"THE PRESERVATION OF THE ARMENIAN IDENTITY IN MIXED MARRIAGES" THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
"Noravank" Foundation
28 April 2010
On April 25-26 "The Preservation of the Armenian Identity in Mixed
Marriages" theoretical and practical conference took place. It was
arranged by the Ministry of Diaspora of the RA with the assistance of
National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan State University and "Noravank"
Foundation.
The lectures were delivered by the scholars, experts from Armenia
and Diaspora. They presented the process of the formation of the
national identity in the Diaspora, the peculiarities of manifestation,
preservation and passing on the national traditions and habits,
social and cultural problems of the mixed marriages, the issues of
the education of the children in bicultural families, the preservation
and strengthening of the Armenian identity.
The lectures were delivered by the head of the Centre of the Armenian
Studies of "Noravank" Foundation, the vice-dean of the Oriental
Studies Faculty of the YSU Rouben Melkonyan ("Mixed and Intracommunal
Marriages of the Armenians in Turkey") and expert of the Centre of
the Informational Studies Sona Manusyan ("The Contemporary Tendencies
of the National Identity of the Armenians in Diaspora and RA from the
Social and Psychological Points of View: Differences and Commonalities
as a Factor").
After the reports the active discussion was raised and the lecturers
answered the questions of the participants.