The First Oil Boom in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and Its Impact on the Cosmopolitan Nature of Baku Edited from: “Baku: From Cosmopolitan City to National Capital of Azerbaijan” Keywords: oil, Baku, ethnic minorities, religion, Jews, Russians, Armenians
by Shamkhal Abilov, Qafqaz University
Cultural and Social Background of the City of Tbilisi Edited from: “Contesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on Georgianization of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi” Keywords: Tbilisi, multi-ethnic, religious landscape, secularization Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video
by Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University
Preservation of the Armenian Religious Heritage in Georgia Edited from: “Contesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on Georgianization of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi” Keywords: de-secularization, wars of memory, Georgian Orthodox Church, Armenian Apostolic Church, nationalistic, Georgianization, Father Tariel, Norashen, Surb Nshan, Sahakashvili Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video
by Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University
The Armenian Diasporic Community of Tbilisi Edited from: “Contesting the Religious Landscape: Social and Cultural Background of Discourses on Georgianization of the Armenian Churches in Tbilisi” Keywords: diaspora, Armenia, Tbilisi, Vardaton, Sayat Nova,Vernatun, Hayartun, churches question Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video
by Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University
Tats Edited from: “Offences of the National Memory: Political Orientation and Ethnic Identity in the Soviet Azerbaijan” Keywords: Tats, history, Turkey, Iran, Azerbajian, Soviet government | Video |
by Shalala Mammadova, Baku State University
Church Architecture: Mren, Zvart'nots' and Ptłni Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery” Keywords: architecture, churches, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, domed basilica, cruciform, barrel vaults, rotunda, ambulatory, Holy Sepulchre, capitals, domes, Mren, Zvart’nots’, Ptłni Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Christina Maranci, Tufts University
The Golden Age of Architecture in a Shifting Socio-Political World Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery” Keywords: Holy Land, Heraclius, tympanum, Byzantine, Persian, Mren, Ptłni, Zvart’nots Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Christina Maranci, Tufts University
Relics and Monuments of the Holy Land: The Churches of Mren and Zvart'nots' Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery” Keywords: Return of the Cross, relief sculpture, Heraclius, Armenia, Persian, Jerusalem, Byzantine, Kren, Zvart’nots’ Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Christina Maranci, Tufts University
Local Visual and Ritual Practices in the Church of Ptłni Edited from: “Armenian Art of the Seventh Century and the Problem of Periphery” Keyworks: social history, Ptłni, Zvart’nots’, Mren, churches, Eucharist, medieval, noble life Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Christina Maranci, Tufts University
The Genocide of the Armenians and the Jews Edited from: “Armenians and Jews: Neighbors in Memory” Keywords: Genocide, Holocaust, massacre Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Harutyun Marutyan, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Why and In What Circumstances Did Catholics From Erzurum Come to Western Georgia and Partly to Northern Armenia? Edited from: “‘Franks’: Armenian Catholics in Armenia and Georgia in the 20th Century. Preliminary Results of Historical and Oral History Studies” Keywords: Armenian Franks, Catholics, Ottoman vilayet, Tsarists Russia Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video
by Jakub Osiecki, Pontifical University of John Paul II
The Religious History of the Caucasus Edited from: “St. George in the Caucasus: Singular and Plural” Keywords: Christianity, Eastern Georgia, Western Georgia, Greek Deities Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Kevin Tuite, Montréal/Jena
The St. George Cult Edited from: “St. George in the Caucasus: Singular and Plural” Keywords: St. George, History, Iconography, linguistics Text | PowerPoint | PowerPoint PDF | Video | References
by Kevin Tuite, Montréal/Jena
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