Pazmany Peter Catholic University National Academy of SciencesBudapest-Piliscsaba Institute of History Yerevan

The ArmeniAn DiAsporA in CenTrAl europeinternational scientific Conference

pazmany peter Catholic university, stephaneum, piliscsaba26-27th september, 2007

Patron: National Self-Government Dr. Ashot Hovakimian of the Armenian Minority TheVienneseAmbassadorofArmenia in Hungary

26th september, 2007

9:00-10:00 registration

10:00-10:45 opening Ceremony of the Conference, Greetings-Moderator:Dr.habil.SándorŐze

Dr. Ashot Alexanyan, TheVienneseAmbassador-AssistantofArmenia

Szárkiszián Ádám, PresidentoftheArmenianCommuneofHungary

Szakács Endre, TheGeneraloftheVicarageofTransilvanianArmenianCatholics

10:45-13:00 plenary session-Moderator:Prof.Dr.SzabolcsAnzelmSzuromi,theRector-AssistantofPPCU

Prof. Dr. Ashot Melkonyan (NationalAcademyofSciences,InstitutofHistory,Yerevan)ArmenianChristianMissionersinEurope

Prof. Dr. Ernst Christoph Suttner (UniversityofVienna):ArmeniansinPolandandinHungaryinthe17thCentury;SimultaneousCom-

muniowithRomeandEcsmiadzin

14:00-15:00 lunch

A section: 15:00-17:30 Arthistorical WorkshopAs. Prof. Dr. Athanassios Semoglou (UniversityofThessaloniki): ThearchaicbackgroundoftheilluminatedArmenianTetraevangel1038(MatenadaranNo6201).TracesandsignsofaPalestinianoriginimagery. Prof. Dr. habil. Waldemar Deluga (CardinalStefanWyszynskiUniversity,Warszawa):ArmenianArtinthePolishLithuanianCommon-wealthresearchhistoryProf. Dr. Virgil I. Pop (FacultyofArchitectureCluj): Armenopolis(Gherla-Szamosujvar)–abaroctownJoanna Rydzkowska (NicholausCopernicusUniversity,Toruń): ArmenianManuscriptno.2406inCzartoryski’sLibraryinCracow.

B section: 15:00-17:30 literary and Cultural historical WorkshopProf. Dr. Ovidiu Pecican (Babeş-BolyaiUniversity,Cluj-Napoca):BuildingaByzantineIdentity:ArmenianandVlachRootsofaGreekWriter-KatakalonKekavmenos.Dr. habil. Sándor Őze (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Piliscsaba): DiasporesinDél-Alföld’s(Hungary)Townsinthe18th-19thcenturyBálint Kovács (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Piliscsaba): TheArmenianMissionaryLiteratureintheCentralEuropeanLibrariesAnahit Simonjan (NationalAcademyofSciences,Yerevan):Hungarian-languageNewspapersofSzamosujvarandArmeniamagazineonArmeniaandArmeniansintheendof19thcentury-beginningof20thcentury.

19:00 evening reception

27th september, 2007

A section: 9:00-12:30 identity and politicsJózsef Tòth K. (EötvösLórántUniversity,Budapest): ArmenianPublicAppearancesintheLong19thCenturyDr. Judit Pál (Babeş-BolyaiUniversity,Cluj-Napoca): TheRevolutionof1848andtheArmeniansofSzamosujvarDr. ifj. Iván Bertényi (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Piliscsaba): ElectionsinSzamosujvarattheTurningPointofthe19th-20thCenturyKlára Lukácsné Nagy (Babeş-BolyaiUniversity,Cluj-Napoca): LifeintheOrphanageofSzamosujvarduringtheFirstHalfofthe20thCen-turyTamás Goreczky (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Piliscsaba): ArmeniansinAustria–NowandThen

B section: 9:00-12:30 sociology, society, Armenian image in the DisaporesBranka Ivanic (Nationalmuseum,Beograd): FolksfromBalcanintheCentralAsiainthefirsthalfof15thCenturyDr. Tomasz Marciniak (NicholausCopernicusUniversity,Toruń): ArmenianYoungImmigrantsinPoland.AttheEdge.Longin Graczyk (PolishAcademyofSciencesinWarsaw): Identitybeyondterritory?JourneyofPolishArmeniansinPostmodernReality.Ilka Veress (Babeş-BolyaiUniversity,Cluj-Napoca):EthnicalIdentityNarrativesintheCaseoftheArmenianCommunityofSzamosujvarKinga Kali (EötvösLórántUniversity,Budapest):DiasporaorHostSociety?AboutTheTransnationalityofTheHungarian-ArmeniansinHungaryShioya Akifumi (UniversityofTokio):TheActivitiesofArmenianCommunityinUzbekistan

12:30-13:30 lunch

A section: 13:30-15:00 Church-history

Horváth Gàbor (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Piliscsaba): CanonicalVisitationsintheTransilvanianArmenianChurches

István Garaguly (SapientiaCollege,Budapest): Traditionundcommunion:MechitarfromSebasteandtheArmenianCatholicRenessaince

Duringthe15thand18thCenturyinConstantinople

Kornél Nagy (AcademyofSciences,Budapest): DidMinasVardapet,theBishopoftheTransilvanianArmenians,makeaconfession?

B section: 13:30-15:00 ethnography

Piroska Krajcsir (EötvösLórántUniversity,Budapest):FactstotheEthnographyoftheTransilvanianArmenianColony(17thand18thCen-

tury)

Ditta Dukai (EötvösLórántUniversity,Budapest): TheBeginningsoftheCarpathianArmeniansEthnographicalResearches

Dr. Dezsö Garda (Babeş-BolyaiUniversity,Cluj-Napoca): ’MercantileForum’inGheorgheni

15:00 Closing Ceremony

Dr. Ashot Melkonyan,TheDirectoroftheHistoricalInstituteoftheNationalAcademiaofSciences(Yerevan)

Prof. Dr. György Fodor,theRectorofPPCU

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