Participation in the 16th International Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnologists of Russia

On July 2–6 of this year, the 16th International Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnologists of Russia (XVI Конгресс антропологов и этнологов России – XVI CAER) was held in Perm, Russian Federation. The event served as a platform for dialogue between scholars from regional and specialized scientific centers of Russia and foreign anthropologists and ethnographers.

Nelly Khachatryan, Ph.D. in History and Researcher at the Department for Diaspora Studies of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA), also participated in the congress. She presented a paper entitled “Specific Features of Studying the Phenomenon of Ethnoreligious Identity in the Context of Transformations in Contemporary Societies” (Особенности изучения феномена этнорелигиозной идентичности в контексте трансформации современных обществ), co-authored with Ruzan Karapetyan, Doctor of History and Head of the Department for Diaspora Studies. The report was prepared within the framework of the research project titled “Interaction of Ethnic and Religious Components in the Identity of Diaspora Armenians: Challenges and Perspectives”, and implemented within competition titled The Research in the Fields of Social Sciences, Armenian Studies and Humanities - 2024 under the code 24SSAH-6A008, supported by the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (MoESCS) and the RA Committee of Science.

As a result of the participation in the congress, an agreement was also reached to sign a Cooperation Memorandum between the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of NAS RA and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).