Armenian studies in spotlight of EU: Pproject worth 2 million euros  has been launched

ArmInfo.Armenian studies in the spotlight of the European Union. This is stated in the message of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (NAS RA).

According to the report, on October 8 at the National Academy of  Sciences of the Republic of Armenia the "Historical Armenia as a  crossroads of intercultural relations between Europe and Asia in the  9-14 centuries" program was presented.

The author of the project is the world famous scientist, professor at  the University of Florence in Rome Zaruhi Poghosyan. The project,  worth 2-2.5 million euros and for a period of 5 years, is funded by  the European Union.

One of the main goals of the project is to present the role of  historical Armenia in the Middle Ages as one of the most important  crossroads of Eurasian intercultural relations. Within the framework  of the program, a Center for Armenian Studies will be established at  the University of Florence, through which cooperation with scientists  working in Armenia will be expanded.

"Our team will focus on historical Armenia and the wider surrounding  geographic area, which stretches from the South Caucasus mountains  westward to Anatolia and in the south to northern Mesopotamia. These  are regions with which Armenians have centuries-old historical and  cultural ties. Within the framework of the project, we will find out  what cultural ties are created as a result of the migration of large  groups of the population or the occupation of new territories by the  invasion of the armed forces, how relations are formed between the  occupied population and the foreign ruling elite, how these  circumstances affect social norms or national traditions,  "ZaruhiPoghosyan said. She stressed that the program will distribute  a large number of source materials, especially in Armenian, which  will become the basis for new research.