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Armenian Studies Program
California State University, Fresno
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
Kazan Visiting Professor Dr. Douzjian to Present Second Talk in Series on
`The Armenian Genocide in Film: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives'
Dr. Myrna Douzjian (UCLA), the 11th Henry K. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting
Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno,
will give a talk, `Atom Egoyan's Ararat : Traumatic Histories and
Transnational Identities' at 7:30PM on Thursday, March 19, in the
University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the
Fresno State campus.
The lecture is the second in her series on `The Armenian Genocide in
Film: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives' in the Spring 2015
semester.
Atom Egoyan's Ararat depicts at least 13 distinct, yet interwoven
stories, all of which relate to the Armenian Genocide. By presenting a
non-linear layering of personal, familial, and communal narratives,
the film self-reflexively rejects the possibility of making a film
that simply depicts `what happened' during the Genocide. Dr. Douzjian
will analyze the film demonstrating the relationship between the
film's cinematic approach to the Genocide and the empowering theory it
presents on transnational identity.
Lecture III in the series, on Wednesday, April 8, will be on
`Reinventing the Genocide Documentary: Memories Without Borders and
Solemnity.'
Myrna Douzjian earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the
University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include
postmodernism; the Theater of the Absurd; critical approaches to the
study of world literature; and post-Soviet Armenian and Russian
cultural production.
Her chapter on the politics of literary publication in
twentieth-century Armenia appeared in the volume Armenian Philology in
the Modern Era: From Manuscript to Digital Text (2014).
The lectures is free and open to the public. Free parking is
available, with a parking code available through the Armenian Studies
Program office, after 7:00PM at Fresno State Lots P5 and P6, near the
University Business Center.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
California State University, Fresno
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
Kazan Visiting Professor Dr. Douzjian to Present Second Talk in Series on
`The Armenian Genocide in Film: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives'
Dr. Myrna Douzjian (UCLA), the 11th Henry K. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting
Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno,
will give a talk, `Atom Egoyan's Ararat : Traumatic Histories and
Transnational Identities' at 7:30PM on Thursday, March 19, in the
University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the
Fresno State campus.
The lecture is the second in her series on `The Armenian Genocide in
Film: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives' in the Spring 2015
semester.
Atom Egoyan's Ararat depicts at least 13 distinct, yet interwoven
stories, all of which relate to the Armenian Genocide. By presenting a
non-linear layering of personal, familial, and communal narratives,
the film self-reflexively rejects the possibility of making a film
that simply depicts `what happened' during the Genocide. Dr. Douzjian
will analyze the film demonstrating the relationship between the
film's cinematic approach to the Genocide and the empowering theory it
presents on transnational identity.
Lecture III in the series, on Wednesday, April 8, will be on
`Reinventing the Genocide Documentary: Memories Without Borders and
Solemnity.'
Myrna Douzjian earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the
University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include
postmodernism; the Theater of the Absurd; critical approaches to the
study of world literature; and post-Soviet Armenian and Russian
cultural production.
Her chapter on the politics of literary publication in
twentieth-century Armenia appeared in the volume Armenian Philology in
the Modern Era: From Manuscript to Digital Text (2014).
The lectures is free and open to the public. Free parking is
available, with a parking code available through the Armenian Studies
Program office, after 7:00PM at Fresno State Lots P5 and P6, near the
University Business Center.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress