hamletpetrosyan

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Scientific interests

Middle Eastern and Armenian medieval culture and archeology.
Traditional Armenian worldview, identity and iconography.

Education

Institution

Yerevan State University

Faculty

History

Date

1972 - 1978

Degree name

Qualified specialist

Scientific Rank/degree

Institution

Yerevan State University

Date

2012

Degree name

Professor

Specialty

Historical sciences

Institution

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia

Date

2004

Degree name

Doctor

Specialty

Historical sciences

Research Topic

Khachkar: genesis, functions, iconography, semantics

Institution

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia

Date

1984

Degree name

Candidate

Specialty

Historical sciences

Scientific Supervisor

Babken Arakelyan

Research Topic

Garni in 9-14 centuries: Historical and Archaeological Study

Language skills

Հայերեն

Русский

English

Work experience

Institution

Yerevan State University

Period of time

2024 till now

Rank/degree

Head of Department of Cultural Studies

Participation in international conferences and seminars

04/04/2024 - 06/04/2024

Protecting and safeguarding of intangible cultural values in wartime

Munster University

Germany

06/11/2023 - 07/11/2023

Spaces, Landscapes and Social Lives of the Cross in Medieval Armenia and Georgia

Fribourg University

Switzerland

06/12/2022 - 07/12/2022

Trade, Archaeology and the Integration of the Lands between the Caucasus, Anatolia and Mesopotamia in the Afro-Eurasian World System 9th-14th Centuries

Florence University

Italy

28/11/2022 - 29/11/2022

‘Lost cities': form, meaning and perception of urban settlements in the Ancient Near and Middle East

Pisa Univrsity

Italy

25/02/2020 - 27/02/2020

Sharing myths, texts and sanctuaries in the Souths Caucasus

Regensburg University

Germany

26/06/2019 - 28/06/2019

Ancient Armenia in Context (II BCE-III CE)

Munster University

Germany

21/02/2019 - 22/02/2019

The Armenian art. Critical history and new perspectives

Ca’ Foscari

Italy

State awards and honorary titles

2013

"Gratitude" medal of Nagorno Karabakh Republic

2012

Gold medal of The Ministry of Culture of Republic of Armenia

2010

RA President's Award for the book <Khachkar: genesis, function, iconography, semantics>, Yerevan, Printinfo, 2008

Other information

The main areas of scientific interest are Middle Eastern and Armenian medieval culture and archaeology, traditional Armenian worldview, identity and iconography.