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AIEA lrf l, L13trlJtrUt Oht)f lh t I'tr tif tlh lJ'l'.9-U.9.+U3l.1-l qltlbf Uq 5nh fùhhtr ASSOCI AIION I N.I'IJIIN AI.IONAI,II DES ETUDES ARM EN I ENNES -J É.. J NBWSLIITTIIIù No 26 - April 7997 ^f r\ r't'lrlrislroll Noru-yr Ilogharian ( )llil rr:rry Contents Archbishop N()rlt-yr llo1',lt:ttriur ()l Iris tlc:uthand since his retirement the Brothctltootl ol St .l:ttttt'stlit'tl l'rorrrtlrc ManuscriptLibrary, had on Thurstlly l() l)t'r'r'tttlrt't l()()(r. lrrtrtlrrccda new edition of Girk' He was ilttct'rt'tl ott Srtlrutlrry .ll 'l''l!'<tt-'('l'hcBook of Letters)and Obituary Archbishop Norayr Bogharian I rtllct s('r\/ l('('s ln St Obituary Kevork Pamukciyan 2 Decembcr rr rrurrrtrcrof otherbooks. Obituary Ara Kochunian 3 James Cathctlrlrl, .lctttsrtlt't tt. Nor:ryr Srpazan was without From Byzantium to Iran: Festschrift in Honour of Nina G. Garsoian 9 Archbislrtlyt llotilr;tt t:tlt tvrts lrottt tlorrbt thc premier Armenologist Dr. Dickran Kouymjian honored 5 in Aintull or) l1 .llrrrrt;rt,y.l()o.l ol'tlrc tinrc. He was a small man, AIEA Congratulatory Letter to Prof. Dickran Kouymjian 6 After thc tlr'potl:rtiotts tltttttrl', ol r:nonnous learning, who loved Armenian History Position University of Michigan 7 which hc wus t'lrir'111,irr Syr r;r, lrt' lcru'ningand did not suffer fools Library of Congress New Mellon Foreign Area Fellowship 7 studied :rt St. .l:ttttcs. .lt'ttts;rlt'ttr. liglrtly. But a human man, with a 1997 Armenian Language Summer Institute in Yerevan 8 under tlrc lt'ltt ttt',1 l':rl r i;rt t'lt scr)scol-humor to be appreciated. Venice Summer Course of Armenian Language and Culture 9 'l'ut'irttt. Rektifikation Ôkumenischer Lepsius-Festàktin Potsdam 11 E,ghishc I le u';rs ortl;rirrt'rl llc was a faithful servant of his Armin T. Wegner e gli Armeni in Anatolia, 1915.Mostra L3 as celiLlatc 1lrit'sl ott'l't;rrr:.,1r1',rrr;r (lhurch and of St. James all his ().) La diffusione dell'eredità classica.Seminario a Trieste 1,3 tion Sunclity, .lrr ly .).). I S I It' lil'c.'l'hosc who have beentouched DAG Conference on Armenian Christian Minorities in Turkey t7 then sttrtlicd lirt lu't) .y('irt:,itr Lotr 1,y hini will carry the imprint Armenian Film Course directed by Prof. Kouymjian t7 don altcl I'cttttttt'tl lo .lt'ttt:',rlt'rrr. :rlwuys. Sayat Nova Colloquium Vanier College,Montreal 18 where ltc livcrl lor tltt'tt'..,1 ol lrrs llc was a patronmember of AIEA Ilook on Sayat Nova by Prof. Charles Dowsett 18 l() l) l().10 rlrrr Conference:Saroyan PIus Fifteen 18 lif-c, exccyrt lirr irrli li'orrrits lirunding. NAASR Winter-Spring Lectures t9 which hc w:ts l)t';ttt ol llrt' St'ttti Convegno:Gli Armeni lungo le strade d'Italia 20 nary itt Arrtr:lirrs IIis lil'c will bc a lisht for our Drew University Armenian GenocideConference ,,, Archbislrop llolllurr uur lrt't'rrn)e l'r:cl. Congrès: La Liturgie Comparée50 ans après Anton Baumstark 25 Keeper ol' N4rlrrtrst'ripts ur l(),1() Call for Papers:Armcnian Languagein the European Diaspora 28 and hekl tlrll positiorr rrrrtrllrt' w;rs M ic:lurclStonc, Jcrusalem Tlte Glory of Byzantiunr Metropolitan Museum Exhibition 29 years olcl. Armenistica a Ilologna 29 90 A Noticc Concerning the Leiden Armenian Database 31 Boghar-iarr \\'rs ;r r('rrr;rrk;rlrlt' (lliogrrrphicaldetails taken from Intenret Site: Arnrcnian f)iasporan Archives 37 scholar, luttl rvrotc vcr y nulll('r()us l'ctc Cowc's sketch in the TransliterationStandards 38 articlcs ott At'ttrcnolol ir'lrl nurllt'r.> l;t',sts<:ltri.f'tl'or liim published in Armenian Adanr Litcraturc 38 in Sion lot' tlrc rrtosl 1rrrt, lrrrI lrlso l(cvuc clcs h,tudesArméniennes "Gernlan Rcsponsillilityin thc Armcnian Genocide" 39 in Hask. ltclrrrriltlz,irt rttrtl otltt'r' ll"i.l I l9tJ4l lor his eightieth Eastern Armcnian Dictionary and Grammar 39 j ournal s. birt hrlav ). Pubblicazioni di intcrcssearnrenistico in ltalia 39 FIis irra-ior lilc's rvork rv;rs lltt' At Limina ltaliae. Un hnu1ftn1 40 4pnùtu full cataloguc ol tlrc rrlrrros(.1,0(X) Contentsof Journals of ArnrcnokrgicalInterest 4l Publicationsby Mcnrbcrs 63 ntartusc:riptsol"tlrc Lillr lrry ol' tlrt' Publications Reccivedlly thc Sccrctary 65 Patriarc:hate.'l'ltcst: clcvt'rr vol E-mail Addresses 66 Lllllcs appcarcd [rctrvcen l()(r(r lrrtl Workshops and Conferencc,sOrganizcd under Auspicesof AIEA 67 1991. His othcr works inr:lrrrlc;r critical cdition ol' thc poe nrs ol Yovhanncs T'lkurAnc'i, his wor.k on Arurcnian Litcratulc,/I;r y Grolnar, on Scribcs, 11:ry'(,.r'irtirr'r ancl Pairiters, Lli'ty ,ôVkar.rc=ircr.IIc lvrote up Lo the last days bcl'orc Kevork Pamukcivan He becarne a nrcnrbcr of thc Kevork Pamukciyan. He refused, Obituarv Istanbul Technical University In- opposedto such celebrations. stitute of Architccturc in 1976, A further proposal was made to Kevork Pamukciyan,a promi- Pamukciyan studied at the and the Associatiotrllttcrnaticlnalc collect his numerous articles in 5 nent Armenian philologist and Nersessian-YermonianParish des EtudesArménicnllcs in l9tt3. volumes. He said the time dedi- historian, and author of numerous School in Uskudar.He continued He is the author ol'twtl books: cated for such an undertaking Armenologicalbooks and articles, his educationat St JosephFrench Yakob Nalean Ptttriarclt, itncl Yov- could be used to unearth new his- died in Istanbulon 23 September College. hannes Kol o tPa tr i ar clt torical data. In 1993, he was 1996,at the ageof 73. A well informed Bible reader He has annotatcdancl cditcd Erc- diagnozed with cancer of the in- The Armenian Patriarchateof andsharakan expert,he servedas mia C'elebi K'iwmiwrëcan's/)af- testines, but refused all medical Istanbul arranged for a national a cantor (dpir) of the St Gregory ntut'iwn hrakizm itn Kosfitnc/lttt- interventions. funeral service (azgayin yular- the Illuminator the AIEA Gene- Armenian Church polso. On 6 Sept 1996, kaworut'iwn) which took placein of Kuzgun while primary ral Meeting in Louvain-la-Neuve, in Pamukciyan has co-cditcd thc the Surb Astvacacin school. Belgium, moved to send the schol- Patriarchal booklets in the5olakat' scrics clcdi- Churchin Kumkapl on Thursday, He beganto publish his articles ar a message of cordial greetings cated to Yakob Nalcan, Yovhan- 26 September,after which he in the Nor Lur Armenian daily and best wishes for recovery. was on nës Kolot, Zaxaria Kalzvanc'i, laid to rest in the Armenian Natio- 2 July L943 and thereaftersigned Kevork Pamukciyan died in Nersës Varjapetc;rnancl Yttvhan- nal Cemetaryof Shishli. uncountablearticles in the Istan- Istanbul on 23 September 1996. nêsTeroyenc Patvcli C'armurècan. A large crowd of hundredsof bul Armenian press.After L949, Patriarchal Sec, in 1993, community members, Armenian his articleswere occasionallypub- The proposed to celcbratc thc 70th high school and university stu- lished by the DiasporaArmenian birth anniversary and also the dents, intellectualsand Turkish papersas well. R.H. Lola Koundakjian annivcrsary of academiciansattended the funeral Startingin 1950, he began to 5Oth Literary service. contributeto the Istanbul Encyclo- Ara Kochunian His BeatitudeKarekin II of Con- paedia. It was after 1956 that he Obituarv stantinoplefollowed the services began to write in the Turkish from his patriarchalthrone, while languageas well. He has contri- A specialmemorial service was the Chairman of the Patriarchal buted to and edited more than The 83 year old cditor-in-chielof at 11:00hours at the Religious Council, His Grace thirty volumeson history. the Arrllenian languagc Istanbul held today of the Journalists' Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan In 1953 he was one of the daily Zamanak, Ara Kochuniau, headquarters Turkey in Ca$al- presidedover the funeral services. founding membersof the Cultural died in the Surb P'rkiè' Antrenian Associationof Before the eulogy, Archbishop ResearchAssociation and in 1961 Hospital on Tuesday, 4th Decem- o$lu-Istanbul,where the President Mutafyan read the messageof he became a member of the ber. Son of Sarkis Kochunian, of the Association, Mr. Nail condolencesthat His Holiness Literary Commissionformed on who founded Zanranak in t908, Gureli,delivered a moving speech CatholicosKarekin I of Atl Arme- the 500th anniversary of the Ara Kochunian edited in the past in memory of the Armenian edi- nians had sent to the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchatein Istanbul. the Ahali and ArÉav Armenian tor. The Chancellorof the Arme- Patriarchate. Pamukciyan served as a staff weeklies as well. A staunch sup- nian Patriarchate,the Revd Dr. member in the Patriarchatebe- porter of Etchmiadzin and a popu- Krikor Damadyanwas present. Kevork Pamukciyanwas born in tween 1967and 1982.Until 1975, lar figure in community admini- The Presidentof the Armenian Mr Fadey Uskudar,on the Asian bank of the he was also the Chancellor.Later stration, Ara Kochunian liked to Academyof Sciences, a messageof con- Bosphorusstrait in Istanbul,on 23 on he servedas the Librarian and call Zamanak a "people's ga- Sarkissian,sent BeatitudePatri- February 1923, of Caesarean Chief Secretary.Between 1968 zette." He is survived by his wife dolencesto His (Kayseri)descent. He is the grand- and 1978,and since L993until his Mrs Lily Kochunian, also a wri- arch Karekin II of Istanbul, child of the famous Armenian death, he served in the editorial ter, his son Sarkis Kochunian and expressingthe sympathyof the martyr Haji Mardiros Lusararian. boardof the Solakaf'Journalof his grandson Ara Kochunian II, intellectualsof Armenia on the demiseof Ara Kochunian. the Armenian Patriarchate. the fresent editor of Zamanak. The Zamanak Armenian daily in Turkey as well. Since 1908 it Somerville,R., Pope Urban II and Renoux, Ch., SamuêI Kamtia- of Istanbul, with a present tirage hasnever ceased to exist.