CONF./PROG.- Iran and the Caucasus, June 06-08, 2008, Yerevan, Armenia
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International Conference
"Iran and the Caucasus: Unity and Diversity"
June 06-08, 2008
Yerevan, Armenia
www.armacad.org/iranocaucasica
DAY 1: June 06, 2008
Registration and Opening Ceremony (Golden Palace Hotel, Azatutyan Ave.,
Yerevan 375037, Armenia)
10.00-11.30 - Registration
11.30-12.30 - Opening Ceremony
Garnik Asatrian, Chair, Organising Committee
Levon Mkrtchian, Minister of Higher Education and Science, RA
Aram Simonian, Rector, Yerevan State University
Flora Nakhshkarian, Board of Trusties, Arya International University
Uwe Bläsing, Associate Editor, "Iran and 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 Arya International University,
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 Caucasus and 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 Caucasus and 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 Iran
on 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, Cooperation of Iran, Russia and Armenia (IRA) in
the Context of "Real politics" and Greek Mythology
Baiba Kine, Armenia and Iran: United in Diversity?
Ali Granmayeh, Iranian- Armenian Relations: History and Politics
George Sanikidze, Iran and Georgia: Historical Heritage and Modern
Political Realities
Dmitry Shlapentokh, Armenia Between Iran and 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
Raisa I. 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 oof 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, Iran as 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 Iran towards Georgia in 70-80-ies of the
XVI century
Tamaz Beradze, A Project on Exporting Iranian Silk to West Europe in
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, Iran and 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 Re-adoption 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 Iran and the
Caucasus in Globalisation Era
Habibollah Abol-Hassan Shirazi, Fahimeh Behrang, Iran's National
Interest in the Caspian Geopolitical Region
Mohammad Firuzian, Iran's Regional Approach to Caucasus Issues
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, Armenia and the Caucasus. The Chinese View
Anton K. Alexeev, Main Persian Muslim Sources on Caucasus Region
Andrew Peacock, Al-Anawi's Anis al-Qulub: a medieval Muslim view of Armenians
Mohammad-Reza Sahab, The Caucasus in Old and Historical Maps
Aldo Ferrari, Persia and Persians in Raffi's Xamsayi melik'ut'iwnner?
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 Mountains and 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 Caucasus
in 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 "abkhaznein" 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, Persia and 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
Golbehesht Taghva, 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 Armenia in 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, Northern Azerbaijan or Aran? Southern Azerbaijan or
Iranian Azerbaijan? Rhetoric of Conflicting Politics in Transition
Lina Malekian, Great Armenian Immigration from Iran to Armenia Between
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 Georgia and Eastern Armenia at the
beginning of 20th 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 Ardabil to Astara
Murtazali S. Gadjiev, Zoroastrian funeral complex near Derbent
Matteo Compareti, The Wings Motif between Persia and 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 "Iran and 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 Iran and 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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