ACADEMIC CONFERENCES THEMATIC PROGRAM

1998 May: Yerevan	Armenia and the Christian East International Conference Section of Human Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of enia, Madenataran, Yerevan State University, sponsored by UNESCO. The acceptance of Christianity as the state religion, the relations between the Armenian Church and the Churches of neighboring countries in the Near and Middle East, Byzantium and the Caucasus. Sections: history, humanities, theology, the arts Experts on enian ptudies and Eastern studies will be invited to the conference. Foreign countries: 25 people Armenia and CIS countries: 40 people Theses must be submitted by October 15, 1997. Maximum length of thesis is 20 minutes. General and special sessions wi11 take place at the National Academy of Sciences as well as at the Madenataran and the State University. Committees will be formed during the months of October and November.
October, 1998 Milan, Italy	Armenian Church in the Arts and Architectural Development of the The Role of the Armenian Church in the Arts and Architectural Development of the Middle Ages. The Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sport of the Republic of Armenia, the Arts Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, the Architectural Institute of Yerevan.
1999 Yerevan	Christian Armenia in Inter-Church Relations Ecclesiastical Committee
2000 Yerevan	Religion and the Contemporary Public State and Ecclesiastical Conunittees
2001 Halle, Germany	Christianity-1700 International Conference with the Lepsius Archives
2001 Yerevan	The 1700th Anniversary of the Armenian Conversion State and Ecclesiastical Committees