The fourteenth in the UCLA International Conference
series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces will feature the
colorful history and culture of the Armenian communities of Iran from
ancient to modern times. The conference, to be held in Glendale and
on the UCLA campus from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, May 14-16,
will bring together scholars from Armenia, Cyprus, Germany, Great
Britain, Iran, Italy, and various parts of the United States.
The opening session in Armenian will be held on Friday
evening, May 14, from 7:30 to 10:00, in the Glendale Presbyterian
Church at the corner of Louise and Harvard Streets in Glendale
and will include illustrated lectures by Armen Hakhnazarian (Germany
and Armenia), Ani Babayan (Isfahan/New Julfa, Iran), Onnik
Hairapetian (Glendale and Mashdotz Colleges), and Gohar Avagian
(Historical Archives, Armenia).
The Saturday sessions on May 15 from 9:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. will be held on the UCLA campus, in Court of Sciences
50 (Young Hall), and will be conducted in English.
- The presentations will focus on the political, cultural and literary,
economic, and social history of the Armenians of Iran or Persia.
- Speakers include Richard Hovannisian (UCLA), A.E. Redgate
(Newcastle, England), Peter Cowe (UCLA), Hovann Simonian (USC),
Thomas Sinclair University of Cyprus), Gabriella Uluhogian
(Bologna University, Italy), Vazken Ghougassian (Eastern
Prelacy, New York), Rubina Peroomian (UCLA), Houri Berberian
(California State University, Long Beach), Rose Marie Cohen
(Los Angeles), Gayane Hagopian (UCLA), Anahid Keshishian
(UCLA), Bert Vaux (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
The Sunday afternoon sessions on May 16 from 1:30
to 5:30 will be in Armenian and in English with presentations
by Armen Ter Stepanyan (Matenadaran, Armenia), Armen Hakhnazarian
(Germany and Armenia), Artsvi Bskhchinyan (Armenia),
Samvel Stepanian (Glendale, USA), Aida Avanessian (Tehran,
Iran), Claudia Mardirossian (UCLA), and Anny Bakalian (New
York University). As in all previous conferences, a photographic
exhibit will be mounted by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht of
Davis, California.
The conference is
- organized by Professor Richard G. Hovannisian, Holder of the Armenian
Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA,
- and is co-sponsored by the Armenian Society (Iranahay Miutiun) of
Los Angeles and the UCLA International Institute, G.E. von Grunebaum
Center for Near Eastern Studies, and the Center for European and Russian
Studies.
- All proceedings are open to the public at no charge. Parking on
the UCLA campus is in Parking Structure 2, entrance from Hilgard Avenue
at Westholme.