UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ORGANIZES MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
`ARMENIA / THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES’
Armenian Studies Program
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
August 10, 2004
The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
will hold an international conference on the theme `Armenia/the South
Caucasus and
Foreign Policy Challenges.’ The conference will be held at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on October 21-24, 2004.
This unique gathering will bring together some thirty-five scholars,
past and present diplomats and conflict negotiators from over ten
countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Iran,
Europe, Canada, and the US to discuss the foreign policy problems and
prospects of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as the conflict
resolution processes in the region, with special emphasis on Nagorno
Karabakh.
The conference is being organized by Prof. Gerard Libaridian (Department
of History) under the auspices of the Armenian Studies Program at the
University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with the support of the Center for Middle
Eastern and North African Studies, and is being cosponsored by the
Department of History, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, the
International Institute and others at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.
The conference will be open to the general public.
Details will be announced later and can be accessed on the website of
the Armenian Studies Program,
Inquiries can be made by writing to [email protected] or by
calling 734-764-0350.