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CONF.- Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies, UCLA, Feb. 21

First international Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies to
be
hosted this month at UCLA

The UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association, in collaboration with
the
UCLA department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, invites the
public
to the first Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies at UCLA
Royce
Hall 314, on Friday, February 21, 2003, 8:30-5:30pm with a reception and

performance by Lark Musical Society immediately following the program.

This unprecedented international event provides a forum for graduate
students in fields related to Armenian Studies to present their works in

progress.  UCLA, a premier institution for the growing field of
Armenology
and a leader in interdisciplinary studies, 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.

Papers from various fields will be presented, including archaeology, art

history, history, literature, and political science.  Session themes
include Political and Economic Structures in Prehistoric and Historic
Armenia, Armenian Experience under the Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath,

Armenian Culture in the Diaspora, and Contemporary Paradigm Shift in the

Armenian Republic.   Presenters are graduate students coming from
universities all over the world, including Columbia University, Harvard
University, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
(MIT), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Exeter, and
University of Toronto.

Dr. Peter Cowe, Professor of the Narekatsi Chair at UCLA, was
instrumental
in spearheading the development of this symposium.  He brought together
an
organizing committee of graduate students from various UCLA departments,

including Art History, Comparative Literature, History, Linguistics,
Microbiology, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.  The committee
sent
out an international call for papers and received an enthusiastic
response.  This conference highlights graduate students who are breaking

new ground within their own disciplines.

Armenian Studies at UCLA began in 1960.  The discipline was augmented in

1962 with the appointment of Dr. Richard G. Hovannisian, current holder
of
the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History.
In
1965, language and literature was established on a permanent footing
with
the arrival of Dr. Avedis K. Sanjian, who guided the expansion of this
area
over the next three decades.  The Narekatsi Chair, founded in 1969
through
the efforts of National Association for Armenian Studies and Research,
has
the distinction of being the oldest endowed chair at UCLA.  The first
chair-holder was Dr. Sanjian and in July 2000 Dr. S. Peter Cowe was
appointed as successor.  Since 1997 regular instruction in East Armenian

has complemented teaching in West Armenian: currently Dr. Anahid
Keshishian
is lecturer in the former and Dr. Gayané Hagopian in the latter.  In
1998,
Armenian Studies was officially recognized as an undergraduate minor and

currently proposals are underway to institute the major.

This symposium is presented with the funding and support of the Center
for
European and Eurasian Studies, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Society
for
Armenian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures,
UCLA
Armenian Graduate Students Association, Department of Art History, and
the
Social Sciences Academic Council and has been partially funded by the
Campus Programs Committee of the Program Activities Board.

Fore more information, please contact:

UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association
Graduate Students Association
c/o Armenian Graduate Students Association
Kerckhoff Hall Room 316
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: Ramela Grigorian or Jean Murachanian
E-mail: <agsaucla@ucla.edu>
Website: <http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/agsa>

UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Program in Armenian Studies
376 Kinsey Hall
Box 951511
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1511
Contact: Dr. Peter Cowe
E-mail: <cowe@humnet.ucla.edu>
General Info:
<http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/centers/armenian/index.html>
Phone: (310) 825-1307

The event is free of charge and open to the public.