Dear Colleagues,
Below I am sending the programme of the International Conference "Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity", June 06-08, Yerevan, Armenia. The same programme and the official poster of the conference are attached.
International Conference
"Iranand the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity"
June 06-08, 2008
Yerevan, Armenia
www.armacad. org/iranocaucasi ca
DAY 1: June 06, 2008
Registration and Opening Ceremony (Golden Palace Hotel, Azatutyan Ave, Yerevan375037, Armenia)
10.00 -
11.30: Registartion
11.30 - 12.30: Opening Ceremony
Garnik
Asatrian, Chair, Organising Committee
Levon
Mkrtchian, Minister of Higher Education and Science, RA
AramSimonian, Rector, YerevanStateUnivers ity
Flora Nakhshkarian, Board of Trusties, AryaInternationalUn iversity
Uwe
Bläsing, Associate Editor, "Iranand the Caucasus"
`Abbas
`Ali Madih, Mayor of Neyshabur (Khorasan, Iran)
12.30 -
13.00: Keynote speech
Boghos Levon Zekiyan
Culture, Policy, and Scholarship in the
Sub-Caucasian Region: Some Methodological and Critical Remarks
13.00
- 14.00: Lunch
All sessions will take place at AryaInternationalUn iversity, Shahamiryanneri str.
18/2
15.00 - 16.30 SESSION
1
SESSION 1-A:
Walter Bruno Henning Auditorium (303)
Chair: Ali Granmayeh
Discussants: Tamaz Beradze, Anton Alexeev
Mousa
Haqani,The "Molla
Nasreddin" Tabloid and the Constitutional Revolution in Iran
Javad Abbasi,Rashid ad-Din and the Caucasus
Samvel
Markaryan,The
Rebellion in Qandaghar of 1709 (The Beginning of the Fall of the Safavid Dynasty
in Iran)
Vahe
Boyajian,Baloch asbarans:
Pioneers of Shica Faith?
Roman
Smbatyan,The
importance of the Caucasusand Nadir Shah´s multipartite policies to control it
SESSION 1-B:
Wilhelm Eilers Auditorium (308)
Chair: George Sanikidze
Discussants: Alexander Rusetsky, Baiba Kine, Mousa Haqani
Julien
Zarifian,The New
Iranian-Caucasian Geopolitics: Resuming Relationships under US Suspicious Eyes
Hossein Seifzadeh,The Landscape of Cultural Plurality &National Identity
Haila
Al-Mekaimi,Southern Caucasusand Gulf Region: Common Threats, Missing
Efforts
David
Karapetyan,La
République Islamique d´Iran et le conflit du Haut-Karabakh
Phil
Evans,Nuclear Ambitions,
Suspicion and the Twelfth Imam: Shaping National Identity in Ahmadinejad´s Iran
SESSION 1-C:
Conference Hall (209)
Chair: Murtazali Gadjiev
Discussants: Khachik Gevorgyan, Tea Shurghaya
Hoseyn
Ahmadi,The Iranian
Culture in the City of Shushi
Jila
Moshiri,A
Review on Armenian Clothing in Iran
Azam
Mosavi,Iranians
& Armenians Common Feasts & Festivals
Askar
Bahrami,Notes on
the Social Situation of the Armenians in Iranon the Verge of the Constitutional
Revolution
Malekzadeh
Elham,The Progressive
Role of the Armenian Women in the Twentieth Century Iran
Irène
Natchkebia,Notes
of Napoleon´s Emissaries about Armenia(1805- 1809)
16.30
- 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 - 18.30 SESSION
2
SESSION 2-A:
Indo-Iranian Civilisation Auditorium (208)
Chair: Jamshid Giunashvili
Discussants: Vladimir Livshits, Habib Borjian,Vardan Voskanian
Martin
Schwartz, Medeo-Armenica
Pavel
Basharin,The problem
of Kurdish Substrate Vocabulary
Ehsan Hushmand,Kurdish Studies in
the South Caucasus
Elena
Besolova,To Semantics
of the Notion of Horse (Bæx) in the Ossetian Language
Helen
Giunashvili, Studies on Middle Persian Lexis in Old Georgian
Sándor
Földvári,Mede and
Parthian Components in The Ethnogenese of the Armenians
SESSION 2-B:
Conference Hall (209)
Chair: Mohammad Mousavi
Discussants:
Mehdi Sanaei, Julien Zarifian, Nagihan Haliloglu
Alexander
Rusetsky,Cooperatio n of Iran, Russiaand Armenia (IRA) in the Context of
"Real politics" and Greek Mythology Baiba
Kine,Armeniaand Iran: United in Diversity?
Ali
Granmayeh,Iranian-
Armenian Relations: History and Politics
George
Sanikidze,Iranand Georgia: Historical Heritage and Modern
Political Realities
Dmitry
Shlapentokh, ArmeniaBetween Iranand Russia: the Geopolitical Combinations of
the Post Soviet Era
SESSION 2-C:
Friedrich Carl Andreas Auditorium (306)
Chair: Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
Discussants: Manana Gabashvili, Ralph Kauz
RaisaI.Amirbekyan, Qajar Art as an Alternative Source
of History: Look Through the 18th and 19th Century Persian Illuminated
Manuscripts from the Armenia´s Collections
Amir Porooshani, Sogdian Culture, An Intermediary for Religion, Culture and Language Interactions
Abolghasem
Dadvar,The Art of
Sassanids and its Influence on the Painting of Middle East
Neamatollah
Salahshoori, Jafar Mehrkian,Stone Lion (SHIR-SANGI) in Bakhtiari Culture
Soroush
Shahbazi,The Role
of Tanbur (Instrument) in Preservation and Supporting Gurani Versified Literature
in Guran
SESSION 2-D:
Wilhelm Eilers Auditorium (308)
Chair: Mohammad Sharaf-e Alam
Discussants: Boghos Levon Zekiyan, Roman Smbatian, Samvel Markarian
Hayrapet
Margarian,Armenian
Iranian Relations in 9-14th Centuries
Manana
Sanadze,Mirian -
the First Christian King of Kartli and the Issue of His Descent
Hirotake
Maeda,The
Importance of Galust Shermazanian´s Work for Iranian and Russian Relations and
the Fate of Enikolopians family in the 19th century
Saeed Jalali,The
Role of the Caucasians in the Formation of the Socialistic Ideas in Iran During
the Constitutional Revolution
18.30 Ceremony of the Unveiling
of Shaykh-Farid al-Din Attar Neyshaburi´s marble Monument Donated by the City Council
of Neyshabur City in Iran to Arya International University
19.30 Reception
DAY 2: June 07, 2008
09.00 - 10.30 SESSION
3
SESSION 3-A:
Walter Bruno Henning Auditorium (303)
Chair: Babak Rezvani,
Discussants: Aldo Ferrari, Mohammad-Reza Sahab
Nagihan Haliloglu,Iranas Model: Persian Influence on Turkish Culture
and Politics in the Contemporary Context of Transposition
Rudik
Yaralyan,The Jews
from the Kurdish Inhabited Areas in Israel
Nana
Gelashvili,Politics of Irantowards Georgiain 70-80-ies of the XVI century
Tamaz
Beradze, A Project
on Exporting Iranian Silk to West Europein XVI-XVII cc
SESSION 3-B:
Friedrich Carl Andreas Auditorium (306)
Chair: Philipp Bruckmair
Discussants: Andrew Peacock, Hadi Sultan-Qurraie, Abolghasem Dadvar
Viktoria
Arakelova, Again on
the Formation of Yezidism: the Shi'a Portion in the Syncretic Tradition
Pascal
Kluge,Turkish
views on Christians
Phillip Hopkins, Muslims and
Christians Together: Pain, Suffering, and Death to the Glory of God
Mohammad
Sharaf-e Alam,Iranand the Caucasus: A study of Culture and Religion
SESSION 3-C:
Conference Hall (209)
Chair: Uwe Bläsing
Discussants: Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Ali Shahidi, Mateusz
Klagisz
Ali
Ashraf Sadeghi,On
the Origin of the Toponym "Baku"
Hasmik
Asatrian,Borrowings from Armenian in the Turkish Dialect and Jargon Vocabulary
Natalia
Plechistova, Armeno-Turkish: Armenian Borrowings or Spoken Turkish?
Oleg
Kshanovski,The
Azerbaijanian- Persian Linguistic Interference from the Point of Linguistic Typology
Ruben Melkonyan,The Phenomenon
of Religious Readoption among Hidden Armenians in Turkey
SESSION 3-D:
Indo-Iranian Civilisation Auditorium (208)
Chair: Hoseyn Ahmadi
Discussants: Nana Gelashvili, Baiba Kine
Mohammad
Mousavi, US and the
Political Economy of Energy Transfer from the Region
Mehdi
Sanaei, The
Importance of Cooperation between Iranand the Caucasusin Globalisation Era
Habibollah
Abol-Hassan Shirazi, Fahimeh Behrang,Iran´s National Interest in the Caspian Geopolitical
Region
Mohammad
Firuzian, Irans´ Regional Approach to CaucasusIssues
10.30
- 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 SESSION
4
SESSION 4-A:
Friedrich Carl Andreas Auditorium (306)
Chair: Boghos Levon Zekiyan
Discussants: Vardan Voskanian, Natalia Plechistova, Jamshid Giunashvili
Ralph
Kauz,Armeniaand the Caucasus. The Chinese View
Anton K.
Alexeev, Main
Persian Muslim Sources on CaucasusRegion
Andrew
Peacock,Al-Anawi´s
Anis al-Qulub: a medieval Muslim view of ArmeniansMohammad- Reza Sahab, The
Caucasus in Old and Historical Maps
Aldo Ferrari,Persiaand Persians in Raffi´s Xamsayi
melik´ut´iwnnerÉ™
SESSION 4-B:
Walter Bruno Henning Auditorium (303)
Chair: Lucian Stone
Discussants: Tamerlan Salbiyev, Mohammad Parham,
Farzaneh Sajadpur
Miruna-Ioana
Fulea,Mahdism
(Islamic Messianism), can it become a future political doctrine?
Philipp
Bruckmair,Maturidi
kalam: The spread of Persianate Central Asia´s contribution to Islamic theology
Manijeh
Maghsudi,Comparison between Poorkhani in Turkmen Sahara and
Shamanism
Khachik
Gevorgyan,On
Genre Specifications of Persian Fotovvatnamehs
SESSION 4-C:
Wilhelm Eilers Auditorium (308)
Chair: Matteo Compareti
Discussants: Jafar Mehrkian, Amir Porooshani, Mohammad Sharaf-e Alam
Dariush
Borbor,The Origins
of Self-rule and Early Democracy in the Zagros Mountainsand its Hinterland
Mahmood
Heydarian, Mojtaba Safari, Morvarid Mazhari,The Analysis and Typology of Early Bronze Ware
in Koliayi Plain in Central Zagros of Iran
Levon
Yepiskoposian, Ashot Harutyunian, Armine Khudoian,Genetic legacy of Hamshen Armenians
Habib
Mahmoodian,Cultural Relations between Deylaman and the Caucasusin Ancient Period (According to archaeological
data)
13.00
- 14.00: Lunch
14.30 - 16.00: SESSION
5
SESSION 5-A:
Conference Hall (209)
Chair: Martin Schwartz
Discussants: Helen Giunashvili, Pavel Basharin, Sándor Földvári
Vladimir
Livshits,The
Sogdian Ancient Letters
Arezoo
Altafi,Plant Names
in Mazandarani Dialect
Habib Borjian,Position
of Gorgani among Iranian languages
Tadevos Charchyan,Parthian Inscription of Armazi
Ali
Shahidi,South
Eastern Persian and Pazand; A Comparative Linguistics Study on Iranian Dialects
Vardan
Voskanian,On the Vocabulary
of Bashagardi
SESSION 5-B:
Indo-Iranian Civilisation Auditorium (208)
Chair: Andrew Peacock
Discussants: Mahmoud Jaafari-Dehaghi, Tamura Yukio
Jamshid
Giunashvili, On the
Significance of "abkhaznesin" in the Verse by Khaqani
Tamerlan Salbiyev,Bahram Gur - Bahram "Onager"
Lucian
Stone,Armiran: The
Bio-Schizophrenia of the Armenian-Iranian- American Poet Leonardo P. Alishan
Sohrab Ehsani,Molana Sa'd od-din-Mas'oud ebne Omar Abddol-lah Al-Taftazani (722-791
AH' 1322-1389 AD)
Manana Gabashvili,Persiaan d Persian Universe according to
Shota Rustaveli´s "Knight in the panther´s skin"
SESSION 5-C:
Wilhelm Eilers Auditorium (308)
Chair: Ali Ashraf Sadeghi
Discussants: Vahe Boyajian, Jila
Moshiri, Irène Natchkebia
GolbeheshtTaghva, Islamic Coins Minted in Armenia, from Timurid to Safavid Period
(1370-1736 a.c)
Mohammad
Aref, Theatricalised
Folk Rituals of Komijan Region
Marina Alexidze,Haj Sayyah in Tbilisi
Mateusz
Klagisz,Why
Chattering During a Meal is a Misdeed? Some Remarks on Arda Wiraf Namag´s Sins,
Especially Odd Ones.
SESSION 5-D:
Walter Bruno Henning Auditorium (303)
Chair: Habib Borjian
Discussants: Viktoria Arakelova, Murtazali S. Gadjiev
Mohammad
Parham, Farzaneh Sajadpur, Ebrahim Jamali,Immigration and Cultural Changes among the
Kormanj people of Amarlu
Tatevik
Margaryan,Ethnic
Minorities of Armenia
Armenak
Manukyan, Kurds and
Yazidis Residing in Armeniain the Maelstrom of Stalinist Repressions
Mahmoud
Joneydi Jaafari,On the Ethnic Situation
in Contemporary Iran
16.30 - 21.00 Cultural programme
(visit to Garni pagan temple with reception under a big tree)
DAY 3: June 08, 2008
09.00 - 10.30 SESSION
6
SESSION 6-A:
Walter Bruno Henning Auditorium (303)
Chair: Ralph Kauz
Discussants: Marina Alexidze, Lucian Stone
Mahmoud
Jaafari-Dehaghi, A
Poem by Shah Da´i-e Shirazi in Shirazi Dialect of Seventh Century
Tamura
Yukio,The Usage of
Persian language in Central Asiatic judicial courts
Behrooz
Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari,"Language of the heavens": Notes on the myths about Persian
Hasmik
Kirakosian,On Some
Lexical Archaisms in Azari "Fahlaviyyat"
Manana Kvachadze,Linguo- Cultural Aspects of Multiethnic Situation
Tea Shurgaia,"Regional Dialogue" Through Proverbs
(According to Persian, Georgian and Armenian Proverbs)
SESSION 6-B:
Conference Hall (209)
Chair: Viktoria Arakelova
Discussants: Garnik Asatrian, Habib Borjian, Hossein Seifzadeh
Hadi Sultan-Qurraie, NorthernAzerbaij anor Aran? Southern Azerbaijanor Iranian Azerbaijan? Rhetoric of Conflicting Politics
in Transition
Lina
Malekian,Great
Armenian Immigration from Iranto ArmeniaBetween 1946 and 1947: Constructing
New Socio-Cultural Identity
Mohammad
Parham, Farzaneh Sajadpur, Ebrahim Jamali, Increasing and Decreasing Sanctity, two major
Identity Challenges of Iranian Minority Religious Groups, Case Study:
Zoroastrians and Assyrians of Iran
Babak
Rezvani,The Shiite
Moslem Georgians of Iran
Lina
Yakubova,Assyrians
in Georgiaand Eastern Armeniaat the beginning of 20 th century
SESSION 6-C:
Indo-Iranian Civilisation Auditorium (208)
Chair: Tamerlan Salbiyev
Discussants: Dariush Borbor, Anton K. Alexeev
Fatema
Soudavar Farmanfarmaian, The Meanders of the Road from Ardabilto Astara
Murtazali
S. Gadjiev,Zoroastrian funeral complex near Derbent
Matteo
Compareti,The
Wings Motif between Persiaand the Caucasus: A Zoroastrian Symbol of Glory
among the Christians?
10.30
- 11.00 Coffee break
11.00
- 11.50 Session on the
International Journal "Iranand
the Caucasus" (Brill, Leiden): The
Enlarged Meeting of the Editorial Board
Speakers: Vladimir Livshits
Boghos Levon Zekiyan
Uwe Bläasing
Jamshid Giunashvili
Murtazali Gadjiev
Garnik Asatrian
12.00
- 12.50: Session
Devoted to the 35th Anniversary of Encyclopaedia Iranica
Speakers: Vladimir Livshits
Fereydun Vahman
Martin Schwartz
Habib Borjian
Garry Trompf
Garnik Asatrian
13.00
- 14.00 Closing Ceremony
and a Special Session on Establishing the "International Society for the Study
of Iranand
the Caucasus"
(ISSIC)
15.00 Cultural
Programme (Visit to a Yezidi summer camp in the Khosrow forest with Reception
under a huge tent)
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