a public event
Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
The third annual international conference provides a forum for graduate students in the interdisciplinary field of Armenian Studies to present their research.
Friday, February 25, 2005
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095
As one of the premier institutions for the growing field of Armenology and a leader in interdisciplinary studies, UCLA is hosting this event to foster the development of Armenian Studies, facilitate interaction between graduate students and faculty from various institutions, provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, and contribute to the professional and academic development of graduate students. This colloquium is an excellent opportunity for individuals to learn about current work in Armenian Studies and to identify potential research collaborators and/or resources.
Schedule:
8:15-9:15, Breakfast
9:15-9:30, Opening Remarks
Talar Chahinian, Project Director, 2005 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies, and Dr. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies at UCLA
Session 1 (9:30 AM), Comparative Studies in Ancient and Medieval Armenian Culture
Chair: Tamar Boyadjian (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
9:30-9:50, Ilya Yakubovich (Linguistics and Near Eastern Studies, University of Chicago), Two Armenian Etymologies
9:50-10:10, Giulia Carabelli (Eurasian Studies, Ca' Foscari U., Italy), Armenians and Seljuks: Architecture as a Decoding Key
10:10-10:30, Nerses Ter Vartanian (Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia), Relations between Cilician Armenia and the Papacy in the Late 13th and Early 14th Centuries
10:30-10:50, Azniv Movsesyan (History and Theory of Art, Yerevan State University, Armenia), Multi-Ethnic Society: Echoes of Mutual Contacts and Influences in the Armenian Miniature of Crimea of the 14th Century
10:50-11:10, Discussion
11:10-11:20, Coffee Break
Session 2 (11:20 AM), Modern Armenian History
Chair: Gevork Nazaryan (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
11:20-11:40, Vardan Voskanian (Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University, Armenia), The Attestations of the Ethnonym "Bosay" in Armenian Sources
11:40-12:00, Hasmik Khalapyan (History, Central European University, Hungary), Ideological and Economic Construction of Armenian Women's Work in the Late Ottoman Era
12:00-12:20, Levon Thomassian (History, California State University, Northridge), Summer of '42
12:20-12:40, Alla Mirzoyan (International Relations, Florida International University), Armenia-Russia: Between History and Geopolitics
12:40-1:00, Discussion
1:00-2:00, Lunch
Session 3 (2:00 PM), Issues in Contemporary Armenian Politics
Chair: Shushan Karapetian (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
2:00-2:20, Sossi Kasbarian (School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK), Otherness Within: The Non-Orthodox Armenians and the Challenge to the Hegemony of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
2:20-2:40, Khatchik Der Ghougassian (International Relations, University of Miami), Diaspora Politics: Towards a Framework of Analysis
2:40-3:00, Andrew Kzirian (School of Law, Villanova University), Denial of History and the First Amendment: The Armenian Genocide
3:00-3:20, Discussion
3:20-3:30, Tea Break
Session 4 (3:30 PM), Modern Armenian Literature
Chair: Janelle Pulkzinski (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
3:30-3:50, Kari Neely (Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan), A Western Armenian Canon? Glaring Omissions and Genocidal Saturation
3:50-4:10, Karen Gharslyan (Foreign Literature & Literary Theory, V Bryusov State Linguistic University, Armenia), The Armenian Genocide a Black Humor Target
4:10-4:30, Lilit Keshishyan (Comparative Literature, UCLA), Simulated Cultures in Hakop Karapents's Book of Adam and Vahe Berberian's Letters from Zaatar
4:30-4:50, Myrna Douzjian (Comparative Literature, UCLA), The Armenian Theatre of the Absurd
4:50-5:10, Discussion
5:10-6:30 Reception
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association
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