RECORDING –
Recording of Talk by Dr Naira Mkrtchyan, Armenia March 17, 2024
Sunday, 17 March · 3:00 – 4:00pm
ABOUT THE TOPIC
Since ancient times, great importance has been attached to dreams, attributing to them a divine origin. They both attracted and frightened people who called dreams “little death”, believing that through it they could get into that mysterious world of the afterlife.
For centuries, dreams have helped people make decisions and provided valuable advice. In the ancient world, kings, based on dreams, built their foreign and domestic policies, held wedding and coronation ceremonies, constructed cities, palaces, temples, etc. Most of the doctors of the ancient world (in Egypt, Greece, Armenia) treated the sick according to their dreams. For this purpose there were special temples dedicated to sleep and dream deities.
Even 3000 years ago, the authors of the Hindu sacred texts – the Upanishads – described dreams as a higher state of mind than the waking state.
The language of dreams are symbols and colours. During the course the audience will learn meanings of colours, numbers, some common symbols such as holy images, love, sickness, death, etc.
We will also talk about inventions which were made in dreams as well as important historical dreams of kings, army commanders, etc.
“Dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand.” – Paulo Coelho
About the speaker:
Dr NAIRA MKRTCHYAN is a scholar, diplomat, writer, university teacher from Armenia.
She is the author of the book “In the mysterious world of dreams…” which is the result of her research of more than 20 years.
Education
– M.Phil in International Relations, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India
– PhD, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Russia (Pursuing)
– M.A. degree in Diplomatic Service, Diplomatic Academy, Moscow, Russia
– M.Eng. degree, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, Armenia
Work Experience
– 11 years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on diplomatic work at the Asia, Pacific & Africa Dpt., work in the Armenian Embassies in Moscow (Russia) and Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)
– Author and Anchor of series of TV programs “Armenians in the World” (ALM TV channel), “Unknown Pages of History” and member of Authors’ Group in weekly Information-Analytical TV program “The Globe” (Yerkir Media TV channel), “View at the world», (Yerevan TV channel), “Mysterious Orient” (H3 TV channel)
– Political Analyst, ArMedia Information-Analytical Agency, www.armedia.am
– Senior expert on Asia at PR & Information Department, Armenian President’s Administration
– Translator (Armenian-Russian-English), Information and PR Department, Ministry of Defense
2019-2023 – Lecturer of “History of Armenia”, “Philosophy”, “Bioethics” to Indian students of Medical Department, and Head of Education Department, “Mkhitar Gosh” Armenian-Russian International University, Yerevan
Since May, 2023 – Lecturer of “Political Science”, Northern University, Yerevan
Awards:
March, 2023 – “Bhumiputra Biju Patnaik International Women’s Empowerment Award-2023” for exclusive contribution in the fields of education, arts & culture and Indo-Armenian relations
Other
– Series of lectures on Russian language, Russian culture, about CIS countries in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India
– Participated in various international conferences, workshops, online seminars presenting Armenian culture and history, Armenian-Indian relations, current situation in CIS countries, tourism industry development in CIS countries.
– Made documentary films about India and China
– Authored 2 books about China
– Co-author, Editor-translator of 6 (six) books about Kazakhstan in Armenian and Russian languages
– Author of “Armenia and the Silk Road” (book in Armenian, Russian and English)
