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Education in Small States: A Roundtable Discussion

407E, Paramaz Avedisian Building, AUA 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave, Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia

About the Event:    Small states face various challenges but also have distinct advantages and opportunities stemming from their territory and population size. Being a small state impacts on how education (particularly higher education) develops in a country. The informal roundtable discussion will explore the specificities of being a good university in a small country, […]

PSIA Seminar: Far from the Fatherland in the Fatherland

314W, PAB

About the Event:  This seminar will discuss the fates of Armenian soldiers in the Russian Tsarist Army in WWI, who had fallen into Austro-Hungarian captivity. Documents have been found in the archives of the Viennese anthropologist R. Pöch who had investigated about 7000 "Russian POWs", among them 200 Armenians. J. Dum-Tragut has investigated the fates […]

The Concept of Small State, Global Nation

Alex and Marie Manoogian Hall, PAB 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave, Yerevan, Armenia

About the Event:  Zareh Sinanyan, the Republic of Armenia’s High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, will discuss the concept of Small State, Global Nation and address the following questions:   How can we best use the resources of both Armenia and Diaspora to build a truly global nation? How can the vast resources of the global […]