The Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, Harvard University, The Armenian Prelacy, New York, The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, and The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University announce an

International Conference dedicated to the
1600th Anniversary of St. Mesrop Mashtots,
Inventor of the Armenian Alphabet

Under the gracious patronage of his holiness Aram I,
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia

Friday, October 28, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.,
and Saturday, October 29, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Auditorium, Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) - South Building
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Papers will consider the origins and paleography of Armenian script, the work of Mashtots, the early translators, and his hagiographer Koriun, and the writing systems of neighboring Near Eastern languages.

Speakers include Prof. Michael Stone (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Prof. Robert Thomson (Oxford University), Prof. Karen Yuzbashian (Russian Academy of Sciences), Dr. Gohar Muradyan (Matenadaran, Erevan), Prof. John Huehnergard (NELC, Harvard), and Prof. Abraham Terian (St. Nersess Seminary).

Free and open to the public.

For further information, please contact Professor James Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University at russell@fas.harvard.edu, or 617-496-9049.