PRESS RELEASE
UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]
UCLA AEF CHAIR IN MODERN ARMENIAN HISTORY
February 16, Friday, 8 p.m. Western Diocese of the Armenian
Church, 3325 N Glenoaks Blvd.Burbank, CA 91504, Under the
Auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian.
An Evening to Celebrate the publication of the first six volumes edited
by Professor Richard Hovannisian in the UCLA international
conference series, "Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces."
Open to the Public at No Charge.
February 25, Sunday, 3:30 p.m. UCLA Dodd Hall 147.
"Hrant Dink: His Legacy and His Challenge," An afternoon
program co-sponsored by the UCLA AEF Chair and Near Eastern Center,
Turkish Students to Commemorate "Our Hrant," and the Organization
of Istanbul Armenians. Parking, Structure No. 2, Hilgard Avenue
UCLA Entrance at Westholme Avenue. Open to the Public at No Charge
March 17-18, Saturday, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
"The Ebb and Flow of the Armenian Communities of the Indian Ocean"
UCLA Young Hall 50 (Court of Sciences). Parking, Structure No. 2,
Hilgard Avenue UCLA Entrance at Westholme Avenue. Open to the
Public at No Charge. UCLA parking fee: $8.00. The program is pasted
below:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, e-mail [email protected]
Saturday, March 17 * 9:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
Morning Session: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Introduction-Ebb and Flow
Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
Armenian Settlements and Cultural Life
Chair and Discussant: Engseng Ho, Harvard University
Armenian Mercantile Communities in Southeast Asia
Margaret Sarkissian, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
From Dispersion to Nation: Armenian Diasporic Speculations in 18th-Century
India
Khachig Tölölyan, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
The Indian Interlude in the Development of Modern Armenian Drama
Peter Cowe, UCLA
INTERMISSION
`Azdarar’ and Other Armenian Periodicals of India
Osheen Keshishian, Glendale Community College
Joseph Emin and British Colonial Policy in Calcutta
Mana Kia, Harvard University
General Discussion
LUNCH RECESS
Afternoon Session: 2:00-:5:30 p.m.
Indo-Armenian History and Relations
Chair and Discussant: Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach
Colonial Counterflows: An Armenian Lady from Agra in London, circa 1610
Michael Fisher, Oberlin College
Khwaja Gorgin Khan: An 18th-Century Armenian General of the Bengal Army
Bhaswati Bhattacharya, University of Leiden
Notables and Benefactors (with a film on Sir Catchick Paul Chater)
Richard Hovannisian, UCLA
INTERMISSION
Armenian-American GIs and the Armenian Community of India in World War II
Gregory Aftandilian, Harvard University
The Present State of the Indo-Armenian Community
Armen Baibourtian, Erevan, First Armenian Ambassador to India
General Discussion
Sunday, March 18 * 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Long Distance Merchants and Julfan Trade in the Indian Ocean
Chair and Discussant: Edward A. Alpers, UCLA
French Commercial Ambitions and Armenian Interlocutors in 17th-Century Asia
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA
Long Distance Merchants and the Role of Julfan `Networks of Trust’
Sebouh Aslanian, Columbia University
Don Pedro di Zaratte: A Julfan Armenian in Mexico City, 1723-31.
Tatiana Seijas, Yale University and Mexico City
General Discussion
Concluding Remarks