Upcoming Events

2009-2010 Calendar of Events
All events will be held at the International Institute in room 1636 and are open to the public unless otherwise noted.

 

FALL SEMESTER 2009
Oct. 12	Tom de Waal, (Journalist and Author, United Kingdom) 2009 Haidostian Annual Distinguished Lecture, "The Phantom of Unity: The Failure of Regional Cooperation in the Caucasus," Michigan League, Vandenberg Room, 7:00 PM.
Oct. 26	Susan Pattie, (Manoogian Simone Foundation Visiting Scholar, United Kingdom), "Imagining Homelands: Poetry and Performance Among Cypriot Armenians, 5:00 PM.
Nov. 9	Lucila Tossounian, (Manoogian Simone Foundation pre-doctoral Visiting researcher, Argentina), "The Armenians in Argentina," 5:00 PM.
Nov. 23	Sarah Mekdjian, (Manoogian Simone Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow, France), "A critical Reading of the Elite/Mass Model to Understand the Structure of the Armenian Diaspora," 5:00 PM.
Dec. 7	Roundtable discussion, Susan Pattie, Lucila Tossounian, Sarah Mekdjian, and others, "Studying the Armenian Diaspora," 5:00 PM.
WINTER SEMESTER 2010
Jan. 11	Arman Grigoryan, (Manoogian Simone Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow), "War, Fears of Minorities, and Genocide," 5:00 PM.
Jan. 25	Hrach Martirosyan, (Manoogian Simone Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow, Netherlands/Armenia), "Perspectives on the Origin of Armenian Language and Culture"
Jan. TBD	Second Meeting of the workshop on "Kosovo and Karabakh," co-organizaed with CIMERA, in Geneva, Switzerland.
April 18	Annual Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Commemoration, "The Challenges of and Opportunities of Oral Testimonies," lectures by professors Gerard Libaridian and Sidney Bolkosky.  2:00 PM in the Bernath Auditorirum of the David W. Adamany Undergraduate Library at Wayne State University. (Co-sponsored by ASP)
May TBD	International Conference, on "Armenian Studies," co-sponsored with and hosted by Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia.
May TBD	Second meeting of the International Workshop on the "State of Armenian Studies" (by invitation)

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APRIL 2009

Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Free and Open to the Public
April 2, 2009
Samuel Totten "Confronting the Scourge of Genocied: From Knowledge to Action" and Roger Smith "Should We Teach About Genocide? And If So, What Should We Teach?"
7:00 PM, University of Michigan, Dearborn
The Berkowitz Gallery
Please RSVP by March 27, 2009 to:313-593-5236
Or by email at: library-event-rsvp@umd.umich.edu

Dr. Parvin Ahanchi
Public Lecture
"Globalization, Oil boom and Ethnic Relations at the Turn of the 20thh Century in the Southern Caucasus."
April 7, 2009
4:00 PM, International Institute, Room 1636

Past Events

APRIL 2009

Annual Graduate Workshop (not open to the public)
April 17-19, 2009

MARCH 2009

Dr. Sebouh Aslanian, Manoogian Simone Post-doctoral Fellow
Public Lecture
"Trust in Gossip but bastinado when needed: Regulation 'trust' relations among Julfan Merchants in the Early Modern period."
March 3, 2009
5:00 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 S. University, Ann Arbor

International Conference
"Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties."
March 18 - 21, 2009
UM, Michigan League (March 18 and 19)
911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
UM, Michigan Union (March 20 and 21)
530 South State Street, Ann Arbor

Society for Armenian Studies Conference, UCLA
"Armenian Studies at a Threshold: Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the
Society for Armenian Studies."
March 27-28, 2009
University of California, Los Angeles

Ms. Arus Harutyunyan
Public Lecture
"National Identity, Political Trust, Social Justice and Democratic Attitudes in the Republic of Armenia."
March 31, 2009
4:00 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University, Ann Arbor

FEBRUARY 2009

Dr. Jasmine Dum-Tragut
Public Lecture
"The Changing Face of Armenia: Language, Culture, Religion and Minorities since Independence."
February 10, 2009
4:00 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

JANUARY 2009

Dr. Gerard Chaliand
Annual Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Public Lecture
"The Geopolitics of the World Today: US Policy at the Periphery of Russia."
January 14, 2009
7:00 PM, Hussey Room
UM, Michigan League
911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor

Gilgamesh Cultural Performances (ASP co-sponsor)
Kevork Mourad (Armenian) and Kinan Azmeh (Syrian)
January 23 - 24, 2009
7:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium
109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor

Dr. Seta Dadoyan
Public Lecture
"Islam and the Armenians: Paradigms of a Near Easter Dialectic"
January 27, 2009
4:00 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

NOVEMBER 2008
International Conference
"Minorities in the Middle East." (ASP co-sponsor)
November 7 - 8, 2008
Rackham
915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor

Dr. Hratch Tchiligirian
Public Lecture
"Church and Religion since Armenias Independence."
November 10, 2008
4:00 PM, Henderson Room
UM, Michigan League
911 North University, Ann Arbor

Dr. Sebouh Aslanian
Public Lecture
"English Piracy and New Julfa Merchants in the Mid-18th Century: The Santa Catherina Affair."
November 18, 2008
8:00 PM, AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School
22001 Northwestern Highway, Southfield

Dr. Fuat Dundar, Manoogian Simone Post-doctoral Fellow
Public Lecture
"Instruments of Power during the Medz Yeghern (Big Holocaust) of Ottoman Armenians: Map, Census, Telegram"
November 19, 2008
5:00 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

OCTOBER 2008
Apocalyptic Conference
October 16-20, 2008
9:00 - 5:00 PM
Michigan, League

Presentation of the Arzoumanian Archives
October 31, 2008
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (floor 1), Ann Arbor

 

SEPTEMBER 2008
State of Armenian Studies Workshop
September 18-20, 2008
9:00 - 5:00 PM
Michigan League, Ann Arbor

MAY 2008
Annual Holocaust-Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Public Lecture
Co-sponsored by The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and The Armenian Research Center at UM-Dearborn and The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University
"Child Survivors of the Holocaust and the Armenian and the Rwandan Genocide"
May 2, 2008
9:30 - 1:00 PM
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Wayne State University
495 Ferry Mall, Detroit

Armenian Studies Program International Conference
"Georgia: The Making of a National Culture"
May 15 - 18, 2008
International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

APRIL 2008
Dr. Joanne Laycock, Manoogian Simone Post-doctoral Fellow
Public Lecture
"'Awfully Interesting and Wonderfully Primitive' British Responses to the Armenian Refugee Crisis 1918-1925"
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies
February 19, 2008
4:00 - 5:30 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

Dr. Joanne Laycock, Manoogian Simone Post-doctoral Fellow
Public Lecture
"British Encounters with Armenia in the Later 19th Century"
Co-Sponsored by the Armenian Research Center, U-M Dearborn
April 7, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM, St. John Armenian Church
22001 Northwestern Highway, Southfield

Armenian Studies Program Annual Graduate Studies Workshop I
"The 'Nation' in Armenian History"
April 16 - 20, 2008
International Institute, Room 1644
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

MARCH 2008
Prof. Hans-Lukas Kieser, Manoogian Simone Visiting Scholar
Public Lecture
"Talat Pasha (1874-1921) and the Armenians:
A Biographical Approach"
March 12, 2008
4:00 - 5:30 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

Prof. Hans-Lukas Kieser, Manoogian Simone Visiting Scholar
Public Lecture
"Jakob Kunzler and the Armenians"
Co-Sponsored by the Armenian Research Center, U-M Dearborn
March 15, 2008
7:30 PM, St. Sarkis Church
19300 Ford Road, Dearborn

 

Prof. Donald Bloxham, Department of History, Edinburgh University
Public Lecture
"Organization of Genocide"
Co-Sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
March 19, 2008
4:00 - 5:30 PM, Palmer Commons Auditorium (4th Floor)
100 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

JANUARY 2008
Mr. Hans-Lukas Kieser, Manoogian Simone Visiting Scholar
Public Lecture
"Thinking 'new Turkey' in Geneva: revolutionary Diaspora groups around 1908"
January 24, 2008
7:30 - 8:30 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

DECEMBER 2007
Ms. Leila Alieva, Ph.D.
Public Lecture
"South Caucasus Integration in NATO/EU"
December 3, 2007
4:00 - 5:30 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

NOVEMBER 2007
Mr. Elin Suleymanov
Public Lecture
"Regional Conflicts in the South Caucasus: The Azerbaijani Perspective"
November 12, 2007
4:00 - 5:30 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor

 

OCTOBER 2007
Mr. David Soumbadze
Public Lecture
"The Role of Outside Powers in Georgia's Conflicts"
October 1, 2007
4:00 - 5:30 PM, International Institute, Room 1636
1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor