Academic Staff Mobility from Vanadzor State University to Foreign Institutions

As a result of inter-university cooperation within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA171 program, faculty members from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Vanadzor State University, Marianna Enfendjian and Gayane Matinyan, had the opportunity to teach at the University of Granada in Spain and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland from May 5 to May 9, 2025.

Gayane Matinyan taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (8 academic hours) at the University of Granada (Spain), delivering lectures on the topic “Coherence and Cohesion in Written Discourse.”
During meetings with faculty professors, important matters concerning future collaboration were discussed. Gayane Matinyan also met with students studying at the University of Granada, including Elen Stepanyan, a third-year student majoring in English Language and Literature at Vanadzor State University.
Ms. Matinyan toured the university buildings and library, and visited the International Relations Office, where she met with Professor Esther Santiago to discuss the goals and outcomes of the visit.

Marianna Enfendjian taught at the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology (4 academic hours) at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań), primarily instructing international students from China, Vietnam, Portugal, and other countries.

Kristine Kazaryan, Associate Professor at the Department of Law and faculty member of the Department of Economics, Law, and Management at Vanadzor State University, visited the University of Málaga, Spain, from May 12 to May 16, to deliver 8 hours of lectures at the Faculty of Law.
The lecture topics were pre-arranged with Lucía Aragués, course instructor for “Collective Labor Relations,” and were selected from the course syllabus:

1. Social Partnership
2. Collective Labor Relations
3. Collective Labor Agreement. Collective Labor Disputes

The lecture concluded with a presentation about the Republic of Armenia and Vanadzor State University, sparking interest among students—and especially the instructor — in visiting Armenia and Vanadzor State University under a mobility program.

In addition to teaching, a meeting was organized with the Head of the Department of International Relations and Communications, as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Law.

According to the participating faculty members, this mobility experience not only contributed to their professional development but also fostered the exchange of compatible ideas for future cooperation.