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UCLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SERIES IN ARMENIAN STUDIES

After Nine Decades
The Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide

Sponsored By:

The Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History, Co-sponsored by the UCLA International Institute Center for Near Eastern Studies, Center for European and Eurasian Studies

Friday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.,
AGBU Manoogian Center [2495 E. Mountain Street], Pasadena


Saturday, April 2, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., 100 Moore Hall, UCLA
Sunday, April 3, 1:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Court of Sciences 50, UCLA

Friday, April 1, 2005
7:30 P.M.-9:30 P.M.
. Presentation: Presenter: Establishment:
1

The Armenian Genocide in the Syrian Press

Nora Arissian  Damascus University
2 The Final Phase of the Armenian Genocide Karen H. Khachatryan Institute of History, Erevan
3 Art and Testimony Marc Nichanian Wesleyan University
4 Will There Ever Be a Post-Genocide Era Raffi K. Hovannisian Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), Erevan


Saturday, April 2, 2005 
2:00 - 5:30 P.M.
. Presentation: Presenter: Establishment:
1 The Enduring Legacy Richard Hovannisian UCLA  
2 Rethinking Dehumanization in Genocide Henry Theriault Worcester State College
3 America's Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide: A Legacy of Paradox Suzanne E. Moranian AIWA, Boston
4 Genocide and the Philosophy of History Michael Papazian Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia
6 Comparative Media Coverage in English-Speaking Countries Katia Peltekian American University of Beirut
7 The Assyrian Genocide: Late Nineteenth-Early-Twentieth Century Anahit Khosroyeva Institute of History, Erevan (in Armenian with English summary)
8 The Greek Calamity in Asia Minor and the Pontus Speros Vryonis Jr. UCLA and NYU. Emeritus
9 Comparative Aspects of the Armenian Genocide and Holocaust Tigran Matossian Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, Erevan
10 No Mandate Left Behind Nicole Vartanian Fulbright Scholar, Washington, D.C.
11 Teaching the Armenian Genocide to a Non-Armenian Audience Sara Cohan Washington, D.C.
12 The Armenian Genocide and Education Adam Strom Facing History and Ourselves, Boston
13 Genocide and Virtual Space (Cyberspace) Hagop Gulludjian UCLA
14 Leon Tutundjian-Witness Jean Murachanian UCLA
15 Testimony and Witness: Armenian Artists in Los Angeles Ramela Grigorian Abbamontian UCLA
16 From Charles Aznavour to System of a Down Jack Der Sarkissian Kaiser-Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles
17 The Archaeology of Memory: Framing the Invisible Hrag Varjabedian University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Discussion    


Sunday, April 3, 2005
1:30 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
. Presentation: Presenter: Establishment:
1

Across the Chasm: From Catastrophe to Creativity

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Californian State University, Fresno
2 James Joyce: Armenia and Armenians Marc Mamigonian National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, Boston
3 Historical Memory: Threading the Contemporary Literature of Armenia Rubina Peroomian UCLA
4 The Armenian Genocide and French Society Phillipe Videlier National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Lyons
5 Amnesia, Truth, Reconciliation Elazar Barkan Claremont Graduate University
6 Turkish Liberal Historiography and Genocide Bedross Der Matossian Columbia University
7

Constructing a New Historiography of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic

Fatma Műge Goçek University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
8 Anatomy of Post-Genocide Reconciliation Simon Payaslian Clark University
9 A Retrospective Richard Hovannisian UCLA
 

Photographic Exhibit of Memorial Monuments

Hrair “Hawk” Khatcherian Quebec



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