The 鈥淚ranian Historiography鈥 Master鈥檚 programme consists exclusively of specialized professional courses through which students will acquire the necessary knowledge and practical skills to become competitive and in-demand professionals in the job market.
The curriculum includes general, compulsory professional and elective courses.
The content of the professional compulsory and elective courses addresses contemporary regional issues as well as key topics in Iranian studies, political science, linguistics, and cultural studies.
Leading experts in the field who also cooperate with international educational institutions teach courses.
- Programme duration: 2 years
- Annual tuition fee: 750,000 AMD
- Entrance examination format: Oral
ENTRANCE EXAM QUESTIONNAIRE
- The place of Iranian languages within the Indo-European language family
- The concept of the Iranian language family
- Chronological division of Iranian languages
- Dialectal classification of Iranian languages
- Old Iranian period (languages and monuments)
- Middle Iranian period (languages and monuments)
- New Iranian period (languages and monuments)
- Western Iranian languages
- Eastern Iranian languages
- Iran during the Sasanian period
- Rudaki 鈥 the founder of Persian poetry
- 贵别谤诲辞飞蝉颈鈥檚 Shahnameh 鈥 the epic of Iranian peoples
- Fakhr al-Din Gorgani鈥檚 Vis and Ramin and the genre of Persian romance
- The poetry of Omar Khayyam
- The work Arda Viraf Namag
- Nizami Ganjavi鈥檚 Khamsa
- The poetry of Saadi 鈥 Gulistan and Bustan
- The lyricism of Hafez
- Nasir Khusraw
- The works of Jalal al-Din Rumi
- Persian novels at the beginning of the 20th century
- Prose of Sadegh Hedayat
- Jami鈥檚 poem cycle Haft Awrang
- The Enlightenment movement and the new genres of Persian literature
- The penetration of foreign capital into Iran 鈥 the process of semi-colonization
- The 1953 (August 19 / Mordad 28) coup d'茅tat 鈥 causes and consequences
- The Anglo-Russian agreements of 1907 and 1915 and their objectives
- The fall of the Qajar dynasty and the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty 鈥 class nature of Reza Shah鈥檚 monarchy
- Iran in the context of Great Powers鈥 policies in the Near and Middle East 鈥 goals and methods in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- The Anglo-Iranian agreement of August 9, 1919
- Baha鈥檌sm as an ideology 鈥 its class nature
- Reza Shah鈥檚 nationalism and its manifestations
- Main causes for the failure of the 1905鈥1911 revolution
- Ascension of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 鈥 his economic and political concepts (Positive Nationalism)
- Trends toward Anglo-Russian rapprochement in Iran in the early 20th century and the underlying causes
- The Parthian Empire
- The 1978鈥1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and the proclamation of the Republic
- The 1980鈥1988 Iran-Iraq war and its impact on regional developments
- Iran鈥檚 nuclear programme and recent developments
- Contemporary Middle East policy of The Islamic Republic of Iran
Literature List
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- 談榨謤毡铡站崭謤 謬 談斋栈斋斩 员謤謬榨宅謩斋 榨謤寨謤斩榨謤 謬 摘崭詹崭站崭謧謤栅斩榨謤, 猿员员, 諃崭栅站铡债斩榨謤斋 摘崭詹崭站铡债崭謧, 瞻. 1鈥30
- 员謤謬榨宅铡眨斋湛崭謧诈盏铡斩 瞻铡謤謥榨謤, 缘諍諃, 諃崭栅站铡债斩榨謤斋 摘崭詹崭站铡债崭謧, 瞻. 1鈥11
- 猿. 曰战寨铡斩栅铡謤盏铡斩, 曰謤铡斩铡-铡沾榨謤斋寨盏铡斩 瞻铡謤铡闸榨謤崭謧诈盏崭謧斩斩榨謤炸 1942鈥1960 诈诈., 缘謤謬铡斩, 2011, 237 乍栈
- 猿. 談. 諉铡宅闸铡斩盏铡斩, 諍铡謤战斋謥 宅榨咋站斋 謩榨謤铡寨铡斩崭謧诈盏崭謧斩, 缘謤謬铡斩, 1997
- 袗谢懈械胁 小.袦., 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟 袠褉邪薪邪 XX 胁械泻, 袦芯褋泻胁邪, 2004
- Abrahamian E., A History of Modern Iran, Cambridge, 2008
- Axworthy M., Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic, Oxford, 2013
- Fakhreddin Azimi, The Quest for Democracy in Iran, Harvard University Press, 2008
- Fereshteh Davaran, Continuity in Iranian Identity: Resilience of a Cultural Heritage, Routledge, 2010
- Henry Sokolski, Patrick Clawson, Checking Iran鈥檚 Nuclear Ambitions, 2004
- Shireen T. Hunter, Iran鈥檚 Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era, Santa Barbara, 2010
- Ra岣腻ni腻n D., Ir腻n beyn-e do k奴dat腻, Tehr腻n, 2012
- 袪褍斜懈薪褔懈泻 挟.袗., 袚褉邪屑屑邪褌懈泻邪 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯谐芯 锌械褉褋懈写褋泻芯谐芯 褟蟹褘泻邪, 袦芯褋泻胁邪, 2001
- Yadollah S., 膧muzesh-e zab腻n f腻rsi (膧ZF膧), Tehr腻n, 1993
- Anvari H., Givi H.A., Dastur-e zab腻n-e f腻rsi, vol. 1鈥2, Tehr腻n, 1995
- Xod腻parasti F., Farhang-e j腻me鈥,&苍产蝉辫;v腻啪eg腻n-e motar腻def o motaz腻d-e zab腻n-e f腻rsi, Shiraz, 1997
- Hoseini S., Rave拧&苍产蝉辫;tadris-e zab腻n-e f腻rsi be f腻rsi-腻muz腻n-e x腻reji, Tehr腻n, 2006
- Razi鈥i S., F腻rsi-e neve拧t腻ri-goft腻ri, Tehr腻n, 2008
- 艩ari鈥at M., Dastur-e zab腻n-e f腻rsi, Tehr腻n, 2013
- Sahr腻yi R., Solt腻ni M., Ir腻n拧en腻si, Tehr腻n, 2016
- Zoy腻 Pirz腻d, Se ket腻b, Tehr腻n, 2005
- Goli-ye Tarraghi, J腻-ye digar, Tehr腻n, 2010
Contact Information
Dean: Ph.D., Professor Ruben Melkonyan
Faculty Office:
Phone: (+374 60) 710 573, (+374 60) 710 574 (inner lines: 55-73, 55-74)
Email: orient@ysu.am