ALMA HOSTS HAYK DEMOYAN’S BOOK PRESENTATION

PanARMENIAN.Net –
April 6, 2010 – 22:49 AMT 17:49 GMT

On April 6, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA)
featured a highly anticipated book presentation by Dr. Hayk Demoyan,
Armenian Genocide Museum director. Hayk Demoyan presented his new
Armenian-language books, which trace the development and evolution
of athletics in Armenia through sports artefacts and archives.

"Sports and Athletics in the Ottoman Empire" features the history
of sports and physical training among the Armenian population of
the Ottoman Empire. The rise of athletic clubs, the organization of
Pan-Armenian Olympic Games, and establishment of boy scouts are among
the remarkable topics Demoyan covers in this fascinating run through
of Armenia’s longstanding sports history. The histories of how the
athletic movement in Western Armenia and Cilicia developed and the
development of Armenian women sports unions are also discussed.

The presentation also covered the first two volumes of the
encyclopaedia on Armenians Wars and Martial Arts, an ongoing project
that introduces Armenian and international readers to newly discovered
facts about warfare, martial arts and armour development in Armenian
history. At completion this specialized encyclopaedia will include
50 volumes. Demoyan will focus his presentation on the Bronze Age
(Vol. 1) and the Kingdom of Van (Vol. 2).