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The sixth in a series of international conferences on
Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces
was held at UCLA on Saturday and Sunday, November 13-14, 1999. The conference focused on Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa, from antiquity to the twentieth century, with the participation of scholars from Europe, Canada, and the United States. The conference
was organized by Professor Richard Hovannisian, Holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian
History.
Sponsored
By:
The Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Saturday,
November 13, 1999, 9:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. |
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Topic: |
Presenter: |
Institution: |
| 1 |
Armenian Tigranakert
(Dikranagerd/Diarbekir)
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Richard
Hovannisian |
AEF Chair, UCLA |
| 2 |
Tigranakert/Diarbekir: Armenia on the Tigris |
Robert H. Hewsen |
Rowan University of New Jersey |
| 3 |
Tigranakert/Tigranocerta:
Where, When, Why? |
Levon Avdoyan |
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C |
| 4 |
The Epic of Tigran the Great |
James R. Russell |
Harvard University |
| 5 |
The Muslim Conquest of
Amida/Diarbekir and Edessa |
Walter Kaegi |
University of Chicago |
| 6 |
The Armenian Art and
Architecture of Amida/Diarbekir |
Christina Maranci |
Suffolk University,
Boston |
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Diarbekir, 1895:
Gustave Meyrier and the View from the French Consulate |
Claire Mouradian |
Centre national de la
Recherche Scientifique, Paris |
| 8 |
The
Armenians of Diarbekir: Demographic Changes, 1895-1914
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Raymond
Kévorkian |
Bibliotèque Nubarian
and Université Paris III, Sorbonne nouvelle |
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The Armenian Villages of Palu: History and Demography |
George Aghjayan |
American Society of Actuaries, Worcester |
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Diarbekir, 1915: The View from Constantinople |
Hilmar Kaiser |
European University Institute,
Florence |
| 11 |
“Es Kisher…” How Did the Song Survive? |
Hasmig Injejilkian |
Université de
Montréal |
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The Tigranakert (Dikranagerd) Armenian Dialect |
Bert Vaux |
Harvard University |
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The Stone-Walled City: Diarbekir in Najarian, Balakian, and Arlen |
David Stephen Calonne |
Wayne State University
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Photographic Exhibit |
Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht |
Davis, California |
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Sunday,
November 14, 1999, 1:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. |
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Topic: |
Presenter: |
Institution: |
| 1 |
Armenian
Edessa/Urha/Urfa
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Richard Hovannisian |
AEF Chair, UCLA |
| 2 |
Early Armenian Christianity and Edessa |
Robert W. Thomson |
Oxford University |
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The Armenian Presence in Edessa after the Muslim Conquest |
Tim Greenwood |
Oxford University |
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The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa
(Matteos Urhayetsi) |
Ara Dostourian |
West Georgia State University |
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Armenian Art and Architecture of Edessa |
Christina Maranci |
Suffolk University, Boston |
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Urfa’s Last Stand, 1915 |
Carlos Bedrossian |
Northwestern University |
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Expulsion of the Armenian Survivors of Diarbekir and Urfa, 1923-1930 |
Vahé Tachjian |
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris |
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The Armenian Dialect of Urfa |
Bert Vaux |
Harvard University |
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Oral Traditions and
Songs of Tigranakert and Urfa |
Bedros Alahaidoyan |
Musicologist |
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Photographic Exhibit |
Richard and Anne
Elizabeth Elrbecht |
Davis, California |
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