Kristine Kostikyan
Position | Leading researcher |
Scientific degree | Doctor of Historical Sciences |
Title | prof. |
Education
High |
Areas of researches/ Research Interests
Persian source studies, history of Armenia and Iran, Armenian-Iranian relations |
Reports
1. | 1․ ‘Relations between Catholicoses of All Armenians and the Safavid State in its Period of Decline’, Conference organized by UCLA “Armeno-Iranica: A Shared History”, January 27-28, 2019. |
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3. | ‘The Chronology of Fazli Beg Isfahani as a Source of 17th Century History of Armenian People’, Conference Dedicated to 90th Anniversary of A. Ter-Ghevondian’s Birth, Yerevan, June 20-22, 2019. |
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5. | 3․ ‘Armenians Moved to Isfahan and Other Inner Regions of Iran by Shah Abbas I According to the Persian Sources’, Yerevan, 2020, International Conference “Foreign Sources about the Armenian Colonies” Dedicated to the 200’s Anniversary of Ghevond Alishan’s Birth, held online in Yerevan, on September 15-16, 2020. |
6. | 4․ ‘Armenian merchants in Armenia in early modern period’ 65th ICES International conference of Eastern Studies, held online in Tokio on May 15, 2021: ICES-Program (tohogakkai.com). |
7. | 5․ ‘Matenadarani 17-18-rd dareri Parskeren vaveragrerǝ Agulisi haj vačaṙakanneri masin (17th -18th Century Persian Documents of the Matenadaran on the Armenian Merchants of Agulis)’ International Conference Dedicated to the 100’s Anniversary of Hakop Papazyan’s Birth, held online in Yerevan, on July 1-3, 2021. |
8. | 6․ ‘Armenian Monasteries of Azarbayjan (in Iran) in Qajar Age’ Conference (Armenia-Iran: Historical Past and Present) held in Yerevan on February 9-10, 2022. |
9. | ‘Armenian Kalantars of Yerevan in 17th-18th centuries’, Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran, International Conference held in Yerevan on June 21-23, 2022, published in Programme and Abstracts, Yerevan, 2022, p. 34. |
10. | ‘Armenian Merchants in Local Administration of the Caucasian Region Incorporated in the Safavid State of Iran’, International Conference ‘The Caucasus on the Crossroads of International Trade and Cultural Exchanges’ held in Yerevan on September 5-6, 2022, published in Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "The Caucasus on the Crossroads of International Trade and Cultural Exchanges", pp. 37-39, doi: 10.56812/2953-7851-2022.1-37 available online ((url) |
11. | ‘Islamization of Christians in Eastern Caucasus in 17th-19th centuries’ International Congress of Cauasian Studies held in Tbilisi on October 3-5, 2022, published in the Collection of Abstracts, Tbilisi, 2022, pp. 178-179. |
12. | ‘Jizya and Other Taxes Levied on the Christians in the Eastern Transcaucasia in 18th-beginning of the 19thh Centuries’ in the International Conference Dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of P. Chobanyan’s birth, published in the Proceedings of the Conference, Yerevan, 2023, pp. 58-559. |
13. | ‘Persian Documents of the Matenadaran on Some Issues of History of the Catholicosate of Aghvank in the 17th-19th Centuries’ The 9th Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) held in Yerevan on May 30-June 2, 2023, published in the Collection of Abstracts, Yerevan, 2023, pp. 86-87. |
Professional activity
scientific researches (Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA; Matenadaran Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts after Mesrop Mashtots), lectures (Yerevan State University, Russian-Armenian University) |
Participation in conferences
1. | 1․ ‘Relations between Catholicoses of All Armenians and the Safavid State in its Period of Decline’, Conference organized by UCLA “Armeno-Iranica: A Shared History”, January 27-28, 2019. |
2. | (url) |
3. | ‘The Chronology of Fazli Beg Isfahani as a Source of 17th Century History of Armenian People’, Conference Dedicated to 90th Anniversary of A. Ter-Ghevondian’s Birth, Yerevan, June 20-22, 2019. |
4. | (url) |
5. | 3․ ‘Armenians Moved to Isfahan and Other Inner Regions of Iran by Shah Abbas I According to the Persian Sources’, Yerevan, 2020, International Conference “Foreign Sources about the Armenian Colonies” Dedicated to the 200’s Anniversary of Ghevond Alishan’s Birth, held online in Yerevan, on September 15-16, 2020. |
6. | 4․ ‘Armenian merchants in Armenia in early modern period’ 65th ICES International conference of Eastern Studies, held online in Tokio on May 15, 2021: ICES-Program (tohogakkai.com). |
7. | 5․ ‘Matenadarani 17-18-rd dareri Parskeren vaveragrerǝ Agulisi haj vačaṙakanneri masin (17th -18th Century Persian Documents of the Matenadaran on the Armenian Merchants of Agulis)’ International Conference Dedicated to the 100’s Anniversary of Hakop Papazyan’s Birth, held online in Yerevan, on July 1-3, 2021. |
8. | 6․ ‘Armenian Monasteries of Azarbayjan (in Iran) in Qajar Age’ Conference (Armenia-Iran: Historical Past and Present) held in Yerevan on February 9-10, 2022. |
9. | ‘Armenian Kalantars of Yerevan in 17th-18th centuries’, Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran, International Conference held in Yerevan on June 21-23, 2022, published in Programme and Abstracts, Yerevan, 2022, p. 34. |
10. | ‘Armenian Merchants in Local Administration of the Caucasian Region Incorporated in the Safavid State of Iran’, International Conference ‘The Caucasus on the Crossroads of International Trade and Cultural Exchanges’ held in Yerevan on September 5-6, 2022, published in Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "The Caucasus on the Crossroads of International Trade and Cultural Exchanges", pp. 37-39, doi: 10.56812/2953-7851-2022.1-37 available online ((url) |
11. | ‘Islamization of Christians in Eastern Caucasus in 17th-19th centuries’ International Congress of Cauasian Studies held in Tbilisi on October 3-5, 2022, published in the Collection of Abstracts, Tbilisi, 2022, pp. 178-179. |
12. | ‘Jizya and Other Taxes Levied on the Christians in the Eastern Transcaucasia in 18th-beginning of the 19thh Centuries’ in the International Conference Dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of P. Chobanyan’s birth, published in the Proceedings of the Conference, Yerevan, 2023, pp. 58-559. |
13. | ‘Persian Documents of the Matenadaran on Some Issues of History of the Catholicosate of Aghvank in the 17th-19th Centuries’ The 9th Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) held in Yerevan on May 30-June 2, 2023, published in the Collection of Abstracts, Yerevan, 2023, pp. 86-87. |
List of published books
1. | Mirza Yusuf Nersesov, A Truthful History, Translation, introduction and commentaries by K. Kostikian Yerevan 2000. (in Armenian and English) |
2. | K. Kostikyan, Persian Decrees of the Matenadaran, v. III, Yerevan, 2005 (in Armenian, English and Persian) |
3. | K. Kostikyan, Persian Decrees of the Matenadaran, v. IV, Yerevan, 2008 (in Armenian, English and Persian) |
4. | K. Kostikyan, Persian Decrees of the Matenadaran, v. V, Yerevan, 2021 (in Armenian, English and Persian) |
5. | K. Kostikyan, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Matenadaran, Yerevan, 2017 (in English) |
6. | K. Kostikyan, Movses Khecho, Persian Documents of the Matenadaran, III, Shari’a Notarial documents (XVII –XVIII cc.), Yerevan, 2018 (in Armenian and Persian). |
7. | Mirza Sami’a, Tazkirat al-Muluk, Foreign Sources about Armenia and Armenians, Persian sources, I, by K. Kostikyan, J. Meshkanbaryans, Yerevan, 2019 (in Armenian). |
List of published articles
Hayoc‘ Ekełec‘u iravakan ev soc‘ial-tntesakan drutyan harc‘ern ǝst Matenadarani 17-18-rd dareri parskeren vaveragreri (The Issues of Legal and Social-Economical Status of the Armenian Church According to the Persian Documents of the Matenadaran), Etchmiadzin, 2018, III, pp. 68-87. |
Nuskhahay-i ‘elmi-ye farsi dar Matenadaran, Miras-i Elmi, 1295 (2018), pp. 113-120. |
Ałuanic‘ Kat‘ołikosut‘yan nerk‘in xndirnern ǝst Matenadarani 18-rd dari Parskeren vaveragreri (Some inner problems of the Catholicosate of Aghvank according to the 18th Century Persian Documents of the Matenadaran), Proceeding of ‘Armenia and Near Eastern Civilization, Conference Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Pavel Chobanyan’s Birth, Yerevan, 2018, pp. 114-121. |
(With co-author H. Gevork‘yan), Sefyan šaheri norahayt hrovartaknerǝ Matenadarani Kat‘ołikosakan divanum (The Recently Discovered Decrees Of Safavid Shahs In Matenadaran’s Archive Of The Catholicosate), Bulletin of Matenadaran, 26, Yerevan, 2018, pp. 58-75. |
The Rights and Duties of Dhimmī Armenian Subjects of Safavid Iran in 17th 18th centuries, Georgian source studies, XIX-XX, Tbilisi, 2018, pp. 80-86. |
Parsic‘ gragrut‘yan meǰ Hayoc‘ katołikosnerin trvac titłosn u patvanunnerǝ (The title and honorary epithets given to the Armenian catholicoses in the Persian chancellery and correspondence), Handes Amsorya, 1-12, 2019, pp. 121-133. |
Parsic‘ Ark‘unik‘in včarvoł p‘iškešǝ ev at‘oṙakṙivnerǝ 17-19-rd darerum (The Pishkesh Paid To The Persian Court By The Armenian Catholicoi And The Struggle For The Catholicosal Throne In 17th-19th Centuries), Levon Xač‘ikyan, Centenary, Proceedings of the International Armenological Conference Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Academician Levon Khachikian’s Birth (28-30 June, 2018), Yerevan, 2019, pp. 214-228. |
Matenadarani parskeren vaveragrerǝ Agulisi 17-rd dari hay vačaṙakanneri masin (The Persian Documents Of The Matenadaran About The Armenian Merchants Of Agulis In Xvii Century), The Countries and Peoples of the Near and Middle East, XXXIII, part I, Yerevan, 2020, pp. 488-516. |
Fazli Bek Isfahanii taregrut‘yan hałordumnerǝ Arevelyan Hayastani XVII dari patmut‘yan harc‘eri šurǰ (The information on account of some issues of 17th century history of Eastern Armenia in the Chronicle of Fazli Beg Isfahani), Studies in Oriental Sources, II, Yerevan, 2020, pp. 305-334. |
Sefyan Petut‘yan meǰ hayut‘yan kyankǝ karg‘avoroł šariat ‘akan orenk‘nerǝ (The Shar’iyyah Laws Regulating the Life of Armenian Subjects in the Safavid State in the 17th-18th centuries), Haygazian Armenological Review, 40, Beirut, 2020, pp. 619-642։ |
Matenadaran Library , in: Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, © Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. Consulted online on 17 June 2021 <(url) MATENADARAN LIBRARY — Brill (brillonline.com) |
17-rd dari parskakan ałbyurnerǝ šah Abbas I –i kołmic‘ Irani kentronakan ev Hyusisayin šrǰanner taragrvac hayut‘yan masin (The Persian Sources of 17th Century about the Armenians Moved to the Central and Northern Regions of Iran by Shah Abbas I), Otar ałbyurnerǝ haykakan gałt‘avayreri masin, Yerevan, 2021, pp. 139-162 |
(With co-author G. Margaryan, A. Tovmasyan) Agulis on the Crossroads of International trade through Caucasus in XII-XVIII centuries, История, археология и этнография Кавказа, Том 17, № 4 (2021), сс. 848-858. АГУЛИС НА ПЕРЕСЕЧЕНИИ ПУТЕЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ ТОРГОВЛИ НА КАВКАЗЕ В XII-XVIII ВЕКАХ | Маргарян | История, археология и этнография Кавказа (caucasushistory.ru) |
10.32653/CH174848-858 |
K. Kostikyan, Agulisi 18-rd dari hay vačaṙakan Xoǰa Hovhannesi pastat‘łt‘erǝ Matenadarani kat‘ołikosakan divanum (The Documents Of Khoja Hovhannes, An 18th Century Armenian Merchant Of Agulis, In The Archive Of The Catholicosate Of Matenadaran), Bulletin of Matenadaran, 2021, 32, pp. 211-223. |
Некоторые вопросы административной структуры государства Надир шаха на примере входящих в его состав областей Закавказья, Caucaso-Caspica, 2021, VI, сс. 69-80 (DOI 10.48200/9789939672694_69). |
Parskakan vaveragitut‘yunǝ Hayastanum ev zargac‘man heṙankarnerǝ (The Studies On Persian Documents In Armenia And The Prospects Of Its Development), Arevelyan Ałbyuragitut‘yun, 2022, 3, pp. 226-242. |
Armenian Merchants in Armenia in the Early Modern Period, Acta Asiatica (Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture), 2022, 123, 15-31, |
(With co-author A. Tovmasyan), Parskeren ev osmaneren vaveragrerǝ 17-18 darerum Arevelk‘i erkrnerum hay vačaṙakanneri unec‘ac voroš xndirneri masin (Persian and Ottoman Turkish Documents on some Problems of the Armenian Merchants in the Countries of East), Otar ałbyurnerǝ haykakan gałt‘avayreri masin, Yerevan, 2022, pp. 13-23. |