No.3 / Fall 2009

New Gift Focuses on Student Research and Overseas Experience In This Issue The late Mr. Robert S. Ajemian of has Mr. Ajemian was born in in 1927, the son Features willed the Armenian Studies Program at UM of a student from Chmshkatzak and a survivor of ’s the generous amount of $350,000. This gift has the Genocide. He served in the US army, and stud- Ombudsman at UM been designated for student use in two endow- ied chemistry at . He devel- (page 2) ment funds: the annual proceeds of $250,000 will oped a career in occupational health and pollu- provide general support for students in Armenian tion prevention. He worked for major companies International Treaties studies, with the remaining $100,000 designated and published extensively. He was an outstanding Conference for student travel and research abroad. The funds member of the Armenian community in the De- (page 3) reserved for research and travel abroad qualify for troit area. (His full biography can be seen on our President Mary Sue Coleman’s Challenge for The website.) In addition to the generous gift provided “State of Armenian Student Global Experience which will add another to the University of Michigan, Mr. Ajemian made Studies” Project $50,000 from University funds to the initial en- funds available to various organizations within (page 3) dowment amount. Starting in the Spring of 2010 the Armenian community, including to the Alex & Armenian studies students at UM will be able to Marie Manoogian School in Southfield, Michigan, Presenting the benefit from the proceeds of this generous and and the Armenian General Benevolent Union. Arzoumanian Archive thoughtful combined endowment of $400,000. (page 4) Ann Arbor Hosts State University Rector Oral History Project (page 4) The Armenian Studies Program was happy to host International Yerevan State University’s Rector, Dr. Aram Simo- Treaties,” which Haidostian Lecturer nyan, March 16-23, 2009. In addition to consulta- was organized Chaliand tions with the ASP director and faculty, Simonyan by the ASP met with leaders across the university, including (page 7) and held on Dean Terrence McDonald and Provost Theresa campus; Dr. Sullivan. One of the goals of the visit was to further Simonyan was Graduate Workshop explore the implementation of the agreement delighted to (page 10) of cooperation signed earlier between the two attend most of institutions. Further, Dr. Simonyan toured the library the sessions of facilities and collections, taking special note of that three-day documents relevant to Armenian Studies. Dr. Simo- conference. nyan reviewed the recent addition to the library’s Special Collection, the Arzoumanian Archive, which At the conclu- document the Hnchakian Party activities from 1891 sion of his visit Dr. Aram Simonyan and to 1907, a topic in which Dr. Simonyan holds special Dr. Simonyan Provost Teresa Sullivan interest as a historian of the period. met with ASP faculty and Activities during this visit extended beyond the graduate students for an intensive exchange of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to include the views on the state of Armenian studies worldwide Alex Manoogian Museum and Alex Manoogian Day and the role of the university and research com- School in Southfield along with the adjacent church munity in the politically charged atmosphere in and facilities. He also visited the University of Michi- Armenia. gan-Dearborn campus, which houses the Armenian Research Center, our sister program whose director, Dr. Simonyan’s fruitful stay in Ann Arbor was fol- Prof. Ara Sanjian, was a student of Dr. Simonyan in lowed by a visit to Yerevan by the Director of the the early 1990s at Yerevan State University. ASP, Professor Libaridian, in May 2009. At that time agreement was reached on cooperation and mo- Professor Simonyan’s visit coincided with the inter- dalities thereof on a number of specific projects to national conference on “Armenia and Armenians in be announced as planning for each is under way. Message from the Director One of the challenges our program by ASP faculty, highlight topics of im- We are Page 2 faces is bridging the gap between the mediate relevance and contemporary particularly scholarly and practical spheres. Scholarly issues. grateful at perspectives and recommendations this time can often seem irrelevant, while ‘practi- We have paid special attention to nurtur- for the cal’ or ‘current issues’ can be seen as too ing the next generation of scholars in the $350,000 politicized to be brought into scholarly field, both our own students and those gift be- debate. This challenge seems to be par- in other institutions. This year we have queathed to ticularly sharp in the case of Armenian two more graduate students specializing our program Studies which, unlike most other regional in Armenian studies, bringing the total by the late studies programs, is financed largely by to eight (see page 9). In addition, our Mr. Robert funds established by individuals and two graduate workshops have brought S. Ajemian of Michigan. We did not know organizations within the Armenian- a total of 30 graduate students together Mr. Ajemian; he, obviously, knew and ap- American community, and with support on campus for annual three day consul- preciated our work. And that makes his from the university administration. tations (see page 10). Our Post-doctoral posthumous gift all the more touching and Visiting Scholar program this year and significant. The Armenian Studies Program, here in welcomes a new group of six scholars Ann Arbor, has tried to incorporate in its from the US, South America, Europe and To ensure our ability to continue full pro- programming two important dimensions Armenia (see page 8). gramming in the future, the Armenian that attempt to respond to the need to Studies Program is undertaking a fund fill that gap. First, we have undertaken a We are grateful to the Manoogian raising effort. We hope that through our study on “The State of Armenian Studies” Simone Foundation and many other events and programs, this newsletter, in collaboration with major Armenian donors for their continuing support and our website and our faculty and students studies organizations and institutions in vote of confidence. Further we have you will be inspired to contribute to the Diaspora and in Armenia (see page experienced growing support through these efforts and partner with us in our 3). The purpose of the project is to help attendance at our public events, both by effort to bridge that gap between the those leading the field to chart a more those physically present and those who scholarly and practical for the benefit of intentional course. Secondly, our public participate through live webcasts. all. events, in addition to the courses taught -Prof. Gerard Libaridian

Whither Armenia? Ombudsman Harutyunyan Tries to Explain UPDATE: Faculty Ann Arbor was one of several cities to host Mr. Armen Haru- Gerard Libaridian, in addition to directing the Arme- tyunyan, the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of nian Studies Program, has recently been asked to join Armenia since 2007, on a U.S. State Department sponsored the Directors’ Council for the Weiser Center for Euro- tour of the United Sates. This national tour was comprised of pean and Eurasian Studies, with particular responsibil- discussions of human rights on the international, national, ity for the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. The and local level and included three other cities. ASP agreed to four member directorate will govern the Weiser centers organize the only events on his tour scheduled to be related until such time that a permanent director is designated to Armenian studies. In addition to luncheon meeting with next year. Prof. Libaridian also holds several offices with UM faculty interested in Armenia. ASP hosted a lecture and on multiple academic and political organizations, includ- April 9th , 2009, that was webcast live worldwide. Prof. Gerard ing: the Board of Directors of the American Research Libaridian highlighted the significance of this lecture with his Institute in the South Caucasus and serves as its corpo- comment that, “This is a rare opportunity, to hear directly from rate secretary; Special Series/Armenian Studies editor of the official Human Rights Defender of Armenia regarding the Transaction Books, Rutgers University; and the chair- human rights and political situation in Armenia and develop a man of the Advisory Council of the Library and Archives constructive dialogue with him.” The lecture and the extensive of the first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrossian. Q&A provided an opportunity for the ombudsman to defend Prof. Libaridian has also published widely, most recently his role in the polarized society in Armenia and face the chal- with “Democracy: Deviations and Externalities” of the lenging questions from the audience regarding lapses in his latest issue of the UM’s International Institute devoted performance of his duties. Please see www.ii.umich.edu/asp to democracy; “What was Revolutionary about the Ar- for videos of this and other lectures. menian Revolutionary Parties in the ,” to a volume on the Armenian Genocide being edited by Mr. Harutyunyan has extensive experience in the develop- professors Muge Gocek, Ronald Suny, and Norman Nai- ment of human rights law in Armenia and intensive training in mark and to be published by Oxford University Press; European universities on the subject. While he has been critical an article on the South Caucasus for the Journal of of the human rights record of the government of Armenia International Relations (Istanbul) devoted to the South since he took office, Mr. Harutyunyan has also been criticized Caucasus; and is completing his new study “Anatomy of by some in the press and in opposition for ignoring two major Conflict,” on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The French issue facing Armenia; the killings of peaceful demonstrators in translation of his latest work (Modern Armenia, 2004), Yerevan on March 1, 2008; and the issue of political prisoners appeared in Paris in 2008. jailed on questionable grounds. Mr. Harutyunyan linked these series of events in his statement that, “it is a new and danger- continued on page 10 2008-2009 Highlights

For the University of Michigan’s Armenian Studies Program (ASP) the 2008-09 academic year could be characterized as Page 3 international, both in content and structure. Among the events under the umbrella of the program were international conferences, with participants from all corners of the globe, student workshops and lectures. While many of the guests came from abroad their subject matter also addressed international activity which was best exemplified in the March conference entitled “Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties.” International Treaties Conference UPDATE: Visiting Research Student Lucila Tossounian, a PhD Candidate This three day conference brought together 22 scholars of the School of Philosophy and of Armenian Studies in the first conference of its kind to Literature at the University of Buenos examine international treaties and agreements that have Aires, will be a Manoogian Simone impacted Armenian history and culture over the last two Foundation Visiting Research Stu- thousand years. The conference was supported by the dent in the Anthropology Depart- Manoogian Simone Foundation as the main sponsor; ten ment this fall. Her dissertation project is on Diasporic communalizations other organizations co-sponsored and supported this first among Armenians in . She of its kind conference. These partnering organizations has researched the Armenian com- include; the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, The munity in since 1999 center for European Studies- European Union Center of and is interested in issues such as ethnicity, nationalism, migration, Excellence, The center for International and Comparative diaspora, identity, and community-building processes. Lucila is Studies, the Center for the co-director of a research group called The Armenian Geno- Middle Eastern and cide: Ways of Transmission and ways of Action at the University North African Studies, of Buenos Aires. She is also a researcher with the scientific project the Center for Russian Migrations, State, and Alterities: An Anthropological Perspective. and East European Studies, the Depart- ment of Near Eastern Reporting on Studies, the Ford School “The State of Armenian Studies” of Public Policy, the Law School at the UM, the Two years ago the Steering Committee of the ASP at UM en- University of Michigan- thusiastically approved a project to study the state of Arme- Dearborn’s Armenian nian Studies throughout the world. An aim of this project is Research Center, and to produce a report that would be made available to anyone interested in Armenian studies. the American Research Institute in the South The project’s many partners include: the National Associa- Caucasus, based at the tion for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) in Belmont, University of Chicago. Mass.; the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn; the Society for Armenian Studies, US; In addition to those able to attend in person, the confer- the Society for Armenian Studies, Europe; the International ence was videotaped and webcast live, allowing for a Association of Armenian Studies, Europe; and the State larger and truly global audience. Abstracts from the papers University of Armenia, the Matenadaran, and the National presented are available via the ASP website (www.ii.umich. Academy of Sciences, Armenia. edu/asp). Also, the presentation videos will be posted on our website. A first meeting of representatives was held at the UM in Sep- tember 2008 and outlined a plan for action. Since then, the project has moved to the implementation phase. Under the direction of Prof. Gerard Libaridian, Mr. Vahe Sahakyan (a PhD student in Armenian studies at UM) and his team developed UPDATE: New Student a series of seven questionnaires, in English and Armenian, Etienne Charriere joins ASP as an incoming Compara- that were distributed to Armenian studies programs, organi- tive Literature PhD student from Geneva, Switzerland. zations, libraries, museums, institutions and scholars around Etienne’s appreciation for language in evident in his the world. “We believe we have 90% of all such programs on knowledge of Armenian, English, French, German, our list,” stated Prof. Libaridian, “and we are still working on Greek, Portuguese, and Spanish. Etienne has been des- making sure we get to 100%.” The third phase of the project, ignated as a Manoogian Simone Foundation Gradu- analyzing the returned questionnaires will be preparation for ate Student Fellow and will receive full support for two a second workshop that will review a draft of the final report. years from ASP during his graduate studies. ASP and Prof. Libaridian thank Prof. Ara Paul of UM, who agreed to support the project through the Harry Ardashes Memorial Fund established at the University of Michigan in memory of his brother. Hampartzoum Arzoumanian Archives Page 4 As previewed in our last newsletter, in Oct. 2008 ASP hosted a special reception to unveil Hampartzoum Arzoumanian’s archive documenting correspondence related to the Hncha- kian Center, one of the first socialist parties in the Ottoman Empire. This 1200 page set of documents was donated by Arzoumanian’s granddaughter, Mrs. Marguerite Harms, and the Arzoumanian family. Among those in attendance at the presentation of the Arzoumanian Archive were more than 60 university faculty, staff, students and 15 Arzoumanian family members, including some great-grandchildren of Hampartzoum.

This extensive archive is available for research in accor- dance with access regulating the university’s Special Collections. In addition to UPDATE: Continuing Students the physical documents the libraries have undertaken the process to digitize said documents for more universal accessibility. One of the missions of ASP and Richard Antaramian (History) this particular event was captured in the words of ASP director, Professor Gerard completed successfully his doctoral Libaridian, “we wanted to organize this event and present the Arzoumanian preliminary examinations, and will Archive…to encourage others to preserve family papers and prod organizations defend his prospectus in September to open their archives to researchers.” As part of the ASP readership we encour- before engaging full time in research age you to contact us if you think you may have resources that could impact the and writing of his doctoral disserta- research undertaken by the community of Armenian Studies scholars. tion. Richard was the recipient of an ASP/Sanjian Summer Research Fellowship for the summer, an ASP/ Manoogian Simone Foundation Fel- Oral History Project in Armenia lowship for Harvard University’s Ot- toman language training in Turkey; Three years ago ASP initiated an oral “It has been a very slow process,” he is also the winner of a Fulbright- history project in Armenia with the explained Prof. Libaridian. “We have Hayes fellowship, which will enable purpose of recording the memoirs not been able to move as fast as we him to spend the 2009/2010 academ- of political leaders from the So- wanted. Armenia has a very fluid soci- ic year in Armenia for his research. viet period to early independence. ety; young scholars and professionals Questionnaires were developed and engaged in our work have moved on Semi Ertan (Near Eastern Studies a special team of interviewers was and it takes time and effort to find Department) was the recipient of trained by Professor Libaridian, direc- and train new ones. The dominance an ASP/Sanjian Summer Research tor of the project. On site in Armenia of politics in the country and the this project has been managed by polarization of forces have also made Fellowship for the summer and was Ms. Gayane Sargsyan of Yerevan. it difficult for individuals to focus on selected as one of the 2009 Turk- the past. In the process, we have lost ish Cultural Fellows for his paper, Thus far 16 individuals have been some important figures we wanted to “Urban Cosmopolitan Coexistence interviewed, including: Fadey Sarg- interview to age and illness. “ in 17th Century Istanbul/Constanti- syan, the last Prime Minister of Soviet nople through the Intellectual Life of Armenia; Vladimir Movsisyan, the Prof. Libaridian expressed hope that a Eremya Chelebi Komurcuyan.” last First Secretary of the Commu- return to some kind of normalcy in the nist Party of Soviet Armenia; Vazgen country will provide the opportunity Krista Goff is a 3rd year PhD student Manukyan, the first Prime Minister of for the project to achieve a higher in the History Department, and re- independent Armenia; and Babken speed in arranging for and achieving cently passed her preliminary exams. Araraktsyan, the first Speaker of the the interviews for the project. parliament of independent Armenia. She specializes in Soviet history and is preparing a dissertation project on the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in the post-Stalinist period. UPDATE: Faculty She has received several fellowships Kathryn Babyan continues teaching courses through the Department to begin her dissertation research in of Near Eastern Studies on Iran and ASP benefits from her expertise on a Moscow archives this upcoming win- country and civilization with close connections to Armenia and the Arme- ter and plans to spend the following nian people as well as her membership in the Executive Committee of the year in Azerbaijan. She is the recipient Armenian Studies Program. of an ASP/Sanjian summer Research fellowship. 2008-2009 ASP Public Events All public events were videotaped and will be made available on our website. Events marked with an (*) were webcast live. Page 5 Fall semester, 2008

Sept. 18-20 First meeting of the “State Nov. 19 Public lecture by Dr. Fuat Dun- chants in the Early Modern Period.” of Armenian Studies” Workshop, with dar, Manoogian Simone Post-doctoral participants from the Fellow, “Instruments March 18-21 *International Confer- Armenia, Europe and of Power during ence, “Armenia and Armenians in the United States. the Medz Yeghern International Treaties.” (Big Holocaust) of Oct. 1 ASP co-spon- Ottoman Arme- March 26-29 International Confer- sored book presenta- nians: Map, Census, ence, “Armenian Studies at a Thresh- tion and public lecture Telegram,” Ann Arbor old,” co-sponsored by ASP, hosted by on Sassountsi Davit by campus. Society for Armenian Studies, Univer- Yeghiazarian (Yerevan, sity of California at . Armenia), with Arme- Jan. 14 *2008 Haid- nian Research Center, ostian Annual Distin- March 31 Public lecture on campus UM-Dearborn, in South- guished Lecture by by Dr. Arus Harutyunyan, Manoogian field, Michigan. Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Simone Foundation Visiting Scholar, “The Geopolitics of “National Identity, Political Trust, Social Oct. 16-19 Interna- the World Today: US Justice and Democratic Attitudes in tional conference, “The Policy at the Periph- the Republic of Armenia.” Apocalyptic Tradition in ery of Russia.” Armenian Culture and April 2 Joint Holocaust/Armenian History,” UM, An Arbor, Jan. 23-24 “Gil- Genocide Commemoration: Samuel campus. gamesh” public Totten, “Confronting the Scourge of performance on Genocide: From Knowledge to Action” Oct. 31 Presentation campus by Kevork and Roger Smith, “Should We Teach of the Arzoumanian Mourad (Syrian-Ar- About Genocide? And If So, What Archives, Hnchakian menian painter/art- Should We Teach?” Co-sponsored by leader Hampartzoum Arzoumanian’s ist) and Kinan Azmeh (Syrian musician/ ASP. archives (active 1891-1907), Harlan artist), co-sponsored by ASP. Hatcher Graduate Library. Co-spon- April 3-4 Conference “Dreams and vi- sored with Special Collections. Jan. 27 Public lecture by Prof. Seta sions in Islamic Society.” Sponsored by Dadoyan, “Islam and the Armenians: the Islamic Studies Initiative with ASP Nov. 7-8 International Conference, Paradigms of a Near Eastern Dialectic.” co-sponsorship. “Minorities in the Middle East,” spon- sored by the Center for Middle Eastern Jan. 30 *One day International Work- April 7 Public lecture by Dr. Parvin Ah- and North African Studies with ASP shop, “After Kosovo: Whither Karabakh?” anchi (Academy of Sciences, Baku and co-sponsorship. Co-sponsored with CIMERA, Geneva, the University of Wisconsin), “Global- Switzerland. ization, Oil Boom and Ethnic Relations Nov. 10 Public lecture by Dr. Hratch at the Turn of the 20th Century in the Tchilingirian of London, “Church and Feb. 10 Public lecture by Dr. Jasmine Southern Caucasus.” Religion since Armenian Indepen- Dum-Tragut, Manoogian Simone Foun- dence.” dation Visiting Scholar, “The Changing April 9 *Public lecture by Dr. Armen Face of Armenia: Language, Culture, Harutyunyan, Chief Human Rights De- Nov. 18 Public lecture by Dr. Sebouh Religion and Minorities since Indepen- fender (ombudsman) of the Republic Aslanian, ASP Manoogian Simone Post- dence.” of Armenia (webcast live). doctoral Fellow, “English Piracy and New Julfa Merchants in the Mid-18th March 3 Public lecture on campus by April 16-20 2nd ASP Annual Gradu- Century: The Santa Catherina Affair,” Dr. Sebouh Aslanian, Manoogian Simo- ate Students’ International Workshop, in Southfield, Michigan, co-sponsored ne Post-doctoral Fellow, “Trust in Gossip focused on Armenian Literature. with Armenian Research Center, UM- but Bastinado when Needed: Regulating Dearborn ‘Trust’ Relations among Julfan Mer-

UPDATE: Continuing Student Jeremy Johnson is a doctoral student in the Interdepartmental Program in Anthropology and History. His research focuses on gender, literacy and nationalities policies in the South Caucasus during the 1920s and 1930s. He recently presented research papers on literacy education among women in Soviet Armenia at UCLA’s Armenian studies graduate symposium and the Association for the Study of Nationalities. He is the recipient of a Manoogian Simone Foundation Graduate Fellowship, FLAS fellowships for the study of Armenian, Georgian and Russian, the International Institute Research Award and the Rackham Graduate Research Grant. He is also a recipient of an ASP/Agnes H. and R. A. Yarmain summer Research Fellowship. Scholar Spotlight Page 6 During the 2008-09 academic year the Armenian Studies Program hosted two Manoogian Simone Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellows, Dr. Sebouh Aslanian and Dr. Fuat Dundar, and, for one semester, Manoogian Simone Foundation Visiting Scholar, Dr. Arus Harutyunyan. They taught classes, gave several public lectures at the University and at Armenian community centers, and participated in Armenian Studies Program events. Dr. Harutyunyan taught an advanced un- dergraduate seminar titled “Citizenship and its Modern Challenges.” Dr. Dundar worked to convert his dissertation into a book manuscript and taught a seminar on the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Among other projects, Dr. Sebouh Aslanian worked on revisions for the upcoming publication of his book, From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: Circulation and the Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa, Isfahan, 1605-1747. He also taught two classes; an undergraduate course on the Indian Ocean and a graduate seminar on early modern Armenian history. Our three scholars answer our questions Sebouh Aslanian: below: Currently Mellon Foundation Post-doc- toral Fellow in World History at Cornell “I needed to have the right place and scholarly University atmosphere to work comfortably on a What did you expect and what did you hotly political and debated issue...” -Fuat Dundar find? I expected to have free time to work on my book revisions and to acquire Fuat Dundar: Arus Harutyunyan: more teaching experience. My experi- Continuing as a Post-doctoral Fellow Currently teaching courses at Western ences as a Manoogian Simone Foun- at UM: Michigan University: dation Post-doctoral Fellow were in some ways more rewarding than what Why did you accept the position at What did you expect and what did you I had initially expected. In addition to UM/ASP? find at the Armenian Studies Program? gaining excellent teaching experience I knew the Armenian Studies Program As a beginning scholar I was eager to offering my upper level undergraduate and Prof. Suny, Prof. Libaridian and interact with established scholars and survey course on the Indian Ocean to a Prof. Göçek through the WATS confer- attend conferences. I was also eager group of smart and dedicated stu- ence and their Workshop series. It was to teach my newly designed course. dents, I also had the unique opportu- my first reason to apply to this posi- My teaching experience here par- tion. There were other reasons as well: nity to teach a graduate level seminar ticularly exceeded my expectations, the high academic quality of University entitled “Early Modern Armenian his- as it became a source of professional of Michigan with the most liberal and tory, 1500-1800” that covered a period development and immense intellec- energetic Armenian Studies Program. of Armenian history usually referred tual satisfaction. I was very happy and Furthermore, the UM has a library with to as the “black hole” of Armenian one of the richest collections regard- proud of being able to pass my knowl- studies. This was my first time teaching ing Armenians and Ottoman history. edge to my wonderful students as well a graduate seminar as well as my first I needed to have the right place and as learning from them. scholarly atmosphere to work comfort- time teaching Armenian history. The seminar provided me with an oppor- ably on a hotly political and debated Why did you accept the position at tunity to re-familiarize myself with old issue, aspects of Armenian Genocide, UM/ASP? texts that I had read and reread over on which I planned to write a book The Manoogian Simone Visiting partly based on my dissertation. the years and introduced the material Scholar appointment at the Arme- Finally, I preferred Michigan because of to a small group of promising scholars nian Studies Program gave me a rare the teaching opportunity, which I had who I hope will make a positive contri- opportunity to teach in one of the na- not experienced earlier. bution to the field of Armenian Studies. tion’s finest universities, participate in In addition, the discussion format of diverse intellectual activities organized What did you expect and what did the seminar also allowed me to learn by the ASP, and be a part of the Univer- you find? from my graduate students and to sity of Michigan’s academic life.” I did not have any particular expec- become acquainted with their interests tations other than finding the right and concerns as up and coming schol- atmosphere to work, but I have been “My teaching experience ars in the field. Lastly, my tenure here impressed and greatly honored by was also rewarding because of the very the warm welcome and hospitality. here particularly exceeded stimulating environment of collegiality Everyone greatly facilitated my life in my expectations...” that made it possible for me to interact Ann Arbor and created a productive -Arus Harutyunyan with generous colleagues and gradu- atmosphere. ate students. Faculty Spotlight Page 7 Kevork Bardakjian was the “Reflections on the Artsakh Turkish relations, at “An evening with main convener of the ASP [Karabagh] literature of the scholars: Cengiz Aktar and Kevork B. international conference on Soviet period,” Shushi and Bardakjian,” Los Angeles. “The Armenian Apocalyptic , The Republic Prof. Bardakjian recently conducted Tradition: a Comparative of Nagorno-Karabagh; “Loan research in Bashbakanlik Archives in Is- Perspective” in the Fall of words in hayrens: origin tanbul and in Yerevan, and, among other 2008 and of the second and cultural background,” projects, is working on the publication graduate workshop: “Arme- Michaelbeuern, Austria; “Old of the papers presented at the inter- nian Literary Identity: Text images, new interpretations: national conference on the “Armenian and Transmission” (Winter the vilification and vindica- Apocalyptic Tradition.” 2009) on campus. He chaired tion of Arshak II, King of Armenia,” Vienna; panels and served as a jury member of “One nation, one country, one culture?: From 2004-2009 Prof. Bardakjian served Tekeyan Cultural Association’s literary A cursory glance at some aspects of as Director of Graduate Studies of prize for “Best Literary Book of the Year in modern Armenian identity,” Storrs, CT; the Near Eastern Studies Department Armenia.” “The Abecedarian poems of the late me- and will be on sabbatical leave during dieval Armenian tradition,” Paris; “William the 2009/2010 academic year. He is a During the past two years, he has pre- Saroyan’s identity and some aspects of member of the Executive Council of the sented a number of papers and lectures Armenian- American literature,” Yerevan; Society for Armenian Studies. on a wide range of topics in the US “The fatal failure of the Muses: literary and abroad: “When orthography spells biographies of Siamanto and Varuzhan,” During next year Prof. Bardakjian will be cacophony how does one pronounce Zurich; “The Armenian ‘national’ constitu- presenting papers at conferences in Ox- (contemporary) Armenian identity?” tion: a Dhimmi-Muslim ‘contract?’”, Ann ford, Yerevan, and Munich, and lectures Chicago; “Armenian soldiers in the last Arbor, MI; a public lecture “Hopeful signs, at the University of Cairo, the Library fight for Constantinople: the unfinished discouraging prospects: A perspective of Alexandria (both in Arabic) and the mission of Trdat’s warriors,” Jerusalem; on the thorny road to better Armenian- American University of Cairo.

Discussing World Affairs with Dr. Gerard Chaliand UPDATE: Faculty Ronald Grigor Suny, newly appointed In January 2009 ASP hosted Dr. Gerard thinking and observing guerilla, revolu- to a two-year term as Director of the Chaliand for the Dr. Berj Haidostian tionary and independence movements Eisenburg Institute Distinguished Annual Lecture. This in many countries around the world. of Historical Studies special lecture was attended by more Further, Dr. Chaliand has spent a total at the University of than 70 faculty, students and community of nine months in Iraq since 2003, and Michigan, spent the members, despite the extremely inclem- recently was a Senior Visiting Fellow last year on leave ent weather, it was also webcast live and at the Center for Conflict and Peace as Richard Hudson received by a large audience throughout Studies (CAPS) in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dr. Research Professor the world. Dr. Chaliand, an internationally Chaliand has also authored more than of History for the fall recognized researcher in strategic think- forty books including, History of Terrorism term, 2008. He com- ing, assessed U.S. foreign policy during from Antiquity to al Qaida (University of pleted the writing of the eight years of the Bush administra- California Press, 2007) with A. Blin, and a second edition of tion in his lecture titled, “U.S. Policy at The Art of War in World History (University The Soviet Experi- the Periphery of Russia: The Geopolitics of California Press, 2004). ment: Russia, the USSR, and the Succes- of the World Today.” Dr. Chaliand’s main sor States (Oxford University Press) and argument was that the era of “Western” The Haidostian Distinguished Annual the co-editing, with Norman Naimark dominance of world affairs is over; the Lecture is supported by the Berj Hai- of Stanford University and Fatma Muge West will now have to share the course dostian Endowment of the Armenian Gocek of the University of Michigan, with non-Western emerging powers such Studies Program, UM, established and of A Question of Genocide, 1915: as China and India. In response to a ques- supported by the Haidostian family. Armenians and Turks at the End of the tion from the web audience, Dr. Chaliand Mrs. Alice Haidostian, widow of Dr. Berj Ottoman Empire (Oxford University pointed out that as important as the Haidostian, and UM alumni class of ’46, Press). The volume is an outgrowth of a South Caucasus is for the international is a prominent member of the Michigan long-running series of workshops that community, the Republic of Armenia Armenian-American community, an ar- have brought Armenian, Turkish, and has more or less lost its larger strategic dent supporter of the Armenian Studies other scholars together to discuss the significance. In addition to this lecture Program at UM and the Detroit Sym- causes, evolution, and consequences of Dr. Chaliand participated in a special phony Orchestra, among other cultural the Ottoman massacres of Armenians, seminar for ASP and related faculty and institutions in her sight. The Haidostian Assyrians, and others during World graduate students and gave a lecture in children and grandchildren have been War I. Professors Suny, Gocek, and Kalamazoo at Western Michigan Univer- students at UM for three generations Libaridian are the coordinators of this sity as arranged by ASP. already; Cynthia Wilbanks, a daughter Workshop on Armenian-Turkish Schol- of the Haidostian family, is currently UM arship (WATS). Suny is now finishing a These lectures were informed by de- Vice President for Government Affairs. biography of the young Stalin. cades of Dr. Chaliand’s work in strategic 2009-2010 ASP Post-doctoral Fellows UPDATE: Continuing Students and Visiting Scholars, Page 8 Armenian Studies Program, UM Michael Pifer (Comparative Literature/Near Eastern Studies departments) is beginning his second year of doctoral studies. This summer Michael studied Farsi at Dr. Fuat Dundar was a Manoogian Simone Foundation Visiting Scholar last year and will complete his stay at the the Arabic and Persian Immersion Program at the Uni- University of Michigan this fall as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the versity Wisconsin, Madison, and next year plans to focus History Department. He will teach an upper-level course for on the relationship between Armenian and Persian the Department on the history of the Kurds and the Middle medieval lyric poetry. East, and continue to work on his research. In the past year at Michigan he revised his dissertation, which concerns ethnic Vahe Sahakyan (Near Eastern Studies Department) is a engineering by the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) second year PhD student in the Near Eastern Studies de- during the Turkification of Anatolia from 1913-1918. Publica- partment and Simone Manoogian Foundation Gradu- tion of his dissertation is forthcoming in Turkey. While at the UM, Dr. Dundar also completed another work, “A Crime of ate Student Fellow, specializing on problems of national Numbers,” on the Armenian Genocide, to be published early identity. His research addresses differences of Armenian 2010 in the US. Prior to arriving in Ann Arbor, Dr. Dundar identity in various groups of Armenians living in the earned his PhD from EHESS-Paris in 2006. He previously Republic of Armenia and in various diaspora communi- published two books in Turkey, one on the CUP’s Settlement ties, as well as possibilities of pan-Armenian identity. Policy and one on Minorities in the Turkish Census. He is He is the recipient of an ASP/Agnes H and R. A. Yarmain currently writing several pieces on population expulsions summer Research Fellowship. and deportations in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey for the Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence. Allison Vacca (Near Eastern Studies Department) is a Dr. Arman Grigoryan, a Manoogian Simone Foundation doctoral student and studies the Arab period in Arme- Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science Department, nian history and is the recipient of an ASP/Sanjian sum- plans to continue research and mer Research Fellowship. writing based on his disserta- tion. In 2008, he completed his doctorate in political science at Columbia University with a dis- sertation titled “Third Parties and A list of students who majored or State-Minority Conflicts.” In the minored in Armenian Studies intervening year, Dr. Grigoryan 1998-2009 has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow The program for a major or a minor in Armenian Studies was at the Swiss Federal Institute of instituted in 1998 at the Department of Near Eastern Studies. Technology’s Center for Com- The following chronological list provides names, with dates, of parative and International Studies. Among his specialties students who majored or minored in Armenian Studies. are international relations theory, nationalism and conflict, genocide, bargaining and war, and the Caucasus and Balkan Pearce, Katy (1998-2001) regions. He co-wrote with Stuart Kaufman an article titled Prudian, Gary (1998-2001) “Correspondence: Hate Narratives and Ethnic Conflict,” which was published in the journal International Security. Arman Gavoor, Aram (2001-2003) will also teach a course on Mass Murder and Genocide in the Nassar, Jacqueline (2001-2005) 20th Century in the Political Science Department during the Winter 2010 semester. Korkigian, Shant (2002-2004) Sarkisian, Sara (2002-2005) Dr. Hrach Martirosyan, will be a Manoogian Simone Foun- Sagherian, Nareg (2002-2006) (Armenian and Arabic) dation Post-doctoral Fellow in the Near Eastern Studies Program this year. In 2008, he defended his dissertation on Kalayjian, Benjamin (2005-2008) “Studies in Armenian Etymology with Special Emphasis on Pifer, Michael (2005-2007) Dialects and Culture: Indo-European Heritage” at Leiden Univeristy in the Netherlands. His dissertation explored the Indo-European lexical stock of Armenian with systematic Churukian, Hrag (2007-2009) inclusion of unused data found in Arme- Churukian, Nareg (2007-2009) nian dialects. Dr. Martirosyan has pub- Shirvanian, Varant (2007-2009) lished articles on the interpretation of artaxur xawart; on the Armenian spring Current: feast of the cow sacrifice; on the lexicon Matossian, Anahid (2008-2009) of Narekac’i; and Mediterranean-Pontic substratum words, among other topics. Regents of the University of Michigan: Julia Donovan Darlow, Hrach will teach re- Laurence B. Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Andrea lated courses in the Near Eastern Studies Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Kather- department and continue his research of ine E. White, Mary Sue Coleman ex officio. the Armenian dialect of Hamshen. continued on page 10 Ombudsman continued from page 2 Fellows & Scholars continued from page 8 ous tendency when society is more ready than government and opposition for Sarah Mekdjian, democracy.” Page 9 will be a Ma- Prior to the April 9th public lecture on human rights issues in Armenia and the South noogian Simone Caucasus, Mr. Harutyunyan met with the Armenian Studies faculty, followed by a Foundation Post- luncheon with associate faculty from the Center for International and Comparative doctoral Fellow Studies, which has a strong program in Human Rights; the Center for Russian and in the History East European Studies; the Center for Middle eastern and North African Studies; Department. She the Center for European Studies-European Union Center; the Ford School of Public anticipates her Policy; and the Law School. PhD defense in Dr. Susan Paul Pattie will return to the Rebuilding Community (1997), and two the Geography Department of the Uni- University of Michigan this year as a forthcoming publications, a Reader versity Paris X Nanterre in November, Manoogian Simone in Contemporary Armenian Studies 2009. Her dissertation is titled “Immi- Foundation Visiting (editor) and “New Life in an Old Com- grant Urban Places. A Critical Approach Scholar in the Anthro- munity: Cypriot Armenians in the 20th of the Enclave Ideology. The Armenians pology Department, Century,” a chapter in an edited volume in Los Angeles.” She has published where she earned on the minorities of Cyprus by Panikos several articles related to her disserta- her PhD in 1990. She Panayi. She is currently at work on tion research in journals and edited is currently a Senior several research projects, including a volumes. Some of her articles include: Research Fellow at Uni- documentary film about Armenians in “Reproduction or Creation? Armenian versity College London, Cyprus; Uncle Jack’s Store, an explora- Religious Images, Practices and Objects an Adjunct Professor of tion of the process of migrants becom- in Exile;” “Tension between Central- Anthropology for the Syracuse Univer- ing American in the 20th century and, ity and Fragmentation: The Armenian sity London Program, and the Director at the same time, becoming a new Neighborhoods in Los Angeles;” and of the Armenian Institute in London. kind of Armenian; and oral histories in “Criteria of Spatial Marginality in a She is also co-founder of the Project on local communities, a multi-perspective North-American Context: Little Armenia Armenian and Turkish Studies (PATS), portrait of a London neighborhood. Dr. in Los Angeles.” Sarah will teach Arme- which is a discussion group providing Pattie will be teaching “Telling Lives: nian Immigration in Contemporary a forum for research and collaboration Ethnography, Memoir” and “Oral His- Urban America: the Issues of Identity, among scholars, journalists, and artists. tory in Diaspora Embodied and Identi- Space and Power in the History Depart- Her numerous publications include ties: Ethnicity and the Senses.” ment during the Winter 2010 semester. her book, Faith in History: Armenian 2009-2010 Calendar of Events WINTER SEMESTER 2010 Jan. 11 Arman Grigoryan, (Manoogian Simone Founda- All events will be held at the Internation- tion Post-doctoral Fellow), “War, Fears of Minorities, and al Institute in room 1636 and are open to Genocide,” 5:00 PM. the public unless otherwise noted. Jan. 25 Hrach Martirosyan, (Manoogian Simone Foun- dation Post-doctoral Fellow, Netherlands/Armenia), FALL SEMESTER 2009 “Perspectives on the Origin of Armenian Language and Culture,” 5:00 PM Oct. 12 Tom de Waal, (journalist and author, United Kingdom) 2009 Haidostian Annual Distinguished Lecture, Jan. TBD Second Meeting of the workshop on “Kosovo “The Phantom of Unity: The Failure of Regional Coopera- and Karabakh,” co-organizaed with CIMERA, Geneva, Swit- tion in the Caucasus,” Michigan League, Vandenberg Room, zerland. 7:00 PM. April 18 Annual Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Com- Oct. 26 Susan Pattie, (Manoogian Simone Foundation Visit- memoration, “The Challenges of and Opportunities of ing Scholar, United Kingdom), “Imagining Homelands: Poetry Oral Testimonies,” lectures by professors Gerard Libaridian and Performance Among Cypriot Armenians,” 5:00 PM. and Sidney Bolkosky. 2:00 PM in the Bernath Audito- rirum of the David W. Adamany Undergraduate Library at Nov. 9 Lucila Tossounian, (Manoogian Simone Founda- Wayne State University. Co-sponsored by ASP. tion Visiting Research Student, Argentina), “The Armenians in Argentina,” 5:00 PM. May TBD International Conference on “Armenian Studies,” co-sponsored with and hosted by Yerevan State Univer- Nov. 23 Sarah Mekdjian, (Manoogian Simone Foundation sity in Yerevan, Armenia. Post-doctoral Fellow, France), “A Critical Reading of the Elite/Mass Model to Understand the Structure of the Arme- May TBD Second meeting of the International Workshop nian Diaspora,” 5:00 PM. on the “State of Armenian Studies” (by invitation).

Dec. 7 Roundtable discussion: Susan Pattie, Lucila Tos- Additional public events TBA, please check our website sounian, Sarah Mekdjian, and others, “Studying the Arme- for the latest event updates. nian Diaspora,” 5:00 PM. And, congratulations to: Nareg Churukian and Hrag Churukian, also pre-med majors, for completing undergraduate concentrations in Armenia in 2009. Page 10 Lauren Sarkesian, recent graduate in English and Political Science, as well as president of the University of Michigan’s Armenian Students’ Cultural Association, who won both the Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan Award and the Detroit Free Press Editorial Award.

Recent Acquisitions UPDATE: New Student Rutherford Hubbard will be a dual degree ASP has recently acquired the following special items: student in the Law School and Russian • A set of two schoolbooks, one used in pre-Genocide and East European Studies (MA), and is Arapgir owned by the late Diran Chorebanian of Arling- the recipient of a two-year Manoogian ton, Mass. Mr. Chorebanian bound these books in one Simone Graduate Fellowship. Rud has volume and has a large number of handwritten anno- served two years in Armenia as a Peace tations, including an autobiography. The volume was Corps volunteer and speaks Armenian studied by a graduate student, Vahe Sahakyan as a class fluently. He is interested in post-conflict project. His final paper will be available on our website along with a digitized copy of the book; the originals will reconstruction and the development of be kept by UM’s Special Collections. law in post-Soviet states. • A set of eight handwritten notebooks produced by a na- tive of Musa Dagh, Mr. Sarkis Hergelian, who immigrated to Soviet Armenia and lived there until his death in 1980. Graduate Students’ International Mr. Hergelian took copious notes of events he witnessed, writing down his own memoirs and those of others. The Workshop on Armenian Literature notebooks have not yet been studied closely. It appears that another eight volumes were sent to different rela- tives. ASP is currently trying to see if those too can be obtained and preserved for future research at the UM Graduate students of Armenian studies from Armenia, Special Collections. Europe and the US gathered on Thursday, April 16, 2009 to • A collection of over 800 posters produced on various oc- participate in the second annual workshop organized by casions in the Diaspora, though mostly in in re- the Armenian Studies Program of the University of Michi- cent decades. The collection will be analyzed, catalogued gan’s International Institute. Providing a forum for students and made available to researchers with particular interest and scholars devoted to Armenian literature, the workshop in the visual arts and politics and culture. served to build a scholarly community in which young • A digitized version of the Hnchak newspaper (1887-1914), scholars became acquainted with each other and receiving the official organ of the first Armenian revolutionary valuable feedback on their work. party. • A complete set of “Hayastan,” the official organ of the A diverse group of established scholars led the various ses- Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), an organization active in anti-Turkish and sions, serving as discussants and also providing guidance anti-Western politics, including assassinations of Turkish and feedback to the student presenters and participants. diplomats and bombing of Turkish offices. Those chairing the sessions included; Prof. Theo van Lint, • A complete set of audio recordings of all major speeches, Professor of Armenian Studies at Oxford interviews and discussions by leaders of the Karabakh University, Kevork B. Bardakjian, Marie Manoogian Professor Movement, 1988-1991. of Armenian Language and Literature at the University of • Upon special request by ASP, the University of Michigan Michigan, Prof. Khachig Tololyan, College of Letters, Wesleyan Library has secured a microfilm copy of a rare three- University, and Talar Chahinian, PhD, UCLA. volume study by David Ananun, “Rusahayeri hasarakakan zargatsume” [The Social Development of Russian-Arme- The sessions consisted of students presenting their own nians]. The three volumes, covering the years 1800-1920, individual research projects or dissertations, spanning a wide were published at different times and in different places in the early part of the 20th century; they constitute one breadth of subject matter and time periods. Benedetta Con- of the best documented and analytical sources for mod- tin, opened the workshop discussing her paper on the con- ern Armenian history and sociology and politics. The Uni- cepts of act and sensation in the Definitions of Philosophy versity of Michigan Hatcher Graduate Library also boasts by David the Invincible, followed by Alison Vacca (UM), who of a large number of rare Armenian journals in microfilm format published here and in Europe. continued on page 11

UPDATE: Staff In mid- April the Armenian Studies Program said farewell to its administrator of almost two years as Gloria Caudill (left) accepted another position within the International Institute. Gloria stepped into the administrator role with the Center for Chinese Studies. Those at ASP are sad to see her leave but wish her all the best in this new endeavor. ASP welcomes the new administrator, Ingrid Peterson, who joins our pro- gram after two years as an administrative assistant with the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. Ingrid studied International Relations and Latin America at Kalamazoo College and went on to receive an MA from the University of Sussex. Ingrid also has experience living and working in Venezuela, Ecuador, Japan, and England. She looks forward to learning more about Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora. continued from page 10 presented her research on reconciling Tumanian. Jeremy Johnson (UM), gave a multimedia presentation on the woman’s Armenian and Islamic historiography magazine Hayastani ashkhatavoruhi and the cultural production of gender norms in seventh century accounts of Arab in the early Soviet period. Page 11 incursions in Armenia. Tamar Boyadjian, from the University of California, Los The next session, opened by Vahram Danielyan (Yerevan) with his research on Angeles, discussed analogs of a Middle the contemporary novel in Armenia, followed by Myrna Douzjian (UCLA) and her English didactic romance, King of Tars, presentation on Aghasi Ayvazyan’s Dekorner in the context of madness, memory, and Hayk Hambardzumyan from Yere- and forgetting in post-Soviet emptiness. Talar Chahinian, who received her PhD re- van closed the session with his study cently from UCLA, spoke about narrative time in Krikor Beledian’s Anune lezuis tak, on variants of the Armenian epic poem, and Barlow Der MugrdechianMugrdechian (Fresno State and UCLA) closed, with Sasna Tzrer. his work on genocide, identity, and memory in post-Genocide Armenian-American literature. The second session included Michael Pifer (UM) opening with his paper on The final session largely focused on the art of translation in Armenian literature. the role of the senses in the gardens of Sona Haroutyunian, Venice, spoke about the reception and translation of Dante in Armenian medieval poetry. Semi Ertan the Armenian world. Theo van Lint outlined his research on the international con- (UM) discussed his work on Eremia text of Armenian culture in regards to translation. Prof. Tololyan discussed the dif- Chelebi Keomurjian and the ques- ficulties of translating Armenian literature, particularly in regards to Bedros Turian. tion of millenarianism in seventeenth Kevork Bardakjian closed with a talk on the task of translating loan words and the Graduate Students’ International century Ottoman society, and Shushan importance and need for establishing a center to focus on translation in Armenia. Workshop on Armenian Literature Karapetian, from UCLA, discussed the drama and dramatist in Hovhannes Der Mugrdechian led a roundtable discussion on the last day, which touched upon issues both general and specific, ranging from language and expression, influences, and relationships between the litera- ture of the Diaspora and literature produced in Armenia. Armenian Studies related Courses taught at the University of Michigan Participants were expressly pleased to attend the workshop, during the last four years and enjoyed sharing their work with some other members of the next generation of Armenian studies in a warm and (Regularly or in cycles; all courses are at the undergraduate congenial atmosphere. Kevork B. Bardakjian was the main level, unless indicated otherwise) convener of the gathering. Prof. Kevork Bardakjian, Near Eastern Studies Department (Prof. Bardakjian will be on leave this academic year) Prof. Ronald Suny, Department of History • An Introduction to Classical and Medieval Armenian • Survey of Russia: The Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, & Literature the Successor States • An Introduction to Modern Armenian Literature • Nationalism • Armenia: Culture and Ethnicity- Issues in Race and Ethnicity • Armenian-American Writers Visiting and Post-doctoral Fellows • Armenian, Intensive 1st Year Eastern (courses taught one time only) • Armenian, Intensive 1st Year Western • Armenia Today: Continuity and Change (Jasmine Dum- • Armenian, Intensive 2nd Year Western Tragut) • Armenian Language, Eastern, Beginner -Advanced • Citizenship/The Post-Soviet States and the Caucasus • Armenian Language, Western, Beginner -Advanced (Arus Harutyunyan) • Intensive Introduction to Classical Armenian • Demographic Engineering in Late Ottoman Empire (Fuat • Introduction to Classical Armenian I Dundar) • Introduction to Classical Armenian II • Early Modern Armenian History (Sebouh Aslanian) • Origins and Development of Armenian Language and • Kurdish and Turkish Nationalisms (Hans-Lukas Kieser) Culture • Missionary America and the Near East (Hans-Lukas Kieser) • The Church of Armenia: Profile of a National Institution • The World of the Indian Ocean (Sebouh Aslanian) • Turkish Nationalism (Halil Berktay) Prof. Gerard Libaridian, Department of History • Origins and Development of Armenian Language and Armenian History from Prehistoric Times to the Present Culture (Hrach Martirosyan) • Conflict & Diplomacy in the Caucasus • Tribe, Community, Nation: The History of Kurds and the • Diasporan Identities and Politics: The Case of the Arme- Middle East (Dundar) nians • Mass Murder and Genocide in the 20th Century (Arman • Islam and Armenians Grigoryan • Nationalism of Small Nations (graduate seminar) • Armenian Immigration in Contemporary Urban America: • The Writing of Post-Soviet History: The Case of the Cauca- the Issues of Identity, Space and Power (Sarah Mekdjian) sus and Armenia (graduate seminar) • Telling Lives: Ethnography, Memoir and Oral History in • The Third Republic of Armenia through Documents Diaspora Embodied (Susan Pattie) • Turkish-Armenian Relations since the 19th Century • Identities: Ethnicity and the Senses (Susan Pattie) The University of Michigan’s Armenian Studies Program Recognizes 2003-2009 Contributions From:

A & J International L.L.C. Mr. Edgar Hagopian Mr. Robert Ajemian Mr. and Mrs. Garabed and Brooke Hoplamazian American Institute of the South Caucasus, Inc. Ms. Marguerite Babaian Harms Mr. and Mrs. Ned and Aroxie Apigian Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Shirley Kojaian Dr. Gary S. and Linda M. Assarian Mr. Arsen Sanjian Mr. Sahag Avedisian Mr. Richard Manoogian Mr. John M. Bahadurian Mrs. Dr. Alice K. Baird Manoogian Simone Foundation Cultural Society of Armenians, Detroit Dr. Charles Leroy Moore Mr. and Mrs. James (Yevgenya) Derian Mr. and Mrs. Martin and Diana J Shoushanian Detroit Armenian Women’s Club Mr. and Mrs. Harutun Vaporciyan, F.A.I.A Ms. Kristina Lutz Findikyan Ms. Cynthia Wilbanks Mrs. Alice Haidostian Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yarmain

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