PRESS RELEASE
Department of Armenian Studies, Haigazian University
Beirut, Lebanon
Contact: Ara Sanjian
Tel: 961-1-353011
Email: arasan@haigazian.edu.lb
Web:

HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ARMENIAN STUDIES

invites you to a series of three public lectures
organized in parallel with the international academic conference on
‘The Armenians of Lebanon: Past and Present’

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Tuesday, 13 September 2005

Armenian Orphanages and Shelters for Abandoned Women
in Lebanon and Neighboring Regions
after the First World War
[in Armenian]

by

Vahe Tachjian
(AGBU Noubarian Library, Paris)

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Tuesday, 14 September 2005

The Role and Status of Lebanon in the Development of the Armenian Diaspora
[in Armenian]

by

Khatchik Der Ghoukassian
(Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires)

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Thursday, 15 September 2005

Political Developments in Lebanon and Armenian Communal Strategies:
A Preliminary Exploration
[in English]

by

Nicola Migliorino
(University of Exeter, England)

All three lectures will be held at the Haigazian University Media
Center, Mexique Street, Kantari, at 7:30 p.m.

N.B. Please accept this message as a personal invitation.

Haigazian University is a liberal arts institution of higher learning,
established in Beirut in 1955. For more information about its activities
you are welcome to visit its web-site at <;.
For additional information on the activities of its Department of
Armenian Studies, contact Ara Sanjian at <arasan@haigazian.edu.lb>