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The Library of Congress, DC
Sept 6 2013
ARMENIAN LANGUAGE IS SUBJECT OF 17TH ANNUAL VARDANANTS DAY LECTURE
Renowned linguist Charles de Lamberterie will deliver the 17th Annual
Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture at noon on Thursday, Sept. 19 in the
Northeast Pavilion of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, located
at 10 First Street S.E., Washington D.C. Titled "The Armenian Language
and its Place in the Indo-European Linguistic Family," the lecture
will be delivered in English.
In recent decades there has been renewed interest in Indo-European
linguistics as new theories about the original homeland of the
Indo-Europeans have been advanced. Some have recently placed the
origins of this linguistic group, which includes the European Romance
languages as well as Persian and Armenian, in Anatolia, a region today
contained within Turkey.
A professor at the Universite Paris-Sorbonne, de Lamberterie has
written and lectured extensively on both Armenian and Greek
Indo-European linguistics. He was inducted into France's prestigious
Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 2010.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Near East Section of the
Library's African and Middle Eastern Division. It is named after the
Armenian holiday that commemorates the battle of Avarayr (451 A.D.).
The battle was led by the Armenian General Vardan Mamikonian and his
compatriots against invading Persian troops who were attempting to
reimpose Zoroastrianism on the Christian state. As a religious
holiday, it celebrates the Armenians' triumph over forces of
assimilation.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest
federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to spark imagination
and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by
providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections,
publications, programs and exhibitions. Many of the Library's rich
resources can be accessed through its website at http://www.loc.gov
Sept 6 2013
ARMENIAN LANGUAGE IS SUBJECT OF 17TH ANNUAL VARDANANTS DAY LECTURE
Renowned linguist Charles de Lamberterie will deliver the 17th Annual
Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture at noon on Thursday, Sept. 19 in the
Northeast Pavilion of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, located
at 10 First Street S.E., Washington D.C. Titled "The Armenian Language
and its Place in the Indo-European Linguistic Family," the lecture
will be delivered in English.
In recent decades there has been renewed interest in Indo-European
linguistics as new theories about the original homeland of the
Indo-Europeans have been advanced. Some have recently placed the
origins of this linguistic group, which includes the European Romance
languages as well as Persian and Armenian, in Anatolia, a region today
contained within Turkey.
A professor at the Universite Paris-Sorbonne, de Lamberterie has
written and lectured extensively on both Armenian and Greek
Indo-European linguistics. He was inducted into France's prestigious
Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 2010.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Near East Section of the
Library's African and Middle Eastern Division. It is named after the
Armenian holiday that commemorates the battle of Avarayr (451 A.D.).
The battle was led by the Armenian General Vardan Mamikonian and his
compatriots against invading Persian troops who were attempting to
reimpose Zoroastrianism on the Christian state. As a religious
holiday, it celebrates the Armenians' triumph over forces of
assimilation.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest
federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to spark imagination
and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by
providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections,
publications, programs and exhibitions. Many of the Library's rich
resources can be accessed through its website at http://www.loc.gov