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AGENDA - CONFERENCE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT "ARMENIAN HERITAGE IN TURKEY"
CollectifVAN.org
Publie le : 21-10-2008
France
On November 13 from 9.30am to 1.00pm AGBU Europe will host a conference
in the European Parliament entitled "A Journey of Cultural Rediscovery:
Armenian Heritage in Turkey ".
The conference, which is part of the official European Year for
Intercultural Dialogue, will review the recent public debate in Turkey
on the country's forgotten Armenian Heritage in the light of recent
groundbreaking artistic and intellectual contributions on the subject
and will examine the significance of Armenian cultural heritage in
Turkey from a European perspective.
Speakers at the conference will include Fethiye Cetin, author of the
book "My Grandmother", Osman Koker, creator of the groundbreaking
exhibition "My Dear Brother", art historian Professor Patrick
Donabedian as well as historians Vahe Tachjian and Ara Sarafian.
The conference will be opened by Michael Leigh, Director General at
the European Commission in charge of enlargement. The conference will
conclude with a panel debate. A reception will follow the conference.
This events is organized under the Aegis of Bernard Lehideux MEP,
with the support of the Heinrich Boll Foundation's Brussels office.
The conference is open to all but prior registration is indispensable
to access the European Parliament's building.
Registration deadline: 4 November 2008.
The conference brochure and registration form can be downloaded at:
www.agbueurope.org <http://www.agbueurope.org/>
(Direct access: http://en.ugab.fr/2008/10/02/conference-brussels/
For registration and further information, please contact AGBU at:
Tel +331 45 20 03 18. Email: [email protected]
Conference location: European Parliament, Room ASP 3G3 Rue
Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 Brussels
CollectifVAN.org
Publie le : 21-10-2008
France
On November 13 from 9.30am to 1.00pm AGBU Europe will host a conference
in the European Parliament entitled "A Journey of Cultural Rediscovery:
Armenian Heritage in Turkey ".
The conference, which is part of the official European Year for
Intercultural Dialogue, will review the recent public debate in Turkey
on the country's forgotten Armenian Heritage in the light of recent
groundbreaking artistic and intellectual contributions on the subject
and will examine the significance of Armenian cultural heritage in
Turkey from a European perspective.
Speakers at the conference will include Fethiye Cetin, author of the
book "My Grandmother", Osman Koker, creator of the groundbreaking
exhibition "My Dear Brother", art historian Professor Patrick
Donabedian as well as historians Vahe Tachjian and Ara Sarafian.
The conference will be opened by Michael Leigh, Director General at
the European Commission in charge of enlargement. The conference will
conclude with a panel debate. A reception will follow the conference.
This events is organized under the Aegis of Bernard Lehideux MEP,
with the support of the Heinrich Boll Foundation's Brussels office.
The conference is open to all but prior registration is indispensable
to access the European Parliament's building.
Registration deadline: 4 November 2008.
The conference brochure and registration form can be downloaded at:
www.agbueurope.org <http://www.agbueurope.org/>
(Direct access: http://en.ugab.fr/2008/10/02/conference-brussels/
For registration and further information, please contact AGBU at:
Tel +331 45 20 03 18. Email: [email protected]
Conference location: European Parliament, Room ASP 3G3 Rue
Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 Brussels