Department of Diaspora Studies of

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA

invites you to participate in the international webinar on "The Development of Model of Studying and Mapping the Potential of the Armenian Diaspora", which will take place on September 17, 2020 at 12PM (GMT + 4).

The webinar will be conducted by the Head of Department of Diaspora Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences R. Karapetyan.

Participants:

Yerevan - Pavel Avetisyan, Armen Voskanyan, Vardan Saakyan and the researchers of the Department of Diaspora Studies;

Almaty - Aram Navasardyan;

Beirut - Andranik Dakesian, Paul Haidostian;

Berlin - Haik Martirosian;

Kiev - Yelena Oganesyan;

Marseille - Patrick Donabedian;

Poznan - Gor Martirosian;

Vladikavkaz - Samvel Meliksetyan;

Paris - Rene Levonian.

General seminar-attendance review.

Nowadays the radical changes are taking place in the Armenian Diaspora affecting various aspects of the life of whole nation. Within this context the changes, emerging in the Diaspora, are deeper, because the living conditions of the Armenian ethnic group vary greatly from one environment to another which poses many challenges to reproduction of ethnicity and the preservation of identity.

The contents of the programme «The Development of Model of Studying and Mapping the Potential of the Armenian Diaspora» were presented to the participants.

Topics to be discussed:

• The Problems of Modeling the Potential of Diaspora.

• The Methodology of Identifying and Studing the Potential of Diaspora.

• The Project Prospects.

To each participant will be given 5-10 minutes to discuss the topic or answer questions.

The link to connect the webinar will be shared on September 16 until 18:00 (GMT + 4).

Feedback:

karapetyan.ruben.s@gmail.com,

info.diasporastudies@gmail.com,

Tel . +374 098 540 355.

On Sept 3, 2020,
the international webinar on "Problems and principles of cooperation in the context of new challenges of the

Diaspora" was organised by the Department of Diaspora Studies of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography NAS RA.

The agenda discussed goals and objectives, preconditions and the necessity of collecting the intellectual potential of the RA

and Diaspora, the main tasks of implementing the network mechanisms into the Diaspora Studies, the perspectives of forming

the network of diasporologists, the problems of creating a joint monitoring platform, the development of common research programs and a number of other issues.

The webinar-discussion was conducted by the Head of the Department of Diaspora Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences R. Karapetyan.

The experts from different countries took part in the discussion. A number of agreements were reached during the discussion.

The seminars will be ongoing.

 A thesis seeking the awarding of the candidate degree in History (referred to Ethnography) by Suzanna Barseghyan

“The Role of the Ethnic Media within the Armenian Diaspora (an ethno-sociological research)”, 

was presented to a session of the Specialized Council 007 of the High Qualifying Commission on Archaeology and Ethnography

taking place at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA on May 5, 2020.

A thesis seeking the awarding of the candidate degree in History (referred to Ethnography) by Lusine Tanajyan

“The Social Changes within the Armenian Diaspora (an ethno-sociological research among Armenians of Los Angeles, Tehran, Beirut)”,

was presented to a session of the Specialized Council 007 of the High Qualifying Commission on Archaeology and Ethnography

taking place at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA on May 5, 2020.

A thesis seeking the awarding of the candidate degree in History (referred to Ethnography E.00.04) by Sona Nersisyan

“The Role of the Social Net within the Armenian Diaspora (an ethno-sociological research)”, 

was presented to a session of the Specialized Council 007 of the High Qualifying Commission on Archaeology and Ethnography 

taking place at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA on October 18, 2019.

This year, May 30-31, researchers of the Department of Diaspora Studies

Sona Nersisyan and Lusine Tanajyan, have participated in the conference

on “Armenians of Greece and Cyprus” which took place in HaigazianUniversity of Lebanon.

They presented the following reports`: Sona Nersisyan “The Role of Armenian Organizations in Greece in Organizing the Local Armenian Community”.

Lusine Tanajyan “The Socio-cultural Characteristics of the Cypriot Armenian Life.”

On May 23 of the current year, the Department of Diaspora Studies hosted Ukrainian Ambassador Kulik Mikhailovich in Armenia.

Issues related to establishing an Armenian Studies Chair at the International University of Kiev, the establishment of a regional

center for studying Armenian in the Armenian Cultural Relations Association, as well as cooperation with the Institute of

Archeology and Ethnography and cooperation with the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences were discussed during the meeting.

The meeting ended with discussion of the problems of scientific cooperation between Ukraine and Armenia.