On 27 February 2007 Syrian Armenian poet and writer Dikran Kapoyan (BA in International Relations from Yerevan) delivered a lecture in “Levon Shant” hall, Aleppo, Syria, about “Modernism and Armenianness”.The lecture was organized by the Hay Mdki Paregamner (the Friends of Armenian Thought) in Aleppo and Halebi Hay Hamalesaranaganneru Mioutioun (Union of Armenian University Students in Aleppo).
Main topics were:
– Define the concept of modernism (both in its theoretical-artistic and practical aspects).
– Historical overview and the development of the concept of modernism.
– The prevailing concepts in the Armenian society. Issues related to the mentality of the Armenian public.
– The orientation of Armenian societies and their involvment in the process of modernism.
– Diasporian values and traditions.
– Values and traditions in the modern day of the Republic of Armenia.
– The components of the Armenian culture (sociological background and evolution methods).
– Current trends in the Armenian reality (new era after Armenia's independence and the implementation of modernization efforts in various aspect in our lives).
-The young generations of Armenians.
Dikran Kapoyan could be reached at the following e-mail.
– Historical overview and the development of the concept of modernism.
– The prevailing concepts in the Armenian society. Issues related to the mentality of the Armenian public.
– The orientation of Armenian societies and their involvment in the process of modernism.
– Diasporian values and traditions.
– Values and traditions in the modern day of the Republic of Armenia.
– The components of the Armenian culture (sociological background and evolution methods).
– Current trends in the Armenian reality (new era after Armenia's independence and the implementation of modernization efforts in various aspect in our lives).
-The young generations of Armenians.
Dikran Kapoyan could be reached at the following e-mail.
Also in Azad-Hye: Poetry reading by Dikran Kapoyan
