On December 18, 2019, the publication of the new book on “The Collection of Scientific Materials Dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of Academician Vladimir Barkhudaryan” (Yerevan, 2019) was presented at the Department of Armenian Colonies and History of the Armenian Diaspora History, Institute of History, NAS of RA.
On December 6-7, 2019 with the joint efforts of the Chair of Iranian Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of RA the first international conference on “The Autochthonous Peoples of the Caucasus-Caspian Region in the Light of the Scientific Realities and Falsifications” took place in the Hall of the of Best Western Congress Hotel in Yerevan.
On December 10th, 2019, the presentation of new book of Aram Sokhakyan entitled “Encyclopedia of the Sourcebook of Armenian History: From the Ancient Times to the end of XVIII Century” took place at the Institute of History, NAS of RA.
On November 28-29, 2019 the National Library hosted the conference on “The Role of the Armenian Press in the Formation and Preservation of National Values System: Family, Homeland, and Church".
On November 20, 2019 an international scientific and practical conference on the "Eurasian Historical Heritage: The Facets of History – from Origins to Present» was held in the city of Nur -Sultan - the capital of Kazakhstan.
On November 8-9, 2019 an international conference entitled «THE RESCUE OF ARMENIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN 1915-1923» was held. On November 8, the conference was held at the Conference Hall of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, and the second day at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
On November 4-5, 2019 an international conference entitled "Communities in the Middle East" was held at the Ambrosian Academy in Milan, Italy.
On October 25-27, 2019 the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia under the leadership of Gegham Harutyunyan, the coordinator and adviser to the Minister of Defense together with the members of the Council organized a visit to the military units of the Artsakh’s Defense Army. The group of lecturer consisted of 27 people. The Institute of History, NAS of RA was presented by Prof. Ashot Melkonyan, the Director of the institute, Prof. Hamlet Harutyunyan, Prof. Vahan Melikyan, Dr. Armen Marukyan, Dr. Gayane Makhmuryan, Dr. Gevorg Stepanyan, and Dr. Ruben Stepanyan, researchers Anahit Khosroeva, Ph.D, Gurgen Vardanyan, Ph.D, Vahe Sargsyan,Ph.D, Mariam Hovsepyan, Ph.D.
On October 21, 2019 a conference on “Hovhannes Tumanyan-150" was launched at the Conference Hall of the RA National Academy of Sciences. Seven presentations were presented at the plenary session. Prof. Ashot Melkonyan – the director of the Institute of History, NAS of RA delivered a presentation on "Hovhannes Tumanyan and the Armenian History".
On October 10th, 2019 an international conference on "Caucasus-Russia-Europe: The Area for Dialogue and Cooperation» launched in Stavropol, Russia with the participation of historians from over the two dozen countries.
On September 13-15, 2019 in Stepanakert on the initiative of Artsakh Young Scientists and Professionals' Union NGO the 4th International Youth Conference on the "Past, Present and Future of the Armenian Statehood" was organized. It was dedicated to the problems, achievements, priorities of long-term development of the Armenian state, particularly on the last century. The conference was co-organized by Yerevan State University and Mesrop Mashtots University of Artsakh.
On September 25, 2019, Prof. K. Kachatryan was invited to MGIMO by prof. E. Kozhokin - the Deputy Director of the institute to participate to the conference on the in the “Eurasian Integration Processes in Education: Problems and Prospects of Research in Russian Language».
On October 1-2, 2019 an international conference on the «80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II» took place at Russian Academy of Sciences. The historians from the 23 different countries of the world were presented during the conference.
On October 1-2, 2019 an international conference on the «80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II» took place at Russian Academy of Sciences. The historians from the 23 different countries of the world were presented during the conference.
On September 27-29, 2019 the 10th International Conference on “Historical and Cultural Heritage of Shirak: Modern Issues in Armenian Studies” took place at Sport and Cultural Center in Gyumri hosted by the Shirak Center for Armenian Studies, NAS RA. About 150 presentations were presented at the conference which was on the topics of history, archeology, ethnology, philology, philology of Armenia.
On September 20 to 22, 2019, the international scientific conference “National Classics in the World Artistic Context” dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Komitas and Hovhannes Tumanyan took place in the Temple Complex of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Presentation of the book “Tachat Hovakimyan - The Hero of Sardarapat” by author Seda Galstyan's took place in the State Museum of History of Armenia. The book was presented to audience by Prof. Ashot Melkonyan -the director of the Institute of History, NAS of RA who is the author of the foreword of the book.
Matenadaran hosted a discussion on "Traditional and Image Adaptation: History and Armenian Identity” with participation of Armenian diplomats from different countries of the world. The session was chaired by Dr. Ruben Karapetyan - the former researcher of the Institute of History of NAS RA, current Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
August 7 is Assyrian Memorial day, a day when the Assyrian community worldwide remembers its martyrs. Every year on this day the Assyrians around the world pay tribute to the memory of the 750,000 Assyrians who along with Armenian and Greeks brothers were subjected to genocide by the Ottomans during the First World War.
