Yerevan to host "The Turkic World, the Caucasus, and Iran: Civilisational Crossroads of Interactions" conference

PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Journal Iran and the Caucasus (BRILL: Leiden - Boston), the Department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan State University, the Makhtumquli Feraqi Centre for Turkic Studies at ARYA International University (Yerevan), the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (Armenian Branch), in collaboration with the International Society for the Study of Iran and the Caucasus (ISSIC), Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies (Yerevan), the Armenian-Turkmen Cooperation Centre "Partev" (Yerevan), and the Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support - ARMACAD (Yerevan) are organizing an international conference entitled "The Turkic World, the Caucasus, and Iran: Civilisational Crossroads of Interactions".



The Conference will be held at ARYA International University, Yerevan, Armenia on July 10-12, 2009,



The region of civilization interactions from Central Asia to Eastern Europe and from Southern Russia to Northern Iran has been one of the focal geographical points in world history. The main cultural, political and civilization players in this domain have been the Iranian and Turkic peoples, while the Caucasus and the Transcaucasian region with their cultural, ethnographical and linguistic uniqueness have served as a connecting link and an arena for wars and peaceful cohabitation. Though the main stress of the conference will be on cultures, histories (including archaeology, etc.), languages and the literatures of this vast area, presentations on modern political and regional issues, as well as the human ecology topics are also welcomed. The conference seeks to emphasize links between the Turkic world, the Caucasus, and Iran.



Working languages of the conference are English and Russian.