NEW PUBLICATION
The fourth issue (2.2) of our new periodical MEMAS has been published online. See here.
HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP GEVORG NORATUNKYAN, ORDINARY OF THE ARMENIAN CATHOLICS OF ARMENIA, GEORGIA, RUSSIA, AND EASTERN EUROPE, PAID A VISIT TO MATENADARAN
Archbishop Noratunkyan toured the exhibition halls of Matenadaran, visited the Department of Restoration, as well as the newly opened laboratory for the restoration of Arabic-script manuscripts.
CARLOS CAMPO, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MADE AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO MATENADARAN
Discussions centered on potential programs to promote the distinguished Christian heritage preserved at Matenadaran to audiences across the United States. The Executive Director was given a guided tour of the institution and familiarised with its permanent exhibitions.
HASMIK KIRAKOSYAN, HEAD OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE TEXTS AT MATENADARAN, DELIVERED A LECTURE AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA
On May 14, 2026, Hasmik Kirakosyan, Head of the Research Group on Medical and Natural Science Texts at Matenadaran, delivered a lecture at the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA, for students and faculty members. Entitled “Armenian Medieval Medical Manuscripts
MATENADARAN RESEARCHERS PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES AT CA’ FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE, DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN AND CAUCASIAN STUDIES
Vahe Torosyan, Deputy Director of Scientific Affairs at Matenadaran, Nazenie Garibian, Head of the Department of Medieval Art Studies, Lusine Sargsyan, Senior Researcher in the same department, and Ani Petoyan, Junior Researcher in the Department of Archival Studies, participated on May 14 and 15 in two international workshops organised by the Department of Asian and
THE WORKSHOP TITLED “SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION AMONG EASTERN CHRISTIANS IN THE EARLY MODERN OTTOMAN WORLD” HAS LAUNCHED TODAY AT THE MATENADARAN
A lecture was delivered by Tijana Krstić, Board Member of the Cluster of Excellence EurAsia and Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at Central European University. Professor Krstić is a leading historian of the early modern Ottoman Empire. She is the author of important publications, including her seminal book “Contested Conversions to Islam: Narratives
MATENADARAN RESEARCHER GRETA GASPARYAN UNDERTOOK ACADEMIC TRIPS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN APRIL
Greta Gasparyan, researcher at the Department of Medieval Art Studies at the Matenadaran, participated on April 10–11, 2026, in the 15th Annual International Workshop organized by the Center for Armenian Studies(CAS) at the University of Michigan. During the workshop, she presented a paper entitled “Artistic Transformations and Diasporic Identity in the Manuscript Tradition of New
THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP “THE BIBLE IN MIDDLE EASTERN MANUSCRIPT TRADITIONS” TOOK PLACE IN ROME, ITALY, FROM APRIL 22 TO 24, 2026
A delegation of researchers from Matenadaran actively participated in the workshop, presenting papers on the Holy Scripture and related texts within the Armenian manuscript tradition. Anna Ohanjanyan, Head of the Department of Armenian Literature of the 15th–19th Centuries, and Garnik Harutyunyan, Senior Researcher at the Department for the Study of Armenian Texts of the 5th–14th
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN EXECUTED AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA BETWEEN MATENADARAN AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE
“In visiting Matenadaran, we recognised that Armenia has a European history,” stated, notably, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, in his address.