Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
2011 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Friday, February 11, 2011
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
UCLA
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
9:30 - 10:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 AM Opening Remarks Rosie Aroush and Ara Soghomonian • Project Directors, 2011 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Dr. S. Peter Cowe • Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, UCLA
Session 1: Medieval Armenian Manuscript Illumination
10:15 - 10:35 Satenik Chookaszian• Art History, Erevan State University (Armenia)
“The Miniatures of the 13th Century Armenian Cilician Gospel (Matenadaran no. 9422) and its Relations to the Art of the Mediterranean World”
10:35 - 10:55 Karolina Wisniewska • Humanities, University of Warsaw (Poland)
“Ornithomorphic Decoration of the Incipit Pages of Armenian Gospels”
10:55 - 11:05 Discussion
11:05-11:15 Coffee Break
Session 2: Oral and Written Traditions in Armenian Literature
11:15 – 11:35 Chiara Aimi • Classical Philology, University of Bologna (Italy)
“Plato in Armenia: A Study on the Ancient Translation of the Apology”
11:35-11:55 Hayk Hambardzumyan • Armenian Philology, Erevan State University (Armenia)
“The Epic Hero’s Transformation”
11:55-12:05 Discussion
12:05-12:15 Coffee Break
Session 3: Imperial Russian and Ottoman Policies and the Armenian Community
12:15 - 12:35 Dzovinar Derderian• Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
“Russian-Ottoman Railway Policies and the Armenians”
12:35 - 12:55 Khatchig Mouradian• Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, Mass. (USA)
“The Ground Zero of the Armenian Genocide: Destruction and Agency in the Concentration Sites of Syria (1915-1918)
12:55 - 1:10 Discussion
1:10 - 2:30 Lunch Break
Session 4: Armenian Piety and Religious Art in the 17th Century
2:30 - 2:50 Benedik Zsigmond • Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences, Erevan (Armenia)
“A New Form of the Armenian Liturgy Developed in Transylvania”
2:50 – 3:10 Katarzyna Nowak-Komar • Institute of Art History, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland)
“Stefan Wartanowicz’s Gospelbook of the 3rd Quarter of the 17th Century”
3:10 - 3:30 Mikayel Arakelyan • Art History, Matenadaran Institute of Manuscripts, Erevan (Armenia) & Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
“An Illuminated Armenian “Guide Book” of the Sacred Shrines in the Holy Land (end of 17th Century)”
3:30 - 3:50 Discussion
3:50 – 4:10 Tea Break
Session 5: The Armenian Homeland and Diaspora in the 20th Century
4:10 - 4:30 Artavazd Yeghiazaryan • Art History, Institute of Art, National Academy of Sciences, Erevan (Armenia)
“Film Posters at the Dawn of Armenian Cinema”
4:30 - 4:50 Hagop Ohanessian • History, California State University Fresno (USA)
“The Lebanese Crisis: The Impact on the Armenian Community”
4:50 - 5:10 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan • International Relations and Geography, Florida International University (USA)
“Spaces of Diaspora Investment in the Landscape of Erevan”
5:10 - 5:30 Discussion
5:30 – 5:45 Guest Speaker – (TBA)
5:45 - 7:00 Reception
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
For more information please contact
Johanna Romero
Tel: 310-825-1455
romero@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/
Sponsor(s): Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
