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Family: issues and modifications


May 15 is the International Family Day proclaimed by the United Nations Organization. Its objective is to draw the attention of the international public on family issues. What issues of the family as an institute and as an activity of habitat can we identify? The topic is discusses by ethnologist RuzannaTsaturyan and psychologist Khachatur Gasparyan.
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Literature of Freedom-Fight


How was the Artsakh freedom-fight and the victory interpreted in our literary texts? Who is our post-independence hero in literature – the freedom-fighter who bears the spirit of victory or the person suffering in the hard state of the war and injustice? The topic is discussed by essayist HovhannerYeranyan and literary critic Arkmenik Nikoghosyan.
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Meaning fullness of labor in national-public culture


Even societies with appropriate labor legislation experience lack of the concepts of creative happiness of individuals conditioned by labor and honest earning.
How meaningful is labor in our national-public culture and what does the Christian ethics add to it? The topic is discusses byBishop Bagra tGalstanyan andSerob Khachatryan, PhD in Philosophy.
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Armenian Genocide: recognition and andretribution


Mass extermination of the Armenian nation living in the historical Armenia located in the territory of Ottoman Turkey, wa the first genocide of the 20th century. Regardless of the fact, that there is no lack of documentaries and evidence of the great genocide in 1915, no matter how evident is the impact of Armenian Genocide on the political and moral image of the world, nonetheless, Armenian nation still keeps fighting for the recognition and retribution of the Genocide. The topic is discussed by Ashot Melkonyan, the Director of NAS Institute of History, and Arsen Avagyan, PhD in History. The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Confession and Reconciliation


Confession and reconciliation are the key elements of the Christian faith. They are significantly absorbed into the Christian culture. Over time, the phenomena of confession and reconciliation started assuming a regulatory role in interpersonal relations too, thus turning into a norm in the social relationships. Why does the individual spiritual life assume the act of confession and how does it work as a regulation mechanism for the public life? The topic is discussed by Arshavir Gaboujian, program director of the Bible Society Armenia, and Pargev Ohanyan, lawyer and former judge. The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.

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Civilizations and empires: part 5


Involvement in the civilization system or just being civilized is perceived as something positive and prone to development. It lasts up till the moment when the political subject of civilization – the empire, steps forward, the key guarantee of it being supercentralization of power and standardization of life. Within the framework of the topic “Civilizations, empires”, political analyst AghasiYenokyan and orientalist Mikayel Hovhannisyan held a conversation.
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Civilizations and empires: part 4


Is there a collision of civilization in the world today, or all that is happening is just a political struggle to expand the vital activities and impact zones? How does a civilization prove its viability? Is Armenia facing a choice of civilization nowadays? Mikayel Zolyan, political analyst, historian, and Dr. HaykakArshamyan, analyst in Regional Studies Center, analyse the above mentioned issues. The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Civilizations and empires: part 3


Political analyst Manvel Sargsyan and journalist Armen Hovhannisyan analyse the types of modern civilization systems, change of world order within the context of Crimea developments. What are the choices for Armenia nowadays in its overall relations with countries having empire ambitions?
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Civilizations and empires: part 2


Historian Zhirayr Liparityan and ethnographist Levon Abrahamyan analyse the need for creating Armenian assets across the modern civilization cross-roads. What challenges does Armenia face as a country standing on the border of civilizations with its wide-swept colonies around the world?
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Civilizations and empires: part 1


Cultural anthropologist Aghasi Tadevosyan and culturologist Davit Hovhannisyan analyse the features of civilization systems and empires. How do the nations get involved in any civilization system and what is the civilization characteristics of the Russian empire? System participant-member, or a colony – how to tell the difference?
The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Science on Demand: part 4


Young scientists Anahit Manasyan, economist, and Daniel Ioannisyan, physicist, dispute over the issues related to the state funding of science and analyse the motivations driving young people to take up science. The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.
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Our Perception of Victory


Historian Haykak Arshamyan and conflictologist Artak Ayunts analyse the phenomenon of victory. How do we treat our military and moral victories, starting from Artsakh war to the martyrdom of Vardan and his troops? What do we consider to be a victory and how in general to we treat conflicts? The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan.