YERITAC Discussions 2: Lecture Series by Prof. Dr. Tilman Allert, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität (Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland)
In cooperation with
Yerevan State University, Common Ground,
AP&S Consulting, CRRC and CSI
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Date |
Time |
Subject/Topic/Lecture |
Venue |
4 June, 2008 Wednesday |
12:00-14:00 |
Max Weber and the Caucasus Countries: on the Explanatory Potential of Weberian Sociology for the Analysis of Armenia |
Conflict Resolution Center Yerevan State University , Library building, 3 rd floor |
4 June, 2008
Wednesday |
15:00-16:30 |
YERITAC discussion "Social Psychology in Post-War Societies" |
Common Ground
Tpagrichneri 9 |
4 June, 2008
Wednesday |
17:00-18:40 |
Micro-sociological Research and Everyday Life: on Applying Sociology in Everyday Life |
AP&S Consulting
Tumanyan 32/1, suite 1 |
5 June, 2008
Thursday |
12:00-14:00 |
German Sociological Tradition: Sociology in Modern Germany
Turbulences in the Classroom: The Social Structure of Pedagogical Communication |
Conflict Resolution Center Yerevan State University , Library building, 3 rd floor |
5 June, 2008
Thursday |
17:00-19:00 |
On the Breakdown of Social Structure - The Hitler salute and Nazi-Germany |
CRRC-Armenia
52 Abovyan Street ,
3 rd Floor, Room 305 |
6 June, 2008
Friday |
12:00-14:00 |
The future of Solidarity Structures: Family, Friendship and Professional Collegiality as Normative Principles for Social Cohesion |
Conflict Resolution Center Yerevan State University , Library building, 3 rd floor |
6 June, 2008
Friday |
17:00-19:00 |
How Sociology is Working: on the Logic of Professions and Semi-Professions |
CSI - Armenia
43, Aygestan 11 |
Lectures are organized by Hovhannes Jonas Grigoryan,
YERITAC YNGO. (Contact: +37491432214).
To attend any of the lectures, registration is required. For registration please contact:
Lectures in YSU on June 4 and June 6: Marina Galstyan, YERITAC YNGO, Mobile: 091753740, by June 3, 2008, 19:00
Lecture in YSU on June 5: Sona Gevorgyan, YSU, Tel: 554511
Lecture in Common Ground: Artak Galyan,
YERITAC YNGO, Mobile: 093869670, by June 3, 2008, 19:00
Lecture in AP&S Consulting: Liana Avetisyan,
AP&S Consulting, Tel: 541821, by June 3, 2008, 19:00
Lecture in CRRC: Anna Sargsyan, crrcnews@crrc.am,
Tel: 581330 by June 4, 2008, 17:00
Lecture in CSI: Monika Hovhannisyan, monika@csi.am,
Tel: 574317, by June 5, 2008, 17:00
Biographical Note
Dr. Tilman Allert is a professor of sociology and social psychology at J. W. Goethe University , Frankfurt on Main , Germany . Professor Allert is the author of several books, including bestseller “ The Hitler Salute: on the Meaning of a Gesture” (to be presented in Armenia!), “ The Family: Case studies on the non-destructibility of a social praxis” , “ Family, Milieu and Social Pedagogical Intervention ” and forthcoming " Sociology of Autism ", " 45 minutes: on the Structure of Pedagogical Communication ", " On the Art of Serving ", a number of publications in famous German newspapers like “ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ”, and “ Neue Zürcher Zeitung ”. Allert also works as a practical sociologist consulting famous companies like Lufthansa, Deutsche Bahn, some German leading hotels and gastronomy as well as musical high schools.
Theoretical Orientation:
Prof. Allert has studied in Freiburg by famous Heinrich Popitz: microsociologist, one of the founders of the Role-Theory tradition in Germany .
Afterwards, he accomplished his studies at "Leibniz-Kolleg", a famous Elite college in Tübingen where he learned sociology with Friedrich Tenbruck, another founding father of German after-war sociology, one of the leading "Weberians” of our times.
In Frankfurt Allert learned with Ulrich Oevermann, who at that time was the assistant to Jürgen Habermas, with whom he learnt his hermeneutic methodology: the so called "objective hermeneutics". He had close intellectual ties with Habermas, Oevermann and Rainer Lepsius, an extraordinary sociologist and professor in Heidelberg , coming from famous Johannes Lepsius family.
After receiving his PhD, Allert worked as an assistant to Walter M. Sprondel at the University of Tübingen , who was one of the leading pupils of Thomas Luckmann, with whom Allert came to know the phenomenological tradition of Alfred Schutz and others.
Theoretical Perspective:
Allert's theoretical perspective is to follow the Structuralist line in the Durkheimian tradition: to explain the social by the social, methodologically based on the outcomes of the "linguistic turn" in sociology.
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YERITAC Lobbies Legislative Reforms in Higher Education
The state of higher education in Armenia has recently opened a new vague. After 2005 when Armenia joined the Bologna’s Process, it adopted a law on “Superior and Post Graduate Specialized Education” imposing dispositions concerning both the education quality and ECTS. However, the abovementioned law has not well differentiated the limits of competences of the State and the HEI by giving some similar functions both to the State and to the HEI.
YERITAC is currently on the way of elaboration of legislative project in order to remove the uncertainties of the abovementioned law. It is also worth to mention that the legislative reforms proposed by YERITAC have already passed double-checking process by respective law experts and soon is going to be submitted to the National Assembly of Armenia.
Notwithstanding, any kind of disruptive system has its negative effect on the students trying to get the realization of their right on higher education. So one of the means really needed in this struggle is the necessity of well monitoring, control, publicity and responsibility of HEIs in the country. We are sure that NGOs have big role to play in this process.
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Data Input for World Vision – Regional Models of Learning
YERITAC is delighted to announce, that as a special partner of World Vision Armenia conducted survey data input in April, 2008 for a regional health educational project. Here again, YERITAC showed itself as one of the best performers of survey data processing not only on the local but also on the international level. Based on our previous experience and shown high quality and implementation standards we were confided to input data from Albania and Romania as well.
This project will be continued for other regional partners as well.
We are proud to prove ourselves as one of the best youth organizations also on the regional level!
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Call for Papers: Essay Competition
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A Summit organized by ARI Movement with partnership
OL! Azerbaijan Youth Movement - Azerbaijan
YERITAC - Armenia
US-Ukraine Foundation - Ukraine
Liberty Institute - Georgia
Date: 03-04-05 November 2008 / Istanbul-Turkey
Basic Information: ARI Movement announces a call for papers for the Black Sea Youth Forum Summit. The goal of the conference is to create a platform to discuss political developments in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Therefore, students who are citizens of these 5 countries ranging from undergraduate to PH.D are welcome to submit their papers.
Our aim is to bring scholars, NGO activists, media representatives and especially students from these countries together and discuss developments that were undertaken in the last decade.
Black Sea Youth Forum will be organized in Istanbul and will last for three days. During the first two days, the papers will be presented and discussions will be made on each topic in a facilitated workshop. In the last session the participants will write a declaration to be announced to public during the last day of the Summit. Accepted papers will be made available to all summit participants. In addition, we expect that every summit participant is willing to act as formal discussant for their summit papers.
Possible essay topics:
- The effect on the youth of transition from the Soviet era
- Europeanization of politics in respective states- What has it meant for the youth
- Democratization experiences and obstacles, in respective states
- NGOs and their activities towards creating open societies
The basic eligibility criteria:
Age: Between 20-35
Language: English
Academic background: At least a university degree.
Country: To be a citizen of one of the 5 Program countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine)
Project Donor: German Marshall Fund,
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation Program
Please submit essays of 3000-4000 words no later than September 10, 2008 to the following e-mail address: blackseasummit@ari.org.tr
Please add to the essays also – name, surname of the author, contact information, academic program (if applicable), university or research institution.
Candidates with accepted papers will be notified no later than October 10, 2008.
! Please be aware that the accommodation and travel costs of the participants will be covered.
SPECIAL PRIZE: € 500
For further information please contact Mrs. Gizem Onay Collet at gizem@ari.org.tr
Looking forward to see you in the Summit!
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Baseline Assessment for Mobility Exacerbated HIV Prevention and Impact Mitigation Program
In January and February 2008 YERITAC conducted second survey for
World Vision in Lori Marz village communities.The survey combined conduction of Focus Group Discussions and filling of Self-Administered Questionnaires in three communities for the baseline assessment of awareness of HIV and AIDS transmission and prevention issues among the migrant and local population. The communities were selected based on the level of seasonal migration – more than 70% of community men leave to Russia, Ukraine and other countries for more than 7 months a year to make their living. In this context, the risk of STIs is significantly higher among these community members.
The survey showed some important and unexpected results. Unlike more traditional and closed communities in Aragatsotn Marz, people in these communities tend to be more open and better informed about HIV and AIDS related issues.
The reports of the survey are submitted to World Vision National Office in Yerevan and will serve for implementation of important health-related projects in the selected communities.
As usual, YERITAC showed very good performance both in the content of the conducted works and in the aspects of meeting all deadlines.
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YERITAC is Conducting an HIV/AIDS Survey
During September 2007, YERITAC YNGO implemented a Baseline Assessment on HIV/AIDS and Violence amongst the Young People of Aragatsotn Region (Talin) Communities funded by World Vision-Armenia.
Surveying is one of the main directions of YERITAC activities. Due to the evaluations from WV, the survey was carried out and reported with high quality and according to timeline.
The survey, with the implementation of sociological methodology, was directed to revealing the level of awareness of young people (schoolchildren), their parents and community members on the issues of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention, as well as violence between and against young people and the ways of overcoming them.
The survey included conduction of 10 Focus groups and 6 Key Informant Interviews with schoolchildren, parents and community key members in 16 rural communities of Aragatsotn region as well as conduction of 257 self-administered questionnaire surveys with the schoolchildren of the same communities.
The findings of the survey are submitted to WV Yerevan office, and will serve for the recommendations to the Ministry of Education for developing a school course on HIV/AIDS education.
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"Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries"
Taking into account the importantance of practicing democratic experiences of European countries in Armenia and the necessity of having academic apporaches in these activities, from July to October 2007 YERITAC was involved in E-Publication and dissemination of the Armenian version of a SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) paper entitled “Political Advisors 
and Civil Servants in European Countries” with the support of Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (affiliated with the Open Society Institute) and funding of NISPAcee (The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe). SIGMA is a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU. To download the Armenian version, please, refer below:
SIGMA PAPER No. 38,
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YERITAC Concert
On September 26, 2007 YERITAC hosted more than 300 people at a classical concert dedicated to the International Day of Peace at Yerevan Chamber Music Hall organized in partnership with Naregatsi Art Institute. The concert was initated by the honorary members of YERITAC, Hayk Melikyan (Piano) and Ani Aghabekyan (violin). They performed in format of trio and invited a talanted musician and violoncellist, Levon Arakelyan. Both Hayk and Ani are the winners of various international music competitions. For more details, please, refer to the Brochure. This young trio presented the follwoing program to the audience: Dmitri Schostakovich - Piano Trio N2, op. 67, / 1944 / and Arno Babadjanian - Piano Trio / 1952 /. The event was widely covered by the media representatives and highly appreciated by the audience. The latter's continuous applause is the main proof of success of the concert and people's wish to live in peace.
During the research focus groups were conducted with young people with various educational backgrouds and it was revealed that their vision of the region is determined by the environment, where they received education: in Armenia, CIS or Western Countries.
The project included a workshop held in Tbilisi, Georgia, where the participants from the three countries were brought together to discuss the possibilities of regional integration in South Caucasus.
We are proud to say, that YERITAC succeeded in its presentation of Armenia and Armenian youth positions by providing an optimistic outlook of further integration of South Caucasus region.
On July 27, 2007 
