PRESS RELEASE
Organization of Istanbul Armenians
Contact: Simon Acilacoglu
19726 Sherman Way
Winnetka, CA 91306
Tel: (818) 624-5048
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 19, 2005
The Enhancement of Armenia-Diaspora Relations as a Way of Addressing
the Challenges Facing the Armenian Nation
Winnetka, CA – The community is invited to a public lecture/discussion
by Armen Ayvazyan, PhD in political science and history, titled “The
Enhancement of Armenia-Diaspora Relations as a Way of Addressing the
Challenges Facing the Armenian Nation” on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 8pm,
at Organization of Istanbul Armenians’ Hall, located at 19726 Sherman
Way in the City of Winnetka, California. The speaker’s lecture will
view qualitative improvement of Armenia-Diaspora relations as a major
way to addressing the current challenges of the Armenian nation,
including the perspectives for the settlement of Nagorno-Karabagh
conflict, the Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations,
the problem of Javakhk, and the demographic and social-economic
situation of Armenia. The lecture is open to the public.
Dr. Armen Ayvazyan is a Senior Researcher in the Matenadaran, the
Yerevan Institute of Medieval Manuscripts and an Assistant Professor
of Political Science at the American University of Armenia. He is also
the Team Leader of the European Commission’s sponsored Campaign Against
~SCorruption-Freindly~T Legal and Social Settings in Armenia program.
He holds doctoral degrees in History (1992) and Political Science
(2004). From 1992 to 1994 he worked as Assistant to the President
of Armenia, Adviser to the Foreign Minister of Armenia, and Acting
Head of the Armenian Delegation to the Conference (now Organization)
on Security and Cooperation in Europe at Vienna. He was a recipient
of an International Security Studies grant provided by the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, working in affiliation with the Program
on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (1995). During the
1997-1998 academic year, he was a Visiting Senior Fulbright Scholar,
affiliated with the Center for Russian and East European Studies,
Stanford University, USA. He was a Visiting Alexander S. Onassis
Foundation Fellow at ELIAMEP, Hellenic Foundation for European and
Foreign Policy (2000-2001). Dr. Ayvazyan was also a Fellow at the
American University of Armenia~Rs Center for Policy Analysis and a
Guest Lecturer at the Yerevan State University. Dr. Ayvazyan is the
author of several books, book chapters, and many articles in Armenian
and international journals.
While visiting the United States, Dr. Armen Ayvazyan has been scheduled
to appear on numerous media programs and series of lectures. For
further information, regarding the May 27th event, please contact
the organizing committee: Organization of Istanbul Armenians at (818)
624-5048 or (818) 342-6378.