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RICHARD HOVANNISIAN IN ACTIVE FALL SCHEDULE. SMYRNA/IZMIR
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
11-12-2012 08:52:26 | USA | Science and Technology
Professor Richard Hovannisian has focused on the 90th anniversary
of the destruction of Smyrna/Izmir and its Armenian Community in
1922 in his speaking engagements during the Fall Term. Smyrna,
with Constantinople, boasted the most vibrant Armenian community in
the Ottoman Empire, both culturally and economically. Hovannisian
has prepared a power point presentation on the historical Armenian
presence in the city and its destruction in the Great Fire four
days after the Turkish army entered Smyrna on September 9, 1922. The
publication of Hovannisian's most recent volume in the UCLA series of
Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, titled Armenian Smyrna/Izmir:
The Aegean Communities, has coincided with the sad anniversary.
Dr. Hovannisian first presented Armenian Smyrna/Izmir to a
capacity audience of students, faculty, and community members at
Chapman University in Orange County on September 6. He served as a
distinguished Chancellor's Fellow at Chapman during the Fall Semester,
during which he taught a fifteen-week course on the Armenian Genocide
for history majors. This talk was followed by others under the
sponsorship of Boston University, the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research, and the First Armenian Church in
Belmont, Massachusetts (September 27); Fresno State University
(October 5); St. Mary Armenian Church, Washington, DC (October
28); AGBU, Montreal (November 1); AGBU, Toronto (November 2);
Armenians of Colorado (November 18); Oxford University (November 22);
Hamazkayin Cultural Association, London (November 24); and Berlin
Hay Hamaynk--Armenische Gemeinde zu Berlin (November 25). During this
period, he also participated in an international conference at Woodman
University (October 27) on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of
the Hnchakian party, with a paper on the role of the party during
the first Armenian republic.
Hovannisian will bring the story of Armenian Smyrna to Los Angeles on
Thursday, January 31, in a program at the Zorayan Museum of St. Leon
Armenian Cathedral in Burbank, sponsored by the Diocese, NAASR, and
the Ararat Eskijian Museum. Subsequent engagements are scheduled for
Scandinavia and South America.
Honors Bestowed
Richard Hovannisian was honored in special ceremonies at St. Leon's
Cathedral on November 11. Received at the request of his Eminence
Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, an encyclical from Holy Echmiadzin
was read by Bishop Armash Nalbandian of Damascus on the occasion
of Hovannisian's birthday. The church services were followed by
a reception hosted by the Armenian Bar Association, during which
felicitations were extended by ABA President Garo Ghazarian, Raffi K.
Hovannisian, who had flown from Armenia for the occasion, and by their
eminences Hovnan Derderian, Vatche Hovsepian, Armash Nalbandian,
and Yeprem Tabakian, to which Richard Hovannisian responded with
words of appreciation to His Holiness Garegin II, Archbishop Hovnan,
and the Armenian Bar Association.
At the same time, from November 9 through 11, a three-day international
conference organized by Professor Sebouh Aslanian at UCLA on "Port
Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print," was
dedicated to Richard Hovannisian. The opening remarks by Aslanian,
recently-appointed holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation's
Richard Hovannisian Chair of Modern Armenian History, were followed
by Hovannisian's brief reflections on his career and thanks to the
University for a smooth transition without interruption in the Armenian
history program at UCLA.
The Armenian National Committee, Eastern Region, honored Richard
Hovannisian with the Vahan Cardashian award during a gala banquet in
northern New Jersey on December 1. Baroness Caroline Cox was presented
with the Humanitarian Award for her long years of service to the
Armenian cause. In his remarks after a thoughtful introduction by
Marc Mamigonian, NAASR Director of Academic Affairs, Hovannisian drew
attention to the legacy of Vahan Cardashian, who in the aftermath of
the Armenian Genocide was the foremost activist in the United States
and the driving force behind the bipartisan American Committee for
the Independence of Armenia (ACIA).
Professor Hovannisian has been invited by the Maison de la Culture
Armènienne of Alfortville (Paris) and Lyon, France, from December 13
through 17, as the featured and honored author of the year. He will
be presented by scholar Dzovinar Kevonian and will deliver three
community lectures during this period.
During the Winter Quarter of 2013, Richard Hovannisian has been invited
by the University of California, Irvine, as a distinguished lecturer
to offer a course on Modern Armenian History.
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
11-12-2012 08:52:26 | USA | Science and Technology
Professor Richard Hovannisian has focused on the 90th anniversary
of the destruction of Smyrna/Izmir and its Armenian Community in
1922 in his speaking engagements during the Fall Term. Smyrna,
with Constantinople, boasted the most vibrant Armenian community in
the Ottoman Empire, both culturally and economically. Hovannisian
has prepared a power point presentation on the historical Armenian
presence in the city and its destruction in the Great Fire four
days after the Turkish army entered Smyrna on September 9, 1922. The
publication of Hovannisian's most recent volume in the UCLA series of
Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, titled Armenian Smyrna/Izmir:
The Aegean Communities, has coincided with the sad anniversary.
Dr. Hovannisian first presented Armenian Smyrna/Izmir to a
capacity audience of students, faculty, and community members at
Chapman University in Orange County on September 6. He served as a
distinguished Chancellor's Fellow at Chapman during the Fall Semester,
during which he taught a fifteen-week course on the Armenian Genocide
for history majors. This talk was followed by others under the
sponsorship of Boston University, the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research, and the First Armenian Church in
Belmont, Massachusetts (September 27); Fresno State University
(October 5); St. Mary Armenian Church, Washington, DC (October
28); AGBU, Montreal (November 1); AGBU, Toronto (November 2);
Armenians of Colorado (November 18); Oxford University (November 22);
Hamazkayin Cultural Association, London (November 24); and Berlin
Hay Hamaynk--Armenische Gemeinde zu Berlin (November 25). During this
period, he also participated in an international conference at Woodman
University (October 27) on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of
the Hnchakian party, with a paper on the role of the party during
the first Armenian republic.
Hovannisian will bring the story of Armenian Smyrna to Los Angeles on
Thursday, January 31, in a program at the Zorayan Museum of St. Leon
Armenian Cathedral in Burbank, sponsored by the Diocese, NAASR, and
the Ararat Eskijian Museum. Subsequent engagements are scheduled for
Scandinavia and South America.
Honors Bestowed
Richard Hovannisian was honored in special ceremonies at St. Leon's
Cathedral on November 11. Received at the request of his Eminence
Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, an encyclical from Holy Echmiadzin
was read by Bishop Armash Nalbandian of Damascus on the occasion
of Hovannisian's birthday. The church services were followed by
a reception hosted by the Armenian Bar Association, during which
felicitations were extended by ABA President Garo Ghazarian, Raffi K.
Hovannisian, who had flown from Armenia for the occasion, and by their
eminences Hovnan Derderian, Vatche Hovsepian, Armash Nalbandian,
and Yeprem Tabakian, to which Richard Hovannisian responded with
words of appreciation to His Holiness Garegin II, Archbishop Hovnan,
and the Armenian Bar Association.
At the same time, from November 9 through 11, a three-day international
conference organized by Professor Sebouh Aslanian at UCLA on "Port
Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print," was
dedicated to Richard Hovannisian. The opening remarks by Aslanian,
recently-appointed holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation's
Richard Hovannisian Chair of Modern Armenian History, were followed
by Hovannisian's brief reflections on his career and thanks to the
University for a smooth transition without interruption in the Armenian
history program at UCLA.
The Armenian National Committee, Eastern Region, honored Richard
Hovannisian with the Vahan Cardashian award during a gala banquet in
northern New Jersey on December 1. Baroness Caroline Cox was presented
with the Humanitarian Award for her long years of service to the
Armenian cause. In his remarks after a thoughtful introduction by
Marc Mamigonian, NAASR Director of Academic Affairs, Hovannisian drew
attention to the legacy of Vahan Cardashian, who in the aftermath of
the Armenian Genocide was the foremost activist in the United States
and the driving force behind the bipartisan American Committee for
the Independence of Armenia (ACIA).
Professor Hovannisian has been invited by the Maison de la Culture
Armènienne of Alfortville (Paris) and Lyon, France, from December 13
through 17, as the featured and honored author of the year. He will
be presented by scholar Dzovinar Kevonian and will deliver three
community lectures during this period.
During the Winter Quarter of 2013, Richard Hovannisian has been invited
by the University of California, Irvine, as a distinguished lecturer
to offer a course on Modern Armenian History.