SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE «BARTHOLD READINGS» INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 9–11, 2022

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the «Barthold Readings» scientific conference with international participation held on November 9–11, 2022 at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow. The conference was attended by scholars from a number of countries—Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Singapore, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Russia was represented by research-fellows from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Lipetsk, Ulan-Ude (Republic of Buryatia), and Makhachkala (Republic of Dagestan). This shows a great interest in the declared topics of the conference. During the three days of the conference, more than 60 reports by domestic and foreign specialists were discussed. The event began with a welcome greeting by the academic head of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the participants of the conference. Reports of veterans of the Barthold readings were presented at the plenary session. Their presentations highlighted the importance of readings renewal, their traditions and role in Russian Oriental studies, paying tribute to their founders — Elena Abramovna Davidovich and Dmitry Dmitrievich Vasilyev. The Conference panels set up was designed by regional, thematic, chronological criteria as follows: «V. V. Barthold’s Academic Heritage», «Source Studies of the History of the East», «Spiritual Culture of the Nations of the East in the Reflection of Historical Scripts», «Epigraphy, Numismatics, Onomastics». It is planned to publish a collection of reports and materials of the Conference participants. The next «Barthold Readings» are tentatively scheduled for 2024.