ՀՀ ԳԱԱ ԱՐԵՎԵԼԱԳԻՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԻՆՍՏԻՏՈՒՏ
INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES OF NAS RA
Tereza Amryan
| Position | Researcher |
| Scientific degree | Candidate of Historical Sciences |
| Title |
Education
| 2003-2007 Yerevan State University, Department of Iranian Studies, BA |
| 2007-2009 Yerevan State University, Department of Iranian Studies, MA |
| 2015 awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph․D) in History, National Academy of |
| Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
Areas of researches/ Research Interests
| Iranian Studies, Kurdish Studies, Yezidi Studies |
Professional activity
| September 2009 to present lecturer at Yerevan State University, Department of Iranian Studies |
| 2022 January to present reasercher at Department of Iran in Institute of Oriental Studies NAS RA |
Participation in conferences
| 1. | “Some Parallels of the Alevi Zaza Religion and other non-Dogmatic Systems of the Region” // The Zaza People: History, Language, Culture, Identity, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, 28-30 October, 2011. |
| 2. | “Some Peculiarities of the Cult of Al-Khidr among Some Peoples in the Caucasus and Turkey” // First International Conference on Tati Studies, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, 16-17 May, 2014. |
| 3. | “The Reasons of Proselytism among the Yezidis of Armenia” // Conference of Young Scientists; Ethnography, Archaeology, Folkloristics: Interdisciplinary Approaches, National Academy of Sciences RA, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Yerevan, 29-31 October, 2015. |
| 4. | “Some Terms Designating the Idea of Sufi Path of Self-Perfection in Yezidi Religious Hymns” // Conference dedicated to the 120th birth anniversary of Sirarpi Ter-Nersesyan, Matenadaran (The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts), Yerevan, 1-3 December, 2016. |
| 5. | “Changing Image of Yezidi Women” // Empowering of Girls and Women of Armenia, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, 21-22 April, 2017. |
| 6. | “Some Herbs in Everyday Life and Religious Tradition of Yezidi People” // Youth Conference, Matenadaran (The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts), Yerevan, 28-30 November, 2017. |
| 7. | “On Original Yezidi Religious Terminology” // Eighth International Conference on Iranian Linguistics (ICIL 8), Department of Iranian Studies of Yerevan State University, Yerevan, 11-13 October, 2018. |
| 8. | “The Idea of Secret Mystical Knowledge in Yezidi Religious Hymns” // Armenian International Congress on Oriental Studies (ACOS18), Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, 09-10 November, 2018. |
| 9. | “On Some Peculiarities օf the Role of Women in Yezidi Religious System” // Youth Conference, Matenadaran (The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts), Yerevan, 28-30 November, 2018. |
| 10. | “On Some Sanctuaries Shared by Yazidis and Armenians in the Armenian Highlands” // “Sharing Myths, Texts and Sanctuaries in the South Caucasus: Apocryphal Themes in Literatures, Arts and Cults from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages”, Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Beyond Canon’ Universität Regensburg, 25–27 February, 2020. |
List of published books
| 1. | “Kurdish (Kurmanji)” [manual], Yerevan, YSU Press, 2016, 47 pp. (in Armenian) |
| 2. | “Yezidi Studies” [manual], Yerevan, YSU Press, 2018, 40 pp. (in Armenian) |
| 3. | “The Yezidi Religious World-Outlook”, [monograph], Yerevan, YSU Press, 2016, 312 pp. (in Armenian) |
List of published articles
| 1. | “The names of God in Yezidi Oral Tradition”, Orientalia, № 11, Yerevan, 2010, pp. 3-15. (co-author V. Arakelova) (in Armenian) |
| 2. | “Worshipping of the Holy Springs in Yezidi Beliefs”, Iran-Name, № 42-43, Yerevan, 2010, pp. 18-23. (co-author V. Arakelova) (in Armenian). |
| 3. | “The Treatment of People with Mental Problems according to Folk Tradition”, Orientalia, № 10, Yerevan, 2010, pp. 8-20. (in Armenian) |
| 4. | “Terms for Denoting non-Yezidis in Yezidi Religious Hymns”, Iran-Name, № 44-45, Yerevan, 2012-2013, pp. 108-112. (in Armenian) |
| 5. | “The Hereafter in the Yezidi Beliefs”, Iran and the Caucasus, vol. 16.3, Brill, Leiden, 2012, pp.169-178. (co-author V. Arakelova) (in English) |
| 6. | “The Mystery-play in Yezidism”, Problems of Oriental Studies, № 8, Yerevan, 2013, pp. 323-332. (in Armenian) |
| 7. | “The Musical Instruments of Qewals as Objects of Worship in Yezidi Beliefs”, Orientalia, № 15, Yerevan, 2013, pp. 36-39. (in Armenian) |
| 8. | “Ceremonies of Baptism and Initiation in Yezidism”, The Problems of Sustainable Socio-economic Development of the Republic of Armenia, № 3 (19), Yerevan, 2013, pp. 213-220. (in Armenian) |
| 9. | “The Idea of Sufi Love and Drunkenness in Yezidi Religious Hymns”, Problems of Oriental Studies, Yerevan, 2016, № 12, pp. 281-294. (in Armenian) |
| 10. | “Some Terms Expressing the Idea of the Sufi Path of Self-Perfection in Yezidi Religious Hymns”, Bulletin of Matenadaran, 2017, № 24, pp. 35-46 (in Armenian) |
| 11. | Changing Image of Yezidi Women, Collection of scientific articles of YSU Centre for Leadership and Gender Studies, Yerevan, 2017, pp. 14-27: |
| 12. | “On Some Peculiarities of the Role of Women in the Yezidi Religion”, Bulletin of Matenadaran, vol. 27; Yerevan, 2019, pp. 388-400. (in Armenian) |
| 13. | “On Some Epithets of God with Iranian and Arabic Origin in Yezidi Religious Hymns”, Journal of Arabic Studies, № 11, Yerevan, 2019, pp. 89-111. (in Armenian) |
| 14. | “The Idea of Secret Mystical Knowledge in Yezidi Religious Hymns”, Problems of Oriental Studies, № 15, Yerevan, 2019, pp. 112-121. (in English) |
| 15. | “Proselytism among Yezidis of Armenia”, Scientific Artsakh, №2 (5), 2020, էջ 115-122. (in English) |
| 16. | “On Original Yezidi Religious Terminology”, Bulletin of Yerevan University, 2020, № 3 (33), pp. 98-107. (in English) |
| 17. | “The Transformation of the Iranian Charshanbe Suri Festival in the Yezidi Tradition”, Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Volume I (35), Issue 2, 2021, pp. 204-212. (in English) |
| 18. | “Dersim From Different Angles”, Travels to the Tigris Springs, Vienna, 2021, pp. 147-172. (co-authors Petr Kubalek, Maria Six-Hohenbalken) (in English) |
| 19. | “Note on the Sanctuaries shared by Yezidis and Armenians in the Armenian Highlands”, Sharing Myths, Texts and Sanctuaries in the South Caucasus, 2022, pp. 322-330․ |
| 20. | “On Some Transforming Elements of Traditional Yezidi Weddings Performed in Armenia”, Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Volume II, Issue 1, 2022, pp. 136-146․ (in English) |
