Tamar L. Hayrapetyan is Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor | Chair of Culturology Education 1982-1987 Yerevan State University, Faculty of Armenian Philology, the Armenian language and Literature. Academic degree “The life and career of Konstandin Melik-Shahnazaryan (Tmblachi Khachan)” 2001-Diploma of Candidate of Philology, YSU. “The symbol indicators in Armenian folk tales and epic heritage” 2014-Diploma of Doctor of Sciencies (Philology), Institute of Literature named after M. Abeghyan of the National Academy of Sciences of RA. Professional experience 2001 - 2007: NAS RA, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, researcher. 2007 - 2010: NAS RA, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, senior researcher. 2010 – present NAS RA, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, head of the department of Folklore and Textology. 2007 – present lecturer of the Chair of Culturology, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University.

Epic genres of Armenian folklore comparative typology of Armenian folktales system of symbols in Armenian folktales.