Programme of the 2nd International Conference on the Talishi Studies, 12-13 Nov., 2011, Yerevan, Armenia

PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE

The 2nd International Conference on the Talishi Studies

November 12-13, 2011
Yerevan, Armenia

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TALISHI STUDIES


The Conference is organized by the International Journal “Iran and the Caucasus” (BRILL, Leiden-Boston) in the Framework of the Celebration of its 15-th Anniversary, in cooperation with Modus Vivendi Center, Yerevan; Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan; International Society for the Study of Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus (ISSTIC), and ARMACAD (supported by Hyksos Foundation).

Conference venue: Congress Hotel, Yerevan, 1 Italy str., Yerevan, Armenia

PROGRAMME
(ENGLISH FOLLOWS)

12 ноября 2011
Отель КОНГРЕСС
10.00
Открытие 2-ой международной конференции по талышеведению

10.00-11.40. Ключевые выступления и  презентации

Проф., д.ф.н.  Асатрян (Армения), глава Оргкомитета Конференции, главный редактор международного журнала Iran and the Caucasus (BRILL, Leiden-Boston), заведующий Кафедрой иранистики Ереванского Государственного Университета – Талышеведение: нынешнее состояние и перспективы.

Проф. Али Гранмайе (Великобритания),  Лондонский Институт Ближнего Востока, SOAS, Лондонский Университет  – Язык и культура талышей: как их спасти?

Кавэ Фаррох (Канада), Университет Британской Колумбии – Процесс деиранизации Кавказского Азербайджана (с 1828 по настоящее время).

Вардан Восканян (Армения), к.ф.н., доцент Кафедры иранистики ЕГУ – Новый талышский алфавит на основе авестийского письма (специальная презентация проекта)

Презентация монографии авторского коллектива Кафедры иранистики Е Г У  “Введение в историю и культуру талышского народа” (под общей редакцией проф. Г.С. Асатряна, Ереван, 2011)

DAY 1, November 12, 2011

9.00 – 10.00: Registration

10.00 – 11.40: GENERAL SESSION

OPENING SPEECHES AND KEY PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Prof. Garnik Asatrian (Armenia), Head of the Organizing Committee; Editor, “Iran and the Caucasus”, Chair, Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University

Talishi Studies: Present State and Perspectives.

Dr. Prof. Ali Granmayeh (United Kingdom), London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London

Talishi Language and Culture: How to Save them?

Dr. Prof. Kaveh Farrokh (Canada), University of British Columbia

The Process of the De-Iranianization of Caucasian Azerbaijan (1828-Present).

Dr. Vardan Voskanian (Armenia), Iranian Studies Dept, Yerevan State University

New Talishi Alphabet based on the Avestan Script (Project Presentation).

PRESENTATION – The new monograph by the Iranian Studies Department, Yerevan State University “Introduction into the History and Culture of the Talishi People”(in Russian) (ed. by  Garnik Asatrian, Yerevan, 2011).

11.40 – 12.00 Coffee-break

12.00 – 13.30

HISTORY AND POLITICAL ISSUES – I

Chairs: Ara Papian and Kaveh Farrokh

Discussant: Babak Resvani

  • Andrey Areshev (Russia) – The Talysh Region and the Current Political Transformations in the South Caucasus
  • Ali Granmayeh (United Kingdom) - The Question of Talish and Communal Problems in Northern Iran
  • Roman Smbatian, Sona Davtyan (Armenia) - The political situation in Talishi inhabited territories in 1720-40s

13.30 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 16.30

HISTORY AND POLITICAL ISSUES – II

Chairs: Ali Granmayeh  and Victoria Arakelova

  • Caspar Tristan ten Dam (The Netherlands) - The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: causes and consequences, brutalisation and radicalisation, and the chances of re-ignition – preliminary findings
  • Timirlan Aytberov (Russia) - On the main problems of the Avars in Azerbaijan and their solutions
  • Garnik Gevorgian (Armenia) - Настоящие границы поселения талышей (Real borders of the Talishi Habitat)
  • Elnur Aghayev (Talishi Academy of Sciences) - Наблюдения за динамикой развития талышского культурного возрождения (конец 80-х годов ХХ века) (On the Dynamics of the Talishi Cultural Revival: the late 80s of the XX c.)

16.30 – 16.50 Coffee-break

16.50-18.20

HISTORY AND POLITICAL ISSUES – III

Chairs: Andrey Areshev and Timirlan Aytberov

  • Shahban Khapizov (Russia) - Demography of indigenous peoples of Azerbaijan
  • Irina Natchkhebia and Gia Jorjoliani (Georgia) - Путешествие в Талыш Джеймса-Бэйли Фрезера в 1822 (James Baillie Fraser’s Travel in Talish in  1822).
  • Babak Rezvani (The Netherlands) - Diversity, conflict and coexistence: the Iranian and the (post-Soviet ethno-political systems compared

19.30 – Welcome Party with Banquette (Mush Restaurant, Jrvezh)

DAY 2, November 13, 2011

AUDITORIUM I

10.00 – 11.30

LANGUAGE – I

Chair: Mehrdad Naghzguy Kohan

  • Mahmood Jaafari-Dehaghi (Iran) - Historical Changes in the Sound System of Central Talishi
  • Vardan Voskanian (Armenia) - On linguistic contacts between Talishi and Armenian
  • Shadi  Davari (Iran) - On Talishi Oblique Case : A Case of Syncretism
  • Mahmoud Ja’afari-Joneidi (Iran) - Landscape and Dialects in Talesh.

11.30 – 11.45. Coffee-break

11.45 – 13.15

LANGUAGE – II

Chair: Vardan Voskanian and Gia Zhorzholiani

  • Hasmik Kirakosyan (Armenia) – Об азари-талышских лексических параллелях (On Azari-Talishi Lexical Parallels)
  • Donald L. Stilo (US) – The Diachrony of the Present, Subjunctive, and Future Formations and their Derivatives in the Araxes-Iran Linguistic Area
  • Mohammad Jaktaji (Iran) – On Some Lexical Comparisons between Lenkoran Talishi and Gilaki
  • Aharon Vardanyan (Armenia) - Linguistic archaisms in the Talishi language
  • Zaxiriddin Ibrahimi (Russia) - Некоторые проблемы формирования талышского литературного языка (On Some Problems of Formation of the Talishi Literary Language)

13.15 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 16.30

LANGUAGE – III

Chair: Mahmood Jaafari-Dehaghi

  • Shadi Davari and Mehrdad Naghzguy Kohan (Iran) - Possessive Construction in Southern Talishi (Masali Area) A Typology-Based Study
  • Mehrdad Naghzguy Kohan (Iran) - A study of grammatical characteristics of postpositions acting as case assigner: A case study in Talish
  • Mostafa Farzpourmachiani (Iran) - Common features of Tati, Talishi and Gilani.
  • Ali Zabihi (Iran) - The word “twl” in Talishi, other Iranian Language and Semitic Languages

16.30 – 16.50. Coffee-break

16.50 – 18.20

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Chair: Hasmik Kirakosian and Arezoo Yahyanezhad

  • Ali Rafie and Yasir Karamzoda (Iran) – نگاهی به شعر تالشی  (On the Talishi Poetry)
  • Elahe Taghvayi (Armenia) - Comparative Analysis of  Talishi and the Dialects of Vafsi ad Ashtiani
  • Hoseyn Arefniya (Iran) - نكته اي چند از زبان هرزني (On Some Issues if the Harzani Dialect)
  • Ali Farshidvar (Armenia) – ذخیره‌ی لغوی زبان تالشیو زبان مازندرانی (On the Vocabulary of Talishi and Mazandarani)

AUDITORIUM II

10.00. -11.30

RELIGION AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY – I

Chair: Garnik Asatrian and Irina Natchkhebia

  • Sekandar Amanolahi (Iran) – The Taleshis’ Ecological Adaptation and its Significance in Comprehending the Origin of Pastoral Nomadism in Iran.
  • Victoria Arakelova (Armenia) – Demonic creatures and demonized deities in the system of Talishi Folk beliefs.
  • Asya  Asbaghi  (Germany) – Akhbarname – a lost book
  • Peyman Matin (Armenia) – Folk plants in Talishi culture

11.30-11.45 Coffee-break

11.45 – 13.15

ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Chair: Shahban Khapizov and  Roman Smbatian

  • Raisa Amirbekian (Armenia) - Talishi Applied Art: View Through  Centuries
  • Alexander Skakov (Russia) - Талыш-муганская археологическая культура. Краткий очерк (Talish-Mughan Archaeological Culture: Short Overview)
  • Zhores Khachatrian and Armen Nakhshkarian (Armenia) - К вопросу о происхождении ардебильской керамики (On the Problem of the Origin of Ardabil Pottery)
  • Samvel Markarian (Armenia) - From the Medieval History of the Talishi People.

13.15 – 15.00, Lunch

15.00-16.30

RELIGION AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY – II

Chair: Sekandar Amanolahi and Khachik Gevorgyan

  • Arezoo Yahyanezhad (Iran) – Marriage rituals among Talishi ethnic groups
  • Mojtaba Ta’attof (Iran) – A short look at the effects of geographical features on people’s lives in Talesh
  • Ibrahim Safari (Iran) – آن  قلمرو زندگی تالشان در گیلان و گویش های (The Life Space of the Talishis of Gilan and their Dialects)
  • Masoumeh Ebrahimi (Iran) – Imaginary beings in Talishi folklore

16.30-16.50 Coffee-break

19.30

FAREWELL DINNER

(University Guest House, Mashtots Ave. 52.)