30th Armenian Studies Day

As part of Inalco's Armenological Encounters from May 21 to June 6, 2025. An exceptional cycle of conferences, workshops and round tables on Armenian studies, for specialists, students and the general public. This event is organized jointly by Inalco's Armenian Studies Section and the Société des Études Arméniennes.
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30e journée d'études arméniennes © DR‎

30th Armenian Studies Day organized jointly by Inalco's Armenian Studies Section and the Société des Études Arméniennes.

Interventions in French, English and Armenian.

Program

Morning: Mobilizations

9am - Welcome

Session chair: Claire Mouradian (CNRS, CERCEC, EHESS)

 

  • 9:30am - Marale Garabed, masterante at Inalco: "Haratch between 1925 and 1930: a link between France and the Armenian community, between history, society and anecdotes".
  • 9:50am - Astrig Atamian, associate researcher at CERCEC: "Ceux de Manouchian ou l'histoire des 'garmir' en France".
  • 10:10 - Discussion

10:30 - Coffee break

Session chair: Anouche Der Sarkissian (Paris Nanterre, Sorbonne Nouvelle, ICM)

 

  • 11:00 - Sophie-Zoé Toulajian, CPGE professor attached to LARHRA: "La rue est aux Arméniens. Demonstrating in Paris against Turkey in the late 1970s".
  • 11:20am - Sossi Tatikyan, PhD student, Sorbonne Nouvelle: "Legal and Political Aspects of the De-Armenization of Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, Forced Displacement or Voluntary Exodus?"
  • 11:40am - Discussion

12:00pm - Lunch

Afternoon: Culture and Heritage

Session chair : Timour Muhidine (Inalco, CERMOM) to be confirmed

 

  • 1:40 pm - Ayşan Sönmez, PhD attached to the Institut Français de Géopolitique and IFEA Istanbul: "L'itinéraire territorial du théâtre arménien ottoman au XIXe siècle".
  • 2:00 pm - Arman Martirosyan, PhD student, University of Strasbourg, SEARCH (UR2325) and EUR'ORBEM-CIRRUS (UMR 8224): "Itinerant merchants, cultural mediation and access to knowledge: the role of Armenians in transmitting local knowledge to British travelers crossing the Caucasus in the 19th century".
  • 2:20pm - Tatève Thomas, masterante at Inalco: "Quand écouter, c'est répondre: vers une approche éc(h)opoétique et linguistique du vivant dans les chants traditionnels calendaires français et arméniens".
  • 2:40 pm - General discussion

3:15 pm - Coffee break

Session chair: Anaïd Donabédian-Demopoulos (Inalco, Sedyl)

 

  • 3:40 pm - Sipana Tchakerian, Thierry fonds project manager, INHA and UMR 8167: "Le fonds Thierry à l'INHA. Digitization, valorization and scientific exploitation of an archive".
  • 4:00 pm - Karen Jallatyan, HDR lecturer, Pázmány Catholic University of Budapest, Hungary: "Բուն TVի "Սփիւռք. Քննական Արձագանգներ "ի ամփոփում եւ խորհրդածութիւններ ".
  • 4:20 pm - Discussion

Session chair: Satenig Batwagan-Toufanian (Société des Études Arméniennes)

 

  • 4:40 pm - Haik Der Haroutiounian, screening of Retour à Marzevan, a documentary about the Dildilian photographers in Marzevan, followed by a discussion.

5:30 pm - Closing remarks

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