International scientific conference "From the Baltic to the Black  Sea: Armenians in cultural, economic and political processes" will be  held in Yerevan

ArmInfo.From October 15 to October 18, 2018, the International Scientific Conference "From the Baltic to the Black Sea: Armenians in cultural, economic and political processes" will be held in Yerevan, the forum organizers told ArmInfo.

This scientific forum will be the fourth in a series of similar  events organized on the initiative and with the direct participation  of the Foundation for the Development and Support of Armenian Studies  <ANIV>.  During the conference, it is planned to study the experience  of interaction of Armenians with other peoples of the region from the  Baltic to the Black Sea in a wide historical and geographical  context, examine Armenia's relations with the countries of the region  and evaluate the role of Armenian communities in the history of the  region in the past and at the present stage. The problematic field of  the conference includes key issues of relations between Armenians  with other nations and various ethno-confessional groups; contacts  between Armenians and the peoples of the region in the context of the  history of the Armenian diaspora; Armenian contribution to the  culture, science and art of the peoples of the region; the  participation of Armenians in military conflicts in the region;  relations of Armenia with the countries of the region during the  Soviet period; international cooperation of Armenia and the countries  of the region at the present stage; problems of source study and  historiography of a common historical and cultural heritage, etc.

More than 60 researchers from Austria, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus,  Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania,  Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, USA, Ukraine, France will  take part in the conference.

In addition to the ANIV Foundation, the organizers of the conference  include the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences  of the Republic of Armenia, the Institute of History of the National  Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Research Institute of Ancient  Manuscripts named after Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran, the Polish  Academy of Knowledge, the Russian-Armenian University, the State  Institute of Art Studies Ministry of Culture of the Russian  Federation, Faculty of History of Moscow State University named after  MV Lomonosov, Faculty of History of Belarus who state university.   The opening ceremony of the conference will be held on October 15,  2018 at the Mesrop Mashtots <Matenadaran> Research Institute of  Ancient Manuscripts. Registration is from 9.15 to 10.00, the  beginning of the opening ceremony at 10.00. Contact details: Anna  Galstyan, +374 55 22 22 83, [email protected]