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UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association
c/o Armenian Graduate Students Association
Kerckhoff Hall, Room 316
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: 310-206-8512
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~agsa/
2014 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Friday, February 28, 2014 . UCLA Royce Hall 314
The event is free and open to public
9:30 - 10:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 AM Opening Remarks
Narine Jallatyan . Co-Project Director, 2014
Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Dr. S. Peter Cowe . Professor and Narekatsi Chair in
Armenian Studies at UCLA
Session 1 . MYTH AND RELIGION AS INSTRUMENTS OF INTEGRATION,
DIFFERENTIATION, AND CONTESTATION
Chair: Ani Honarchian . Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
10:15 - 10:35 Aline Housepian . Center of Semiotic Research, University of
Limoges (France)
"Comparative Armeno-Anatolian Myth: Toward the
Origins of Common Folk Beliefs"
10:35 - 10:55 Nikoloz Alexidze . School of Governance and Social Sciences,
Free University of Tbilisi (Georgia)
"Imagining Caucasian History: The Narrative of the
Church Schism in Armeno-Georgian Relations"
10:55 - 11:15 Ashkhen Davtyan . Department of Medieval Studies, Central
European University, Budapest (Hungary)
"Sacred Space in Duin"
11:15 - 11:30 Discussion
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
Session 2 . THE VARIED IMPACT OF NATIONALISM ON THE ARMENIAN
POLITY AND PATRIMONY
Chair: Anoush Suny . Anthropology, UCLA
11:45 - 12:05 Anahit Kartashyan . Faculty of Asian and African Studies,
St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
"The Draft Armenian National Constitution of 1857 and its Evolution
to the Final Version of 1863"
12:05 - 12:25 Murad Yildiz . Department of History, UCLA
"Building Robust Armenian Bodies and a Strong
Armenian Nation in Late Ottoman Istanbul"
12:25 - 12:45 Shushan Kerovpyan . Department of History, Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (France)
"Destruction and Reconstruction of the Armenian
Heritage in Turkey"
12:45 - 1:00 Discussion
1:00 - 2:15 Lunch
Session 3 . LINGUISTICS AND DIALECTOLOGY
Chair: Daniel Fittante . Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
2:15 - 2:35 Hasmik Sargsyan . Faculty of Empirical Linguistics,
Goethe-University, Frankfurt (Germany)
"The Dialect of Karabakh in Language Contact: Remarks
on Phonetic Features and Lexicon"
2:35- 2:45 Discussion
Session 4 . THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN GENERATING SYMBOLIC IDENTITY
IN THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA
Chair: Marine Aykazyan . French and Francophone Studies, UCLA
2:45 - 3:05 Vana S. Nazarian . Department of Art History, Concordia
University, Montreal (Canada)
"Familiar Faces and Nostalgic Places: Family
Photographs as Instruments of Memory and Identity in the Montreal Armenian
Community"
3:05 - 3:25 Rik Adriaans . Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central
European University, Budapest (Hungary)
"Ararat Beyond Representation: Heritage Souvenirs and
the Materiality of Diaspora Return"
3:25 - 3:40 Discussion
3:40 - 3:55 Tea Break
Session 5 . EDUCATION AS TRANSFORMATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF SOME
CONTEMPORARY INITIATIVES
Chair: Shushan Karapetyan . Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
3:55 - 4:15 Korioun Khatchadourian. Issy-Les-Moulineaux (France)
"A New Pedagogical Approach to Armenian Language
Transmission in the Diaspora: A Case Study of the Mgnig Educational
Workshop"
4:15 - 4:35 Satenik Lazarian . Department of Anthropology,
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi (Georgia)
"Constructing National Identity through Elementary
Education"
4:35 - 4:55 Garine Palandjian . Student Affairs, Armenian University
of Armenia, Erevan (Armenia)
"(Re)Piecing Peace through of Education: A Case
Study of Peace Education Curricula in Four Regions of Armenia"
4:55- 5:15 Discussion
5:15 - 5:25 Guest Speaker . Levon Marashlian, Professor of History, Glendale
City College
5:25 - 6:30 Reception
UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association
c/o Armenian Graduate Students Association
Kerckhoff Hall, Room 316
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: 310-206-8512
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~agsa/
2014 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Friday, February 28, 2014 . UCLA Royce Hall 314
The event is free and open to public
9:30 - 10:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 AM Opening Remarks
Narine Jallatyan . Co-Project Director, 2014
Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Dr. S. Peter Cowe . Professor and Narekatsi Chair in
Armenian Studies at UCLA
Session 1 . MYTH AND RELIGION AS INSTRUMENTS OF INTEGRATION,
DIFFERENTIATION, AND CONTESTATION
Chair: Ani Honarchian . Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
10:15 - 10:35 Aline Housepian . Center of Semiotic Research, University of
Limoges (France)
"Comparative Armeno-Anatolian Myth: Toward the
Origins of Common Folk Beliefs"
10:35 - 10:55 Nikoloz Alexidze . School of Governance and Social Sciences,
Free University of Tbilisi (Georgia)
"Imagining Caucasian History: The Narrative of the
Church Schism in Armeno-Georgian Relations"
10:55 - 11:15 Ashkhen Davtyan . Department of Medieval Studies, Central
European University, Budapest (Hungary)
"Sacred Space in Duin"
11:15 - 11:30 Discussion
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
Session 2 . THE VARIED IMPACT OF NATIONALISM ON THE ARMENIAN
POLITY AND PATRIMONY
Chair: Anoush Suny . Anthropology, UCLA
11:45 - 12:05 Anahit Kartashyan . Faculty of Asian and African Studies,
St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
"The Draft Armenian National Constitution of 1857 and its Evolution
to the Final Version of 1863"
12:05 - 12:25 Murad Yildiz . Department of History, UCLA
"Building Robust Armenian Bodies and a Strong
Armenian Nation in Late Ottoman Istanbul"
12:25 - 12:45 Shushan Kerovpyan . Department of History, Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (France)
"Destruction and Reconstruction of the Armenian
Heritage in Turkey"
12:45 - 1:00 Discussion
1:00 - 2:15 Lunch
Session 3 . LINGUISTICS AND DIALECTOLOGY
Chair: Daniel Fittante . Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
2:15 - 2:35 Hasmik Sargsyan . Faculty of Empirical Linguistics,
Goethe-University, Frankfurt (Germany)
"The Dialect of Karabakh in Language Contact: Remarks
on Phonetic Features and Lexicon"
2:35- 2:45 Discussion
Session 4 . THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN GENERATING SYMBOLIC IDENTITY
IN THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA
Chair: Marine Aykazyan . French and Francophone Studies, UCLA
2:45 - 3:05 Vana S. Nazarian . Department of Art History, Concordia
University, Montreal (Canada)
"Familiar Faces and Nostalgic Places: Family
Photographs as Instruments of Memory and Identity in the Montreal Armenian
Community"
3:05 - 3:25 Rik Adriaans . Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central
European University, Budapest (Hungary)
"Ararat Beyond Representation: Heritage Souvenirs and
the Materiality of Diaspora Return"
3:25 - 3:40 Discussion
3:40 - 3:55 Tea Break
Session 5 . EDUCATION AS TRANSFORMATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF SOME
CONTEMPORARY INITIATIVES
Chair: Shushan Karapetyan . Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
3:55 - 4:15 Korioun Khatchadourian. Issy-Les-Moulineaux (France)
"A New Pedagogical Approach to Armenian Language
Transmission in the Diaspora: A Case Study of the Mgnig Educational
Workshop"
4:15 - 4:35 Satenik Lazarian . Department of Anthropology,
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi (Georgia)
"Constructing National Identity through Elementary
Education"
4:35 - 4:55 Garine Palandjian . Student Affairs, Armenian University
of Armenia, Erevan (Armenia)
"(Re)Piecing Peace through of Education: A Case
Study of Peace Education Curricula in Four Regions of Armenia"
4:55- 5:15 Discussion
5:15 - 5:25 Guest Speaker . Levon Marashlian, Professor of History, Glendale
City College
5:25 - 6:30 Reception