International Conference, March 17-18, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Court of Sciences 50 (Young Hall)
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
March 17, 2007—Saturday Morning (9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
Introduction—Ebb and Flow. Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
Armenian Settlements and Cultural Life
Chair and Discussant: Engseng Ho, Harvard University
Armenian Mercantile Communities in Southeast Asia. Margaret Sarkissian, Smith College
From Dispersion to Nation: Armenian Diasporic Speculations in 18th-Century India.
SATURDAY, March 17 (9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Morning Session: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Introduction—Ebb and Flow
Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
"Armenian Settlements and Cultural Life"
Chair and Discussant: Engseng Ho, Harvard University
- Armenian Mercantile Communities in Southeast Asia
Margaret Sarkissian, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
- From Dispersion to Nation: Armenian Diasporic Speculations in 18th-Century India
Khachig Tölölyan, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
- The Indian Interlude in the Development of Modern Armenian Drama
Peter Cowe, UCLA
INTERMISSION
- “Azdarar” and Other Armenian Periodicals of India
Osheen Keshishian, Glendale Community College
- Joseph Emin and British Colonial Policy in Calcutta
Mana Kia, Harvard University
General Discussion
LUNCH RECESS
Afternoon Session: 2:00-:5:30 p.m.
"Indo-Armenian History and Relations"
Chair and Discussant: Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach
- Colonial Counterflows: An Armenian Lady from Agra in London, circa 1610
Michael Fisher, Oberlin College
- Khwaja Gorgin Khan: An 18th-Century Armenian General of the Bengal Army
Bhaswati Bhattacharya, University of Leiden
- Notables and Benefactors (with a film on Sir Catchick Paul Chater)
Richard Hovannisian, UCLA
INTERMISSION
- Armenian-American GIs and the Armenian Community of India in World War II
Gregory Aftandilian, Harvard University
- The Present State of the Indo-Armenian Community
Armen Baibourtian, Erevan, First Armenian Ambassador to India
General Discussion
SUNDAY, March 18 (2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
"Long Distance Merchants and Julfan Trade in the Indian Ocean"
Chair and Discussant: Edward A. Alpers, UCLA
- French Commercial Ambitions and Armenian Interlocutors in 17th-Century Asia
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA
- Long Distance Merchants and the Role of Julfan “Networks of Trust”
Sebouh Aslanian, Columbia University
- Don Pedro di Zaratte: A Julfan Armenian in Mexico City, 1723-31.
Tatiana Seijas, Yale University
General Discussion
Concluding Remarks
Khachig Tölölyan, Wesleyan University
The Indian Interlude in the Development of Modern Armenian Drama. Peter Cowe, UCLA
Refreshments
“Azdarar” and Other Armenian Periodicals of India. Osheen Keshishian, Glendale Community College
Joseph Emin and British Colonial Policy in Calcutta . Mana Kia, Harvard University
General Discussion
Lunch Recess: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Saturday Afternoon: (2:00-5:30 p.m.)
Indo-Armenian History and Relations
Chair and Discussant: Houri Berberian (California State University, Long Beach)
Colonial Counterflows: An Armenian Lady from Agra in London, circa 1610. Michael Fisher, Oberlin College
Khwaja Gorgin Khan: An 18th-Century Armenian General of the Bengal Army. Bhaswati Bhattacharya, University of Leiden
Notables and Benefactors (with a film on Sir Catchick Paul Chater). Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
Refreshments
Armenian-American GIs and the Armenian Community of India in World War II. Gregory Aftandilian, Harvard University
The Present State of the Indo-Armenian Community. Armen Baibourtian, Erevan, First Armenian Ambassador to India
General Discussion
Sunday March 18: (2:00-5:30 p.m.)
Long Distance Merchants and Julfan Trade in the Indian Ocean
Chair and Discussant: Edward A. Alpers, UCLA
French Commercial Ambitions and Armenian Interlocutors in 17th-Century Asia. Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA
Long Distance Merchants and the Role of Julfan “Networks of Trust”. Sebouh Aslanian, Columbia University
Don Pedro di Zaratte: A Julfan Armenian in Mexico City, 1723-31. Tatiana Seijas, Yale University
General Discussion
Concluding Remarks
Photographic Exhibit by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht, Davis
Parking: Structure 2 ($8.00), UCLA Entrance, Hilgard and Westholme Avenues.
Cost : Open to the Public at No Charge
Richard Hovanissian
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA International Institute, Center for India and South Asia, Department of History, Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History, G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies