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26–27 June 2026 • Yerevan, Armenia
The International Conference “Education and Philosophy” will be held on 26–27 June 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia, bringing together scholars, researchers, educators, and thinkers from around the world. The event will serve as a global platform for exploring the deep and evolving relationship between philosophical thought and contemporary educational practices.
In an era marked by technological change, cultural shifts, and new demands on learners and institutions, philosophy offers essential tools for reflection, interpretation, and ethical guidance. The conference aims to examine how philosophical ideas shape the goals, methods, and values of modern education — from critical thinking and human development to digital literacy, civic responsibility, and the role of knowledge in a rapidly transforming world.
With a focus on interdisciplinary dialogue, the event will highlight diverse educational philosophies, comparative traditions, innovative pedagogies, and emerging challenges at the intersection of education, technology, and society. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, share research, and contribute to a broader reimagining of education for the 21st century.
We welcome all interested participants to join us in Yerevan for two days of inspiring presentations, intellectual exchange, and collaborative exploration of the future of education and philosophy.
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Organizers
Venue
ASPU Blue Hall
13 Alek Manukyan St., Yerevan
Conference Organizing Committee:
Chair | Lilit MKRTCHYAN Acting Rector of Kh. Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU), PhD in History |
Vice Chairs | Mariam ISPIRYAN Vice-Rector for Science at ASPU, Head of the Research Laboratory for Pedagogical and Armenian Studies of the Institute of Metaphilosophy, Argumentation, and Armenology, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Hasmik HOVHANNISYAN Head of the Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Academician Georg Brutian at ASPU, Head of the Institute of Metaphilosophy, Argumentation, and Armenology, ASPU; President of the Armenian Philosophical Academy (APhA), Dr. of Science (in Philosophy) Hovhannes HOVHANNISYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Theory, History of Philosophy and Logic, Yerevan State University, and at the Department of Philosophy and Logic, ASPU, Head of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, French University in Armenia, |
Members | Meline AVAGYAN Administrator of the Media and Public Relations Center, ASPU, Lecturer at the Department of Informatics and Methods of Teaching Informatics, Coordinator of Editorial Work on the ASPU Journals Website Maria BAGHRAMIAN Vice-President, FISP European Research Area Chair and Director of the Center for Ethics in Public Affairs, AUA Wilhelm DANCA Member of Steering Committee of the FISP Emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Bucharest, Romania Anahit DJIDJIAN Associate Professor at the Armenian State University, PhD Sociology ASPU, PhD in Sociology Diana MARKOSYAN Head of the Information and Public Relations Center, ASPU PhD in Pedagogy Tigran MIKAYELYAN Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, ASPU Head of the Department of Romance-Germanic Languages and Their Teaching Methods, ASPU, PhD in Philology Dermot MORAN Honorary President, FISP (President: 2013-2018), Inaugural holder of the Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy Department, Boston College, Stokes Hall North, USA, Member of the Royal Irish Academy Hakob TADEVOSYAN Scientific Secretary, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Aida TOPUZYAN Head of the Department of Pedagogy at ASPU, Dr. of Science (in Pedagogy) Astghik PETROSYAN Product Designer, YSU Information Technology Department, “Wisdom” journal, ASPU Armen PETROSYAN Vice-Rector for General Affairs, ASPU, Advisor to the Rector on Academic and Methodological Affairs, ASPU, Ruzanna PETROSYAN Dean of the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Silva PETROSYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Theory, History of Philosophy and Logic, Yerevan State University, Member of the Presidium of the Armenian Academy of Philosophy (APhA), PhD in Philosophy Jacob Dahl RENDTORFF Secretary General, FISP, Professor of philosophy and ethics at the Department of Business and Social Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark Luca Maria SCARANTINO Prof. Dr., Past President, FISP (2018-2024), Head of the Philosophy Programme, Chair of Moral and Intercultural Philosophy, Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Palazzo Ateneo, Italy Heisook KIM President, FISP, Professor Emerita, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea Andranik STEPANYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Academician Georg Brutian at ASPU, PhD in Philosophy |
Conference program
Friday, June 26, 2026.
Participant Registration 10:30 – 11:00
(Venue: Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan, 13 Alek Manukyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia)
11:00 - 11:05 | Opening Remarks Hasmik HOVHANNISYAN Head of the Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Georg Brutian, ASPU; Director of the International Institute for Meta-philosophy, Argumentation and Armenology, ASPU; President of the Armenian Philosophical Academy; Doctor of Philosophical Sciences |
| 11:05 - 11:40 | Welcome Address Lilit MKRTCHYAN Acting Rector of the Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU); Screening of the Documentary Film “Georg Brutian and ASPU” Zhanna ANDREASYAN Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia (MESCS RA) Armen MARSOOBIAN Assistant Chairperson at the Southern Connecticut State University; Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Metaphilosophy; Foreign member of the Armenian Philosophical Academy; Dr., Professor of Philosophy Ashot SAGHYAN President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Alexandr MANASYAN Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Member of the Presidium of the Armenian Philosophical Academy, Professor at the Department of Theory, History of Philosophy and Logic, Yerevan State University Alexan BAGHDASARYAN Dean, Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology, Yerevan State University Maria BAGHRAMIAN Vice-President, FISP, European Research Area Chair and Director of the Center for Ethics in Public Affairs, AUA Luca Maria SCARANTINO Past President, FISP (2018-2024), Head of the Philosophy Programme, Chair of Moral and Intercultural Philosophy, Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Palazzo Ateneo: “In Memory of William McBride: Present in Absence — An Unfulfilled Meeting, an Enduring Friendship” Lilit BRUTIAN Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor |
11:40 - 12:00 | Hasmik HOVHANNISYAN Keynote address: Georg Brutian: One Hundred Years Later: Legacy and Contemporary Relevance |
12:00 - 12:15 | Ceremonial Award Presentation 1. “David the Invincible” Grand Medal and “David the Invincible” Small Medal
2. “ASPU 90th Anniversary” Medal
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14:00 - 15։00 | Heisook KIM President, FISP, Professor Emerita, Ewha Womans University (Republic of Korea) Title of the talk: "Philosophy as Education in East Asian Confucian Context" Luca Maria SCARANTINO Prof. Dr., Past President, FISP (2018-2024), Head of the Philosophy Programme, Chair of Moral and Intercultural Philosophy, Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Palazzo Ateneo, Italy Title of the talk: "Widening the philosophical canon: scholarly and pedagogical implications for higher education curricula" Dermot MORAN Honorary President, FISP (President: 2013-2018), Inaugural holder of the Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy Department, Boston College, Stokes Hall North, USA, Member of the Royal Irish Academy Title of the talk: "Evolving Conceptions of the Plurality of Philosophy" |
Moderator: Wilhelm DANCA Emeritus professor of philosophy, Romanian Academy / University of Bucharest), Member of the Steering Committee, FISP Presenters: Cholpon ALIEVA (Ala-Too International University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Presentation: Multicultural Philosophy and the Problem of Cultural Identity Anke GRANESS University of Erfurt, Germany (via Zoom) Presentation: Prerequisites for Philosophical Polylogues. Xiangchen SUN Fudan University, Shanghai, China Presentation: From ‘Returning Family’ to ‘One World, One Family’: A Non-Essentialist Construction of Identity Based on the Philosophy of Family. Silva PETROSYAN Member of the Armenian Philosophical Academy Presentation: The Challenges of Armenian Cultural Identity |
Presentation of Certificates of Foreign Membership in the Armenian Philosophical Academy to all members of the Board and Steering Committee of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) and to international participants
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Venue: Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU), Main Building, 17 Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia
Co-coordinators: Hovhannes HOVHANNISYAN, Will POGHOSYAN
10:00-14:00 | REPORTS |
Diana AGHABALYAN PhD student, Department of Philosophy and Logic Named after Academician Georg Brutian, ASPU Presentation Topic: Generative Artificial Intelligence as a Mean of Enhancing the Quality of Distance Education | |
Svetlana S. ARZUMANYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Theory and History of Philosophy, PhD in Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, of NAS RA Presentation Topic: The Need for Teaching Philosophy in Art Universities | |
Sona DAVTYAN Chief Registration Department Specialist, «Center of drug and medical technology expertise» SNCO, PhD in Philosophy Presentation Topic: Health as a Sociocultural and Philosophical Value | |
Hovhannes HOVHANNISYAN Associate Professor at the Departments of Theory, History and Logic of Philosophy, YSU & Philosophy and Logic Named after Academician Georg Brutian, ASPU; Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, UFAR, Executive Director of the Armenian Philosophical Academy; PhD in Philosophy Presentation Topic: The Problem of the Classification of Rhetorical Conceptions | |
Alexander MANASYAN Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia; Member of the Presidium of the Armenian Philosophical Academy; Professor at the Department of Theory, History and Logic of Philosophy, Yerevan State University Presentation Topic: Armenia in the Context of Global Developments (Philosophical and Political-Economic Viewpoints) | |
Ashot MANUKYAN Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Yerevan Medical Institute; PhD in Pedagogy Presentation Topic: The Philosophy of Yeznik Koghbatsi’s Educational Ideas as The Art of Huma Self-Improvement | |
Anush MINASYAN Head of the Research Center for Military Humanities, Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy of the Ministry of Defense of the RA; PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor Presentation Topic: The Philosophical Foundation of Humanitarian Knowledge: The Role of the Humanities in Military Education | |
Rimma MIRUMYAN Professor at the Department of Political Science named after K.A. Mirumyan, Institute of International Relations and Socio-Political Science at Russian-Armenian University; Doctor in Philosophy Presentation Topic: The Problem of Education in Armenian Medieval Philosophy Marine SHAHBAZYAN Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Academician Georg Brutian, ASPU; PhD in Philosophy Presentation Topic: The Information and Information Technologies as Powerful Tools of Manipulation Nelly PETROSYAN Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Academician Georg Brutian, ASPU Presentation Topic: The Philosophy of Education in the Context of Digital and Value Transformations Romik KOCHARYAN The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor Presentation Topic: The Interpretative Philosophy of St. David The Invincible: a Concept Inwardly Educating the Truth of Philosophy and the Methodological Path of Philosophizing Kadzik OGANYAN, Karina OGANYAN Professors, Dcctors of Philosophy at P. F. Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, Saint Petersburg, Russia Presentation Topic: Synergistic Philosophy of Humanity and Education |
Coordinator: Aida TOPUZYAN
| 10:00 - 14:00 | REPORTS |
Zaruhi ASATRYAN Associate Professor, Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy, Armine DALLAKYAN Associate Professor at the Chair of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Presentation Topic: Gender Education and Socialization of Learners as a Contemporary Pedagogical Challenge | |
Laura ASATRYAN Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, Dr. of Pedagogy, Margarit ASATRYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Presentation Topic: Contemporary Models of General Education School Managemen | |
Gayane YEGANYAN Associate Professor at the Chair of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Presentation Topic: The philosophy of educational transformation in the digital age: challenges and solutions | |
Aida TOPUZYAN Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, Dr. of Pedagogy, Levon NAZARYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Presentation Topic: Anthropological Comparative Analysis of Educational Paradigms | |
Aida TOPUZYAN Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, Dr. of Pedagogy, Lusine POGHOSYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD of Pedagogy, Gayane HARUTYUNYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD of Pedagogy Presentation Topic: Organizing Media Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | |
Greta HAKOBYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD of Pedagogy Presentation Topic: Development of Critical Thinking: From Philosophical Roots to Modern Approaches in Media Education | |
Vagharshak MATIKYAN Head of the Education Inspection Body of Republic of Armenia Zaruhi MIKAYELYAN Risk Assessment, Inspection Planning, Analysis and Evaluation Department, Education Inspection Body of Republic of Armenia, PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor Presentation Topic: Features of the Supervisory Function Conditioned by the Nature of the General Education System | |
Narine MARKOSYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy, | |
Gayane AGHUZUMTSYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD in Pedagogy Presentation Topic: The Socratic Idea “Know Thyself” in Education | |
Lusine POGHOSYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD of Pedagogy, | |
Narine MESROPYAN PhD student (2024–2026), ASPU, National Center for Educational Technologies Presentation Topic: Generative Artificial Intelligence as a Means of Enhancing the Quality of Distance Learning | |
Susanna SISYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD of Pedagogy, Isabella BABAYAN Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, ASPU, PhD of Pedagogy Presentation Topic: The Relationship Between Universities and the Labor Market as a Modern Issue in Education |
Coordinator: Ruzanna PETROSYAN
| 10:00 - 14:00 | REPORTS |
Sirina ARAKELYAN Lecturer at the Chair of Applied Psychology (ASPU), PhD in Psychology Presentaaon Topic: The gender self (gender iden.ty) in the context of postmodernism Gor ASATRYAN Master’s Student in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Chair of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU Presentation Topic: Exploring the Dynamic Development Model of Closed Societies | |
| Mariana AVETISYAN Acting Head of the Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor Sofi GRIGORYAN Specialist of the Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD Student in Social Psychology Presentation Topic: The Modern Problem of Educational Management in the Context of Artificial Intelligence | |
Norayr TADEVOSYAN First-Year Student (2024), Department of Steam and Gas Turbines, Faculty of Power Engineering, National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute Presentation Topic: Psychological factors influencing motivation and burnout in students studying in the nuclear energy industry | |
Lilit LACHINYAN Associate Professor at Mkrtich Mazmanian Chair of Psychology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: The Relationship Between Managerial Skills and Coping Behavior of Public-School Principals | |
Gayane KHACHIKYAN Associate Professor at the Chair of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: Teaching Legal Psychology as a Factor in the Legal Upbringing and Formation of the Individual | |
Naira HARUTYUNYAN Lecturer at the Chair of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: Self-Esteem and the Formation of Life Goals in Young Adulthood: In the Context of Social Expectations | |
Hrazdin MARGARYAN Master’s Student in Military Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU Presentation Topic: Human Resource Management as a Socio-Psychological and Philosophical Issue in the Organizational Environment | |
Marine MIKAYELYAN Associate Professor at the Chair of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: Frameworks of Psychological Support in the Process of Teaching Practice for University Students | |
Lilit MKRTCHYAN Acting Rector, ASPU, PhD in History, Associate Professor Mariana AVETISYAN Acting Head of the of the Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Marine MATOSYAN Deputy Dean for Science and International Cooperation, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geography, Chair of Geography and its Teaching Methods, ASPU, PhD in Geography Gohar ARAKELYAN Chief Specialist at the Centre for International Cooperation and Project Management, ASPU Presentation Topic: Current issues and challenges of value education in the RA educational system (Using the example of ASPU) | |
Anna NADOYAN Associate Professor, Chair of General Psychology, Yerevan State University, PhD in Psychology, Ruzanna PETROSYAN Professor, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: Characteristics of Time Perception Conditioned by the Level of Stress Resilience Ruzanna PETROSYAN Professor, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology, Sona MAKICHYAN Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Lida ARAMYAN Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: Distortions in the Perception of Reality During Adolescence: A Psychological and Educational-Philosophical Analysis Yepraksya SAHAKYAN Master’s Student in Management Psychology, Chair of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU Presentation Topic: Corporate Culture as a Factor in Enhancing Organizational Competitiveness Samvel SUKYASYAN Head of the Scientific Department at Psychoswcial Recavery Centre, Dr. of Medical Sciences, Professor Presentation Topic: Archaic genes and modern humans: how ancient hominin DNA influences our humanity Mari KELOYAN Chairholder of Psychology at European University of Armenia, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor Nelli KHACHATRYAN Lecturer at the European University of Armenia Presentation Topic: Possibilities of an Integrated Approach To Social-Emotional Learning in the Development of Emotional Self-Awareness and Regulation in Preschool Children Mari KELOYAN Chairholder of Psychology at European University of Armenia, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor Gayane MESROPYAN Master’s Student in Psychology (2024–2026) Presentation Topic: Dark Triad Personality Traits and Mental Health: The Relationship Between Childhood Traumatic Experiences, Personality Traits, and Mental Health |
Coordinator: Anahit DJIDJIAN
| 10:00 - 14:00 | REPORTS |
Liana BALYAN Lecturer, Chair of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, Armenian State Pedagogical University, Research Applicant (2024–2029) in Sociology Presentation Topic: The Problem of Assessing the Effectiveness of Social Partnership | |
Susanna YEGHIAZARYAN Lecturer, Chair of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, Armenian State Pedagogical University, PhD in Sociology Presentation Topic: PECULIARITIES OF DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL STATES | |
Ashot YESAYAN Associate Professor, Chair of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, Armenian State Pedagogical University Presentation Topic: Education Policy and the Peculiarities of Recognition and Teaching of the Subjects of Education | |
Maria ZASLAVSKAYA Professor, Department of Sociology, Yerevan State University, Dr. of Sociology, Gagik GALIKYAN Head of the Department of Philosophy, Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences at Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, PhD in Philosophy Presentation Topic: Digitalization in Higher Education: The Pseudo-Digitalization Trap and the Case for Humanistic Pedagogical Redesign | |
Gayane KHACHIKYAN Associate Professor, Chair of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Psychology Presentation Topic: The Role of Psychological Components in Sociological Research: In the Context of Higher Education | |
Nelli MELKONYAN PhD student at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, specialization “Psychology”, ASPU Presentation Topic: Professional Self-Actualization and Career Prospects for Social Work Graduates in the Republic of Armenia (On the example of ASPU) | |
Garnik NALBANDYAN Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU; National Institute of Labour and Social Research, under the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, PhD in Technical Sciences Presentation Topic: Domestic Violence and its Social Consequences | |
SARA SHMAVONYAN Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU Presentation Topic: Prerequisites of Educational Motivation Among Bachelor’s Students Studying in the Higher Education System of the Republic of Armenia (RA) | |
Anahit JIJYAN Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Psychology and Sociology, ASPU, PhD in Philosophy; Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, NAS RA Presentation Topic: Application of the “Problem-Solving” Approach in Developing Professional Competencies of Social Work Students |
15:00-15:30 | Lilit MKRTCHYAN
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