8th Seminar on Armenian and Eastern Christian Art
Documenting, Preserving, and Communicating the Cultural Heritage of Subcaucasia

Organised by: Aldo Ferrari, Stefano Riccioni, Marco Ruffilli, Beatrice Spampinato

All the meetings will be held online on Zoom platform. Please notice that three lectures are planned in a hybrid form, super Green Pass and face mask is needed.

To receive the registration link, please send your request via email to: veniceseminaraecagmail.com

Program:
22nd February, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, online
Heghnar Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis.
Survivor Objects: The Modern Lives of Medieval Armenian Sacred Books

1st March, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, online
Tigrane Yegavian, Centre français de recherche sur le renseignement
What Policy for the Defense of Minorities in the East? Reflection on the Role of Armenia

8th March, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, Ca’ Vendramin Sala A and online
Ivan Foletti, Masaryk University, Brno
On the Borders of Ideologies: The Art of Western Asia Facing Cultural Genocide (1915-2008)

15th March, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, Ca’ Vendramin Sala A and online
Gaianè Casnati, Europa Nostra Council Member; Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena di Venezia
Riflessioni sul restauro e la conservazione dei monumenti armeni nel contesto della complessa situazione locale e della cooperazione internazionale.

29th March, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, online
Seda Grigoryan, Head of Creative Europe Armenia Desk, Documentary Filmmaker
Yerevan Today: The Lost, the New and the Surviving

5th April, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, Ca’ Vendramin Sala A and online
Arà Zarian, Architetto e restauratore
Un nuovo sguardo sull'architettura armena. I dipinti murali di Lmbatavank, Dadivank e Haghbat

12th April, 3.45 – 5.15 pm, online
Alessia Boschis, Università degli Studi di Udine
Il patrimonio culturale armeno attraverso la letteratura di viaggio europea: i casi di Arcʻax e Naxiǰevan