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CUNY TO HOST LECTURE ON ARMENIANS IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC WORLD
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 12, 2011 - 17:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 13, Dr. Seta Dadoyan will give a lecture
entitled "Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World" at the Middle East
and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center,
City University of New York.
The lecture will be co-sponsored by MEMEAC and the National
Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), The Armenian
Weekly reported.
Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World (Transaction Publishers) is
the first of a large three-volume work by Dadoyan. The book chronicles
the Armenian experience in the medieval Islamic world and takes the
reader through the paradigmatic interactions with other populations in
the region. Being an Armenian, Dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic
ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic Armenian
habitat. Contradictory trends went into the making of Armenian history,
yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texture, which Dadoyan
addresses by linking Armenian-Islamic history.
Armenians in The Medieval Islamic World outlines revolutionary elements
in the making of Armenian ideologies and politics. This extensive work
captures the multidimensional nature of the Armenian experience in the
medieval Islamic world. Dadoyan asserts that every piece of literature,
including historical writing, is an artifact. It is a composition of
many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion,
detail, and intensity. She arranged the larger subjects and their
sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity
to Armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically
appealing, and close to lived experiences.
Seta B. Dadoyan taught at the American University of Beirut for
several decades. Recently, she was visiting professor of Armenian
studies at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In
2011-212, she will be visiting professor of history at Yerevan State
University. Dadoyan is a specialist in Islamic-Armenian interaction
from the 7th-14th centuries and has done pivotal work on developing
criteria for understanding the cultural, political, and philosophical
penetration of each group. She is the author of The Fatimid Armenians:
Cultural and Political Interaction in the Middle East, as well as
five other books and numerous papers.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 12, 2011 - 17:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 13, Dr. Seta Dadoyan will give a lecture
entitled "Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World" at the Middle East
and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center,
City University of New York.
The lecture will be co-sponsored by MEMEAC and the National
Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), The Armenian
Weekly reported.
Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World (Transaction Publishers) is
the first of a large three-volume work by Dadoyan. The book chronicles
the Armenian experience in the medieval Islamic world and takes the
reader through the paradigmatic interactions with other populations in
the region. Being an Armenian, Dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic
ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic Armenian
habitat. Contradictory trends went into the making of Armenian history,
yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texture, which Dadoyan
addresses by linking Armenian-Islamic history.
Armenians in The Medieval Islamic World outlines revolutionary elements
in the making of Armenian ideologies and politics. This extensive work
captures the multidimensional nature of the Armenian experience in the
medieval Islamic world. Dadoyan asserts that every piece of literature,
including historical writing, is an artifact. It is a composition of
many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion,
detail, and intensity. She arranged the larger subjects and their
sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity
to Armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically
appealing, and close to lived experiences.
Seta B. Dadoyan taught at the American University of Beirut for
several decades. Recently, she was visiting professor of Armenian
studies at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In
2011-212, she will be visiting professor of history at Yerevan State
University. Dadoyan is a specialist in Islamic-Armenian interaction
from the 7th-14th centuries and has done pivotal work on developing
criteria for understanding the cultural, political, and philosophical
penetration of each group. She is the author of The Fatimid Armenians:
Cultural and Political Interaction in the Middle East, as well as
five other books and numerous papers.