News
Armenian Manuscript Week in London
07.11.2011
The Wellcome Trust is holding a series of study weeks and this week has been dedicated to the Armenian Manuscripts, which will be running from Monday 7 – Friday 11 November.
Ambassador Karine Kazinian was present at the opening of the session to welcome the participants of the workshop, which has been designed to provide an opportunity to students of Orientalist/Asian studies to learn about the Armenian manuscript culture. Her Excellency also welcomed Dr Gohar Muradyan and Dr Aram Topchyan from the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) Yerevan, Armenia, who will be leading the sessions.
Students attending the workshop include PhD students from such renowned universities as the University of Oxford and St. Andrews.
Armenian manuscripts from the Wellcome Library’s Asian Collections will be available for the participants enabling them to examine the handwritten works dating back many centuries.Topics covered will include an introduction to Armenian manuscript tradition, practical sessions in reading Armenian manuscripts and visits to the exhibition galleries of the British Library, which also holds a special Armenian collection.
The course has been developed in association with the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
