PRESS RELEASE
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
395 Concord Avenue
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: 617-489-1610
Fax: 617-484-1759
E-mail: hq@naasr.org

Dr. Verjine svazlian to speak on genocide survivor testimonies IN GLENDALE

Dr. Prof. Verjine Svazlian, Leading Researcher, Museum-Institute of the
Armenian Genocide and Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography of the
National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia, will speak at the
Armenak Der Petrossian Hall of St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church, 500
S. Central Ave., Glendale, CA, on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. The
lecture will be co-sponsored by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and will
be held under the auspices of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of America, His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh
Mardirossian, Prelate.

Since the 1950s, Svazlian has dedicated herself to collecting and
recording and thereby saving from total loss the popular oral tradition
communicated, in different dialects, by the Armenians forcibly exiled
>From Western Armenia, Cilicia, and Anatolia, as well as the testimonies,
memoirs, and songs of historical character narrated by the eyewitness
survivors of the Armenian Genocide.

She has presented her research in many conferences around the world and
in many articles and books, including Hayots tseghaspanutyun: Akanates
veraproghneri vkayutyunner (The Armenian Genocide: Testimonies of the
Eyewitness Survivors), Kilikia: Arevmtahayots banavor avandutyune
(Cilicia: The Oral Tradition of the Western Armenians), and Bolsahayots
banahyusutyune (The Oral Tradition of the Armenians of Constantinople).

Dr. Prof. Svazlian has been honored with the Fridtjof Nansen Memorial
Medal by the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Armenia in 2003, the Memorial Medal "for meritorious
services in the field of Genocide Studies" by the Government of the
Republic of Armenia on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide in 2005, and the Presidential Prize and Gold Memorial
Medal of the Republic of Armenia "for the valuable contribution in the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide" in 2006, among many other
distinctions.

More information on Dr. Prof. Svazlian’s talk may be had by
calling 617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing at hq@naasr.org, or
by writing to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478; or by
contacting the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
aem@ararat-eskijian-museum.com.