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2022.08.29
IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES

IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY’S
INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY


September 5-6, 2022

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE


THE CAUCASUS ON THE CROSSROADS OF
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGES
(from ancient times to the modern period)


YEREVAN
2022



Round hall of Presidium
of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
(Address: 24, Marshal Baghramyan Ave., 2nd floor)

September 5, 2022
REGISTRATION
of participants: 10:00-10:30 am

Conference inauguration: 10:30 am

Plenary session
(Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
Chairman: Yuri Suvaryan
Academician-Secretary of the Departament of Armenology and Social Sciences of NAS RA

Opening speech: Yuri Suvaryan
Academician-Secretary of the Departament of Armenology and Social Sciences of NAS RA

Greeting speech: Robert Ghazaryan
Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
Greeting speech: Giorgi Tcheishvili
Director of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Institute of History and Ethnology
Greeting speech: Jaba Samushia
General Director of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation

September 5, 2022
First Session
(Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
11:15-12:30
Chairman: Robert Ghazaryan

Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA

Giorgi Tcheishvili (Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Institute of History and Ethnology)
Kingship and frontiers in Medieval Georgia
Tomoko Morikawa (Japan, University of Tokyo)
From Yerevan to New Julfa of Isfahan: Armenian Commercial Networks under the Safavid Empire

Alexander Akopyan (Russia, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
The Georgian numismatics of the long 12th century and reasons of its complexity
Azat Bozoyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA) The hierarchical system of the Armenian Church after the Seljuk campaigns
Mariam Chkhartishvili (Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University)
Saint Hripsime and her Companions according to Georgian Narrative Sources

Coffee Break 12:30-13:00
NAS RA Presidium, 1st floor

Second Session (Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
13:00-14:30
Chairman: Giorgi Tcheishvili

Director of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Institute of History and Ethnology

Kristine Kostikyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manucripts (Matenadaran))
Armenian merchants in local administration of the Caucasian regions incorporated in the Safavid State of Iran
Ani Shahinian (USA, University of Oxford (UK))
Armenian Martyrologies: An inquiry into social and economic relations between Christians-Muslims in Late Medieval Lake Van
Tork Dalalyan (Armenia, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of NAS RA, H. Adjaryan Institute of Linguistics)
On Some Armenian-Georgian Lexical lsoglosses
Manana Tsereteli (Georgia, The University of Georgia)
Historical memory as one of the major factors in the process of ethnic identity development (the case of deported Meskhetians living in the Region of Samtskhe-Javakheti)
Marcin Krzyżanowski (Poland, Jagiellonian University in Krakow) Iran-Caucasus ties from economic perspective

Lunch 14:30-15:00

Third Session
(Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
15:00-17:00
Chairman: Kristine Kostikyan

(Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manucripts (Matenadaran))

Anush Hovhannisyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
The Caucasus in the foreign policy of the Ottoman Empire (17th-late 18-th centuries)
Zurab Targamadze (Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University)
From the history of Georgia in the Middle Ages: Qutlu- Arslan's conspiracy against Georgian royal power
Jilbert Meshkanbaryans (Iran, College of Armenian Studies of the Armenian diocese of Tehran)
The Safavid documents as sources about history of the Armenian religious-justice and landownership systems in 17th- 18th centuries
Sopio Kadagishvili (Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Institute of History and Ethnology)
Georgian and Armenian identity perception according to the Georgian Medieval sources
Tamriko Lekiashvili (Georgia, The University of Georgia)
Abkhazia in 1918-1921 (political aspects)
Khachatur Stepanyan (Armenia, Armenian State Pedagogical University after KH. Abovyan)
The political exile of the Transcaucasian Republics in 1920-1930-s: common interests and contradictions
Manuchar Guntsadze (Georgia, K. Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts); Zaza Tsinadze (Georgia, St Andrews Georgian University)
Democratic Reforms and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Erekle Jordania (Georgia, National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Moscow Lomonosov State University)
Scandinavians in Byzantine Pontus

Fourth session (Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA, 11th floor)
15:00-17:00
Chairman: Lilit Harutyunyan

Head of the Department of Arab countries of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA

Araks Pashayan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
The Arab-Islamic direction of Azerbaijan's foreign policy in transition: the main trends
Lilit Harutyunyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA) Sunni-Shia current interactions in Georgia: foreign influences and ''soft power'' tools
Gohar Iskandaryan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
The Importance of the North-South Transport highway for Iran
Aghavni Harutyunyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
China-South Caucasus: Cooperation under the Belt and Road initiative
Christine Melkonyan
(Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
Features of the economic policy of Turkey in Georgia and it's consequences
Nelli Minasyan (Armenia, Armenian State Pedagogical University afer Kh. Abovyan)
The issues of communications in the context of the South Caucasian policy of Turkey (the late of 19th and 20th centuries)
Nazeli Navasardyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
Caspian Sea issue in Iran-Azerbaijan relations: security and delimitation aspects
Tatevik Manukyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
On the features of the ethno-religious identity of the Islamic community of Adjara


September 6, 2022
Fifth Session
(Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
10:30-12:30
Chairman: Mariam Chkhartishvili
Head of the Department of Medieval History of Georgia and Source-Studies, Tbilisi State University

Yvette Tajarian (Armenia, Yerevan State University);
Greta Gasparyan (Armenia, Mesrop Mashtos Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran)
Cultural interactions of Safavid Iran with European countries
David Merkviladze (Georgia, Researcher)
Military-political confrontations in the Khanates of the Caucasus in1768-1774 and Erekle II
Vladimer Kekelia (Georgia, K. Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts)
King Vakhtang VI-between culture and politics
Giorgi Kipiani (Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University)
Psycho-cultural Patterns of Toasting in Caucasus and Debate on the Roots of Feasting Traditions in Caucasus
Lavrenti Janiashvili (Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Institute of History and Ethnology)
Some aspects of traditional culture transformation among the population of the Border Region
Jarosław Jerzy Turłukowski (Poland, Warsaw University)
The Napoleonic civil law tradition in Europe and Asia: a comparative analysis
Beniamin Mailyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
Documents of the National Archives of Armemia from 1918-1920 on Armenian language schools in Georgia

Coffee Break 12:30-13:00
NAS RA Presidium, 1st floor

Sixth session
13:00-15:00
(Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
Chairman: Gor Margaryan
Deputy Director of Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA

Ruzan Palanjyan (Armenia, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of NAS RA)
Ancient Armenia in international wine trade
Elina Ghazaryan (Armenia, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran)
The role of South Caucasian cities in transit trade according to the Persian historico-geographical works of 10th-14th centuries
Gor Margaryan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA)
On the Interpretation of Some Little-Studied Taxes and duties in the Economic History of Armenia in the High Middle ages
Georgi Mirzabekyan (Armenia, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA; Russian-Armenian University)
The socio-economic situation of Nakhijevan according to the Great Defter of Yerevan Vilayet of 1590
Lilit Meliqyan (Armenia, Yerevan State University, Faculty of History)
The Status of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia in the 14th- 16th centuries
Asya Darbinyan (Armenia, Yerevan State University)
Tbilisi as a Literary Hero on the Threshold of a New Century (according to archil Kikodze's Novel ''Southern Elephant'')

Lunch 15:00-15:30

September 6, 2022
Closing Ceremony
15:30- 16:30
(Round hall of Presidium of NAS RA)
Chairmen: Robert Ghazaryan, Giorgi Tcheishvili


The conference is organized with the financial support of
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports RA
Science Committee

Duration of reports - 15 minutes

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