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$100,000 GIFT FUNDS ARMENIAN STUDIES LECTURE SERIES AT UC IRVINE
http://asbarez.com/109060/100000-gift-funds-armenian-studies-lecture-series-at-uc-irvine/
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Vahe, center, and Armine Meghrouni, of Newport Beach, greet a friend
Heidi Aharonian, a ceramics artist, at the 20-year anniversary of The
Irvine Museum earlier this year
IRVINE, Calif-The Armenian studies lecture series at the University of
California, Irvine, continued on February 21 with "Armenia, Armenians,
and the New World History," a lecture by Steven Rapp, professor of
history at Sam Houston State University. Rapp's talk, the first under
the newly-christened Vahe and Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series in
Armenian Studies, was well-attended by more than 120 students, faculty
and local community members.
Before Dr. Rapp's lecture the audience was introduced to the new dean
of the School of Humanities, Dr. Georges Van Den Abbeele. The dean
announced the naming of the lecture series and expressed his gratitude
for Vahe and Armine Meghrouni and their tremendous support of Armenian
Studies and the School of Humanities.
Dr. Vahe Meghrouni spoke briefly on the importance of providing a
place where students can learn the history of Armenia and its people.
At the end of his remarks Meghrouni announced that he and his wife
were giving another $100,000 to the Armenian Studies program.
The Meghrounis, long-time donors to Armenian Studies at UCI,
generously donated $50,000 to start an endowment fund in support of
Armenian culture, language and heritage in December 2011, and matched
their initial gift with another $50,000 in 2012.
The Meghrouni Lecture Series is a quarterly series of public lectures
on Armenian history, literature and other relevant topics. They offer
opportunities for the local Armenian community, and the general
public, to learn more. This past year the series included lectures by
Dr. Richard Hovannisian on "The Changing Landscape of Historic Western
Armenia: Reflections on a Journey into the Past," Talinn Grigor on
"Dolling-up Yerevan Avant-garde Urbanism in Post-Soviet American
Politics," Houri Berberian on "Connected Revolutions: Armenians and
the Russian, Ottoman and Iranian Revolutions of the Early Twentieth
Century," and "The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of
those who Lived through the Years of Calamity" with Rubina Peroomian.
The next lecture in the series will be "Reflections on Early Modern
Global Armenian Print, 1512-1800" by Sebouh Aslanian, the Richard
Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA, on
Monday, April 1. On May 28, Giusto Traina, professor of Roman history
at the Paris-Sorbonne University, will lecture on "Tigran the Great,
King of Kings." All lectures start at 6:30 p.m. in Humanities Gateway
1030. Complimentary parking passes can be picked up in Lot 7.
In addition to the lecture series, a course in Modern Armenian History
is currently being taught by Dr. Richard Hovannisian, a Distinguished
Visiting Lecturer, celebrated Armenian historian and professor
emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History at UCLA. Undergraduate
courses in Armenian history continue spring quarter with Ancient
Armenian History.
Established in 2007, thanks to the vision of Sylvie and Garo
Tertzakian, Armenian Studies at UC Irvine has continued to thrive.
This past December, the Tertzakians hosted their annual fundraiser at
and helped secure almost $18,000 in pledges from community members to
support future course offerings.
The mission of the Armenian Studies program is to provide intellectual
and social space for any student with an interest in these areas of
history, but also to provide a cultural framework for students who may
be interested in learning more about their own heritage or those of
their neighbors.
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/109060/100000-gift-funds-armenian-studies-lecture-series-at-uc-irvine/
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Vahe, center, and Armine Meghrouni, of Newport Beach, greet a friend
Heidi Aharonian, a ceramics artist, at the 20-year anniversary of The
Irvine Museum earlier this year
IRVINE, Calif-The Armenian studies lecture series at the University of
California, Irvine, continued on February 21 with "Armenia, Armenians,
and the New World History," a lecture by Steven Rapp, professor of
history at Sam Houston State University. Rapp's talk, the first under
the newly-christened Vahe and Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series in
Armenian Studies, was well-attended by more than 120 students, faculty
and local community members.
Before Dr. Rapp's lecture the audience was introduced to the new dean
of the School of Humanities, Dr. Georges Van Den Abbeele. The dean
announced the naming of the lecture series and expressed his gratitude
for Vahe and Armine Meghrouni and their tremendous support of Armenian
Studies and the School of Humanities.
Dr. Vahe Meghrouni spoke briefly on the importance of providing a
place where students can learn the history of Armenia and its people.
At the end of his remarks Meghrouni announced that he and his wife
were giving another $100,000 to the Armenian Studies program.
The Meghrounis, long-time donors to Armenian Studies at UCI,
generously donated $50,000 to start an endowment fund in support of
Armenian culture, language and heritage in December 2011, and matched
their initial gift with another $50,000 in 2012.
The Meghrouni Lecture Series is a quarterly series of public lectures
on Armenian history, literature and other relevant topics. They offer
opportunities for the local Armenian community, and the general
public, to learn more. This past year the series included lectures by
Dr. Richard Hovannisian on "The Changing Landscape of Historic Western
Armenia: Reflections on a Journey into the Past," Talinn Grigor on
"Dolling-up Yerevan Avant-garde Urbanism in Post-Soviet American
Politics," Houri Berberian on "Connected Revolutions: Armenians and
the Russian, Ottoman and Iranian Revolutions of the Early Twentieth
Century," and "The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of
those who Lived through the Years of Calamity" with Rubina Peroomian.
The next lecture in the series will be "Reflections on Early Modern
Global Armenian Print, 1512-1800" by Sebouh Aslanian, the Richard
Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA, on
Monday, April 1. On May 28, Giusto Traina, professor of Roman history
at the Paris-Sorbonne University, will lecture on "Tigran the Great,
King of Kings." All lectures start at 6:30 p.m. in Humanities Gateway
1030. Complimentary parking passes can be picked up in Lot 7.
In addition to the lecture series, a course in Modern Armenian History
is currently being taught by Dr. Richard Hovannisian, a Distinguished
Visiting Lecturer, celebrated Armenian historian and professor
emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History at UCLA. Undergraduate
courses in Armenian history continue spring quarter with Ancient
Armenian History.
Established in 2007, thanks to the vision of Sylvie and Garo
Tertzakian, Armenian Studies at UC Irvine has continued to thrive.
This past December, the Tertzakians hosted their annual fundraiser at
and helped secure almost $18,000 in pledges from community members to
support future course offerings.
The mission of the Armenian Studies program is to provide intellectual
and social space for any student with an interest in these areas of
history, but also to provide a cultural framework for students who may
be interested in learning more about their own heritage or those of
their neighbors.
From: A. Papazian