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  • UCLA Conference on Armenian Communities of Iran

    PRESS RELEASE
    UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
    Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
    Tel: 310-825-3375
    Email: [email protected]


    ARMENIAN COMMUNITES OF IRAN TO BE FEATURED IN NEXT UCLA CONFERENCE, MAY 14-16.


    UCLAThe fourteenth in the UCLA International Conference series on Historic
    Armenian Cities and Provinces will feature the colorful history and
    culture of the
    Armenian communities of Iran from ancient to modern times. The conference,
    to be held in Glendale and on the UCLA campus from Friday evening to
    Sunday afternoon, May 14-16, will bring together scholars from Armenia,
    Cyprus, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Italy, and various parts of the
    United States. The opening session in Armenian will be held on Friday
    evening, May 14, from 7:30 to 9:30, in the Glendale Presbyterian Church at
    the corner of Louise and Harvard Streets in Glendale and will include
    illustrated lectures by Onnik Hairapetian (Glendale and Mashdots
    Colleges), Gohar Avagian (National Historical Archives, Armenia), Armen
    Hakhnazarian (Germany and Armenia),

    The Saturday sessions on May 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. will be held
    on the UCLA campus, in Court of Sciences 50 (Young Hall), and will be
    conducted in English. The presentations will focus on the political,
    cultural and literary, economic, and social history of the Armenians of
    Iran or Persia. Speakers include Richard Hovannisian (UCLA), A.Elizabeth
    Redgate (Newcastle, England), Peter Cowe (UCLA), Hovann Simonian (USC),
    Thomas Sinclair (University of Cyprus), Gabriella Uluhogian (Bologna
    University, Italy), Vazken Ghougassian (Eastern Prelacy, New York), Rubina
    Peroomian (UCLA), Houri Berberian (California State University, Long
    Beach), RoseMary Cohen (Los Angeles), Gayane Hagopian (UCLA), Anahid
    Keshishian (UCLA), Bert Vaux (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).

    The Sunday afternoon sessions on May 16 from 1:30 to 5:30 will be in
    Armenian and in English with presentations by Armen Ter Stepanyan
    (Matenadaran, Armenia), Armen Hakhnazarian (Germany and Armenia), Artsvi
    Bskhchinyan (Armenia), Samvel Stepanian (Glendale), Aida Avanessian
    (Tehran, Iran), Claudia Der-Mardirosian (UCLA), and Anny Bakalian (New
    York University). As in all previous conferences, a photographic exhibit
    will be mounted by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht of Davis, California.

    The conference is organized by Professor Richard G. Hovannisian, Holder of
    the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at
    UCLA, and is co-sponsored by the Armenian Society (Iranahay Miutiun) of
    Los Angeles and the UCLA International Institute, G.E. von Grunebaum
    Center for Near Eastern Studies, and the Center for European and Russian
    Studies.

    All proceedings are open to the public at no charge. Parking on the UCLA
    campus is in Parking Structure 2, entrance from Hilgard Avenue at
    Westholme. The conference program may be viewed at www.uclaarmenian.org
    and Professor Hovannisian may be contacted by e-mail at
    <mailto:[email protected]>Hovannis@h istory.ucla.edu.
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