Johannes Lepsius

(1858-1926)

September 8, 2008, Yerevan

Hall of Presidium of National Academy of Sciences of RA

PROGRAM

10:00-10:30 – Registration of the participants of conference

10:30-11:00 – Plenary session

Opening Speech

Hayk Demoyan, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute (AGMI)

Speeches

• Vladimir Barkhudaryan, Member of the Presidium of National Academy of Sciences of RA

• Arman Kirakosyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Representative of German Embassy

11:00-11:15 – Coffee break

11:15 – 13:20 – The First Panel /moderated by Hayk Demoyan/

1. Babken Harutyunyan ( Armenia) - “On the history of German – Armenian relations”

2. Manfred Ashke ( Germany) - “The heritage on human rights of Johannes Lepsius”

3. Andreas Baumann ( Germany) - “After the question of “How”: the determinations of Johannes Lepsius activity the: theological perspective of the question”

Questions, Comments, Discussion

13:20-14:00 – Coffee break

14:00-16:00 – The Second Panel /moderated by Babken Harutyunyan/

1. Ashot Hayruni ( Armenia) - “The new approaches of Lepsius humanist and social political-views under science discussion”

2. Tilman Alert ( Germany) - “The structural problems and analytic potential of social sciences in the Caucasus: the case of Armenia”

3. Artem Ohanjanyan ( Austria) - “Germany and the Armenian Genocide”

4. Roubina Piroomyan ( USA) - “The Armenian Genocide in Modern Turkish literature”

Questions, Comments, Discussion

16:00-16:15 – Closing Session