On the renewal of "Hask" Armenian Studies Yearbook

Abstract

Doctor of Philosophy Karolean/Charles University, Czech Republic, Haig Aris Utidjian. - On the renewal of "Hask "Armenian Studies Yearbook: A Brief Assessment on the occasion of the publication of Volume 13 of the New Period(2011-2024). The Hask Armenological Annual, founded in 1948, was renewed after an interruption of fifteen years in 2024, by the command of His Holiness, Catholicos Aram I, and under the editorship of His Eminence, Abp. Šahan Sargisean, with the publication of an elegant and compendious volume, with its rich content dedicated for the most part to the 850th anniversary of the passing of St. Nersēs the Gracious. This article explicates the historic significance of this publication, outlining the contents of the Annual, with a special emphasis on a study devoted to the musicological problems arising out of the musical legacy associated with the Saint, which it places in the context of other academic and community-based projects inspired by the anniversary.