Conference organizers: “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts ISFNR (the International Society for Folk Narrative Research) CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE EXTENSION MAGIC AND MANUSCRIPTS18th International Conference of the ISFNR Committee on Charms, Charmers and Charming Yerevan, Armenia | 14–17 October 2026 The Organizing Committee has decided to extend the deadline for the submission
From June 5 to 7, Matenadaran’s “Matenits: Royal Elixir” presented at the “Yerevan Wine Days” festival.
“The exhibition ‘Along the Paths of the Map of Spirituality: Armenian Manuscript Art’ is one of the cultural highlights currently on display in Madrid (running until June 21, 2026). It showcases a selection of the most significant artistic and bibliographic treasures from the Matenadaran (Yerevan), offering the Spanish public a rare opportunity to view these
The ‘12th International Conference on Medieval Studies’ at the Matenadaran will be held this year on 26–28 November. We invite researchers conducting research in medieval studies to participate in the conference. Papers may be presented on the following topics: Manuscript studies and scriptoria, Source studies and historiography, History of the Armenian language, History of Armenian
The fourth issue (2.2) of our new periodical MEMAS has been published online. See here.
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.
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.
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
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
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
