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  • A lecture by Dr. George Bournoutian

    PRESS RELEASE
    UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
    Tel: 310-825-3375


    THE RICHARD HOVANNISIAN ENDOWED CHAIR IN MODERN ARMENIAN HISTORY AT UCLA

    Presents

    Three Armenian Chroniclers as

    Primary Sources for Armenian-Iranian Cross-Cultural Encounters in
    Transcaucasia, 1724-1736

    Dr. George Bournoutian

    George A. Bournoutian is a Senior Professor of History at Iona College and
    the author of over twenty-eight books, particularly focusing on Armenian
    history. His fields of research are Armenia, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and
    Georgia. He is fluent in at least eight languages including Arabic.


    Building on his recent translations of important Armenian-language primary
    sources for the early modern period, Dr. George Bournoutian will discuss the
    nature of Armenian-Iranian cross-cultural encounters in Transcaucasia during
    the turbulent period leading up to Nadir Shah assumption of the Iranian
    throne in 1736. Bournoutian's talk will focus on Armenian eye-witness
    accounts of the Caucasus region, provided by Abraham of Yerevan,
    EsayiHasan-Jalalean, and Abraham of Crete and will explore how the latter
    sources contribute to historians' understanding of this politically and
    culturally volatile region at a time of crucial importance in the histories
    of the post-Safavid, Ottoman, and Russian Empires and their multi-ethnic
    populations.


    Friday, February 21, 2014
    3:00-4:30 PM
    10383 Bunche Hall

    CO-SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

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