Invitation to the Conference on “Feast and Festival Practeces as a Culturally Constructed Text of the Past and Present”

The Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, within the framework of the project “Application of Traditional Cultural Heritage Manifestations in Politics: Opportunities and Suggestions”, and the Armenian Center for Ethnological Research “Hazarashen” are planning a conference/workshop on June 12-15, 2026, on the topic “Feast and Festival Practeces as a Culturally Constructed Text of the Past and Present”. The conference will take place on June 12 and 13, 2026, and the workshop on June 14 and 15. Reports submitted to the conference may relate to the following thematic areas:

• Armenian Traditional Calendar and Festival Culture in the Middle Ages
• Festivals and Festivals in the First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)
• Festival Politics and Culture in the USSR and Soviet Armenia (1920-1990), Including Prohibited Holidays and Forms of Their Survival
• Festivals and Festival Culture in the Republic of Armenia, including official, traditional, and new holidays.