstract of up to 300 words, and a short bio) ⏰ by March 10, 2023, through the following link: <https://forms.gle/fvtTmBEomqReaEHUA>:

The organizers request that applicants from Armenia should submit both the abstract and the bio in two languages – Armenian and English.
The main languages of the conference will be English and Armenian, with simultaneous translation provided. Exceptionally good papers can be accepted in Russian or French, provided that the participant also submits, prior to the conference, a detailed English summary or a full English translation of his/her paper. The English version of the paper will be distributed among those attending the conference.

Accepted papers will be announced on April 10, 2023.

The organizers expect that invited speakers, especially with appointments in established universities or research centers, seek funding for travel from their respective institutions. Applicants who have no means to obtain outside assistance should also submit to the conference organizers a request for travel assistance.

✔️All invited speakers will be provided with accommodation and meals during the length of the conference.

In case of additional questions, please reach out to the organizing committee at <iae.anthropology@gmail.com>.

This lecture will encompass 17 years of research in the Caucasus in the frame of international collaborations working together on climate, landscape changes, and archaeology.

The impact of the Caspian sea relative level changes on the hydrosystem and prehistoric settlements will be explained. This to the discovering of the oldest water management and irrigation structures known, linked to climate and development of the Neolithic societies in the Lesser Caucasus.

The international conference «Zooming the City։ An Anthropological Perspective», organized by the Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies at the Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, will be held in Yerevan from 3 to 7 May, 2022.

There are different approaches to the study of the city, most of which are usually grouped under the name "urban studies". At this conference, the problems will be considered from an anthropological point of view and will be presented in two main sections: anthropology of the city and anthropology in the city.

The program of the conference see here.

The academic biographies of the conference speakers and panel discussants, as well as the speakers' abstracts, see here.

May 3-6, 09:30-19:00: round hall of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences, 24, Marshall Baghramian Ave. 0019, Yerevan, RA

May 7, 11:00: library of the Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography of the NAS RA, 15 Charents st. 0025, Yerevan, RA

To connect the conference online please use the Zoom link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84884322380?pwd=VWw3UFRoaW1sVjh5MUF4eTNDYUI5UT09