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  • Oct. 16: Lecture at NAASR on Armenia and the Crusades

    PRESS RELEASE
    National Association for Armenian
    Studies and Research (NAASR)
    395 Concord Avenue
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Tel.: 617-489-1610
    E-mail: [email protected]


    DR. ARA DOSTOURIAN TO LECTURE ON ARMENIA AND THE CRUSADES AT NAASR


    Dr. Ara Dostourian will give a lecture entitled "Armenia and the
    Crusades: the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa," on Thursday, October
    16, 2014, at 7:30 p.m., at the National Association for Armenian
    Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA
    02478. The lecture is co-sponsored by NAASR and the Mashtots Chair in
    Armenian Studies at Harvard University, and the Mashtots Professor of
    Armenian Studies, Dr. James R. Russell, will offer introductory
    remarks.
    The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa has long been recognized as an
    invaluable source of information concerning the dramatic events taking
    place in the Near East between the years 952 and 1162 A.D. Byzantine
    emperors, Crusader knights, Arab potentates, and Turkish invaders
    march across the pages of this eyewitness account.
    Dr. Ara Dostourian translated this crucial primary source into
    English for the first time for his doctoral work at Rutgers
    University. It was published in 1993 as Armenia and the Crusades: The
    Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa by NAASR and the University Press of
    America; NAASR's Armenian Heritage Press has just issued the second,
    revised edition in paperback, incorporating corrections by the
    translator as well as additions to the notes and bibliography.
    Dr. Ara Edmond Dostourian is professor emeritus of history at the
    University of West Georgia and a former research fellow in Armenian
    Studies at Harvard University. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in
    history and language from the City University of New York, a Master of
    Arts in medieval history from Fordham University, and a Master of
    Divinity degree from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA,
    and a Doctorate in Byzantine history from Rutgers University.

    For more information about Dr. Dostourian's lecture contact NAASR at
    617-489-1610 [email protected]. Belmont, MA
    October 3, 2014

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