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UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]
MARCH 9, 2005
UCLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GENOCIDE AFTER NINE DECADES,
APRIL 1-3, 2005
UCLAAn international conference, ~SAfter Nine Decades ~V The
Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide,~T will be held in Pasadena
and on the UCLA campus from Friday evening, April 1, to Sunday
afternoon, April 3. The conference is sponsored by the Armenian
Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History in
cooperation with the UCLA International Institute, Center for Near
Eastern Studies, and Center for European and Eurasian Studies. The
conference organizer is A.E.F. Chair Holder Richard G. Hovannisian,
who explained: ~SThe Armenian Genocide set the prototype of
premeditated mass killing in the twentieth century, and there is much
to be learned from the enduring legacy of that crime.~T Participants
include scholars from Argentina, Armenia, France, Lebanon, Syria, and
from throughout the United States.
Friday Session in Armenian
The opening session on Friday evening, April 1, from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m., will be conducted in the Armenian language and will feature
Nora Arissian (Damascus University), Karen Khachatryan (History
Institute, Erevan), Marc Nichanian (Wesleyan University), and Raffi
K. Hovannisian (ACNIS, Erevan). The Armenian session will be held in
the AGBU Manoogian Center at 2495 E. Mountain Street (at Altadena
Drive) in Pasadena.
Saturday Sessions in English on UCLA Campus
The Saturday sessions, April 2, will take place in Moore Hall 100 on
the UCLA campus from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The theme for the first
Saturday morning session, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., is ~SRethinking Aspects
of the Armenian Genocide,~T with presentations by Richard Hovannisian
(UCLA), Henry Theriault (Worcester State College), Suzanne Moranian
(AIWA, Boston), and Michael Papazian (Berry College, Georgia).
The second session, 11:20 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., focuses on ~SThe
Armenian Genocide in Comparative Perspective~T with Katia Peltekian
(American University of Beirut), Anahit Khosroyeva (History
Institute, Erevan), Speros Vryonis, Jr. (UCLA and New York
University, Emeritus), and Tigran Matossian (Museum-Institute of the
Armenian Genocide, Erevan).
A lunch hour illustrated talk on the Armenian Genocide memorial
complex at Del Zor will be given by its architect, Sarkis
Balmanoukian.
The first Saturday afternoon session, 2:15 to 4:00 p.m., is on
~SGenocide Education, Human Rights, and Prevention,~T and includes
Nicole Vartanian (Washington, D.C.), Adam Strom (Facing History and
Ourselves, Brookline), Sara Cohen (Washington, D.C.), and Hagop
Gulludjian (UCLA).
The second Saturday afternoon session, 4:20 to 6:00 p.m., features
~SArtistic Responses to Genocide,~T with illustrated talks by Jean
Murachanian (UCLA), Ramela G. Abbamontian (UCLA), Jack Der Sarkissian
(Kaiser Permanente Medical Group), and
Hrag Varjabedian (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Sunday Afternoon Sessions on Memory and Reconciliation
The Sunday afternoon sessions from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. will shift to
the Court of Sciences 50 (Young Hall), with two sessions. The first
session, 1:30-3:15 p.m., examines ~SHistory and Memory~T with Barlow
Der Mugrdechian (Fresno State), Marc Mamigonian (NAASR, Boston),
Rubina Peroomian (UCLA), and Philippe Vedelier (National Center for
Scientific Research, Lyon, France).
The second and last session, 3:40-5:30 p.m. moves to the contemporary
issue of ~SProspects for Dialogue and Reconciliation,~T with
presentations by Elazar Barkan (Claremont Graduate University), Bedross
Der Matossian (Columbia University), Fatma Muge Gocek (University
of Michigan-Ann Arbor), and Simon Payaslian (Clark University). A
discussion period will follow.
A display of Armenian Memorial Monuments worldwide featuring the
photographs of Hrair ~SHawk~T Khatcherian of Quebec will be mounted
by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht of Davis, California.
The conference is open to the public at no charge. Parking is
available in structure no 2, at the entrance to UCLA on Hilgard
Avenue at Westholme Avenue. A map of the UCLA campus may be found at
www.ucla.edu/map/ and the conference program may be viewed at
www.uclaarmenian.org. For additional information, contact Professor
Richard Hovannisian at [email protected] or by telephone at
310-825-3375.
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UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]
MARCH 9, 2005
UCLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GENOCIDE AFTER NINE DECADES,
APRIL 1-3, 2005
UCLAAn international conference, ~SAfter Nine Decades ~V The
Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide,~T will be held in Pasadena
and on the UCLA campus from Friday evening, April 1, to Sunday
afternoon, April 3. The conference is sponsored by the Armenian
Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History in
cooperation with the UCLA International Institute, Center for Near
Eastern Studies, and Center for European and Eurasian Studies. The
conference organizer is A.E.F. Chair Holder Richard G. Hovannisian,
who explained: ~SThe Armenian Genocide set the prototype of
premeditated mass killing in the twentieth century, and there is much
to be learned from the enduring legacy of that crime.~T Participants
include scholars from Argentina, Armenia, France, Lebanon, Syria, and
from throughout the United States.
Friday Session in Armenian
The opening session on Friday evening, April 1, from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m., will be conducted in the Armenian language and will feature
Nora Arissian (Damascus University), Karen Khachatryan (History
Institute, Erevan), Marc Nichanian (Wesleyan University), and Raffi
K. Hovannisian (ACNIS, Erevan). The Armenian session will be held in
the AGBU Manoogian Center at 2495 E. Mountain Street (at Altadena
Drive) in Pasadena.
Saturday Sessions in English on UCLA Campus
The Saturday sessions, April 2, will take place in Moore Hall 100 on
the UCLA campus from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The theme for the first
Saturday morning session, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., is ~SRethinking Aspects
of the Armenian Genocide,~T with presentations by Richard Hovannisian
(UCLA), Henry Theriault (Worcester State College), Suzanne Moranian
(AIWA, Boston), and Michael Papazian (Berry College, Georgia).
The second session, 11:20 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., focuses on ~SThe
Armenian Genocide in Comparative Perspective~T with Katia Peltekian
(American University of Beirut), Anahit Khosroyeva (History
Institute, Erevan), Speros Vryonis, Jr. (UCLA and New York
University, Emeritus), and Tigran Matossian (Museum-Institute of the
Armenian Genocide, Erevan).
A lunch hour illustrated talk on the Armenian Genocide memorial
complex at Del Zor will be given by its architect, Sarkis
Balmanoukian.
The first Saturday afternoon session, 2:15 to 4:00 p.m., is on
~SGenocide Education, Human Rights, and Prevention,~T and includes
Nicole Vartanian (Washington, D.C.), Adam Strom (Facing History and
Ourselves, Brookline), Sara Cohen (Washington, D.C.), and Hagop
Gulludjian (UCLA).
The second Saturday afternoon session, 4:20 to 6:00 p.m., features
~SArtistic Responses to Genocide,~T with illustrated talks by Jean
Murachanian (UCLA), Ramela G. Abbamontian (UCLA), Jack Der Sarkissian
(Kaiser Permanente Medical Group), and
Hrag Varjabedian (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Sunday Afternoon Sessions on Memory and Reconciliation
The Sunday afternoon sessions from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. will shift to
the Court of Sciences 50 (Young Hall), with two sessions. The first
session, 1:30-3:15 p.m., examines ~SHistory and Memory~T with Barlow
Der Mugrdechian (Fresno State), Marc Mamigonian (NAASR, Boston),
Rubina Peroomian (UCLA), and Philippe Vedelier (National Center for
Scientific Research, Lyon, France).
The second and last session, 3:40-5:30 p.m. moves to the contemporary
issue of ~SProspects for Dialogue and Reconciliation,~T with
presentations by Elazar Barkan (Claremont Graduate University), Bedross
Der Matossian (Columbia University), Fatma Muge Gocek (University
of Michigan-Ann Arbor), and Simon Payaslian (Clark University). A
discussion period will follow.
A display of Armenian Memorial Monuments worldwide featuring the
photographs of Hrair ~SHawk~T Khatcherian of Quebec will be mounted
by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht of Davis, California.
The conference is open to the public at no charge. Parking is
available in structure no 2, at the entrance to UCLA on Hilgard
Avenue at Westholme Avenue. A map of the UCLA campus may be found at
www.ucla.edu/map/ and the conference program may be viewed at
www.uclaarmenian.org. For additional information, contact Professor
Richard Hovannisian at [email protected] or by telephone at
310-825-3375.
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