Today, the official closing ceremony of the international conference “Theoretical and Practical Problems of Development of a Transforming Society”, organized within the framework
of events on the 90th anniversary of the ASPU, took place in the Hall of the Faculty of Culture.
The opening speech was made by the Chancellor of the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Rouben Mirzakhanyan. The latter greeted the participants and expressed his deepest gratitude for the common work.
“This international conference on the Philosophical and Psychological subjects was unprecedented in its extents and context for the Pedagogical University. We are assured that such conferences will acquire continuous, more perfect and meaningful character from now on.”
On the previous day of the conference internationally renowned professors delivered their public lectures which aroused considerable interest in the public. Based on that fact, the “Honorary Doctor of Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan” and “Davit Anhaght” medals were awarded to the PhD, Academician, the Honorary Chancellor of the Athens University, the Co-President of the International Academy of Philosophy, Yevangelos Moutsopoulos, to the Professor of the Paris Diderot University, François Neau, to the Professor of the Innsbruck University, Head of the Faculty of Philosophy, Hans Kohler, to the Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology, the President of the European Association of Psychology and Law of the Glasgow Caledonian University, David Cook, and to the Professor of the Copenhagen Aarhus University, the Director of the Center of Ethics and Law in the Faculty of Education, the President of the International Federation of Philosophic Societies, Peter Kemp.
In their turn, the professors expressed their acknowledgements for the warm welcome and high awards.
The guests and the participants of the event were also greeted by the RA NAS Academician, the President of the International Academy of Philosophy, the Director of the International Research Institute of Metaphilosophy, Transactional Logic and Theory of Argumentation, Gevorg Brutyan. The latter outlined the immense meaning of organizing such international conferences and advised the participants to always aspire to get to first place; as he then added, “One should not stay calm in science. The conference overcame a number of difficulties, but also discovered the scientists of the younger generation.”
Further, Gevorg Brutyan conferred the Chancellor of the Pedagogical University, the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Rouben Mirzakhanyan the title of “Honorary Member of the International Academy of Philosophy” and awarded him with “Davit Anhaght” medal.
Likewise, Gevrog Brutyan also conferred the Professor of the Department of Philosophical Sciences and Ideological Work of the Minsk State University, PhD Vladimir Berkov the title of “Foreign Member of the Armenian Academy of Philosophy”, and the Dean of the ASPU Faculty of Psychology and Sociology of Education, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor Srbouhi Gevorgyan the title of “Associate Member of the Academy”.
Similarly, the Dean of the YSU Faculty of Sociology, PhD, Professor Arthur Mkrtchyan and the Head of the YSU Department of Sociology, Associate Professor, Doctor of Political Sciences Arthur Atanesyan both received the titles “Associate Member of the Armenian Academy of Philosophy”.
And last but not least, the conference participants Anna Bazakyan, Asbed Ayrian, Yuha Rayka, Ritta Koyumjyan-Yeramyan, Manuk Mkrtchyan, Ara Yeremyan, Armen Tamazyan, Mher Meliq-Bakhshyan, Tigran Ayvazyan, Rouben Hambardzumyan, Lilit Brutyan, Will Poghosyan, Robert Jijyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Naira Hakobyan and Hasmik Hovhannisyan were also received the “Davit Anhagt” medals.
