TWO FACULTY TO GIVE LECTURES AT SPIRIT ROOM

US Fed News
February 9, 2010 Tuesday 12:53 PM EST

FARGO, N.D., Feb. 8 — North Dakota State University issued the
following news release:

Kris Groberg and John Cox will give presentations as part of the
Spirit Room’s February Armenian lecture series. The lectures are
complements to the exhibit "God-Given: Cultural Treasures of Armenia."

Groberg, assistant professor of visual arts, will present "Reading
Norik: Iconography as Art" on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. She
will focus on the tradition of Repousse decoration as seen in Eastern
European hand-crafted art in icons and gospel books, an old tradition
in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Slavic world.

Cox, chair of history, philosophy and religious studies, will present
"Armenia’s Place in the Caucasus and the World," on Thursday, Feb. 25,
at 7:30 p.m. He will provide a basic introduction to Armenian history
from the beginnings of Armenian civilization, through the period of
its early conversion to Christianity, up to its independent statehood
and geo-political situation today. He will discuss the centuries of
interactions with the Ottoman Turks, the Russians and the various
peoples of the USSR. Cox also will pose a few of the big contested
questions from Armenian history and offer a few thoughts on patterns
in Armenian’s cultural and historical record.

The Spirit Room is located at 111 Broadway, Fargo. For more
information, call 237-0230.For more information please contact:
Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com