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UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]
UCLA International Conference Series in Armenian Studies
After Nine Decades
The Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide
Sponsored by the
Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History
Co-sponsored by the UCLA
International Institute
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
APRIL 2-3, 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
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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
Art and Testimony
Marc Nichanian, Wesleyan University
Will There Ever Be a Post-Genocide Era
Raffi K. Hovannisian, Amenian Center for National and International
Studies (ACNIS), Yerevan
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 Műge 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
Photographic Exhibit of Memorial Monuments by Hrair `Hawk' Khatcherian,
Quebec
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ** NO ADMISSION FEE
PARKING STRUCTURE NO. 2, HILGARD AND WESTHOLME ENTRANCE TO UCLA
UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]
UCLA International Conference Series in Armenian Studies
After Nine Decades
The Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide
Sponsored by the
Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History
Co-sponsored by the UCLA
International Institute
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
APRIL 2-3, 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
Art and Testimony
Marc Nichanian, Wesleyan University
Will There Ever Be a Post-Genocide Era
Raffi K. Hovannisian, Amenian Center for National and International
Studies (ACNIS), Yerevan
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 Műge 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
Photographic Exhibit of Memorial Monuments by Hrair `Hawk' Khatcherian,
Quebec
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ** NO ADMISSION FEE
PARKING STRUCTURE NO. 2, HILGARD AND WESTHOLME ENTRANCE TO UCLA