YEREVAN TO HOST "THE TURKIC WORLD, THE CAUCASUS, AND IRAN: CIVILISATIONAL CROSSROADS OF INTERACTIONS" CONFERENCE
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03.06.2009 14:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The International Journal Iran and the Caucasus
(BRILL: Leiden – Boston), the Department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan
State University, the Makhtumquli Feraqi Centre for Turkic Studies at
ARYA International University (Yerevan), the Association for the Study
of Persianate Societies (Armenian Branch), in collaboration with the
International Society for the Study of Iran and the Caucasus (ISSIC),
Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies (Yerevan), the Armenian-Turkmen
Cooperation Centre "Partev" (Yerevan), and the Armenian Association
for Academic Partnership and Support – ARMACAD (Yerevan) are organizing
an international conference entitled "The Turkic World, the Caucasus,
and Iran: Civilisational Crossroads of Interactions".
The Conference will be held at ARYA International University, Yerevan,
Armenia on July 10-12, 2009, The region of civilization interactions
from Central Asia to Eastern Europe and from Southern Russia to
Northern Iran has been one of the focal geographical points in world
history. The main cultural, political and civilization players in this
domain have been the Iranian and Turkic peoples, while the Caucasus
and the Transcaucasian region with their cultural, ethnographical
and linguistic uniqueness have served as a connecting link and an
arena for wars and peaceful cohabitation. Though the main stress of
the conference will be on cultures, histories (including archaeology,
etc.), languages and the literatures of this vast area, presentations
on modern political and regional issues, as well as the human ecology
topics are also welcomed. The conference seeks to emphasize links
between the Turkic world, the Caucasus, and Iran.
Working languages of the conference are English and Russian.