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On 17th March at the PPKE Faculty of Humanities building (Sophianum - Mikszáth Kálmán tér 1), Dr. Vahe Torosyan, Deputy Director of the Matenadaran, will give a public lecture on the coronations of the Cilician Armenian kings. 

Yerevan hosted the third Post-Socialist Memory in Times of Crisis and Speculation
(PoCoMoS 2026) conference from January 22 to 24. Organized by anthropologist Gayane
Shagoyan and YSU researcher Alexander Aghajanyan, the international gathering brought together
120 scholars from 82 institutions worldwide to examine how memory survives, transforms, and
confronts new challenges amid crises, ongoing conflicts, and digital disinformation. 

A three-member delegation of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, led by Prof. Dr. Nándor Birher, Professor and Dean, participated—upon invitation from the University of Freiburg — in a scientific conference held in Freiburg from 12–14 November 2025.

The Institute of English and American Studies of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, in co-operation with the School of English and American Studies of Eötvös Loránd University as well as the Institute of English Studies of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary organized a successful international event titled Symbols and Identities in Canada on 27 and 28 November 2025. 

The Department of Armenian Studies invites prospective applicants to apply for the three-year BA and two-year MA programs in History with specialization in Armenian Studies.

Between 7th and 9th November the students of the Armenian Studies Department visited Kalocsa, Baja, Hajós and Szeged. 

Dr. Gergely Fejérdy, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University and Deputy Director of the Otto von Habsburg Foundation, received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium on September 12.