The fifth in a series of international conferences on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces was hosted by UCLA on Saturday, May 15, 1999. The conference focused on Pokr Hayk/Armenia Minor – Sebastia/Sivas, from antiquity to the twentieth century, with the participation of scholars from Europe, South America, and the United States. The conference was organized by Professor Richard Hovannisian, Holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History, in cooperation with the Grigor Narekatsi Chair, Professor Peter Cowe.

Sponsored By:
The Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History, University of California, Los Angeles

	Saturday, May 15, 1999, 9:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
	Topic:	Presenter:	Institution:
1	Introduction – Lesser Armenia or Armenia Minor (Pokr Hayk)	Richard Hovannisian	UCLA
2	The Legacy of the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia	Nona Manoukian	Los Angeles
3	The Historical Geography of Lesser Armenia	Robert Hewsen	Rowan University of New Jersey
4	Tephrike/Divrig and Paulician Christianity	James Russell	Harvard University
5	Bishop Ukhtanes of Sebastia	Suren Kolangian	Los Angeles
6	Armenian Emigration Patterns to Sebastia, 10th-11th Centuries	Peter Cowe	UCLA
7	Armenian Manuscripts and Scriptoria of Sebastia	Bernard Coulie	Université catholique de Louvain
8	Armenian Art and Architecture of Sebastia	Christina Maranci	Massachusetts College of Arts
9	Anatolia College of Marsovan and the Sivas Teachers’ College	Frank S. Stone	University of Connecticut
10	Sivas: The View from the United States Consulate	Barbara Merguerian	Journal of Armenian Studies, Boston
11	Marsovan in 1915: The Diary of Bertha Morley	Hilmar Kaiser	European University Institute, Florence
12	Mary Louise Graffam, Dr. Ernest Partridge, and the Armenians of Sivas	Helen Sahagian	Boston
13	The Armenian Resistance at Shabin-Karahisar in 1915	Simon Payaslian	UCLA
14	Postscriptum: Sebastia/Sivas after the Genocide	Richard Hovannisian	UCLA
	Photographic Exhibit	Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht	Davis, California