Grant Number:

2006-TP-001

 

Amount of Grant:

$16,000

 

Name of Applicant:

Aram Kossyan and Yervand Grekyan

 

Title:

Aram Kossyan:  Head of the Department of Science, Ministry of Education and Science

Yervand Grekyan:  Lecturer, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University

 

Description of Project:

To publish Aramazd:  Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies, an annual journal of the history, culture, linguistics, archaeology and ethnography of the Near East and the Caucasus, with emphasis on the Armenian Highland.

 

Anticipated Results:

This journal will be the first in Armenia to have an international board of editors and to be published in major European languages.  The Journal will be distributed to universities, research institutions, libraries and scholars around the world.  It will afford an opportunity for scientific dialogue between scholars in Armenia and around the world, which will greatly promote and enhance scientific research in this area.  The Journal will also represent the achievements of Armenian science to the international scientific community.

 

Time Required to Implement: Two years.

 

 Results Achieved:  See Final Report