PRESS RELEASE
Ararat-Eskijian Museum
15105 Mission Hills Rd
Mission Hills CA, 91345
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 818-838-4862
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON FORTIFICATIONS
OF ARMENIAN CILICIA AT ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM
Mr. Rouben Berberian will present an illustrated lecture on `The
Fortifications of Cilicia,' on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at
4:00 p.m. at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Hasmik Mgrdichian Gallery,
15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA. The lecture is sponsored
by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian
Studies and Research (NAASR). A reception will follow the lecture.
In the course of the presentation, Berberian will display pictures of
some thirty-eight different fortifications in Cilicia. He will discuss
(a) the characteristic features of Armenian fortifications; (b) the
dates of Armenian control by various Princes, Kings and Queens; and (c)
the impact on the Armenians of the Byzantines, Abbasids, Seljuks,
Mamluks, Mongols, and the Crusaders, including the Hospitaller, Templar,
and Teutonic Knight military orders, as well as the crusader states of
the Principality of Antioch, the County of Edessa, and Cyprus.
Roupen Berberian is the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and
Treasurer of Health Net Life Insurance Company (since 2000).
Previously, he was the Vice President and Controller of Aurora National
Life Assurance Company, the Assistant Controller of Executive Life
Insurance Company, and Senior Audit Manager with Price Waterhouse. He
is a Certified Public Accountant (California) and a Chartered Accountant
(Quebec). He received a Masters of Business Administration degree from
the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill
University.
He is a past president of the Armenian Professional Society (Los
Angeles). He travelled to Historical Armenia and Cilicia with the NAASR
Armenian Heritage Tours lead by Professor Richard Hovannisian and Armen
Aroyan in 2009, 2011, and 2012.For more information contact the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
[email protected] or NAASR at 617-489-1610 or
[email protected].
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Ararat-Eskijian Museum
15105 Mission Hills Rd
Mission Hills CA, 91345
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 818-838-4862
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON FORTIFICATIONS
OF ARMENIAN CILICIA AT ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM
Mr. Rouben Berberian will present an illustrated lecture on `The
Fortifications of Cilicia,' on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at
4:00 p.m. at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Hasmik Mgrdichian Gallery,
15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA. The lecture is sponsored
by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian
Studies and Research (NAASR). A reception will follow the lecture.
In the course of the presentation, Berberian will display pictures of
some thirty-eight different fortifications in Cilicia. He will discuss
(a) the characteristic features of Armenian fortifications; (b) the
dates of Armenian control by various Princes, Kings and Queens; and (c)
the impact on the Armenians of the Byzantines, Abbasids, Seljuks,
Mamluks, Mongols, and the Crusaders, including the Hospitaller, Templar,
and Teutonic Knight military orders, as well as the crusader states of
the Principality of Antioch, the County of Edessa, and Cyprus.
Roupen Berberian is the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and
Treasurer of Health Net Life Insurance Company (since 2000).
Previously, he was the Vice President and Controller of Aurora National
Life Assurance Company, the Assistant Controller of Executive Life
Insurance Company, and Senior Audit Manager with Price Waterhouse. He
is a Certified Public Accountant (California) and a Chartered Accountant
(Quebec). He received a Masters of Business Administration degree from
the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill
University.
He is a past president of the Armenian Professional Society (Los
Angeles). He travelled to Historical Armenia and Cilicia with the NAASR
Armenian Heritage Tours lead by Professor Richard Hovannisian and Armen
Aroyan in 2009, 2011, and 2012.For more information contact the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
[email protected] or NAASR at 617-489-1610 or
[email protected].
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