An international conference entitled The Turkic World, the Caucasus, and Iran: Civilisational Crossroads of Interactions has been announced for 10-12 July 2009.
The conference organizers include:
> The Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University (YSU)
> The Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support (ARMACAD)
> The Centre for Turkic Studies, Arya International University (AIU)
> The International Journal Iran and the Caucasus
According to the organizers, the region of civilizational interactions from Central Asia to Eastern Europe and from Southern Russia to Iran has been one of the focal geographical points in world history. The main cultural, political and civilizational 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, languages and the literatures of this vast area, presentations on modern political and regional issues, as well as the human ecology topics will also be included. The conference will seek to emphasize links between the Turkic world, the Caucasus, and Iran.
The conference organizing committee includes several prominent scholars such as Professors Ralph Kautz, Vladimir Livshits, Levon Zekiyan, and Said Amir Arjomand.
The Conference will be held at Yerevan-based Arya International University. The working languages will be English and Russian. The participation fee will be 70 Euros. For participants from the Caucasus and Central Asia as well as postgraduate students, however, a special reduced rate of 35 Euros will be charged.
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The conference organizers include:
> The Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University (YSU)
> The Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support (ARMACAD)
> The Centre for Turkic Studies, Arya International University (AIU)
> The International Journal Iran and the Caucasus
According to the organizers, the region of civilizational interactions from Central Asia to Eastern Europe and from Southern Russia to Iran has been one of the focal geographical points in world history. The main cultural, political and civilizational 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, languages and the literatures of this vast area, presentations on modern political and regional issues, as well as the human ecology topics will also be included. The conference will seek to emphasize links between the Turkic world, the Caucasus, and Iran.
The conference organizing committee includes several prominent scholars such as Professors Ralph Kautz, Vladimir Livshits, Levon Zekiyan, and Said Amir Arjomand.
The Conference will be held at Yerevan-based Arya International University. The working languages will be English and Russian. The participation fee will be 70 Euros. For participants from the Caucasus and Central Asia as well as postgraduate students, however, a special reduced rate of 35 Euros will be charged.
For further information, please click here.
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Map: Courtesy of Pmx, Wikimedia Commons>
