P ROGRAM
International Conference “Urartu and Its Neighbors” in honor of Prof. Nicolay Harutyunyan, on the occasion of his 90th anniversary.
Venue: Conference Hall of the Matenadaran,
53 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan, Armenia
Entrance: ONLY WITH INVITATIONS
Program
Tuesday, September 22
Opening Ceremony
(10:00 – 11:00 AM)
Radik Martirosyan, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia
Vladimir Barkhudaryan, Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Aram Kosyan, Head of Organizing Committee
Session I
(11:00 AM – 13:00 PM)
Chairs: Aram Kosyan and Gernot Wilhelm
Gregory Areshian, Why do we need to study Leonti Mroveli
Margarit Khachikyan, On the use of the “article” in Urartian
Mirjo Salvini, Recent Discoveries of Urartian Inscriptions
Pavel Avetisyan, Preliminary Results of the Excavations of the Early Bronze Age Settlement of Tsaghkasar
Coffee Break (13:00 – 13:30 PM)
Session II
(13:30 AM – 16:00 PM)
Chairs: Gregory Areshian and Mirjo Salvini
Gernot Wilhelm, The Personal Suffixes of the Urartian Verb
John Greppin, Hurro-Urartian-North-East-Caucasian-Armenian Linguistic Connections
Armen Petrosyan, Armenian Elements in Urartian Language and Onomastics
Ilya Yakubovich, From Lower Land to Cappadocia
Hasmik Hmayakyan, Hittite marnuwa
Lunch (16:00 – 16:30 PM)
Visit to the Museum of History of Armenia
Wednesday, September 23
Session III
(10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Chairs: Simon Hmayakyan and David Stronach
Rocio da Riva, Another brick in the Median Wall
Aram Kosyan, The Western Periphery of the Urartian Empire and Beyond
Stephan Kroll, Urartu and Hasanlu
Michael Roaf, Thureau-Dangin, Lehmann-Haupt, and Rusa ErimenaÆi
Coffee Break (12:00 – 12:30 PM)
Session IV
(12:30 – 14:30 PM)
Chairs: Pavel Avetisyan and Stephan Kroll
David Stronach, Urartian, Median and Achaemenid Columned Halls: Some Preliminary Considerations
Simon Hmayakyan, Urartian Studies in Armenia in Last Two Decades
Inesa Karapetyan, Susi-Temple of ArgištiÆinili
Husik Melkonyan, A New-Found Urartian Fortress: Getap
Lunch (14:30 – 15:00 PM)
Session V
(15:00 – 17:00 PM)
Chairs: Hayk Hakobyan and Michael Roaf
Garegin Tumanyan, Cimmero-Scythian Cemeteries in the Armenian Highland
Nvard Tiratsian, The Urartian Jar Burial of Nor Armavir
Reihane Afifi, Urartian Engravings in Glazed Bricks found during the Excavations of Rabat-Tepe, Sardasht
Hayk Hakobyan, Grigor the Illuminator in Front of Pagan Temple
Visit to German University of Armenia
Thursday, September 24
Session VI
(10:00 AM – 13:00 PM)
Chairs: Armen Petrosyan and Rocio da Riva
Christian Konrad Piller, Northern Iran in Iron Age II and III: a Neighbor of Urartu?
Seda Devedjian, Lori-Berd during Urartian Period
Arsen Bobokhyan, Cultural Diversity and Political Unity: An Ethno-Archaeological Case Study of Vakıflı Village
Reza Heidari, Hidden Aspects of the Mannean Rule in Northwestern Iran
Artak Movsisyan, Urartian Hieroglyphics: Then and Now
Yervand Grekyan, The Battle of Uauš: A Re-Examination
End of the Sessions
Friday, September 25
A trip to Noravank Church and the Urartian fortress of Getap
Saturday, September 26
A trip to Zvartnots, Echmiadzin, Argištihinili-Armavir, Beniamin, Horom. |