Scientific interests
- Middle Eastern and Armenian medieval culture and archeology.
- Traditional Armenian worldview, identity and iconography.
Education
Institution
Yerevan State University
Faculty
History
Date
-
Degree name
Qualified specialist
Scientific Rank/degree
Institution
Yerevan State University
Date
2012
Degree name
Professor
Specialty
Historical sciences
Institution
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia
Date
2004
Degree name
Doctor
Specialty
Historical sciences
Research Topic
Khachkar: genesis, functions, iconography, semantics
Institution
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia
Date
1984
Degree name
Candidate
Specialty
Historical sciences
Scientific Supervisor
Babken Arakelyan
Research Topic
Garni in 9-14 centuries: Historical and Archaeological Study
Language skills
Հայերեն
Русский
English
Work experience
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
Rank/degree
Head of Department of Cultural Studies
Participation in international conferences and seminars
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Protecting and safeguarding of intangible cultural values in wartime
Munster University
Germany
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Spaces, Landscapes and Social Lives of the Cross in Medieval Armenia and Georgia
Fribourg University
Switzerland
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Trade, Archaeology and the Integration of the Lands between the Caucasus, Anatolia and Mesopotamia in the Afro-Eurasian World System 9th-14th Centuries
Florence University
Italy
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‘Lost cities': form, meaning and perception of urban settlements in the Ancient Near and Middle East
Pisa Univrsity
Italy
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Sharing myths, texts and sanctuaries in the Souths Caucasus
Regensburg University
Germany
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Ancient Armenia in Context (II BCE-III CE)
Munster University
Germany
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The Armenian art. Critical history and new perspectives
Ca’ Foscari
Italy
State awards and honorary titles
2013
"Gratitude" medal of Nagorno Karabakh Republic
2012
Gold medal of The Ministry of Culture of Republic of Armenia
2010
RA President's Award for the book <Khachkar: genesis, function, iconography, semantics>, Yerevan, Printinfo, 2008
Other information
The main areas of scientific interest are Middle Eastern and Armenian medieval culture and archaeology, traditional Armenian worldview, identity and iconography.
Publications
Article
Early Christian archaeology and monumentsin the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone:Tigranakert, Amaras, Vachar
Article
Средневековый крест-хачкар из Сергиева Посада
Article
Spectroscopic techniques for the characterization of the potsherds from Tigranakert in Artsakh
Article
ՆԱԽՆԱԿԱՆ ԴԻՏՈՂՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐ ԴՎԻՆԻ ՋՐԱՄԱՏԱԿԱՐԱՐՄԱՆ ՄԱՍԻՆ
Article
The Armenian-Italian Joint Expedition to Dvin Report of 2023 Activities
Article
Ինչպե՞ս հաղթել։ Կռվի թեման և ռազմիկի կերպարն Արցախի խաչքարային պատկերաքանդակում
Article
О характере и времени институционализации албанской церкви в свете новых археологических исследований в Арцахе
Article
Azerbaijan’s Policy of Extortion and Destruction of Armenian Cultural Heritage in Artsʿakh: Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus
Article
The Armenian-Italian Joint Expedition to Dvin Report of 2022 Activities
Article
Politique, religion et "ethnicite culturelle" a la lumiere des monuments et des objects paleochretiens de Tigranakert en Arsakh
Patrimoines
2022
107-113
Article
The Armenian-Italian Joint Expedition at Dvin Report of 2021 Activities
Article
Արցախի Տիգրանակերտի թանգարանի հնագիտական ոդիսականը
Article
ՏՈՂԻ ՍԲ.ՀՈՎՀԱՆՆԵՍ ԵԿԵՂԵՑՈՒ ՀՆԱԳԻՏԱԿԱՆ ՀԵՏԱԶՈՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՀԻՄՆԱԿԱՆ ԱՐԴՅՈՒՆՔՆԵՐԸ
Article
Politics, Ideology and Landscape: Early Christian Tigranakert in Artsakh
Article
Ethnocide in Artsakh: The Mechanisms of Azerbaijan’s Usurpationof Indigenous Armenian Cultural Heritage
Article
Mathematics and the Feast: The Xraxçanakans of Anania Širakaci
Article
The culture of Julfa khachkars and their repatriation movement
