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The International Conference “Aristotle in Armenia” took place at the University of Geneva on May 12-13, 2017, Matenadaran reported, adding the event was organized by Valentina Calzolari, Kateriana Ierodiakonou and Irene Tinti.

According to the source, the conference was attended by the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran scholars Armenologists Manea-Erna Shirinyan, Gohar Muradyan, Aram Topchyan and Armine Melkonyan, as well as specialists of the history of ancient philosophy from Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Great Britain, Germany and Canada. There was also a report dedicated to Syriac translations of Aristotle's works (John Watt, Cardiff University).

The information about Armenian authors' references to Aristotle’s most important writings and medieval Armenian translations and interpretations of works attributed to him during the ancient period, as well as to Aristotle’s person, work and dictums were new for the historians of non-Armenian studies of philosophy and were accepted with great interest by them, the source added.

The conference was organized so that the reports of Shirinyan, Muradyan and Topchyan were given in advance to “opponents” (discutant), respectively to Michael Griffin, Ioannis Papachristou and Jonathan Barnes. They had prepared questions and speeches, which ensured a meaningful discussion. In addition to the presentations, published books (David's Armenian and Greek texts with English translation and study) dedicated to the works of David the Invincible and joint program of Matenadaran and the University of Geneva (by diligence of Aram Topchyan and Gohar Muradyan) were presented and discussed during the conference.