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

    SAVE THE DATES, APRIL 1-3, 2005
    UCLA CAMPUS MAP at www.ucla.edu/map/
    See also www.uclaarmenian.org

    FOR STORY AND PICTURES ON AMBASSADOR
    EVAN'S VISIT TO UCLA SEE www.international.ucla.edu


    UCLA International Conference Series in Armenian Studies

    After Nine Decades
    The Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide

    APRIL 1-3, 2005 ** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
    Friday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., AGBU Manoogian Center, Pasadena
    Saturday, April 2, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., 100 Moore Hall, UCLA
    Sunday, April 3, 1:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Court of Sciences 50, UCLA
    __________________________________________________ _________

    April 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday Evening Session in Armenian,
    AGBU Manoogian Center, 2495 E. Mountain Street (at Altadena Drive),
    Pasadena California

    The Armenian Genocide in the Syrian Press
    Nora Arissian, Damascus University

    The Final Phase of the Armenian Genocide, 1919-1922
    Karen H. Khachatryan, Institute of History, Erevan

    Art and Testimony
    Marc Nichanian, Wesleyan University

    Will There Ever Be a Post-Genocide Era?
    Raffi K. Hovannisian, Armenian Center for National and International
    Studies (ACNIS), Erevan

    UCLA--APRIL 2-3, 2005

    April 2, Saturday, Moore Hall 100, UCLA, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

    Morning Sessions: 9:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

    Rethinking Aspects of the Armenian Genocide, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

    The Enduring Legacy
    Richard Hovannisian, UCLA

    Rethinking Dehumanization in Genocide
    Henry Theriault, Worcester State College

    America's Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide: A Legacy of Paradox
    Suzanne E. Moranian, AIWA, Boston

    Genocide and the Philosophy of History
    Michael Papazian, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia

    Discussion, 10:45-11:00

    INTERMISSION

    The Armenian Genocide in Comparative Perspective, 11:20 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

    Comparative Media Coverage in English-Speaking Countries
    Katia Peltekian, American University of Beirut

    The Assyrian Genocide: Late-Nineteenth-Early-Twentieth Century
    Anahit Khosroyeva, Institute of History, Erevan (in Armenian with English
    summary)

    The Greek Calamity in Asia Minor and the Pontus
    Speros Vryonis, Jr., UCLA and NYU, Emeritus

    Comparative Aspects of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust
    Tigran Matossian, Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, Erevan

    Discussion, 12:45-1:00 p.m.


    LUNCH RECESS: 1:00-2:15 p.m.

    Illustrated Lunch-Hour Presentation: 1:45-2:00 p.m.
    The Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Deir-ez-Zor (Der-Zor)
    Sarkis Balmanoukian, The Architect, Los Angeles

    Afternoon Sessions ** 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

    Genocide Education, Human Rights, and Prevention, 2:15-3:40 p.m.

    No Mandate Left Behind
    Nicole Vartanian, Fulbright Scholar, Washington, D.C.

    Teaching the Armenian Genocide to a Non-Armenian Audience
    Sara Cohan, Washington, D.C.

    The Armenian Genocide and Education
    Adam Strom, Facing History and Ourselves, Boston

    Genocide in Virtual Space (Cyberspace)
    Hagop Gulludjian, UCLA

    Discussion, 3:40-3:55 p.m.

    INTERMISSION

    Artistic Responses to Genocide, 4:15-6:00 p.m.

    Leon Tutundjian-Witness
    Jean Murachanian, UCLA

    Testmony and Witness: Armenian Artists in Los Angeles
    Ramela Grigorian Abbamontian, UCLA

    From Charles Aznavour to System of a Down
    Jack Der Sarkissian, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles

    The Archaeology of Memory: Framing the Invisible
    Hrag Varjabedian, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Discussion, 5:45-6:00 p.m.


    April 3, Sunday Afternoon, Court of Sciences 50, UCLA, 1:30 p.m. -6:00 p.m.

    History and Memory, 1:30-3:15 p.m.

    Across the Chasm: From Catastrophe to Creativity
    Barlow Der Mugrdechian, California State University, Fresno

    James Joyce: Armenia and Armenians
    Marc Mamigonian, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, Boston

    Historical Memory: Threading the Contemporary Literature of Armenia
    Rubina Peroomian, UCLA

    The Armenian Genocide and French Society
    Phillipe Videlier, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Lyons

    Discussion, 3:00-3:15 p.m.


    INTERMISSION

    Prospects of Dialogue and Reconciliation, 3:40-5:30 p.m.

    Amnesia, Truth, Reconciliation
    Elazar Barkan, Claremont Graduate University

    Turkish Liberal Historiography and Genocide
    Bedross Der Matossian, Columbia University

    Constructing a New Historiography of the Armenians in the Ottoman
    Empire
    and the Turkish Republic
    Fatma Muge Goçek, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Anatomy of Post-Genocide Reconciliation
    Simon Payaslian, Clark University

    Discussion, 5:30-5:50 p.m.

    A Retrospective, 5:50-6:00 p.m.
    Richard Hovannisian


    OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ** NO ADMISSION FEE
    PARKING STRUCTURE NO. 2, HILGARD AND WESTHOLME
    ENTRANCE TO UCLA

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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