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INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES OF NAS RA
Nazeli Navasardyan
PositionSenior researcher
Scientific degreeCandidate of Historical Sciences
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Education

2021 Assoc., prof, Diploma in World History
2013 Ph.D. Diploma in History
1994–1999 Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, Chair of Oriental Studies, Iranian Studies (MA diploma)

Areas of researches/ Research Interests

Modern history of Iran.
The Caspian Sea region and Central Asia in modern international relations.
Iran’s foreign and domestic policy.
The Issues of Islam and Nationalism in the countries neighboring Armenia.

Trainings

Apr, 2023, Workshop, Reforming Doctoral Education in Armenia, EU Erasmus + Capacity building ARMDOCT project, France, University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3.
Nov, 2022, Workshop, Reforming Doctoral Education in Armenia, EU Erasmus + Capacity building ARMDOCT project, Italy, University of Teramo.
27-28 Oct., 2022 “Modern Trends in Science: Scientometrics”, 3rd International Autumn School, , Yerevan, Armenia.
Sep, 2022, Workshop, Strengthening Research Management and Open Science Capacities of HEIs in Moldova and Armenia, EU Erasmus + Capacity building MINERVA project, France, Université Côte d'Azur.
Apr.-May, 2022, FAST_SciNova «Scientific Commercialization» training program, Yerevan.
Dec, 2022, Workshop, Strengthening Research Management and Open Science Capacities of HEIs in Moldova and Armenia, EU Erasmus + Capacity building MINERVA project, Moldova, Chișinău.
March-Apr, 2020, Human Resource Management, Online Training Course, International Business Management Institute, Berlin, Germany, Awarded Certificate.
Jan, 2016, Armenian Defense Educators Program, NATO Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, Awarded Certificate
2014-2015, Yerevan School of Political Studies of the European Council, Yerevan, Awarded Certificate.
Nov, 2015, World Forum for Democracy, European Council Strasbourg, France, Awarded Certificate.
Feb-Mar, 2011, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Research Program.
Feb-Mar, 2011, Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire (AVPRI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, Research Program,
Feb-Mar, 2011, Russian State Military Historical Archive, Moscow, Research Program.
Mar-Apr, 2006, Cairo University, Center of Islamic Culture, Educational Program Egypt.

Professional activity

Yerevan State University - 2018 - present, Lecturer
International Scientific Educational Center of NAS RA - Sep., 2013 – present, Lecturer
Russian - Armenian (Slavonic) University Sep., 2013 –2022, Lecturer

Participation in conferences

Iran's Kurdish policy at the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Armenia-Syria relations: historical encounters, current developments and perspectives, Yerevan, 23.11.2022.
Caspian Sea issue in Iran-Azerbaijan Relations: security and delimitation aspects, The Caucasus on the crossroads of international trade and cultural exchanges, Yerevan, 05-06.09.2023.
Iran's membership in shanghai cooperation organization: prospects and challenges, 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and China։ aachievements and prospect, Yerevan-Beijing, 07.04.2023.
“Prospects for the development of the Iranian corridor of the Chinese one Belt –One Way initiative in the context of new security challenges in Central Asia”, “Central Asia at the Crossroads of World Civilizations”, International Cultural Forum, Khiva, Uzbekistan, 15.09. 2021.
“Islam in Azerbaijan. Trends and Challenges”, “Islam in the South Caucasus (Georgia, Azerbaijan)”, Yerevan, 15.03. 2021.
“Transformation of the Security System in the Caspian region and Russian-Iranian Relations”, “Middle East: New Trends and Prospects”, Yerevan, 01.11.2019.
“Turkmanchay Peace and the Problem of the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea”, “Turkmanchay Peace-190 Years: History and Modernity”, Yerevan, 06.03.2018.
“The ideological features of Khomeini's religious-political doctrine”, “The analysis of Imam Khomeini's ideas and views”, Yerevan, 04.06.2015.

Professional unions

Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA.
Member of Editorial Board, Geo-political Studies Journal “Contemporary Eurasia”.

List of published books

“The Policy of Russian Empire in Iran (Тhe End of the 19th- The Beginning of the 20th Centuries)”, Yerevan, 2020, 251 p.
“The Caucasus-Caspian Region in the Context of international Relations”, Yerevan, 2020, 35 p. (Educational-Methodological Manual)

List of published articles

Socio-political perception of ShĪʿa Islam in Azerbaijan: the influence of external factors, Contemporary Eurasia, 2022, 10 (2), 40-54, (Coauthored with Arax Pashayan).
“The Main Trends of Sunnization in Azerbaijan: Transformation of Religious Identity”, Armenian Journal of Political Science, 1(15) 2021, p. 105-132, (Coauthored with Arax Pashayan).
“Muslim World Support to Azerbaijan in the Course of 2020 Artsakh War: from Islamic Solidarity to Jihadism”, Scientific Artsakh journal, 2021, № 1(8), Yerevan, 2021, p., (Coauthored with Arax Pashayan).
“Shia Factor in Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations”, Scientific Artsakh journal, Yerevan, 2020, № 4 (7), p. 104-11, (Coauthored with Arax Pashayan).
“Qazvin-Resht-Astara Railroad at the Crossroad of Iranian Railway Transmission”, Contemporary Eurasia journal, VI (2), 2017, p. 51-77.
“The Dynamics of the IRI-RF Relations after the Nuclear Deal: Challenges and Perspectives”, Working notebooks, Regional Security: Iran, Strategic Revision (2009-2017), Appendix to the "Haikakan banak" military-scientific journal, MoD RA, 3-4 (39-40), 2016, pp. 110-131.
“The Kurdish factor in the Iraqi policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, The Near East network of the Kurdish organizations under the light of new regional developments from the perspectives of security interests of the Republic of Armenia (2011-2016), Appendix to the " Haikakan banak" military-scientific journal, MoD RA, 1-2 (37-38), 2016, p. 157-175.
Iran on the Russian Empires Geopolitical Priorities: The Russian-Iranian Border Formation, Topical Issues of Iranian Studies, Oriental Studies in Armenia, Vol. 1, Yerevan, 2015, pp. 65-81.
The Trade and Economic Interests of Russian Empire in Iran (The End of 19th - The Beginning of the 20th Century), “The Countries and Peoples of the Near and Middle East” vol. XXIX, Yerevan, 2014, pp. 149-174.
On the Issue of the Military and Ideological Participation of Armenians in 1905-1911 Iranian Constitutional Revolution, The Countries and Peoples of the Near and Middle East vol. XXVIII, Yerevan, 2011.
The Factor of the Persian Gulf in the Context of Anglo-Russian Agreement of 1907; Near East, vol.VI, Yerevan, 2009.
The Cossack Brigade as Russian Empire’s Influence Lever in Qajar Persia, Near East, vol. V, Yerevan, 2008.
On the Issue of the Railway Construction in Iran (Late 19th and Early 20th Century); Near East, vol. IV, Yerevan, 2007.
British-Russian Factor and Iran’s Economic Crisis before the World War I; Near East, vol. III, Yerevan, 2006.