PRESS RELEASE
UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
UCLA CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES OF
ASIA MINOR TO HAVE STRONG VISUAL COMPONENT
UCLA. The Armenian Communities of Asia Minor from Adabazar, Bursa, and
Banderma to Kutahia and Konia will be featured at UCLA on Saturday, March
20. This is the 18th and final conference in the international series,
"Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces," sponsored by the Armenian
Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History and organized by
Professor Richard G. Hovannisian. The program will be held on the UCLA
campus in 1200 Rolfe Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Among the presenters is Mr. Osman Koker of Istanbul, editor and
publisher of Mr. Orlando C. Calumeno’s extensive postal card collection
depicting the Armenian communities of the Ottoman Empire a hundred year ago
and before. His illustrated talk on Saturday morning is titled "From
Banderma and Erminikoy to Armash: Armenians of the Marmara Region." This
presentation will be complemented in the afternoon sessions with that of Ms.
Ruth Thomasian of the Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, "Armenian
Communities of Asia Minor as Seen through the Photograph."
Others on the program include Prof. Richard Hovannisian, with an
overview of the Armenian communities of Asia Minor; Prof. Peter Cowe of UCLA
on the Konia community during the Seljuk period; Ms. Dawn MacKeen of Los
Angeles on Adabazar; Mr. Ara Melkonian of London on Bardizag; Dr. Barbara
Merguerian of Boston on Laura Farnham and schools for Armenian girls in
Adabazar and Bardizag; Dr. Hasmik Khalapyan of Yerevan State University on
the role of the theater among the Armenians of Asia Minor; Dr. Arpi
Vardumyan of the Matenadaran in Yerevan on the Armenian musical culture of
Kutahia; and Prof. Simon Payaslian of Boston University on the demise of the
Armenian communities in Asia Minor.
The conference is supported by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern
Studies, Center for European and Eurasian Studies, Bob and Nora Movel Fund,
and the Organization of Istanbul Armenians. It is open to the public at no
charge. Parking is available in lot 5, entrance from Sunset Blvd at Royce
Drive (between Westwood Blvd. and Hilgard Ave, with a fee). Limited free
street parking is available on Hilgard Ave. and on Westholme Ave. between
Hilgard and Warner. For UCLA parking maps, see:
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For additional conference information: [email protected]
ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPH: The Armenian Monastery and Seminary of Armash