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RESEARCHERS FROM THE MATENADARAN PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMERSYMPOSIUM ON ORIENTAL CHRISTIAN AND ARMENIAN STUDIES

18.06.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

Researchers from the Matenadaran—Arsen Harutyunyan, Seda Manukyan, Ani Zh. Avetisyan,Knar Harutyunyan, Tatevik Manukyan, Seyedehnasim Fatemi, Davit Ghazaryan, GayaneTshagharyan, Ovsanna Khachatryan, and Tamara Poghosyan—participated in the SummerSymposium on Oriental Christian and Armenian Studies, organized by the Mesrop Center forArmenian Studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) on June 1–3.Seyedehnasim Fatemi, Junior Research Fellow in the Department

THE FIRST AID ROOM WAS INAUGURATED AT MATENADARAN

13.06.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

On June 13, 2026, a First Aid Room was inaugurated at the Matenadaran Museum, designed to serve not only the numerous visitors but also to address the immediate health requirements of the museum’s staff. The room has been stocked with authorised medications and medical supplies designated for providing first aid. This initiative represents a further

YEREVAN WINE DAYS

08.06.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

From June 5 to 7, Matenadaran’s “Matenits: Royal Elixir” presented at the “Yerevan Wine Days” festival.

THE EXHIBITION OF ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SPAIN WAS FEATURED BY DR. FRANCISCO A. ZURYAN, DIRECTOR OF THE CHAIR OF ARMENIAN STUDIES AT THE COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

04.06.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

“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

HASMIK KIRAKOSYAN, HEAD OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE TEXTS AT MATENADARAN, DELIVERED A LECTURE AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA

23.05.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

20.05.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

14.05.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

12.05.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

08.05.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

05.05.2026Hrant OhanyanEvents

“In visiting Matenadaran, we recognised that Armenia has a European history,” stated, notably, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, in his address.