International seminar on statehood, identity, and ethnopolitical  processes in Armenia and neighboring countries takes place in Yerevan

ArmInfo. An international seminar on "Statehood and its forms in Armenia and neighboring countries" and "Identity, State-building, Myth-making: the Rise  and Fall of Ethnopolitical Processes in the South Caucasus in the 20th century" was held in Yerevan.

As reported to ArmInfo by the press service of the National Academy  of Sciences (NAS) of Armenia, leading experts from Armenia, Georgia,  and Poland delivered scientific reports, presenting the development  of statehood in the Armenian Highlands in the 2nd millennium BC  (using Armenia as an example), state formations governed by Islamic  elites in the territory of historical Armenia, ethnopolitical  processes in Albania, the modernization of identity under the  influence of peripheral capitalism, Georgian state policy toward the  Muslims of Adjara, anti-pluralism as a feature of political culture  in the post-Soviet period, and other topics.

During the seminar, Armen Sargsyan, Director of the International  Scientific and Educational Center at the NAS of Armenia, emphasized  the importance of international academic dialogue and cooperation.  "This meeting has brought together leading experts to discuss  fundamental issues related to the development of statehood,  historical transformations, and the complex dynamics of identity and  mythmaking. These topics are of great importance for understanding  contemporary regional and global challenges," Sargsyan noted.  In  turn, Dr. Katarzyna Maksymiuk from the University of Siedlce  emphasized the importance of establishing further cooperation.   Giorgi Sanikidze, Director of the George Tsereteli Institute of  Oriental Studies at Ilia University in Georgia, proposed a new area  of collaboration, noting that it could have a significant impact  globally. According to the source, the seminar was initiated by the  Geghard Scientific and Analytical Foundation, the International  Scientific and Educational Center of the National Academy of Sciences  of Armenia, and the University of Siedlce in Poland.