International Conference, March 17-18, 2007. UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces. Sponsored by the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History

Saturday, March 17, 2007
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Young Hall, CS 50, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095

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

Richard G. Hovannisian hovannis@history.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLA International Institute, Center for India and South Asia, Department of History, The AEF Chair in Modern Armenian History, AGBU Western District Committee.