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HARVARD TO HOST LECTURE ON ARMENIAN MERCHANTS
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 18, 2011 - 10:24 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Dr. Sebouh D. Aslanian, the newly appointed Richard
Hovannisian Term Chair of Modern Armenian History, established by the
Armenian Educational Foundation at UCLA, will speak on September 14 at
Harvard University's Center for Government and International Studies.
Aslanian's lecture, "From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean:
The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa,"
will draw on his recently published book of the same name, issued by
the University of California Press.
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen
for 300 years, Aslanian's groundbreaking study From the Indian Ocean
to the Mediterranean explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable
global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small
outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is
now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial settlements
that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco.
Aslanian brings to light the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the
New Julfans, the effects of long-distance trade on the organization
of community life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed
among merchants, and the importance of information networks and
communication in the operation of early modern mercantile communities.
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 18, 2011 - 10:24 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Dr. Sebouh D. Aslanian, the newly appointed Richard
Hovannisian Term Chair of Modern Armenian History, established by the
Armenian Educational Foundation at UCLA, will speak on September 14 at
Harvard University's Center for Government and International Studies.
Aslanian's lecture, "From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean:
The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa,"
will draw on his recently published book of the same name, issued by
the University of California Press.
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen
for 300 years, Aslanian's groundbreaking study From the Indian Ocean
to the Mediterranean explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable
global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small
outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is
now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial settlements
that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco.
Aslanian brings to light the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the
New Julfans, the effects of long-distance trade on the organization
of community life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed
among merchants, and the importance of information networks and
communication in the operation of early modern mercantile communities.