New Light From Old Collections: Medieval Archaeology In Armenia’s Museums, American Research Institute of the South Caucasus via Zoom, November 8, 2022

This virtual workshop will center on the potential contained in Armenia’s museums, which store and preserve medieval materials from systematic excavations as well as chance finds from the last century. The workshop will take the form of a conversation in English among medieval archaeologists working on complementary aspects and in different contexts. The participants will discuss recent ARISC-supported collaborative work between the Vayots Dzor Silk Road Survey and the Yeghegnadzor Regional Museum. Topics will include challenges and possibilities for incorporating historical collections into ongoing research and heritage discourse.

Panelists

• Dr. Kathryn Franklin is an anthropological archaeologist and medieval historian. Dr. Franklin is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London.
• Karen Azatyan is the Director of the Yeghegnadzor Regional Museum and an archaeologist focusing on prehistoric landscapes of the South Caucasus. 
• Dr. Astghik Babajanyan is an archaeologist specializing in the High and Late medieval archaeology and History of Armenia. She is a senior research fellow in the Department of Medieval Archaeology of Armenia at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA. 
• Dr. Hasmik Hovhannisyan is a numismatist whose research has mainly focused on Byzantine coins, which circulated in Armenia. Since 2000, she has been working at the Numismatics Department of the History Museum of Armenia. She is the curator of Byzantine coins and keeper of the Medals and 19th-20th century Coins collections.

Advance registration required.