The Armenian Communities of the Northeastern Mediterranean
(Musa Dagh-Kessab-Dort-Yol)
University of California, Los Angeles
February 29-March 1, 2008
Sponsored by the
Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-Sponsored by the UCLA
G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies,
Center for European and Eurasian Studies,
Department of History,
International Institute,
and the
Mousa Ler Association of California,
Kessab Educational Association of Los Angeles,
Compatriotic Union of Chork-Marzban/Dort-Yol
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Fri day, February 29, 2008, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Friday Evening Session Only in Armenian: Western
Diocese of the Armenian Church, 3325 N. Glenoaks
Boulevard, Burbank, California 91504
(From Golden State 5 Freeway, BuenaVista Exit,
east to Glenoaks, left-north two blocks)
Opening
Richard G. Hovannisian, University of California, Los Angeles
The Armenian Communities of the Antioch Region: From Beylan to Latakia
Hagop Tcholakian, Karen Jeppe Jemaran, Aleppo
The Management of Catastrophes by the People of Kessab, 1909-1947
Seda Isabelle Mavian, L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
The Armenians of Musa Dagh/Musaler and Their Oral Tradition:
Synchronic and Diachronic Transformations
Verjiné Svazlian, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Yerevan
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sessions in English: UCLA Broad Art Center 2160E (Formerly Dickson Auditorium)
Morning Sessions: 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Introduction: Armenians in the Northeastern Mediterranean
Richard G. Hovannisian, University of California, Los Angeles
Musa Dagh, Kessab, Dort-Yol
Views from Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives
Ruth Thomasian, Project SAVE Archives, Watertown, Massachusetts
The Self-Defense of Chork-Marzban/Dort-Yol, 1896-1921
Minas Kojayan, AGBU Manoogian-Demirjian High School, Canoga Park
Dort-Yol and the Armenian Genocide
Aram Arkun, Editor, Ararat
Musa Dagh in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Vahram Shemmassian, California State University, Northridge
INTERMISSION
Even Paradise Isn’t Perfect: Memories of Kessab
Susan Pattie, University College London
Kessab as a Diasporan Community
Hagop Tcholakian, Karen Jeppe Jemaran, Aleppo
The Armenian Dialects of Musa Dagh and Kessab
Hagop Panossian, Mousaler Association of California
Hrair Atikian, Kessab Educational Association of Los Angeles
LUNCH RECESS: 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions: 2:15-5:00 p.m.
The Oral Tradition of Musa Dagh/Musaler
Sona Zeitlian, Independent Researcher, Los Angeles
Hollywood, Ankara, Washington: The Unmaking of "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh"
Ara Soghomonian, University of California, Los Angeles
Armenians and Alawites during the Alexandretta Crisis
Keith David Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis
INTERMISSION
Culture and Personality: The Case of Anjar
Herant Katchadourian, Stanford University
The Sole Armenian Village Left in Turkey:
Vakef of Musa Dagh (Samandagh) since 1939
Vahram Shemmassian, California State University, Northridge
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
Photographic Exhibit by
Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht, Davis, California
Open to the Public * No Admission Charge *
Parking Structure 3, Entrance from Hilgard Avenue
near Sunset Boulevard ($8.00 daily fee).
Further information: Prof. Richard Hovannisian [email protected]