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Friends of UCLA to Award Narekatsi Medal to Hovannisian
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February 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES - Professor Richard Hovannisian has been named the 2013
recipient of the Narekatsi Medal of Achievement. The award will be
formally presented to him by the Friends of the UCLA Armenian Language
and Culture Studies on Sat., March 16, during the Friends' 11th annual
banquet, a community event that will take place at the Armenian
Society of Los Angeles Hall, in Glendale.
The Narekatsi Medal will be conferred on Hovannisian in recognition of
his extraordinary academic achievements and his roles as a genocide
researcher and defender of the Armenian cause against denialism. `It
would be impossible to imagine the global Armenian academic landscape
of the past five decades without the outstanding contributions of Dr.
Hovannisian,' said Professor S. Peter Cowe, head of UCLA's Narekatsi
Chair in Armenian Studies. `A key factor which has always set Dr.
Hovannisian's work apart is his gift for complementing scholarship
with public activism: He is not only a prolific teacher,
historiographer, and author, but a staunch champion of civic and human
rights.'
Now a Professor Emeritus, Hovannisian has lectured at UCLA for 50
years, beginning in 1962. He was the first holder of the university's
Armenian Educational Foundation Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian
History, which he held from 1987 until his retirement in 2011. The
chair has since been renamed the Richard Hovannisian Chair in Modern
Armenian History (established by the Armenian Educational Foundation).
Hovannisian has written several definitive books on modern Armenian
history, including the four-volume The Republic of Armenia series. He
has also organized the UCLA conference series `Historic Armenian
Cities and Provinces,' which he launched in the late 1990's. The
proceedings of these landmark conferences have been edited by
Hovannisian and published as invaluable documentary resources
pertaining to historic Western Armenia.
In the course of his career, Hovannisian has lectured in more than 40
countries and in nearly 500 universities, museums, and other
institutes on Armenian history and the Armenian Genocide. In addition
to teaching at UCLA, he has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor
at a number of American universities, including UC Berkeley and
Chapman University. In 2010, he was voted by the UCLA Student Body as
the Most Inspirational Teacher of the Year.
Hovannisian's advocacy work has placed him at the forefront of efforts
to counter denial of the Armenian Genocide. He has spoken in the
British House of Lords, testified in hearings of the U.S. Congress,
the State of California, and the International People's Tribunal in
the Sorbonne, and given numerous television and radio interviews
regarding the genocide, including to the McNeil-Lehrer Report and
National Public Radio. He has also spoken at the U.S. Holocaust
Museum, Houston Holocaust Museum, Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, Museum
of Tolerance, and a multitude of other academic and public venues.
Hovannisian has also served with numerous organizations dedicated to
human rights and genocide awareness. He is on the Board of Directors
of Facing History and Ourselves, as well as the Claremont Center for
Human Rights; was the president of the Armenian Monument Council; a
founder of the Armenian Assembly of America; chairman of the Armenian
National Institute; and founder and six-time president of the Society
for Armenian Studies.
Hovannisian is a Guggenheim Fellow and the first social scientist from
the diaspora to have been elected to the Armenian National Academy of
Sciences, in 1990. He has been honored by Jewish World Watch, Facing
History and Ourselves, and various U.S. national, state, county, and
city bodies. He is also the recipient of encyclicals and medals from
Karekin II and Aram I, catholicoi of the Great House of Cilicia; and
from Garegin I and Garegin II of the Holy See of Echmiadzin.
Established in 1998, the Friends of the UCLA Armenian Language and
Culture Studies is a university-approved support organization
dedicated to the continued advancement of the Armenian-studies field.
Proceeds from the Friends' March 16 banquet will benefit the Narekatsi
Chair in Armenian Studies and its Visiting Professorship Program.
Tickets to the banquet ($125 for general admission, $70 for students
with current ID) can be purchased by calling (323) 668-2609 or (818)
249-3330.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/02/24/friends-of-ucla-to-award-narekatsi-medal-to-hovannisian/
February 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES - Professor Richard Hovannisian has been named the 2013
recipient of the Narekatsi Medal of Achievement. The award will be
formally presented to him by the Friends of the UCLA Armenian Language
and Culture Studies on Sat., March 16, during the Friends' 11th annual
banquet, a community event that will take place at the Armenian
Society of Los Angeles Hall, in Glendale.
The Narekatsi Medal will be conferred on Hovannisian in recognition of
his extraordinary academic achievements and his roles as a genocide
researcher and defender of the Armenian cause against denialism. `It
would be impossible to imagine the global Armenian academic landscape
of the past five decades without the outstanding contributions of Dr.
Hovannisian,' said Professor S. Peter Cowe, head of UCLA's Narekatsi
Chair in Armenian Studies. `A key factor which has always set Dr.
Hovannisian's work apart is his gift for complementing scholarship
with public activism: He is not only a prolific teacher,
historiographer, and author, but a staunch champion of civic and human
rights.'
Now a Professor Emeritus, Hovannisian has lectured at UCLA for 50
years, beginning in 1962. He was the first holder of the university's
Armenian Educational Foundation Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian
History, which he held from 1987 until his retirement in 2011. The
chair has since been renamed the Richard Hovannisian Chair in Modern
Armenian History (established by the Armenian Educational Foundation).
Hovannisian has written several definitive books on modern Armenian
history, including the four-volume The Republic of Armenia series. He
has also organized the UCLA conference series `Historic Armenian
Cities and Provinces,' which he launched in the late 1990's. The
proceedings of these landmark conferences have been edited by
Hovannisian and published as invaluable documentary resources
pertaining to historic Western Armenia.
In the course of his career, Hovannisian has lectured in more than 40
countries and in nearly 500 universities, museums, and other
institutes on Armenian history and the Armenian Genocide. In addition
to teaching at UCLA, he has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor
at a number of American universities, including UC Berkeley and
Chapman University. In 2010, he was voted by the UCLA Student Body as
the Most Inspirational Teacher of the Year.
Hovannisian's advocacy work has placed him at the forefront of efforts
to counter denial of the Armenian Genocide. He has spoken in the
British House of Lords, testified in hearings of the U.S. Congress,
the State of California, and the International People's Tribunal in
the Sorbonne, and given numerous television and radio interviews
regarding the genocide, including to the McNeil-Lehrer Report and
National Public Radio. He has also spoken at the U.S. Holocaust
Museum, Houston Holocaust Museum, Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, Museum
of Tolerance, and a multitude of other academic and public venues.
Hovannisian has also served with numerous organizations dedicated to
human rights and genocide awareness. He is on the Board of Directors
of Facing History and Ourselves, as well as the Claremont Center for
Human Rights; was the president of the Armenian Monument Council; a
founder of the Armenian Assembly of America; chairman of the Armenian
National Institute; and founder and six-time president of the Society
for Armenian Studies.
Hovannisian is a Guggenheim Fellow and the first social scientist from
the diaspora to have been elected to the Armenian National Academy of
Sciences, in 1990. He has been honored by Jewish World Watch, Facing
History and Ourselves, and various U.S. national, state, county, and
city bodies. He is also the recipient of encyclicals and medals from
Karekin II and Aram I, catholicoi of the Great House of Cilicia; and
from Garegin I and Garegin II of the Holy See of Echmiadzin.
Established in 1998, the Friends of the UCLA Armenian Language and
Culture Studies is a university-approved support organization
dedicated to the continued advancement of the Armenian-studies field.
Proceeds from the Friends' March 16 banquet will benefit the Narekatsi
Chair in Armenian Studies and its Visiting Professorship Program.
Tickets to the banquet ($125 for general admission, $70 for students
with current ID) can be purchased by calling (323) 668-2609 or (818)
249-3330.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress