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Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society - Boston Chapter
47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472
Contact: Ara Nazarian
Phone: 617.924.8849
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://hamazkayin-boston.org
PRESS RELEASE
Lecture and Film Series on Early Armenian History
By Professor Artak Movsisyan
The Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences,
Republic of Armenia
Department of History, Yerevan State University
Watertown, MA - November 26, 2006 - The Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin
Armenian Educational and Cultural Society, the Armenian Library and
Museum of America (ALMA), and the Boston University Armenian Student's
Association are presenting a lecture and film series on early Armenian
history by Professor Artak Movsisyan.
Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the time and
date of two lwctures had to be modified.
Dr. Movsisyan is an Associate Professor of history at Yerevan State
University and a scholar at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
National Academy of Sciences (Republic of Armenia). He has published
numerous monographs and articles on a wide range of topics in ancient
Armenian history, culture, and spirituality. He received his Ph.D. from
the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of
the Republic of Armenia, with a dissertation on the Hieroglyphic Script
of the Van Kingdom (Biainili, Urartu, and Ararat).
The schedule of the lecture and film series is as follows:
Lecture: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Origins of the Armenian Nation: From Earliest References to Now
St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown
Film Screening: Saturday, December 2, 2006, 1:30 PM
Tigran the Great - A Patriotic Sovereign
Armenian Cultural and Educational Center, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown
Lecture: Sunday, December 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
Pre-Christian Armenian Belief System and Transition to Christianity
Armenian Library and Museum of America, 65 Main Street, Watertown
Lecture: Monday, December 4, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Pre-Christian Written Culture of Armenia
Howard Thurman Center, George Sherman Student Union, Boston University
[Basement of 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston]
Admission to all events is free, and lectures will be delivered in
English. To find out more about the series please contact
Hamazkayin-Boston at [email protected], 617.924.8849 or ALMA at
[email protected], 617.926.2562.
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About the organizers:
Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural
Society
With the reemergence of the Republic of Armenia as an independent
nation, the role and function of Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and
Educational Society in general and Hamazkayin-Boston in particular had
to be re-assessed to reflect the new realities facing the Armenians in
Diaspora and in Armenia.
With this in mind, Hamazkayin-Boston aims to uphold the ethnic identity
and cultural heritage of the Armenian community in the Greater Boston
Area by: cultivating and promoting local, national and international
Armenian arts; celebrating important educational and cultural milestones
in our history; and engaging the youth and the young professionals in
our community to raise interest and awareness toward educational and
cultural issues of importance to the Armenian community and cultivate
the next generation of local and national community leaders.
Hamazkayin-Boston holds bi-weekly meetings on Monday evening at their
Hamasdegh Library, located on the second floor of the Armenian
Educational and Cultural Center (ACEC) on 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown,
MA. Our doors are open to all who would like to help promote our
cultural treasures. For more information please visit our website
http://hamazkayin-boston.org, call us at 617.924.8849 or email us at
[email protected].
Armenian Library & Museum of America (ALMA)
Founded in 1971, ALMA 's mission is to present and preserve the culture,
history, art and contributions of the Armenian people to Americans and
Armenians alike. Since its inception, ALMA 's collection has grown to
over 22,000 books and 20,000 artifacts, making it perhaps the largest
and most diverse holding of Armenian cultural artifacts outside of
Armenia. As a repository for heirlooms, the collection now represents a
major resource not only for Armenian studies research, but as well as
for preservation and illustration of the Armenian heritage. ALMA is the
largest ethnic museum in New England and the only independent Armenian
Museum in the Diaspora funded solely through contributions of individual
supporters.
"Hours: Friday and Sunday 1-5 PM, Saturday 10AM-2PM and Thursday
evenings 6-9 PM. Museum Admission: FREE/ALMA members and for children
under 12; $5/ for non-members. For more information please visit our
website www.almainc.org, or call 617.926.ALMA (2562)." Directions to
ALMA: By car-- take route 95 to 128 to 90 (Mass Pike East) towards
Watertown. Take exit 17- Watertown/Newton. Go North 1 mile towards
Watertown Square. As you cross the small bridge, get into the 2 left
lanes. Turn left on Main Street. Turn right on Church Street, and then
turn right into the municipal parking lot. By bus--MBTA Buses 71,
70/70A, 57, 52, 59, 502, 504. Please visit www.mbta.com
<http://www.mbta.com/> for schedules and maps.
47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472
Contact: Ara Nazarian
Phone: 617.924.8849
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://hamazkayin-boston.org
PRESS RELEASE
Lecture and Film Series on Early Armenian History
By Professor Artak Movsisyan
The Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences,
Republic of Armenia
Department of History, Yerevan State University
Watertown, MA - November 26, 2006 - The Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin
Armenian Educational and Cultural Society, the Armenian Library and
Museum of America (ALMA), and the Boston University Armenian Student's
Association are presenting a lecture and film series on early Armenian
history by Professor Artak Movsisyan.
Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the time and
date of two lwctures had to be modified.
Dr. Movsisyan is an Associate Professor of history at Yerevan State
University and a scholar at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
National Academy of Sciences (Republic of Armenia). He has published
numerous monographs and articles on a wide range of topics in ancient
Armenian history, culture, and spirituality. He received his Ph.D. from
the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of
the Republic of Armenia, with a dissertation on the Hieroglyphic Script
of the Van Kingdom (Biainili, Urartu, and Ararat).
The schedule of the lecture and film series is as follows:
Lecture: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Origins of the Armenian Nation: From Earliest References to Now
St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown
Film Screening: Saturday, December 2, 2006, 1:30 PM
Tigran the Great - A Patriotic Sovereign
Armenian Cultural and Educational Center, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown
Lecture: Sunday, December 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
Pre-Christian Armenian Belief System and Transition to Christianity
Armenian Library and Museum of America, 65 Main Street, Watertown
Lecture: Monday, December 4, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Pre-Christian Written Culture of Armenia
Howard Thurman Center, George Sherman Student Union, Boston University
[Basement of 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston]
Admission to all events is free, and lectures will be delivered in
English. To find out more about the series please contact
Hamazkayin-Boston at [email protected], 617.924.8849 or ALMA at
[email protected], 617.926.2562.
###
About the organizers:
Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural
Society
With the reemergence of the Republic of Armenia as an independent
nation, the role and function of Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and
Educational Society in general and Hamazkayin-Boston in particular had
to be re-assessed to reflect the new realities facing the Armenians in
Diaspora and in Armenia.
With this in mind, Hamazkayin-Boston aims to uphold the ethnic identity
and cultural heritage of the Armenian community in the Greater Boston
Area by: cultivating and promoting local, national and international
Armenian arts; celebrating important educational and cultural milestones
in our history; and engaging the youth and the young professionals in
our community to raise interest and awareness toward educational and
cultural issues of importance to the Armenian community and cultivate
the next generation of local and national community leaders.
Hamazkayin-Boston holds bi-weekly meetings on Monday evening at their
Hamasdegh Library, located on the second floor of the Armenian
Educational and Cultural Center (ACEC) on 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown,
MA. Our doors are open to all who would like to help promote our
cultural treasures. For more information please visit our website
http://hamazkayin-boston.org, call us at 617.924.8849 or email us at
[email protected].
Armenian Library & Museum of America (ALMA)
Founded in 1971, ALMA 's mission is to present and preserve the culture,
history, art and contributions of the Armenian people to Americans and
Armenians alike. Since its inception, ALMA 's collection has grown to
over 22,000 books and 20,000 artifacts, making it perhaps the largest
and most diverse holding of Armenian cultural artifacts outside of
Armenia. As a repository for heirlooms, the collection now represents a
major resource not only for Armenian studies research, but as well as
for preservation and illustration of the Armenian heritage. ALMA is the
largest ethnic museum in New England and the only independent Armenian
Museum in the Diaspora funded solely through contributions of individual
supporters.
"Hours: Friday and Sunday 1-5 PM, Saturday 10AM-2PM and Thursday
evenings 6-9 PM. Museum Admission: FREE/ALMA members and for children
under 12; $5/ for non-members. For more information please visit our
website www.almainc.org, or call 617.926.ALMA (2562)." Directions to
ALMA: By car-- take route 95 to 128 to 90 (Mass Pike East) towards
Watertown. Take exit 17- Watertown/Newton. Go North 1 mile towards
Watertown Square. As you cross the small bridge, get into the 2 left
lanes. Turn left on Main Street. Turn right on Church Street, and then
turn right into the municipal parking lot. By bus--MBTA Buses 71,
70/70A, 57, 52, 59, 502, 504. Please visit www.mbta.com
<http://www.mbta.com/> for schedules and maps.