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N E W S L E T T E R Vol N e w s l e t t e r Vol. 5 4 N ovember 2018 A I E A N e w s l e t t e r n° 54 November 2018 C ONTENT FROM THE EDITOR 4 LE MOT DE LA PRÉSIDENTE 5 COMMUNICATIONS DE LA PRÉSIDENTE 8 Disparition du Dr. Peter Halfter p. 8 – Dr Nazenie Garibian vice-ministre de la culture d’Arménie p. 8 – Disparition du prof. R. Thomson, Patron Member de l’AIEA p. 9 – Disparition du prof. Robert Hewsen (1934-2018) p. 10 NEWS FROM MEMBERS 11 Obituary Peter Halfter and his Bibliography p. 11 – Remembering Peter Halfter p. 20 – Obituary Robert William Thomson p. 22 – Personalia and distinctions p. 28 – Short Reports p. 30 – Ongoing Projects p. 50 – PhD Stu- dents & Postdocs p. 53 – Publications de nos membres p. 57 – Change of ad- dress p. 72 NEW ARMENOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS 74 Ch. Renoux, A. Sirinian, Una nuova tappa del Čašoc‘ (Lezionario armeno). Il manoscritto Arch. Cap. S. Pietro B 77, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 2018 p. 74 – C. Mutafian, La Saga des Arméniens de l’Ararat aux Carpates, Paris 2018 p. 76 – B. Outtier et M. K. Yevadian (éds.), Jubilé de l’ordre des Pères Mékhitaristes. Tricentenaire de la maison mère, l’Abbaye de Saint- Lazare 1717-2017, Lyon 2017 p. 80 – Eliseo l’Armeno, Omelie e scritti teo- logici, a cura di R. Pane, Bologna 2018 p. 82 – Y. Tchekhanovets, The Cau- casian Archaeology of the Holy Land. Armenian, Georgian and Albanian Communities between the Fourth and Eleventh Centuries CE, Leiden 2018 p. 84 – A. Meillet, Manuel élémentaire d’arménien classique, traduit de l’allemand par G. Képéklian, Limoges 2017 p. 89 – T. Ganjalyan – B. Kovács – S. Troebst (Hrsg.), Armenier im östlichen Europa. Eine Anthologie, Wien- Köln-Weimar 2018 p. 91 – M. Tamáska: Armenian Townscapes in Transyl- vania, Wien-Köln-Weimar 2018 p. 93 – M. Bžškeanć, Der Reisebericht des Minas Bžškeanć über die Armenier im östlichen Europa (1830), übersetzt und kommentiert von B. Kovács und G. Grigorjan, Wien-Köln-Weimar 2018 p. 94 – V. Calzolari, Apocrypha armeniaca I: Acta Pauli et Theclae, Prodigia Theclae, Martyrium Pauli, Brepols 2017 p. 95 – B. Contin, David l’Arménien et l’École d’Alexandrie, Roma 2017 p. 102 2 A I E A N e w s l e t t e r n° 54 November 2018 ARTICLES 105 Nélida Boulgourdjian, Le Foyer. Organe des réfugiés arméniens. Un projet d’intégration des Arméniens de France dans les années de 1930 p. 105 – Arusyak Tamrazyan, Hrachya Tamrazyan (Awards, Major Accomplishments at the Matenadaran: 2007-2016, Publications) p. 117 – Theo M. van Lint, Laudatio - Festakt zum Doppeljubiläum 20 Jahre Kulturabkommen Deutsch- land Armenien & MESROP Arbeitsstelle fü r Armenische Studien an der Mar- tin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg p. 138 CENTRES OF ARMENIAN STUDIES 142 News: Jerusalem Armenian Studies p. 142 – Global Armenian Studies Master Studies in Hungary p. 142 – Links p. 146 USEFUL LINKS 148 Manuscripts p. 148 – List of digitized Armenian manuscripts of the different collections p. 149 – Textual Databases p. 158 – Websites of armenological journals p. 160 – Website of Prof. Michael E. Stone p. 161 – The AIEA list of sigla used in referring to manuscripts p. 161 – L’Inalco et la Société des Etudes Arméniennes sur youtube p. 161 NOTE FROM THE TREASURER 162 PRACTICAL INFORMATION 162 AIEA Membership fees p. 162 – AIEA bank accounts p. 163 – PayPal p. 163 – AIEA means of communication p. 163 ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE AIEA 164 1. General Conferences p. 164 – 2. Workshops organized by the AIEA p. 163 – 3. “Armenian Studies 2000” project p. 165 – 3.1 Workshops organized with- in the frame of the “Amenian Studies 2000” project p. 165 – 3.2 History of Armenian Studies, Sub Series of the Handbook of Oriental Studies p. 166 – 4. Workshops organized under the auspices of the AIEA p. 167 – 5. Publications under the auspices of AIEA or issued from AIEA initiatives p. 167 – AIEA Committee p. 169 On the cover: San Lazzaro degli Armeni (Venezia) 3 A I E A N e w s l e t t e r n° 54 November 2018 From the Editor In the current issue of the Newsletter you will find much information circulated via the AIEA mailing list in the course of the last year (see, e.g. the sections Communications de la Présidente, Short Reports and Useful Links). In this way I hope this electronic ver- sion of the Newsletter will become the place where relevant information, useful material and links scat- tered through a large number of messages can be re- corded, in order to be always easily accessible. During the AIEA Committee meeting of August 2017 the Committee members accepted my proposal to create a new section entitled Centres of Armenian Studies, with the objective of updating the list presented by Jasmine Dum-Tragut more than fifteen years ago. Moreover, since our Newsletter is now interactive, there is no need to give details about staff, courses, re- search projects, etc. Links to the webpages of the vari- ous centres allow to get all the necessary information. In order to improve the list, all members are kindly in- vited to provide basic information about their centres and link(s) to the relevant webpage(s). I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this edition of the Newsletter. In particular, I wish to ex- press my gratitude to Nélida Boulgourdjian for con- tributing an article, and to Arusyak Tamrazyan, for preparing the bibliography of her father, Hrachya Tamrazyan. Special thanks to Theo M. van Lint for proofreading the Newsletter. Marco Bais ([email protected]) 4 A I E A N e w s l e t t e r n° 54 November 2018 Le mot de la P r é s i d e n t e Activités récentes et projets a eu lieu à l’Université Ca’ Foscari de Venise le 29-30 octobre 2018, grâce à l’or- Depuis la Conférence géné- ganisation assurée par Aldo rale de l’AIEA qui a eu lieu à Ferrari, secondé par Giusto Oxford en 2017, d’autres Traina et Isabelle Augé. L’or- manifestations ont été orga- ganisation d’un nouveau nisées ou ont été planifiées workshop, sur l’Art armé- pour les mois et années à nien, est en cours; il aura venir. Deux workshops de lieu, toujours à Venise, en l’AIEA ont eu lieu en octobre 2019 et sera bientôt annoncé 2018, l’un à Gumri et l’autre par les biais d’information à Venise. habituels de l’Association. Le colloque sur “Les sciences J’ai également le plaisir d’an- et les savoirs en Arménie noncer qu’un colloque aura entre Anania Shirakatsi et lieu à Gandzasar en 2019 Grigor Magistros”, dont le (voir rubrique suivante). projet initial avait été annon- Je rappelle finalement que la cé par Alessandro Orengo à prochaine conférence géné- Erevan lors de l’Assemblée rale de l’AIEA aura lieu à générale de l’Association, a Halle, en 2020 (date à préci- eu lieu à Gumri le 5-6 oc- ser), grâce à l’organisation tobre 2018, grâce à l’organi- d’Armenuhi Drost-Abgaryan. sation d’A. Orengo lui-même, Federico Alpi, Nazénie Gari- bian, Zarouhi Pogossian. La Collaboration avec le Mate- rencontre a réuni des spécia- nadaran listes d’Arménie et d’Europe (voir le compte-rendu du Après la XIIIe Conférence workshop aux p. 33). Le suc- générale de 2014, organisée cès de la manifestation a inci- par le regretté Directeur du té les organisateurs à publier Matenadaran Hrachya Tam- les Actes, une initiative que razyan, les relations avec le j’appuie avec enthousiasme. Matenadaran, et notamment Un deuxième workshop sur avec le nouveau Directeur, “Il viaggio in Armenia Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan, et la dall’antichità ai nostri giorni” 5 A I E A N e w s l e t t e r n° 54 November 2018 Directrice du Département tamment Marco Bais, Emilio des Relations Internatio- Bonfiglio, Aldo Ferrari, Theo nales, Varti Keshishyan, con- van Lint et, en tant que tinuent d’être intenses et membre du Steering com- fructueuses. Le projet d’un mittee en collaboration avec workshop focalisé sur moi, Bernard Coulie. l’histoire et la culture de l’Artsakh dans les siècles est en cours d’organisation et Liste des centres d’études aura lieu l’année prochaine à arméniennes : mise-à-jour Gandzasar, dans la nouvelle filiale du Matenadaran. Des Les pages suivantes de ce nouvelles plus détaillées Newsletter montrent la ri- suivront. Je me réjouis tout chesse non seulement des particulièrement de cette nou- activités de nos membres, velle opportunité d’échanges mais, plus en général, du avec le Matenadaran. rayonnement de notre dis- cipline, bien que le contexte académique actuel ne lui Programme éditorial “History soit pas toujours favorable. of Armenian Studies” : subsérie Dans la perspective de con- de la section 8 (Uralic and Cen- tribuer à la visibilité de nos tral Asian Studies, 8/23) de la centres d’études, et d’en fa- collection Handbook of Oriental voriser les échanges réci- Studies (Brill) proques, le comité a décidé de commencer à publier une Le programme éditorial mise à jour de la liste des avance, bien que lentement, centres, l’ancienne liste (due et nous espérons voir bien- aux soins de Jasmine Dum- tôt la publication du volume Tragut) étant désormais sur l’Histoire ancienne et vieillie. Je remercie Marco médiévale dirigé par Giusto Bais qui a accepté de se Traina. Suivra le volume sur charger de la coordination et la Linguistique, auxquels de la publication de ces in- travaillent actuellement, formations.
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