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UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies
Contact: Prof. S. Peter Cowe
Tel: 310-825-1307
Email: [email protected]
2015 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Friday, February 6, 2015 =95 UCLA Royce Hall 314
The event is free and open to public
9:30 - 10:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks
Daniel Fittante - Project Director, 2015 Graduate Student Colloquium
in Armenian Studies
Dr. S. Peter Cowe - Professor and Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies at UCLA
PANEL 1 - ARMENIANS IN THE RUSSIAN AND OTTOMAN EMPIRES
Chair: Ani Shahinian - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
10:10 - 10:30 Stephen B. Riegg - Department of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
`Spies and Settlers: Armenians in the Russian Service, 1804-13'
10:30 - 10:50 Urban Jaksa - Department of Politics, University of York (England)
Geopolitics of Genocide: Comparing the Ottoman and Russian Empire's
Ethnic Cleansing Policies against Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and
Circassians in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries'
10:50 - 11:00 Discussion
PANEL 2 - PREHISTORIC PASTORALISM
Chair: Kristine Olshansky - Archaeology, UCLA
11:00 - 11:20 Hannah Rachel Chazin - Department
of Anthropology,
University of Chicago (US)
`Understanding Pastoralist Activities in Prehistoric Armenia:
Integrating Zooarchaeology and Isotope Analysis'
11:20 - 11:25 Discussion
11:25 - 11:45 Coffee/Tea Break
PANEL 3 - DIASPORA AND IDENTITY
Chair: Ara Soghomonian, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
11:45 - 12:05 Hakob A. Matevosyan - Institute for the Study of Culture,
Leipzig University (Germany)
`Dimensions of Diasporic Identities: Armenians in Hungary'
12:05 - 12:25 Syuzanna Barseghyan - Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (Armenia)
`The Role of Ethnic Media in the Armenian Diaspora'
12:25 - 12:45 Karen Jallatyan - Department of Comparative Literature,
University of California at Irvine
`Cinematographic Constructions of Armenian Identity in the Films of
Gariné Torrosian and Atom Egoyan'
12:45 - 1:05 Artak Beglaryan - Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National
Strategic Studies (INSS) of the Republic of Armenian Ministry of Defense (Armenia)
`U.S. Armenian Lobbies and their Involvement in the Artsakh Cause'
1:05 - 1:25 Discussion
1:25 - 3:00 Lunch
PANEL 4 - MERCANTILE ACTIVITY
Chair: Anatolii Tokmantcev - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
3:00 - 3:20 Sona Tajiryan- Department of History, University of California
at Los Angeles (US)
`Agha di Matus, 1635-1709: An Armenian Diamond and Gem Merchant in
Livorno and Venice''
3:20 - 3:40 Kathryn Jane Franklin - Department of Anthropology,
University of Chicago (US)
`A Route of Trade and a Road to Progress: the Silk Road in Medieval
and Contemporary Armenian politics'
3:40 - 3:50 Discussion
PANEL 5 - LEXICOGRAPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS
Chair: Ani Honarchian - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
3:50 - 4:10 Ester Petrosyan - Department of
Medieval Studies, Central
European University (Hungary)
`Syriac Manuscript 11: A Tri-lingual Dictionary Kept in the Library of
the Franciscan Order in Cairo (A Detailed Examination)'
4:10 - 4:15 Discussion
4:15 - 4:35 Coffee/Tea Break
PANEL 6 - GENDER AND FAMILY DYNAMICS
Chair: Rosie Aroush - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
4:35 - 4:55 Milena Oganesyan - Department of Anthropology, University
of Montana-Missoula (US)
`Living on the Fault Lines: A Study of Armenian-Georgian Intermarriage in Georgia'
4:55 - 5:15 Elli Ponomareva - Department of Anthropology, European
University at Saint Petersburg
`Male Street Culture in Yerevan and its Manifestation in Various Social Contexts'
5:15 - 5:35 Ani Jilozian - Global Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine
at Mount Sinai (US)
`Giving Women a Voice: Perceptions & Experiences with Contraception &
Abortion in Rural Armenia'
5:35 - 5:50 Discussion
5:50 - 6:00 Guest Speaker - Marc Mamigonian, Director of Academic
Affairs of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
6:00 - 6:10 Presentation of the Berekian Armenian Collection of Manuscripts
and Printed Books
6:10-7:00 Reception
Free and open to the public.
https://mail.em.ucla.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=cm3Vcx9ADEmsHRQygOqdCQlNisWUAtIIgmMdj l8qVRPQi_vdx6KLLjT7VCekydgmq06r5WEaALY.&URL=mailto %3acsr%40humnet.ucla.edu
Pay-by-space parking and all day parking ($12) available in Lot 2 & 3.
Parking Pay Station Map | Interactive UCLA Campus Map
From: Baghdasarian
UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies
Contact: Prof. S. Peter Cowe
Tel: 310-825-1307
Email: [email protected]
2015 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Friday, February 6, 2015 =95 UCLA Royce Hall 314
The event is free and open to public
9:30 - 10:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks
Daniel Fittante - Project Director, 2015 Graduate Student Colloquium
in Armenian Studies
Dr. S. Peter Cowe - Professor and Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies at UCLA
PANEL 1 - ARMENIANS IN THE RUSSIAN AND OTTOMAN EMPIRES
Chair: Ani Shahinian - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
10:10 - 10:30 Stephen B. Riegg - Department of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
`Spies and Settlers: Armenians in the Russian Service, 1804-13'
10:30 - 10:50 Urban Jaksa - Department of Politics, University of York (England)
Geopolitics of Genocide: Comparing the Ottoman and Russian Empire's
Ethnic Cleansing Policies against Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and
Circassians in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries'
10:50 - 11:00 Discussion
PANEL 2 - PREHISTORIC PASTORALISM
Chair: Kristine Olshansky - Archaeology, UCLA
11:00 - 11:20 Hannah Rachel Chazin - Department
of Anthropology,
University of Chicago (US)
`Understanding Pastoralist Activities in Prehistoric Armenia:
Integrating Zooarchaeology and Isotope Analysis'
11:20 - 11:25 Discussion
11:25 - 11:45 Coffee/Tea Break
PANEL 3 - DIASPORA AND IDENTITY
Chair: Ara Soghomonian, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
11:45 - 12:05 Hakob A. Matevosyan - Institute for the Study of Culture,
Leipzig University (Germany)
`Dimensions of Diasporic Identities: Armenians in Hungary'
12:05 - 12:25 Syuzanna Barseghyan - Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (Armenia)
`The Role of Ethnic Media in the Armenian Diaspora'
12:25 - 12:45 Karen Jallatyan - Department of Comparative Literature,
University of California at Irvine
`Cinematographic Constructions of Armenian Identity in the Films of
Gariné Torrosian and Atom Egoyan'
12:45 - 1:05 Artak Beglaryan - Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National
Strategic Studies (INSS) of the Republic of Armenian Ministry of Defense (Armenia)
`U.S. Armenian Lobbies and their Involvement in the Artsakh Cause'
1:05 - 1:25 Discussion
1:25 - 3:00 Lunch
PANEL 4 - MERCANTILE ACTIVITY
Chair: Anatolii Tokmantcev - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
3:00 - 3:20 Sona Tajiryan- Department of History, University of California
at Los Angeles (US)
`Agha di Matus, 1635-1709: An Armenian Diamond and Gem Merchant in
Livorno and Venice''
3:20 - 3:40 Kathryn Jane Franklin - Department of Anthropology,
University of Chicago (US)
`A Route of Trade and a Road to Progress: the Silk Road in Medieval
and Contemporary Armenian politics'
3:40 - 3:50 Discussion
PANEL 5 - LEXICOGRAPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS
Chair: Ani Honarchian - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
3:50 - 4:10 Ester Petrosyan - Department of
Medieval Studies, Central
European University (Hungary)
`Syriac Manuscript 11: A Tri-lingual Dictionary Kept in the Library of
the Franciscan Order in Cairo (A Detailed Examination)'
4:10 - 4:15 Discussion
4:15 - 4:35 Coffee/Tea Break
PANEL 6 - GENDER AND FAMILY DYNAMICS
Chair: Rosie Aroush - Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
4:35 - 4:55 Milena Oganesyan - Department of Anthropology, University
of Montana-Missoula (US)
`Living on the Fault Lines: A Study of Armenian-Georgian Intermarriage in Georgia'
4:55 - 5:15 Elli Ponomareva - Department of Anthropology, European
University at Saint Petersburg
`Male Street Culture in Yerevan and its Manifestation in Various Social Contexts'
5:15 - 5:35 Ani Jilozian - Global Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine
at Mount Sinai (US)
`Giving Women a Voice: Perceptions & Experiences with Contraception &
Abortion in Rural Armenia'
5:35 - 5:50 Discussion
5:50 - 6:00 Guest Speaker - Marc Mamigonian, Director of Academic
Affairs of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
6:00 - 6:10 Presentation of the Berekian Armenian Collection of Manuscripts
and Printed Books
6:10-7:00 Reception
Free and open to the public.
https://mail.em.ucla.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=cm3Vcx9ADEmsHRQygOqdCQlNisWUAtIIgmMdj l8qVRPQi_vdx6KLLjT7VCekydgmq06r5WEaALY.&URL=mailto %3acsr%40humnet.ucla.edu
Pay-by-space parking and all day parking ($12) available in Lot 2 & 3.
Parking Pay Station Map | Interactive UCLA Campus Map
From: Baghdasarian