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Conference 2023 | Christianity on the Silk Roads

Christianity on the Silk Roads

The Centre for the Study of the Christian East (ZECO) of Paris Lodron University of Salzburg in cooperation with the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) of the UNESCO Silk Road Programme, held a high-profile academic conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in September 2023. In a unique interdisciplinary synopsis of theology, religious studies and history, archaeology, philology, manuscript studies and epigraphy, the latest research on the “Church of the East” was exchanged.

Published on 26 September 2023
Dvin

Early Christian Archaeology in Armenia

2 May 2023 | in presence: A lecture by Prof. Hamlet Petrosyan, Chair of Cultural Studies, Yerevan State University, on the art and culture of Armenia from the fourth to the seventh century.

Published on 20 April 2023
Ghazantchetsots Schuschi

Armenian Studies at the PLUS supporting research on Armenian cultural heritage

This year, for the first time, Armenian Studies at the Center for the Study of the Christian East at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, under the direction of Armenologist Jasmine Dum-Tragut, awarded five young researchers with scholarships to study the spiritual and cultural heritage of Artsakh (Karabakh).

Published on 12 December 2022