Featured speaker: Dr. Zaruhi Hakobyan (State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia / Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscipts)
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025, 1:00-4:00 PM (Eastern)
Location: NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA
This event is in-person only.
Note: this event is the second in a two-part series presented by the Mashtots Chair and NAASR and featuring Dr. Hakobyan. The first is a lecture held at Harvard on December 6, 2025.
Description: This seminar will highlight three topics that shed light on Armenian and Byzantine shared artistic traditions:
- The Image of St. Thecla in Early Medieval Armenian Sculpture;
- The Gospel of Queen Mlk'e and the Tradition of the Macedonian Renaissance: Questions of Attribution;
- The Sculptural Decoration of Armenian Altar Elevations: A Byzantine Artistic Perspective.
Seating for this event is limited.
Dr. Zaruhi Hakobyan is an Associate Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia and researcher at the Matenadaran. Her research focuses on Armenian-Byzantine, Armenian-Georgian, and Armenian-Chalcedonian art and culture. Dr. Hakobyan earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In addition to her teaching, Dr. Hakobyan organizes annual online workshops on the Eastern Christian world and serves as editor-in-chief of the Yearbook of the Academy of Fine Arts. She has authored more than 80 scholarly articles and book reviews and has presented at over 50 international conferences, including three International Congresses of Byzantine Studies.
Presented by: the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies at Harvard University and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).