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  • Modern Armenian History Course at UC Irvine

    University of California, Irvine
    Department of History
    Marc Kanda, Department Manager
    200 krieger hall
    irvine, ca 92697.3275
    Tel: 949.824.6522
    Fax: 949.824.2865

    PRESS RELEASE


    Modern Armenian History Course at UC Irvine

    The University of California at Irvine has scheduled a course in modern
    Armenian history for this spring quarter. The 4-unit class was offered
    for the first time last spring and it will be taught again this year by
    Dr. Levon Marashlian, professor of history at Glendale Community College.

    History 183, Modern Armenian History, is a survey of major developments
    from 1800 to the present. Topics that the course covers include
    Armenians in the Ottoman and Russian empires, the Armenian Question, the
    Armenian Genocide and its consequences, the first Republic of Armenia,
    the treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne, Soviet Armenia, the Karabakh
    conflict, re-establishment of Armenia's independence in 1991 and its
    relations with the Diaspora, Turkey, and the United States up to 2010.

    The class is centered on extensive use of specially compiled video
    material, including rare material from years and decades ago. Using
    the video screen as a sort of interactive blackboard to augment the
    lectures and reading assignments, the instructor moves from one
    segment to another, pausing frequently to provide further explanation
    and spark discussion with students. Professor Marashlian explains that
    "the learning experience is enhanced by the real footage of people and
    events in documentaries and television news reports that not only
    provide historical information, but themselves become part of the
    historical record because they reflect the contrasting ways a
    particular event or issue was interpreted at a particular time."

    The course is scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6:20 pm,
    beginning March 30. For more information, please contact the UCI
    Department of History at 949-824-6521 or the instructor directly at
    818-240-1000 ext. 5463.
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