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    PRESS RELEASE
    Institute of Armenian Studies
    University of Southern California
    Taper Hall of Humanities, Suite 252
    Los Angeles, California 90089-4015
    Tel: 213-821-3943
    Email: [email protected]

    We are very happy to welcome Myrna Douzjian, who will be speaking at
    USC on Monday, February 25, 2008, 12 noon, at the Armenian Studies
    Seminar. She will speak on "Issues in Armenian-American Literature &
    Culture: Language, Homeland, and Identity."

    Myrna Douzjian is a promising young scholar and writer. She is a
    Doctoral
    Candidate in UCLA's Department of Comparative Literature, specializing
    in Russian literature, Armenian literature, and drama. She received a
    Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, Minor in Russian Studies,
    Summa Cum
    Laude and Departmental Honors from UCLA in 2002 with an Honors
    Thesis on `The Armenian Theatre of the Absurd.'

    Ms. Douzjain is a Teaching Associate in the UCLA Department of Slavic
    Languages & Literatures and Department of Comparative Literature. She
    was the Chair of UCLA AGSA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian
    Studies, Los Angeles, CA, 2005-2006 academic year. Ms. Douzjian has
    written nonfiction works in Armenian including: `A Dictionary.'
    E-teb. 4 (2007): 18-19. Poems in Armenian; `What's the
    Difference?' `I Am Every Man,' `I Tried to Stay Out of the
    Poem,' `I Shall Insert the Title Here,' `Gor and Its Like.'
    E-teb. 2 (2006): 9-15.

    The Armenian Studies Seminar will be held at Von KleinSmid Center
    (VKC)
    107 located northwest of Gate 3 on Figueroa.

    There will be up to ten seats available for the Institute's circle of
    friends to attend this seminar.

    For reservations please email the Institute office at
    [email protected].
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