Cameraman Artashes Matevosyan

With the partnership between the Armenia Inter-Church Charitable Round Table Foundation, Armenian-Russian University of Armenia and "Foundation against the Violation of Law" NGO, the subject “Conflict Transformation through Negotiations” was introduced in the University. The subject is taught for three years now. The objective is to develop students’ negotiation and communication skills, critical thinking, objective argument perception and building. How efficient was the study of the subject, how did the the students’ understanding on transforming or solving regional conflicts change? The topic is discussed by Larisa Alaverdyan, the Director of Law and Politics Institute of the Armenian-Russian University, Lilit Haroyan –postgraduate student of the Chair of International Relations and Global Politics and graduate student Ruben Zakharyan. 

 

Armenian cinematography institutions experienced over the recent months. As a start, the Director of the National Cinema Center of Armenia was changed, followed by change of the Director of the Golden Apricot Festival and the Armenian National Film Academy. Hot discussions surrounded the election of the new Chairman for the Union of Cinematography of Armenia. 

How are all these shifts explained, by crisis or other circumstances, how can these contribute to the development of our film production? 

Hayk Hambardzumyan talks about these issues with film director Harutyun Khachatryan. 

 

Another discussion of the program "Armenia and Neighbors: In Search of Peace” of the Inter-Church Charitable Round Table Foundation of the World Council of Churches is dedicated to Armenia-Georgia-Iran-Turkey axis. What new perspectives of cooperation in the South Caucasus are there in view of rapid changes in the world, how can they serve to maintain the peace in the region? Interview with Alexander Rusetsky, Director of the South Caucasian Regional Security Institute of Georgia, Turkish journalist Serdar Corjun and Imam Ali Mohammad Shajanan of the Blue Mosque in Yerevan.

In the modern world, the diversity of leisure and entertainment makes it increasingly difficult to create and maintain interest in opera art. Many foreign famous theaters have long used bait and other means to bring the audience to the theatre: performances are upgraded, actors – less of clothes. On the other hand, the opera is a large-scale and costly genre, and we often hear that small countries can’t afford great operas. How the new challenges are met in our opera theatre, what programs and performances are to be expected?

Hayk Hambardzumyan talks about these issues with the Founding Director of Tigran Tchoukhajian International Institute, film director and actor Zhirayr Papazian.

 

The medieval Armenian literature with its genre variety, unique combination of historical, folklore, artistic, and spiritual layers, seems to be well-researched and explored, also being taught in higher educational institutions. It is obvious, however, that the students of professional deapartments have difficulties in overcoming the resistance of the material and as they continue their activities in literary studies, they rarely select this subject matter for research. Why is it so, what are the difficulties in teaching and studying the medieval Armenian literature? 

Hayk Hambardzumyan talks about these issues with Doctor, Profession in Philological Sciences Vazgen Safaryan.

 

Nune and Artem decided to return to Armenia after many years of living in Moscow. It took them only a short time to get involved in the Armenian reality. In Armenian Nune dropped her profession of ophthalmologist and took up the art of eyeglasses, while Artem started dealing with dried fruit production. “For us it is important to get involved in the construction of the country where our children should leave, which is why exactly we decided to return to Armenia”. 

Who is Narekatsi for the world? How did he win the spiritual treasury of different nations? What makes them keep turning to Narekatsi, his heritage, what new studies come forth over the recent years? How did the heritage of Universal teacher get to be proclaimed and what is the investment of Armenian Studies Centers of the world in all these? 

Experts in Armenian Studies Jean-Pierre Mahé and Abraham Teryan have a conversation.