A Sampling of Dr. Kouymjian's Speeches

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1990 Kouymjian, D., "Bilan de la conservation du patrimoine architectural arménien," the concluding summary communication presented at the International Symposium: La protection du patrimoine architectural arménien, Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg, April 1990.

1991 Kouymjian, D., "Cultural Interactions in the Near East: Some Observations from the Armenian Experience." Parts of this article were presented during a lecture at Columbia University in April 1991.

1992 Kouymjian, D., "April 24, 1992: A Time of Paradox," Keynote address delivered at the annual pan-community observance of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Fresno, April 1992

1993 Kouymjian, D., "Filmmaking in the Armenian Diaspora of America." The material in this essay was taken from two earlier articles: Dickran Kouymjian, "Le Cinéma arménien aux Etats-Unis," Armenia, Paris, June (1984), pp. 44-48, and D. Kouymjian, "Les Arméniens et le cinéma américan," Le Cinéma Arménien, Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1993, pp. 104-122.

1995 Kouymjian, D., "Survival of an Independent Armenia in a Hostile Environment," Keynote address delivered at the banquet to celebrated the 40th anniversary of Haigazian University College, Los Angeles, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center, March 26, 1995

1996 Kouymjian, D., "Another Year," Keynote address give at the annual banquet of The Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School, San Francisco, November 9, 1996

1996 Kouymjian, D., "His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians," Introduction to His Holiness, California State University, Fresno, February 9, 1996

1996 Kouymjian, D., "Memory of a Nation," Keynote speech given for the dedication of the The Krouzian Center in the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley on November 15, 1996.

1997 Kouymjian, D., "Armenia and the Diaspora," Keynote address at the banquet celebrating the second anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Consulate in Los Angeles, January 26, 1997

1997 Kouymjian, D., "Who Reads Saroyan Today? An Assessment of William Saroyan's Place in American Literature," a lecture given at a conference entitled "The Spirit of William Saroyan," Stanford University, May 1997, to celebrated the opening of the William Saroyan Archives at Stanford.

2000 Kouymjian, D., "ANC Man of the Year," Acceptance speech, March 5 2000.

2003 Kouymjian, D., "When Does Genocide End? The Armenian Case [illustrated]," Lecture given during the 20th Annual Sonoma State Holocaust Lectures at at Sonoma State University on March 11, 2003. Published as "When Does Genocide End? The Armenian Case," The Armenian Weekly, vol. 69, no. 15 (April 12, 2003), pp. 8-9.