CONFERENCE ON HISTORY ISSUES HELD IN YEGHEGNADZOR
Noyan Tapan
May 24 2006
YEGHEGNADZOR, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. A conference was held in
Yeghegnadzor on May 19-21 in which scientific workers of the
History Institute of the RA National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
participated. "When everything is centralized in Yerevan, it is
pleasant that the science is moved to marzes," Professor Ashot
Melkonian, the NAS History Institute Director mentioned in the opening
speech of the conference being held at the "Gitelik" University.
He expressed gratitude to Bishop Abraham Mkrtchian, the Syunik Diocese
Primate for by the assistance the latter, as a member of the "Gitelik"
University Board of Trustees, a tradition of holding the conference
in Vayots Dzor is already being formed: a similar conference was for
the first time held here in 2005.
A meeting among scientific workers and "Gitelik" University students
was also organized within the framework of the conference, during what
the issue of Armenians' identity was touched upon. Students addressed
numerous questions to the History Institute Director, starting from
the Armenian Genocide problems to acception of national ideology of
our-days political figures. Deputy Regional Governor of Vayots Dzor
Samvel Tarverdian was also present at the conference.
Noyan Tapan
May 24 2006
YEGHEGNADZOR, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. A conference was held in
Yeghegnadzor on May 19-21 in which scientific workers of the
History Institute of the RA National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
participated. "When everything is centralized in Yerevan, it is
pleasant that the science is moved to marzes," Professor Ashot
Melkonian, the NAS History Institute Director mentioned in the opening
speech of the conference being held at the "Gitelik" University.
He expressed gratitude to Bishop Abraham Mkrtchian, the Syunik Diocese
Primate for by the assistance the latter, as a member of the "Gitelik"
University Board of Trustees, a tradition of holding the conference
in Vayots Dzor is already being formed: a similar conference was for
the first time held here in 2005.
A meeting among scientific workers and "Gitelik" University students
was also organized within the framework of the conference, during what
the issue of Armenians' identity was touched upon. Students addressed
numerous questions to the History Institute Director, starting from
the Armenian Genocide problems to acception of national ideology of
our-days political figures. Deputy Regional Governor of Vayots Dzor
Samvel Tarverdian was also present at the conference.