University Researchers and Armenian Colleagues Organized a Scientific Seminar

12:59, February 10, 2023

They discussed languages of cultures and problems of translatability in Yerevan

Historians of the Ural Federal University and their colleagues from the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan (ASPU) held an international research seminar "Global History: Languages of Cultures and the Problem of Translatability". In Yerevan they discussed the increasing globalization of the world and the conflict between different cultural communities. Theoretical problems of the "new historical comparativism" were also a topic of study. Researchers focused on the practical tasks of studying the symbolic space of spiritual culture and developing tools for visualizing cultural heritage.

"It is a well-known truth that translation plays an important role in the process of cultural communication and cultural development. Translation should be based on the knowledge of history, culture and literature. The knowledge must be in the language that is the object of translation," said Marianna Ruben Harutyunyan, ASPSU Vice-Rector of Personnel and International Cooperation.

Conference participants discussed the emancipation of Catholics in Edmund Burke's correspondence with Bishop Thomas Brown, Mithraism as one of the oldest soteriological religious systems, global historiography, the history, practice, and methods of translation, and much more.

Nikolay Baranov, Head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the Ural Federal University, presented the events planned for 2023 at the university. He also invited the Armenian colleagues to participate in them. The professor emphasized that participation in scientific events is a great opportunity to strengthen cooperation and outline steps for its further development.

Reference

The seminar was organized with the financial support of grant from the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 22-18-00488 "Crisis of Values and Coping Strategies: The Idea of the Common Good in the Intellectual Discourse of Britain and Russia (1650-1750)").

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office.
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