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Victoria
Alexander
Arakelova
The Institute of Humanities Research
Researcher

Personal information

Date of birth
1968
Scientific interests
  • comparative religions studies; ethno-religious identities, Near Eastern non-dogmatic milieu; Caucaso-Caspian Contact Zone; Heterodox Shi'ism, Yezidism, Folk Islam
Education
Institution
Yerevan State University
Faculty
Oriental Studies
Date
1999 - 2022
Degree name
PhD student
Institution
Yerevan State University
Faculty
Oriental Studies
Date
1993 - 1998
Degree name
Masters
Institution
Pyatigorsk State Institute of Foreign Languages
Faculty
English philology
Date
1985 - 1990
Degree name
Masters
Scientific Rank/degree
Institution
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography National Academy of Sciences, RA
Date
2003
Degree name
Postgraduate
Scientific Supervisor
Garnik Asatrian
Research Topic
The Yezidi Pantheon
Language skills
Русский
English
Հայերեն
Deutsch
فارسی
Participation in international conferences and seminars
05/12/2023 - 08/12/2023
RAU 17th Annual Conference
Russian-Armenian University
Armenia
17/11/2023 - 18/11/2023
Minority Rights in the Centennian of the Republic
Hrant Dink Foundation
Turkey
27/10/2023 - 28/10/2023
250-летие присоединения Алании-Осетии к России
North Ossetian State University
Russian Federation (the)
21/08/2023 - 25/08/2023
Xth Conference of the Societas Iranologica Europea
University of Leiden
Netherlands (the)
30/05/2023 - 04/06/2023
Ninth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
Russian-Armenian University
Armenia
09/04/2023 - 12/04/2023
Epic and Literature
Russian-Armenian University
Armenia

Publications

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Article
The Prophet Muhammad’s Family in the Yazidi Religious Lore
Victoria Arakelova
Штудии по кавказско-каспийской словесности
2024
13-19
Article
Эриванский уездный суд: Дело молоканки Лукерии Корсаковой, оказавшейся женой двух мужей
Виктория Аракелова
Елена Шуваева
Caucaso-Caspica
2024
99-112
Article
The Talyshis: An Iranian people divided by the Araxes
Victoria Arakelova
Kulturn studia (Cultural Studies)
2024
51-70
Article
The Case of a Molokan Woman from the Archive of the Erivan Uezd Court (Mid-19th Century)
Victoria Arakelova
Shuvaeva Elena
Iran and the Caucasus
2024
403-412
Article
THE SERVANT OF GOD, THE SAINT, THE UNIVERSAL DEITY: AL-KHIDR IN THE YEZIDI AND ALEVI-ZAZA TRADITIONS [«РАБ АЛЛАХА», СВЯТОЙ, УНИВЕРСАЛЬНОЕ БОЖЕСТВО: ХИДР У ЕЗИДОВ И ЗАЗА-АЛЕВИТОВ]
Arakelova Victoria А.
История, археология и этнография Кавказа (History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus)
2024
709-719
Article
An Unknown Source on Proselytism among the Udis
Victoria Arakelova
Hakobyan Hayk
Iran and the Caucasus
2023
426–434
Article
О языке езидских религиозных текстов
Виктория Аракелова
Штудии по кавказско-каспийской словесности
2023
1-13
Monograph
Yazidiha
Victoria Arakelova
2023
116
Article
Sogdian Studies and the Silk Road in Iran and the Caucasus
Victoria Arakelova
Garnik Asatrian
Journal of the Silk Road Studies
2023
519-523
Conference
АРМЯНСКОЕ ДУХОВНОЕ И КУЛЬТУРНОЕ НАСЛЕДНИЕ И ФАКТОР ВОСТОЧНОХРИСТИАНСКОЙ (РУССКОЙ) ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИИ В ЗАКАВКАЗЬЕ
Аракелова В.А.
Conference
Reshaping an Identity: The Udi Case in Azerbaijan Republic
Victoria Arakelova
Conference
From a righteous servant of Allah to a deity: Al Khidr in the Yezidi and Zaza folk beliefs
Arakelova, Viktoria
Conference
Sacral Topography of Cross-Cultural Zones: Armenians, Alevi Zazas, Yezidis.
Victoria Arakelova
Conference
Объять необъятное: аль-Хидр – святой Илья, святой Саргис, святой Георгий, святой Иоанн Предтеча
В.А. Аракелова

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