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Fall 2008
ARMENIAN 271 - Intermediate Western Armenian, I
Section 001
Credits: 4
Cross-Listed Classes: APAPTIS 271 - IM West Armen I, Section 001
Primary Instructor: Bardakjian,Kevork B; homepage
The course is a continuation of ARMENIAN 171/172. Reading, conversation, and composition.
A balanced approach giving equal emphasis to the development of language skills and the study
of Armenian culture is employed.
AAPTIS 274 - Armenia: Culture and Ethnicity
Section 001: Issues in Race & Ethnicity
Credits: 3
Primary Instructor: Bardakjian,Kevork B; homepage
This course will explore various aspects of the Christian Armenian identity, from the earliest
times to the 1990s, against a historical and political background, with a greater emphasis on the
more modern times. It will highlight the formation of the Armenian self-image; its principle features
(political, religious, cultural); and its historical evolution in a multi-religious and multi-national
region that has undergone territorial and cultural transformations and has experienced many conflicts,
at times deadly, resulting from the clash of national-ethnic identities and aspirations, governed and
driven by oppression, distrust, religious and cultural intolerance, and aggressive political designs
to name but a few. There will be class discussions. Students will be required to write one short
term paper (5-7 pages long) and a final paper (8-10 pages long) reflecting research on a selected topic.
HIST 480 - Conflict and Diplomacy in the Caucasus
Section 001
Credits: 3
Meet Together Classes AAPTIS 491 - Topics AAPTIS, Section 002; POLSCI 489 - Adv Tpcs in Pol Sci, Section 003
Primary Instructor: Libaridian,Gerard J
This course will examine militarized conflicts (Nagorno Karabagh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and
latent ones (such as Ajara and Javakheti) in the South Caucasus as well as diplomatic efforts at conflict
resolution in the last decade. The rise of conflicts and nationalism will be studied in view of factors such
as ethnicity, religion, class, historical processes, and of state-building in independent Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia in the context of post-Soviet international relations.
Intended audience: Upper-level undergraduates and graduate students
Course Requirements: Attendance, participation in discussions, 12-15 page paper, mid-term and final examination
Class Format: lecture/discussion 3 hours per week
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