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THE ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM
THE ARMENIAN SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES
THE ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH
present
FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TO THE MEDITERRANEAN:
THE GLOBAL TRADE NETWORKS OF ARMENIAN MERCHANTS FROM NEW JULFA
A Lecture by
Dr. Sebouh Aslanian
Richard Hovannisian Term Chair of Modern Armenian History,
Established by the Armenian Educational Foundation,
University of California, Los Angeles
**Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.**
at The Armenian Society of Los Angeles, Main Hall
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen
for 300 years, Dr. Sebouh Aslanian's groundbreaking study From
the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean (University of California Press)
explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network
operated by Armenian silk mer-chants 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 mod-ern mercantile communities.
Sebouh David Aslanian is the Richard Hovannisian Term Chair of Modern
Armenian History, estab-lished by the Armenian Educational Foundation,
at the department of history at UCLA. He has taught at the department of
history at CSU-Long Beach as an Assistant Professor in the fall of 2010
after serving a year at Cornell University as a Mellon Foundation
Postdoctoral fellow in world history. He received his Ph.D. (with
distinction) from Columbia University in 2007.
From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean was selected by the
Committee of the `California World Histo-ry Library' as the first book
to appear in their new series, `Author's Imprint,' that celebrates and
recogniz-es `exceptional scholarship by first-time authors.' It
received the 2011 Houshang Pourshariati Book Award in Iranian Studies
and the PEN literary award for outstanding first book of the year from
UC Press.
117 S. Louise Street, Glendale, CA 91205
Free admission and open to the public. Your donations are appreciated.
>From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean will be on sale and available
for signing by the author.
For more information about this free event contact the Ararat-Eskijian
Museum at 818-838-4862 or
[email protected]; the Armenian Educational Foundation
at 818-242-4154;
the Armenian Society of Los Angeles at 818-241-1073; or NAASR at
617-489-1610 or [email protected].
THE ARMENIAN SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES
THE ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH
present
FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TO THE MEDITERRANEAN:
THE GLOBAL TRADE NETWORKS OF ARMENIAN MERCHANTS FROM NEW JULFA
A Lecture by
Dr. Sebouh Aslanian
Richard Hovannisian Term Chair of Modern Armenian History,
Established by the Armenian Educational Foundation,
University of California, Los Angeles
**Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.**
at The Armenian Society of Los Angeles, Main Hall
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen
for 300 years, Dr. Sebouh Aslanian's groundbreaking study From
the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean (University of California Press)
explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network
operated by Armenian silk mer-chants 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 mod-ern mercantile communities.
Sebouh David Aslanian is the Richard Hovannisian Term Chair of Modern
Armenian History, estab-lished by the Armenian Educational Foundation,
at the department of history at UCLA. He has taught at the department of
history at CSU-Long Beach as an Assistant Professor in the fall of 2010
after serving a year at Cornell University as a Mellon Foundation
Postdoctoral fellow in world history. He received his Ph.D. (with
distinction) from Columbia University in 2007.
From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean was selected by the
Committee of the `California World Histo-ry Library' as the first book
to appear in their new series, `Author's Imprint,' that celebrates and
recogniz-es `exceptional scholarship by first-time authors.' It
received the 2011 Houshang Pourshariati Book Award in Iranian Studies
and the PEN literary award for outstanding first book of the year from
UC Press.
117 S. Louise Street, Glendale, CA 91205
Free admission and open to the public. Your donations are appreciated.
>From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean will be on sale and available
for signing by the author.
For more information about this free event contact the Ararat-Eskijian
Museum at 818-838-4862 or
[email protected]; the Armenian Educational Foundation
at 818-242-4154;
the Armenian Society of Los Angeles at 818-241-1073; or NAASR at
617-489-1610 or [email protected].