Professor
Department of History
Yerevan State University
Armenia
Yulya Yu. Antonyan is Candidate of History, Assistant | Chair of Culturology Education 1997 - 2001: Graduation studies in ethnology, YSU 1990 - 1995: Faculty of History, YSU Academic degree Canidate of History /2007/, equivalent to PhD Theme of the thesis: Magical healing and divination in Armenia Work experience 2008: Assistant Professor, Faculty of History, Department of Cultural Studies, YSU 2006 - 2007: External evaluation expert for development and charity programs, Jinishian Foundation. Evaluation of benevolent activities of Armenia, Syria and Lebanon field offices. 1997 - 2005: Public Sector Program Coordinator, Eurasia Foundation: Since 2011: National Expert to the Council of Europe/ERICarts project “Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe”
Anthropology of religion (contemporary religious movement and processes, vernacular religiosity, religion and social transformations), anthropology of elites, historical anthropology.