Armenia: International Conference – Indigenous Peoples Of The Caucas

ARMENIA: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE CAUCASIAN-CASPIAN REGION

Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
April 17, 2012 Tuesday 11:00 PM EST

The International Journal Iran and the Caucasus (BRILL, Leiden-Boston),
in cooperation with Yerevan State University, “Modus Vivendi Center”,
“Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies”, “International Society for
the Study of Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus”, “Public Relations and
Information Center”, and the “Armenian Association for Academic
Partnership and Support – ARMACAD”, organises an International
Conference “Indigenous Peoples of the Caucasian-Caspian Region”
(supported by Hyksos Foundation).

The conference will be held in Yerevan, Armenia, from the 5th to 7th
of October 2012.

The forum is supposed to cover a wide spectrum of problems concerning
this important multicultural area – history, archaeology, linguistics,
culture, literature, religions, anthropology, and current political
issues.

Papers presented should directly address relevant issues concerning
one or several indigenous peoples of the mentioned region, including
but not restricted to North Caucasian and Western Caspian peoples.

The working languages of the conference are English and Russian.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is July 15, 2012.

The application form must contain:

Name(s)

Affiliation

E-mail address/fax nr/phone nr

Title of the paper

Abstract not exceeding 500 words

Please email your abstracts in Word document format to:

Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan Secretary of the Organising Committee,
[email protected]

The Organising Committee will likely have limited travel and
accommodation grants available for a number of participants.

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