Patma-Banasirakan Handes
| Patma-Banasirakan Handes Historical-Philological Journal |
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| Abbreviated title (ISO) | 'PBH ՊԲՀ ИфЖ |
| Discipline | Armenian studies, Byzantine studies, Classical studies, Near Eastern studies |
| Language | Armenian, Russian, English (abstracts) |
| Edited by | Vardkes Mikayelyan [1] |
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| Publisher | AAS (Armenia) |
| Publication history | 1958 – Present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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| ISSN | 0135-0536 |
Patma-Banasirakan Handes (Armenian: Պատմա-Բանասիրական Հանդես (ՊԲՀ), Historical-Philological Journal (PBH); Russian: Историко-филологический журнал, Istoriko-Filologicheskii Zhurnal) is the official Armenian-language academic journal of the Armenian Academy of Sciences that is responsible for publishing articles and releasing reports related to Armenian history (primarily, material related to the ancient and medieval periods), art history, literature, and linguistics.[2] PBH was established in 1958 by Armenian academician Mkrtich G. Nersisyan in Yerevan (while Armenia was still a part of the Soviet Union). He was the journal's first editor-in-chief and served in this position until his death in 1999.[3] The journal is published quarterly.
Most articles that were published during the Soviet era in Armenian were appended with a Russian language abstract, while those articles published in Russian had an Armenian abstract.[2] In recent years, following Armenia’s independence in 1991, some articles also include English abstracts. PBH additionally publishes discussions and debates, book reviews and also has special sections devoted to science news and Armenian Diasporan affairs.[2]
Its contributors over the years have come to include scholars and academicians from all over the former Soviet Union, Europe, the United States, as well as Armenians from the Diaspora. The journal occasionally publishes obituaries, biographies and notes the works of distinguished scholars who were involved in Armenian studies at the anniversary (e.g., centennial) of their births and deaths.
[edit] Notes
- ^ About. National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Accessed October 4, 2008.
- ^ a b c (Armenian) Vardanyan, N. «Պատմա-Բանասիրական Հանդես» (Patma-Banasirakan Handes). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. ix. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1983, pp. 158-159.
- ^ (Russian) Deceased Members: Nersisyan, Mkrtich G. National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Accessed August 30, 2009.
