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RICHARD HOVANNISIAN TO SPEAK ABOUT SMYRNA CATASTROPHE ON 90TH ANNIVERSARY
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/09/07/richard-hovannisian-to-speak-about-smyrna-catastrophe-on-90th-anniversary/
Arts | September 7, 2012 10:53 am
BELMONT, Mass. - The First Armenian Church of Belmont, the Charles K.
and Elisabeth M. Kenosian Chair in Modern Armenian History and
Literature at Boston University and the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will sponsor the illustrated
lecture, "The Smyrna Catastrophe, 1922-2012," by Prof. Richard G.
Hovannisian, on Friday, September 28, at 8 p.m. at the Nahigian
Fellowship Hall at First Armenian Church, 380 Concord Ave.
Prof. Simon Payaslian, who holds the Kenosian Chair at Boston
University, will provide an introduction.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Smyrna Catastrophe
when much of the city, the second largest in the Ottoman Empire,
was destroyed by fire during the final phase of the Greco-Turkish
War. The calamity marked the end of a strong Christian presence in
the historic Aegean coastal regions and turned hundreds of thousands
of Greeks and Armenians into refugees.
In this illustrated lecture, Hovannisian will discuss the important
role of Smyrna (Izmir) in modern Armenian history and the inferno
that engulfed the city in September 1922. Hovannisian is the editor
of the recently published Armenian Smyrna/Izmir, the 11th volume of
proceedings from the UCLA conference series, "Historic Armenian Cities
and Provinces." He also traveled to Izmir and environs in June as the
historian-guide for a NAASR Armenian Heritage Tour led by Armen Aroyan.
A book signing of Armenian Smyrna/Izmir will immediately follow the
lecture. There will be a reception and refreshments at the NAASR
center, across the street from First Armenian Church. The lecture
and reception are free and open to the public.
Hovannisian is the author of Armenia on the Road to Independence,
the four-volume history The Republic of Armenia, and has edited and
contributed to more than 25 books including: The Armenian Genocide
in Perspective; The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times;
Remembrance and Denial; Looking Backward, Moving Forward and The
Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies. Hovannisian is
professor of Armenian and Near Eastern history at UCLA and is the
chancellor fellow in the Department of History and the Rodgers Center
for Holocaust Education at Chapman University for fall 2012.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/09/07/richard-hovannisian-to-speak-about-smyrna-catastrophe-on-90th-anniversary/
Arts | September 7, 2012 10:53 am
BELMONT, Mass. - The First Armenian Church of Belmont, the Charles K.
and Elisabeth M. Kenosian Chair in Modern Armenian History and
Literature at Boston University and the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will sponsor the illustrated
lecture, "The Smyrna Catastrophe, 1922-2012," by Prof. Richard G.
Hovannisian, on Friday, September 28, at 8 p.m. at the Nahigian
Fellowship Hall at First Armenian Church, 380 Concord Ave.
Prof. Simon Payaslian, who holds the Kenosian Chair at Boston
University, will provide an introduction.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Smyrna Catastrophe
when much of the city, the second largest in the Ottoman Empire,
was destroyed by fire during the final phase of the Greco-Turkish
War. The calamity marked the end of a strong Christian presence in
the historic Aegean coastal regions and turned hundreds of thousands
of Greeks and Armenians into refugees.
In this illustrated lecture, Hovannisian will discuss the important
role of Smyrna (Izmir) in modern Armenian history and the inferno
that engulfed the city in September 1922. Hovannisian is the editor
of the recently published Armenian Smyrna/Izmir, the 11th volume of
proceedings from the UCLA conference series, "Historic Armenian Cities
and Provinces." He also traveled to Izmir and environs in June as the
historian-guide for a NAASR Armenian Heritage Tour led by Armen Aroyan.
A book signing of Armenian Smyrna/Izmir will immediately follow the
lecture. There will be a reception and refreshments at the NAASR
center, across the street from First Armenian Church. The lecture
and reception are free and open to the public.
Hovannisian is the author of Armenia on the Road to Independence,
the four-volume history The Republic of Armenia, and has edited and
contributed to more than 25 books including: The Armenian Genocide
in Perspective; The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times;
Remembrance and Denial; Looking Backward, Moving Forward and The
Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies. Hovannisian is
professor of Armenian and Near Eastern history at UCLA and is the
chancellor fellow in the Department of History and the Rodgers Center
for Holocaust Education at Chapman University for fall 2012.