“The Faces of Memory” the Fifth International Seminar was devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which this year had headline “Revived Cultural Heritage, Survived Manuscripts”. During the frames of seminars on October 27-29, 2015, at the “Matenadaran” Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts of Yerevan were specialists of leading centers of conservation sphere
The International Conference “Aristotle in Armenia” took place at the University of Geneva on May 12-13, 2017 (organized by Valentina Calzolari, Katerana Ierodiakonou and Irene Tinti). See the program. Scholars from Matenadaran Manea-Erna Shirinyan, Gohar Muradyan, Aram Topchyan and Armine Melkonyan, as well as specialists of the history of ancient philosophy from Switzerland, Greece, Italy,
Awarding ceremony to donor Manuela Salvini de Ghirach Mirman and exhibition of a valuable collection related to history of the noble Mirmanyan family was held on 29 April, 2017 at Mashtots Matenadaran. During the ceremony, speeches were delivered by the Head of the Department of International Relations of the Matenadaran Vardi Keshishian, the senior fellow
The Serbian publishing house PESIC I SINOVI has recently published a translation of Movsēs Khorenats‘i’s “History of Armenia,” which has aroused great interest among Serbian readers.On June 12, Vesna Pesic, the director of the publishing house, linguist and publicist, visited Matenadaran and talked to the director Vahan Ter-Ghevondian. Vesna Pesic donated a copy of Khorenats‘i’s
10 guides will travel to Germany for an international training as a result of the cooperation of Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and the Matenadaran.On October 8, the Feast of the Holy Translators, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative has decided to grant US $20,000 to the Yerevan Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, the Matenadaran, to facilitate
On May 21, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to Armenia N.G. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo and the Honorary Consul of Senegal in Yerevan Artashes Avoyan visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building and got acquainted with Medieval Armenian Literature, including
On January 9, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the first President of the Republic of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian, PhD and DSc in Philology, was marked. On this occasion, Matenadaran initiated the publication of a Festschrift, to which a number of leading experts in Armenian and Near Eastern studies responded with love and warmth. Due to
On May 18, a delegation headed by Abdulaziz al-Musallam, the Director of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building, got acquainted with the Armenian manuscript heritage, as well as with the best samples of Arabic manuscripts. Within the framework of
Today Edil Hovnanian, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation, and Naira Melikyan, the Director of the Armenian Office of the Foundation, visited Matenadaran. During the visit, they met the students of The Art of Illuminating of Matenadaran’s miniature studio and got acquainted with their work. It is noticeable that
On April 24, a delegation headed by Carolina Fernandez, the President of the Central American Parliament, arrived in Armenia to participate in the events dedicated to the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The guests visited Mashtots Matenadaran, accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the director of Matenadaran, toured the museum building and got acquainted with the
