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    PRESS RELEASE

    Hamazkayin, Armenian Cultural & Educational Society
    "Hovhannes Shiraz" Los Angeles Chapter
    Contact: Hagop Ovayan
    1203 North Vermont Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90029
    Tel: (818) 249-7469
    E-mail: [email protected]

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Monday, May 9, 2005

    The Enhancement of Armenia-Diaspora Relations as a Way of Addressing
    the Challenges Facing the Armenian Nation

    Hollywood, CA - The community is invited to a public lecture/discussion
    by Armen Ayvazyan, PhD in political science and history, titled "The
    Enhancement of Armenia-Diaspora Relations as a Way of Addressing
    the Challenges Facing the Armenian Nation" on Wednesday, May 18,
    2005 at 8pm, at Saint Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church Hall,
    located at 1615 North Alexandria Avenue in the City of Los Angeles,
    California. The speaker's lecture will view qualitative improvement
    of Armenia-Diaspora relations as a major way to addressing the current
    challenges of the Armenian nation, including the perspectives for
    the settlement of Nagorno-Karabagh conflict, the Armenian-Turkish
    and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the problem of Javakhk, and the
    demographic and social-economic situation of Armenia. The lecture
    is open to the public.

    Dr. Armen Ayvazyan is a Senior Researcher in the Matenadaran, the
    Yerevan Institute of Medieval Manuscripts and an Assistant Professor
    of Political Science at the American University of Armenia. He is also
    the Team Leader of the European Commission's sponsored Campaign Against
    "Corruption-Freindly" Legal and Social Settings in Armenia program.
    He holds doctoral degrees in History (1992) and Political Science
    (2004). From 1992 to 1994 he worked as Assistant to the President
    of Armenia, Adviser to the Foreign Minister of Armenia, and Acting
    Head of the Armenian Delegation to the Conference (now Organization)
    on Security and Cooperation in Europe at Vienna. He was a recipient
    of an International Security Studies grant provided by the Carnegie
    Corporation of New York, working in affiliation with the Program
    on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Maxwell School of
    Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (1995). During the
    1997-1998 academic year, he was a Visiting Senior Fulbright Scholar,
    affiliated with the Center for Russian and East European Studies,
    Stanford University, USA. He was a Visiting Alexander S. Onassis
    Foundation Fellow at ELIAMEP, Hellenic Foundation for European and
    Foreign Policy (2000-2001). Dr. Ayvazyan was also a Fellow at the
    American University of Armenia's Center for Policy Analysis and a
    Guest Lecturer at the Yerevan State University. Dr. Ayvazyan is the
    author of several books, book chapters, and many articles in Armenian
    and international journals.

    While visiting the United States, Dr. Armen Ayvazyan has been scheduled
    to appear on numerous media programs and series of lectures. For
    further information, please contact the organizing commitee:
    Hamazkayin, Armenian Cultural & Educational Society "Hovhannes Shiraz"
    Los Angeles Chapter and Hollywood ANC at (818) 249-7469.
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