Conference on the History and Culture of Salmast
September 6, 2019
Yerevan State University, Academic Council Hall (Main Building, 5th Floor)
Program
10:00-11:00 Opening Remarks
The Hon. Arayik Harutyunyan, Minister of Education, Culture & Sport, Republic of Armenia
Mr. Zareh Sinanyan, High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Republic of Armenia
Blessing
His Grace Bishop Krikor Chiftjian, Primate of the Diocese of Atrpatakan
Word of Welcome
Prof. Vardan Voskanian, Chair of the Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University
Prof. Ruben Safrastian, Director of the Oriental Institute, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Introduction
Prof. S. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies, UCLA
11:00-11:30 Ist Panel: Regional Archaeology
Moderator: Prof. Peter Cowe
“The Salmast Region in the Urartian Period”
Dr. Miqayel Badalyan, Director of the Erebuni Museum, Yerevan
11:30-12:00 2nd Panel: Salmast in Persian Archives
Moderator: Prof. Ruben Safrastian
“Persian Documents on the History and Everyday Life of Armenians in the Salmast Region”
Prof. Vardan Voskanian, Chair of the Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University and Dr. Hasmik Kirakosian, Senior Researcher, Matenadaran Institute of Manuscripts and Lecturer in Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University
12:00-12:15 Break
12:15-1:15 3rd Panel: Dialectology
Moderator: Prof. Vardan Voskanian
“Questions Regarding the Study of Armenian Dialects in the Region of Parskahayk‘”
Dr. Hrach Martirosyan, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Leiden
“Marking the Past in the Salmast Dialect: the Imperfect in –er”
Dr. Andrea Scala, Dept. of Literature, Philology and Linguistics, State University of Milan
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-3:10 4th Panel: Raffi
Moderator: Prof. Peter Cowe
“Raffi’s Views on Certain Issues Concerning Armenian History and Literature”
Dr. Karen Mkrtchyan, Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Yerevan
“Raffi and his Reflections on Other Nationalities”
Ms. Alis Hovhannisyan, Writers Union of Armenia, Yerevan
3:10-4:25 5th Panel: Salmast and the Armenian Genocide
Moderator: Prof. Ruben Safrastian
“The Treatment of Armenians and Assyrians by Ottoman Armed Forces in the Salmast Area in 1915”
Dr. Mikael Nichanian, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
“Archival Materials Illuminating Salmast and its Villages at the Turn of the Twentieth Century”
His Grace Bishop Krikor Chiftjian, Primate of the Diocese of Atrpatakan
“Martiros P‘iranian and the Swiss Orphanage at Salmast”
The Revd. Dr. Abel Manoukian, Scientific Assistant at the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches and General Secretary of Swiss Council of Religions.
4:25-4:40 Break
4:40-5:30 Keynote Address
Moderator: Prof. Peter Cowe
“The Unique Typologies of Armenian Churches of the Salmast Region”
Dr. Marco Brambilla, Narekatsi Program in Armenian Studies, UCLA
5:30-6:20 6th Panel: Regional Architecture
Moderator: Prof. Vardan Voskanian
“Armenian and Assyrian churches in the Territory of Salmast and Khoy: Prospects for their Protection, Conservation and Management”
Prof. Maurizio Boriani, Instituto Politecnico di Milano
“The ‘History of Armenia’ Series and the Volume on Salmast”
Mr. Samvel Karapetyan, Director of Research on Armenian Architecture, Yerevan
6:20-6:30 Concluding Remarks