Armenologists from various countries discuss traditions of Van/VaspurakanOctober 7, 2010 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 7, a three-day scientific conference dedicated to the 2865th anniversary of the first record mentioning Van kicked off in Yerevan. President of the Board of Vaspurakan union of compatriots Gagik Baghdasaryan opened the conference, reading out Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan’s welcoming speech. “The conference will last for three days and it is dedicated to the 2865th anniversary of the first record of Van. Thus, we are connecting the first and last capitals of Armenia,” Vice-President of Vaspurakan union of compatriots Harutyun Marutyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. He added that 39 reports of Armenian scientists and Armenologists of other countries, including Head of Armenian Studies Chair at the UCLA, Professor Peter Cowe, researcher of Mkhitarist Center of Paris Tork Dalalalianwill, though he will not participate in the conference personally, as well as Armenologist from Isfahan Mohammed Melik-Mohammaddi, will be delivered during the conference. All the reports will be in Armenian, said Marutyan, adding that a book of the best reports is planned to be published next year based on the conference results. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |