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SUMMARY:Armeno-Indica:  Four Centuries of Familiarity and Friendship
DESCRIPTION:This event is organized by the UCLA Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History. \nFriday\, March 17\, 2023  |  10:00 AM – 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)\nto\nSaturday\, March 18\, 2023  |  11:30 AM – 6:00 PM (Pacific Time) \nPostponed due to the pandemic\, this international conference celebrates the bicentenary of the founding of Kolkata’s famed Armenian College (est. 1821)\, one of three centers of Armenian higher learning in the diaspora during the nineteenth century and the only one that has survived and is thriving today. Bringing together economic\, literary\, legal\, and cultural historians from India\, Armenia\, France\, the United Kingdom\, Germany\, and the United States\, the conference highlights how\, beginning in the early modern period and continuing to the present\, Armenians have traveled to India to make its distant shores and cultures their own. India looms large in the Armenian social imaginary. It was not only the place where the first Armenian proto-constitution for an “imagined” nation-republic was published (Madras 1788/9)\, it was also the cradle of the first Armenian newspaper (Madras\, 1794-1796)\, the first modern Armenian play (Calcutta 1823)\, and arguably also where the first Eastern Armenian novel appeared (Calcutta\, 1846)\, as well as where the first Armenian “feminist” tract (Calcutta\, 1847) was published. \nGathering an international group of scholars\, Armeno-Indica explores the Indo-Armenian saga in South Asia from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. Themes to be explored include the connected economic\, literary\, legal\, and political histories of Armenians and Indians in South Asia and beyond across the waters of the Indian Ocean. The keynote for the conference will be delivered by Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam. \n  \n—–     RSVP requested for in-person attendance     —– \n—–     RSVP for participation via Zoom     —– \n  \n\nFriday\, March 17\, 2023 (Royce 314\, UCLA) \nWelcoming words: Amy Landau and Ann Karagozian\n(10:00 AM – 10:15 AM) \nIntroduction to the conference: Sebouh David Aslanian\n(10:15 AM – 10:30 AM) \n~~  Introduction and Welcome video recording  ~~ \n\nPanel 1: Trade\, Law\, and Go-Betweens (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM) \nSantanu Sengupta (Kolkata): “Negotiating with Law: Phases of Armenian Interaction with the Early Colonial Law Courts in India.” \nXabier Lamikiz (University of the Basque Country /Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU): “Armenian Merchants from Madras in Eighteenth-Century Spanish Manila: A Story of Love and Hate.” \nRuquia Hussain (Aligarh Muslim University\, AMU): “Of Sarhad and Calcutta: The English East India Company\, Khwāja Israel di Sarhad and the Foundation of Modern Calcutta.” \nSona Tajiryan (Gemological Institute of America\, GIA): “How to Choose and Buy Pearls? An Eighteenth-Century Armenian Guide on the Pearl Trade in India (1730s).” \nDiscussant: Glenn Penny (UCLA) \n~~  Panel 1 video recording  ~~ \n\nLunch Break: Balcony of Royce 306 (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM)\n\nPanel 2: Language and Literary Revival (1:30 PM-3:00 PM) \nAhona Panda (Claremont McKenna): “Ajab Shahar Calcutta: The Outsider in the Bengal Renaissance.” \nTalar Chahinian (University of California\, Irvine): “Mobilizing Subjectivity in the Practice of the Nation: Tagheadeants‘s’ Case for Women’s Education.” \nPeter Cowe (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures\, UCLA): “Intertextuality and Innovation: Mesrop Taghiadeants‘ and his Experimentation with the Novel Genre in Comparative Perspective.” \nDiscussant: Houri Berberian (University of California\, Irvine) \n~~  Panel 2 video recording  ~~ \nCoffee Break: (3:00 PM – 3:15 PM)\n  \nPanel 3: Armenian Historiography and Print Culture in Madras (3:15-5:00PM)\nMartin Adamian (UCLA\, graduate student): “Mesrovb J. Seth\, Father of Indo-Armenian Historiography.” \nAnna Sirinian (Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà\, Università di Bologna): “Azdarar (1794-1796): The First Armenian Periodical in the World.” \nHasmik Kirakosyan (Senior Researcher\, Mashtots Repository of Manuscripts\, Yerevan): “Harutiwn Shmavonean an Armenian Printer-publisher in Madras and a Farman for Printing in Arabic script in Madras.” \nDiscussant: Nile Green (UCLA) \n~~  Panel 3 video recording  ~~ \n  \nPanel 4: History in the Present (5:00 PM – 6:30 PM)\nArmen Arslanian: (Warden of the Armenian Church of Dhaka\, Bangladesh): “The Armenian Church of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and the task of Heritage preservation.” \nVache Tadevosyan: (Community leader\, Kolkata\, India): “The Mardasirakan Jemaran (Armenian College of Kolkata) and its Bicentenary.” \nSatenik Chookaszian (Armenian National Gallery in Yerevan): “Sargis Katchadourian’s reproductions of India’s cultural gems from the collection of National Gallery of Armenia.” \nChair and Discussant: Armen Baibourtian \n~~  Panel 4 video recording  ~~ \n\nSaturday\, March 18\, 2023 (Fowler Museum\, UCLA)\nCheck-in at Lenart Hall (11:30 AM – 12:00 PM) \nWelcoming remarks: Amy Landau \n  \nPanel 1: Monuments\, Patronage\, and Indo-Persianate Identities (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM) \nSebouh David Aslanian (Department of History\, UCLA): “Cemeteries as Heterotopias: Armenian Sepulchral Culture in Agra and Surat\, or what the Dead can tell us About the Living.” \nTalinn Grigor (Department of Art History\, UC Davis): “‘Transimperial’ Strategies of Artistic Patronage: From New Julfan Merchants to Parsi Industrialists.” \nVeronika Zablotsky (Freie Universität\, Berlin): “Orientalism and the Making of the Armenian Diasporic Imaginary in Early Colonial India.” \nDiscussant: Peter Cowe (UCLA) \n ~~  Day 2 Panel 1 video recording  ~~ \nPanel 2: The Historical Imagination and the Circulation of Revolutionary Ideas in Late 18th Century South India (2:00 PM – 3:30PM)\nMichael O’Sullivan (The European University Institute\, Florence): “Portfolio Capitalism and History-Writing in Hagop Simonean Ayubeant’s Life of Haydar Ali Khan\, c. 1782-1795.” \nAyal Amer (UC Irvine): “Fitna and Patriotism in Late 18th century Madras.” \nSatenig Badwagan Toufanian (Inalco\, Paris): “The Snare of Glory: A Call for Freedom from Madras.” \nDiscussant: Sebouh D. Aslanian \n ~~  Day 2 Panel 2 video recording  ~~ \nIntermission: Lemonade\, Cookies and Open Galleries in Courtyard (3:30 PM – 4:40 PM)\n\nKeynote Address (4:40 PM – 5:40 PM)\nSanjay Subrahmanyam (Distinguished Professor & Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences): “Armenians and Others in Mughal Surat: Rethinking Communities\, Collaboration and Conflict.” \n~~  Day 2 Keynote address video recording  ~~ \nReception on the Terrace (6:00m – 7:30pm)
URL:https://modernarmenianhistory.history.ucla.edu/event/armeno-indica-four-centuries-of-familiarity-and-friendship/
LOCATION:UCLA Royce Hall 314 and Fowler Museum
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SUMMARY:That Troublesome Word\, Genocide: How Should We Understand It?
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Raymond H. Kevorkian Annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Lecture.  This event will be held in person and virtually. \nIn-person: 6275 Bunche Hall\, UCLA  |  Virtual: RSVP via bit.ly/MAH04-21-23 \nAustralian historian and student of genocides\, Professor Dirk Moses\, recently published a bold and provocative challenge to political and military leaders\, as well as the field of genocide studies — The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression (Cambridge University Press\, 2021) — which questions the utility of the concept of genocide\, analyzes its harmful effects\, and proposes that an alternative concept\, permanent security\, be used as a more inclusive and effective analytic for crime against civilians. Genocide leaves too much out\, for example\, aerial bombing\, and lets states\, notably Western countries\, off the hook by allowing arguments made from military necessity. Professor Ron Suny\, emeritus of the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan — and author of a major study of the massacres and deportations committed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915\, “They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else”: A History of the Armenian Genocide (Princeton University Press\, 2015) — uses the insights of Moses’ work to take a fresh look at the Armenian tragedy and how it provides another lens to look at the concept of genocide.
URL:https://modernarmenianhistory.history.ucla.edu/event/that-troublesome-word-genocide-how-should-we-understand-it/
LOCATION:6275 Bunche Hall\, 405 Hilgard Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90045\, United States
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SUMMARY:THE HORRORS OF ADANA: REVOLUTION AND VIOLENCE IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
DESCRIPTION:Please join Bedross Der Matossian\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Modern Middle East History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for this Lecturer.  This event will be held in person and via Zoom. \nIn-person:  UCLA BUNCHE HALL 6275   |   ZOOM WEBINAR RSVP at bit.ly/PAI4-28-23
URL:https://modernarmenianhistory.history.ucla.edu/event/the-horrors-of-adana-revolution-and-violence-in-the-early-twentieth-century/
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Promise Aremenian Institute at UCLA":MAILTO:armenian-info@international.ucla.edu
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SUMMARY:Looking Back Forward: Armenia in Lausanne - Nadir of Diplomacy
DESCRIPTION:Virtual lecture by Professor Hans-Lukas Kieser with discussant Lerna Ekmekcioglu. \nRSVP at https://bit.ly/MAH04-22-24. \nThe annual Raymond Kevorkian Genocide Commemoration Lecture is organized by the Richard Hovannisian Chair of Modern Armenian History at UCLA\, with co-sponsorship by the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES).
URL:https://modernarmenianhistory.history.ucla.edu/event/looking-back-forward-armenia-in-lausanne-nadir-of-diplomacy/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250425T130000
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SUMMARY:Sahag II Khabayan (1849-1939): Catholicos of Cilicia as Witness to Massacres and the Armenian Genocide
DESCRIPTION:The talk examines the life and work of Sahag II Khabayan\, the Catholicos of the House of Cilicia\, as a lens through which to explore the Armenian Genocide and its aftermath. By reconstructing Khabayan’s biography through his correspondence\, the talk will challenge traditional historiographies\, prioritizing state archives-particularly Ottoman and German sources-over other significant historical records written in Armenian. It will emphasize the importance of Armenian survivor accounts\, such as Khabayan’s letters\, in understanding the complexities of the genocide and the efforts to preserve Armenian identity and survival in its wake. \nKhabayan’s unique position as a political and religious leader during three critical phases of violence-the Adana massacres of 1909\, the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923)\, and the Kemalist offensive (1918-1921) in Cilicia-offers a nuanced perspective on the events. The talk highlights three critical contradictions to traditional narratives: Khabayan’s loyalty to the Ottoman government during World War I\, his relationship with Cemal Pasha (one of the key perpetrators of the genocide)\, and his post-war stance on the future of Armenians in Cilicia\, which included critiques of the Armenian National Delegation’s reliance on European powers. Through Khabayan’s efforts to rebuild the Armenian community in Antelias\, Lebanon\, after the genocide\, the talk will underscore his leadership in creating a sanctuary for Armenians and preserving their religious and cultural life. In doing so\, the talk will expand the historiographical discourse on the Armenian Genocide\, offering a more comprehensive understanding of survival\, resistance\, and the political realities faced by Armenians during and after this traumatic period. \n\nYou can watch a video of this event below:
URL:https://modernarmenianhistory.history.ucla.edu/event/sahag-ii-khabayan-1849-1939-catholicos-of-cilicia-as-witness-to-massacres-and-the-armenian-genocide/
LOCATION:6275 Bunche Hall\, 405 Hilgard Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90045\, United States
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