Fortieth Anniversary of Armenian Studies at UCLA, 1960-2000

UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces

Armenian Cilicia

October 20-21, 2000
Schoenberg Auditorium and Dickson Auditorium, UCLA

On the Occasion of the 17th Centenary of Armenian Christianity
Honorary Presidency of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia

Sponsored by The Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History With Co-Sponsorship of Armenian Church Western Prelacy/Tina and Richard Carolan and Support of the UCLA Division of Social Sciences, College of Letters and Sciences International Studies and Overseas Programs Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies.

Friday, October 20, Schoenberg Auditorium, UCLA
9:30 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Morning Sessions: 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Opening
Richard Hovannisian, AEF Chair, UCLA

Welcome
Albert Carnesale, Chancellor of the University

The Heritage of Armenian Cilicia
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House
of Cilicia

The Historical Geography of Cilicia
Robert R. Hewsen, Rowan University of New Jersey

The Historical Incentives of Political Revival in Cilicia
Azat Bozoyan, Mashtots Matenadaran, Erevan

The Origins of the Armenian Principalities of Cilicia, 1073-1129
Gerard Dedeyan, Université de Montpellier III

The Brilliant Diplomacy of  Cilician Armenia
Claude Mutafian, Université de Paris-Nord

Intermission

Papacy, Catholicosate, and the Kingdom of Cilicia
Peter Halfter, University of Marbach/Neckar

To Byzantium with Love: St. Nerses the Gracious on Union of the Greek and Armenian Churches
Abraham Terian, St. Nersess Seminary

Grigor Anavarzetsi and Stepanos Orbelian in Dialogue (1289-1307)
Peter Cowe, UCLA

Lunch Intermission

Afternoon Sessions: 2:15-6:00 p.m.

Frik: The Bridge of Poetry
James Russell, Harvard University

Cilicia and the Catholicosate from the Fall of the
Armenian Kingdom to 1915
Dickran Kouymjian, California State University, Fresno

Cilicia: The View from the Women?s Organizations
of Constantinople
Victoria Rowe, University of Toronto

Intermission

The Tears and Laughter of Cilician Armenia
Rubina Peroomian, UCLA

David Kherdian?s Quest for Adana
David Stephen Calonne, Wayne State University

The Cilician Armenian Dialects
Bert Vaux, Harvard University

Discussion

Saturday, October 21, Dickson Auditorium, UCLA
9:30 A.M.-6:00 P.M.

Morning Sessions: 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

The Art of Cilician Armenia: Cultural Identity and Exchange
Christina Maranci, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Manuscripts and Libraries: Scriptorial Activity in Cilicia.
Bernard Coulie, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

The Medical Heritage of Cilician Armenia
Stella Vardanian, Mashtots Matenadaran, Erevan

Intermission

The Genius of Toros Roslin
Levon Chookaszian, Erevan State University

Castles, Towns, and Daily Life in Armenian Cilicia
Scott Redford, Georgetown University

Armenian Planning and Architectural Reminiscences
from Aintab
David Kertmenjian, Mashtots Matenadaran, Erevan

Discussion ? Lunch Intermission

Afternoon Sessions: 2:15-6:00

Cilicia, 1909
Raymond Kevorkian, Université Paris III, Sorbonne nouvelle and Biblioteque Nubarian

The Cilician Armenians during World War I
Hilmar Kaiser, European University Institute, Florence

Repatriation of Armenian Refugees to Cilicia, 1918-1919
Vahram Shemmassian, Merdinian School

The Cilician Armenians and French Policy, 1919-1921
Vahe Tachjian, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris

Discussant
Garabet Moumdjian, Mesrobian School

Intermission

Relocation and Institutionalization of  the Cilician Catholicosate in Antelias, Lebanon
Simon Payaslian, UCLA

General Discussion

A Retrospective
Richard Hovannisian

An Appreciation
His Holiness Aram I

Photographic Exhibit by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht, Davis, California

Parking: Friday, October 20:  Structure No. 2, Hilgard at Westholme
Parking: Saturday, October 21: Structure No. 3, Hilgard at Sunset

Open to the Public ? Limited Seating ? No Admission Charge

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