

International Conference: Contemporary Issues of Oriental Studies
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 - Thu, 24 Jun 2021
Yerevan, Armenia
Organized by: INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES OF NAS RA
Contact: info@orient.sci.am
Jubilee International Conference Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
24 June 2021, at 10:00
Contemporary Issues of Oriental Studies
Address: 24 M. Baghramyan Ave., Yerevan, Armenia,
Round Hall of the Presidium of NAS RA
9: 30-10: 00 - Registration of participants
10:00 - Opening of the conference
Plenary session - Moderator of the meeting - Yuri Suvaryan, Academician-Secretary of Division of Armenology and Social Sciences of NAS RA
Opening remarks - Yuri Suvaryan, Academician-Secretary of Division of Armenology and Social Sciences of NAS RA
Welcome speech - Radik Martirosyan, President of NAS RA, Academician of NAS RA
Welcome speech - Robert Ghazaryan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Ph.D.
Speeches - former directors of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
Nikolay Hovhannisyan - Corresponding Member of NAS RA
Ruben Safrastyan - Academician of NAS RA
Awarding of Certificates of Honor of NAS RA
Awarding of Letters of Gratitude from the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
13:00-13:30 - Coffee break
Venue of the conference - 24 Marshal Baghramyan Ave., Round hall of the Presidium of NAS RA (second floor)
Duration of the report - 15 minutes
Questions and answers - 5 minutes
Discussion at the end of the session during summing up
13:30- 16:00 - Scientific reports
Moderator of the meeting - Robert Ghazaryan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Ph.D.
Alexey Maslov - Director of the Institute of the Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of History
Discussions on the paths to the development of Oriental Studies: between classics and innovations
Aram Kosyan - Head of the Department of the Ancient Orient of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Doctor of History
Proto Armenia: civilizational panorama of the Armenian Highland
Alexander Skakov - Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.
Russian archaeology in the Caucasus at the beginning of the 21st century
Khatuna Gaprindashvili - Senior Researcher at the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts, Doctor of History
The structure and original part of Armenian Synaxarion
Temir Khagurov – First Vice-Rector of the Kuban State University of RF, Doctor of Social Sciences
Youth in a global and local multiethnic society: new perspectives of social tension
Sergey Uyanaev - Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.
China's policy in the South Caucasus in the studies of Russian Sinologists
Azat Bozoyan - Head of the Department of Eastern Sources and Historiography of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Doctor of History
The Armenian Church in the hierarchical system of the Ecumenical Church and the significance of the creation of the Alphabet
16:00-16:30 – Coffee break
Aleksan Hakobyan - Head of the Department of the Christian Orient of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
On the dating of the official adoption of Christianity in the kingdom of Caucasian Albania (313-315)
Gohar Iskandaryan - Head of the Department of Iran of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Ph.D.
Toolkit of the US strategy in Iran in 1950s-1960s
Mher Sahakyan - Director of “China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research, Ph.D.
China and Turkey in a changing world order
Christine Melkonyan - Head of the Department of Turkey of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Ph.D.
Soviet-Turkish relations in 1941 (based on archival materials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
Lilit Harutyunyan - Head of the Department of Arab Countries of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Ph.D.
New tendencies of Islamization in Shiite-populated regions of Georgia
Eva Harutyunyan - Head of the Department of International Relations of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Ph.D.
Japan’s Middle East policy following the adoption of the Security Bill in 2015
Discussion of reports
Summing up the results of the conference
Address: 24 Marshal Baghramyan Ave., Round hall of the Presidium of NAS RA (second floor)