Society for Armenian Studies Newsletter Volume XXXVI, No. 2 (77), Fall 2012

Ara Sanjian, Presenter SAS Annual Meeting Ohannes Geukjian, Presenter In conjunction with the Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference: The Armenian communities in and Syria grew rapidly at the beginning of the twentieth century, Executive Council Meeting with the forming well-organized minori- Saturday, 11/17, 2-4pm, Plaza Court 2 (Plaza-C) ties. Community organizations, churches, and schools Membership Meeting, Saturday, 11/17, 4:30-6:30pm, provided a matrix for the maintenance of Armenian Plaza Court 4 (Plaza-C) identity. At the same time the Armenians engaged Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel themselves in the larger political life of the respective 1550 Court Place states. The three papers in this panel explore different Denver CO 80202 facets in the formation and maintenance of the Arme- nian communities, analyzing the impact of the policies Panel: Armenians in the Modern World of the respective states on the Armenians, but also how Saturday, 11/17/12 5:30pm broader issues in the Armenian community around the Arda Melkonian, Presenter world affected the and Syria. Doris Melkonian, Presenter Serife Eroglu Memis, Presenter Panel: in Dialogue with the Near East, 8-15th Centuries Workshop: New Strategies and Methodologies for Monday, 11/19/12 11:00am Teaching of Modern Armenian Sunday, 11/18/12 4:30pm Sponsor: SAS Kevork Bardakjian, Chair Sergio La Porta, Chair, Presenter Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Presenter, Discussant Michael Bonner, Discussant Ani Kasparian, Presenter Michael Pifer, Presenter Alison Vacca, Presenter This roundtable proposes to explore the present status Christina Maranci, Presenter of instructional technology for the teaching of modern Armenian (both Western and Eastern). How might we understand the multiple avenues by which peoples of the Near East encounter, perceive, Panel: History and Community: The Armenians of shape and are shaped by one another? This panel Lebanon and Syria seeks to address this increasingly prevalent problem by examining how Armenia, a longtime player in a Monday, 11/19/12 8:30am wide spectrum of Near Eastern societies, has actively engaged her neighbors as a partner and co-constituent Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Chair in the dynamics of regional change from the 8th to the Kevork Bardakjian, Discussant 15th centuries. Vahram Shemmas- sian, Presenter 13 February 2012 Upcoming and ecent ectures Seyranian, V. (Department of Psychology, USC). R L “Armenians in the Diaspora: How a minority can influence the majority.” Sponsored by the USC January 2012 Institute of Armenian Studies. 10 January 2012 20 February 2012 Zekiyan, B. Presentation of the volume: Storia reli- Mirak-Weissbach, M. “Madmen at the Helm: Pa- giosa dell’Armenia, Luciano Vaccaro and B.L. Ze- thology and Politics in the Arab Spring.” Lecture and kiyan (eds.). Casa Armena, Milano. Book launch of the Arabic edition, Jordanian Writers 23 January 2012 Association. Amman, Jordan. Armoudian, M. (Author, Scholar, Broadcaster, 27 February 2012 Comissioner). “The Media’s Role in the Fate of the Arzumanian, A. (Vice President of Programs at Big World.” A Presentation Based on her book Kill the Brothers Big Sisters Los Angeles). “The Lost Kids of Messenger (Prometheus Books, 2011). Sponsored by Armenian America.” Sponsored by the USC Institute the USC Institute of Armenian Studies. of Armenian Studies. Mirak-Weissbach, M. “Through the Wall of Fire: March 2012 Armenia – Palestine – Iraq.” Lecture and Book launch, Hrant-Dink Forum. , . 6 March 2012 30 January 2012 Dadoyan, S. “Armenian Narratives, Studies and Re- alities.” Aztag Daily Lsaran, # 68. Ignatius, P. R. (Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretary of Defense, Distinguished Miller, D. E. (Director, USC Center for Religion and USC Alumnus). “Now I Know In Part: An Armenian- Civic Culture). “Armenia & Rwanda: a Comparative American Reflects on His Life and Times.” Sponsored Analysis of Two Genocides.” Sponsored by the USC by the USC Institute of Armenian Studies. Institute of Armenian Studies. February 2012 10 March 2012 Ohanian, D. “Armenian-Ontarian Migration and Zekiyan, B. “Venezia e Veneto, terra di accoglienza Community Life from 1887 to 1930.” Third Annual storica e le presenze armene” at the cycle of lectures Undergraduate History Conference, York University. Costuire il passato nel presente. Biblioteca Zenobiana del Temanza, Venice. 6 February 2012 19 March 2012 Ketabgian, G. (Endocrinology & Internal Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine Alumnus). “Etigenetics Simonian, S. (Visiting Professor of Religion at & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Armenian University of California, Los Angeles). “The Influence Genocide Survivors.” Sponsored by the USC Institute of Collaboration on Communal Problem Solution of Armenian Studies. and Prevention.” Sponsored by the USC Institute of Armenian Studies. 10 February 2012 22 March 2012 Mirak-Weissbach, M. “My Armenian Grandmother: and Its Identity.” Lepsiushaus, Potsdam, Ger- Dadoyan, S. “Rethinking the Armenian Experience in many. the Near East.” Haigazian University.

Society for Armenian Studies Newsletter Page 2 26 March 2012 16 April 2012 Sassounian, H. (Publisher, Der Yeghiayan, G. (President, Mashdots College, & President, The United Armenian Fund). “Does Glendale). “The Presence of the Past: Pilgrimage to French Law Penalizing Genocide Denial Restrict Free and .” Sponsored by the USC Speech?” Sponsored by the USC Institute of Armenian Institute of Armenian Studies. Studies. 17 April 2012 29 March 2012 Dadoyan, S. Meet the Author & Book Signing. Gruner, W. (Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish ABRIL Bookstore. Glendale, CA. Studies & Professor of History). “Forgotten Places of Persecution: German Municipalities and the 18 April 2012 Holocaust.” Sponsored by the USC Institute of Zekiyan, B. “Istanbul’da Ermeni Edebiyatı.” Istanbul Armenian Studies. Sehir Universitesi. April 2012 19 April 2012 Ohanian, D. Keynote address, official com- Bardakjian, K. The 16th Annual Vardanants memoration of the . Day Armenian Lecture, “Scribes, Composi- Armenian Community Centre. Hamilton, tors and the Mind in the Making: the Arme- Ontario. nian Script and the Creation of an Armenian 2 April 2012 Literary Identity,” as the opening lecture of the exhibition To Know Wisdom and Instruc- Zerunyan, F. V. (Sr. Fellow and Director tion: The Armenian Literary Tradition at the of Executive Education USC Sol Price Library of Congress. The Library of Con- School of Public Policy). “Competence, gress, Washington DC. Perseverance and Passion.” Sponsored by the USC Institute of Armenian Studies. Charny, I. (Executive Director, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem). 3 April 2012 “New Faces of Denial Join Old Faces of Denial.” From the Armenian Genocide and Peroomian, R. Press Conference and TV the Holocaust to Cambodia, Srebrenica and presentation on the occasion of the publica- Rwanda. Sponsored by the USC Institute of tion of The Armenian Genocide in Literature. Armenian Studies. Yerevan. 22 April 2012 9 April 2012 Dadoyan, S. “The Armenians and Islam: Images for Miller, D. E. (School of Religion) & Dekmejian, R. a Brighter History of the Armenians.” Ararat Eskijian H. (School of Political Science). “What is Genocide?” Museum, Mission Hills, CA. Panel discussion. Moderated by F. Bessey (Student, Incoming STAND President). Sponsored by the USC 23 April 2012 Institute of Armenian Studies. Charny, I. (Executive Director, Institute on the Holo- 12 April 2012 caust and Genocide, Jerusalem). “Israel and the Arme- nian Genocide: Are Victim Peoples More Ethical Than Dadoyan, S. “Rethinking Armenian History through Others?” Sponsored by the USC Institute of Armenian Paradigms of Interaction: The Armenian Experience Studies. with Islam as Case Study.” UCLA Center for Near East Studies.

Fall 2012 Page 3 Peroomian, R. Keynote speaker at the Armenian June 2012 genocide commemoration organized by the Armenian Student Association of the University of California, 4 – 6 June 2012 Berkeley. Bardakjian, K. “Creating and disseminating knowl- 26 April 2012 edge: the Arabic and Armenian manuscript traditions.” at the 34th annual conference of MELCom (Middle Dadoyan, S. “Armenian Identity, Knowledge and East Librarians Committee) hosted by BULAC. Paris. Studies: Synthesis and/or Controversy.” ARPA (Analysis Research and Planning. Armenia Armenian 6 June 2012 Evangelical School, Sherman Oaks, CA. Dadoyan, S. “The Armenian Condition-Problems in May 2012 Hindsight and Foresight and the Moment of Discern- ment.” ARPA (Analysis Research and Planning for Ohanian, D. “The Armenian Genocide, its Denial Armenia) Forum-Round Table. Sherman Oaks, CA. and Recent Changes in Turkey.” Langstaff Secondary School. 24 June – 1 July 2012 4 May 2012 Bardakjian, K. “Armenian historiography of the late Medieval and early Modern Ages: Accomplishments Peroomian, R. “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh: A and Prospects.” The Historical Cultural Heritage of Timeless Tale of Resistance, Love, and Gallantry.” the Armenian Highland. Yerevan, Armenia and Step- Glendale Central Library, organized by Abril Book- anakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. store. 28 June 2012 Zekiyan, B. “La civiltà armena nel mondo di oggi.” Ist. Tevere, Roma. Peroomian, R. “A presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of Those who 19 May 2012 Lived through the Years of Calamity.” Glendale Cen- tral Library. Sponsored by The UCLA Narekatsi Chair Zekiyan, B. Tratti della spiritualità armena, Comunità in Armenian Studies in cooperation with Friends of Melchita di Roma, S. Maria in Cosmedin. UCLA and Culture Studies and 21 – 24 May 2012 Abril Bookstore. Bardakjian, K. “Modern Western Armenian gram- August 2012 mar: problems and prospects.” Endangered Languages 11 – 14 August 2012 of Eastern Mediterranean: current challenges. Univer- sity of Cyprus and the Institut national des langues et Peroomian, R. with Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Director of civilisations orientales, CNRS, IRD. Nicosia, Cyprus. the Armenian genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenian. A joint presentation of how to teach 23 May 2012 the Armenian Genocide to K-12 students at the 5th Melkonian, D. “Armenian Women and Men Narrat- Conference of Teachers and Educators. Tsaghkadzor. ing Sexual Violence during the Armenian Genocide.” September 2012 Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence Conference organized by Sabanci University and Cen- 14 September 2012 tral European University. Istanbul. Bournoutian, G. “The 1823 Russian Survey of the Karabagh Province: A Response to Azeri Claims.” 24 May 2012 American University of Armenia. Yerevan. Zekiyan, B. “Washington – Roma – Baghdad: Cul- tural Diplomacy in Iraq” (round table), Provincia di Roma, Cultural Association. Society for Armenian Studies Newsletter Page 4 15 September 2012 16 October 2012 Baran, H. “Challenges and Rewards of Education.” Mirak-Weissbach, Armenian International Women’s Association and M. “Pathology and Alpha Gamma Alpha Career Day event. Woodbury Politics in the Arab University. Spring.” Panel dis- cussion with Prof. 17 September 2012 Roger Owen and Bournoutian, G. “The Armenians Population of Dr. Jack Danielian. Shushi in 1822 and Their Role in the Economy of the Partners in Public City.” Conference on Shushi. Karabagh. Dialogue. Boston.

19 September 2012 18 October 2012 Bournoutian, G. “Hay Zhoghovrdi Hamarod Patmut`yun” Lecture of Bournoutian’s book: A Con- Mirak-Weissbach, cise History of the Armenian People in its Armenian M. “Madmen at the Translation. Yerevan. Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab 21 September 2012 Spring.” Lecture and Bournoutian, G. “Le Rapport russe de 1823 sur la Book launch, Book- province du Karabagh.” Paris. Ends bookstore. Winchester, MA. 26 September 2012 21 October 2012 Peroomian, R. “A presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of Those who Mirak-Weissbach, M. “Madmen at the Helm.” Lec- Lived through the Years of Calamity.” Sponsored by ture and Book launch, Armenian Cultural Foundation. Arch. Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, in cooperation Arlington, MA. with the Hamazkayeen Regional Committee and The 25 October 2012 Armenian Educational Foundation. Presentation in Armenian. Western Prelacy, La Crescenta, CA. Mirak-Weissbach, M. “Madmen at the Helm.” Lec- ture and Book launch. Robbins Public Library, author- 27 – 28 September 2012 sponsored. Arlington, MA. Baran, H. “Finding Success in Two Worlds.” Associa- November 2012 tion of California School Administrators and American Association of School Administrators ACSA/AASA 15 – 17 November 2012 Women’s Leadership Conference. Peroomian, R. “Franz Werfel and his reception in by October 2012 Armenian in the Diaspora and in Soviet Armenia.” Franz Werfel conference, organized by the Podstan Redgate, E. “Seeking promotion in the challeng- lepsius House and Moses Mendelssohn Center for ing 640s: the Amatuni church at Ptghni and ideas European-Jewish studies at Podstam University. Pods- of political authority – a background to Anania Shi- tam, Germany. rakatsi’s teaching.” Conference for 1400th anniversary of Anania Shirakatsi. Yerevan State University (YSU) May 2013 and Yerevan Institute of Manuscripts (Matenadaran). Yerevan. Manuk-Khaloyan, A. “In the Cemetery of their Ancestors: The Royal Burial Tombs of the Bagratuni Kings of Greater Armenia (890-1073/79).” Interna- tional Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.

Fall 2012 Page 5 Mirak-Weissbach, M. “Book Review: Working Recent Through the Past to Embrace the Future: The Armenian Genocide in Literature: Percep- Publications tions of Those Who Lived Through the Years of Calamity, Rubina Peroomian.” Armenian Alexanian, J. M. The Ancient Armenian Text of the Mirror-Spectator. LXXXIII, No. 5, Issue 4250 Acts of the Apostles. CSCO. Scriptores Arme- (18 August 2012). niaci, 643. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2012. ---. “French Genocide Bill Provokes Uproar,” . Antaramian-Hofman, H. An Interpretation of Tex- com.tr (4 January 2012). tile Wealth in the Eleventh-Century Armenian Miniature Family Portrait of King Gagik-Abas ---. “German Archive Material Raises Stir in Turkey,” of Kars [Master’s Thesis, December 2011]. Armenian Mirror-Spectator LXXXIII, No. 3, Issue 4248 (4 August 2012). Bournoutian, G. The 1823 Russian Survey of the Karabagh Province: A Primary Source on the ---. “Komitas Honored in ,” Armenian Mirror- Demography and Economy of Karabagh in the Spectator LXXXIII, No. 10, Issue 4255 (22 Early 19th Century. Second edition (revised). September 2012). 2012. ---. Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in ---. A Concise History of the Armenian People. Sixth the Arab Spring. Ithaca Press: 2012. Edition (revised and edited by the late Aris ---. “New Perspectives for Armenian Genocide Stud- Sevag). 2012. ies in Germany,” Armenian Mirror-Spectator ---. “A Fresh Look at the Causes of the Decline of the LXXXII, No. 50, Issue 4245 (30 June 2012). Armenian Communities in Poland,” in Series ---. “Peace and the ‘Power of Poetry’: In Defense of Byzantium, Vol. IX. Warsaw. Günter Grass,” Global Research (19 April ---. Maugez Tarikh al-Sh`ab al-Armani [Arabic trans- 2012). lation of A Concise History of the Armenian ---. “Turks Join Armenians in Germany to Honor People.] Cairo: 2012. Genocide Victims,” HaystanInfo.net (5 May ---. Tarih Ermeni [Turkish translation of A Concise 2012). History of the Armenian People] Istanbul: Peroomian, R. And Those who Continued Living in 2011. Turkey after 1915: The Metamorphosis of the Greenwood, T. “A Reassessment of the History of Post-Genocide Armenian Identity as Reflected Łewond.” Le Muséon. 125 1-2 (2012): 99-167. in Literature. second printing with a foreword by Richard G. Hovannisian. Yerevan: The Ar- ---. “A Reassessment of the Life and Mathematical menian Genocide Museum-Institute, 2012. Problems of Anania Shirakac‘i.” Revue des études arméniennes 33 (2011): 131-186. ---. The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Percep- tions of Those who Lived through the Years of Hovannisian, R. (ed). Armenian Smyrna: The Aegean Calamity. Yerevan: The Armenian Genocide Communities. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, Museum-Institute, 2012. 2012. ---. “The Demise of Armenian Smyrna: An Oral Histo- Kasbarian, L. “Elixir in Exile,”r.kv.r.y. Literary ry Perspective” in Armenian Smyrna/Izmir, The Quarterly (Summer 2012), Vol. vii, No. 3. Aegean Communities. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.). Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2012. Society for Armenian Studies Newsletter Page 6 ---. “Foreword” in The Orphans of the Genocide. Bared Maronian and Maggie Goschin (eds.). Forthcoming Kissikkee, Florida: Signalman publishing, Publications 2012. Bournoutian, G. Japanese translation of A Concise Sanasarian, E. “Nationalism and Religion in Con- History of the Armenian People. Tokyo: 2013. temporary .” in Anh Nga Longva & Anne Sofie Roald (eds.), Religious Minorities in the Dadoyan, S. Armenian Realpolitik in the Islamic Middle East: Domination, Self-Empowerment, World and Diverging Paradigms Eleventh to Accommodation. Leiden: Brill, 2012. Fourteenth Centuries and the Case of Cilicia Centuries. New Brunswick & London: Trans- Zekiyan, B. Armenia. Impronte di una civiltà / Ar- action Publishers, 2012. Due out in November. menia. Imprints of a Civilization / Arménie. Impressions d’une Civilisation. Gabriella ---. Paradigms of Medieval Cosmopolitanism: Erzinjān - The Prophet and Islam in Armenian Uluhogian, Boghos Levon Zekiyan, Vartan Karapetian (eds.). Skira 2011. Literature - Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries New Brunswick & London: Transaction Pub- ---. “Cultural and Political Relations in the subcau- lishers, 2013. Due in November. casus with special Regard to its christian Manuk-Khaloyan, A. “In the Cemetery of their An- Heritage: Some Methodological Remarks,” in cestors: The Royal Burial Tombs of the Bagra- Languages and Cultures in the Caucasus. Pa- tuni Kings of Greater Armenia (890-1073/79).” pers from the International Conference “Cur- 2013. rent Advances in Caucasian Studies” Macerata, January 21-23, 2010. Vittorio Springfield ---. “A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma: Making Sense Tomelleri, Manana Topadze, Anna Lubianow- of the Nagorno-Karabakh Imbroglio,” Hay- icz (eds.). München – Berlin: 2011. pp. 177- toug. Autumn 2012. 204. Mirak-Weissbach, M. Through The Wall of Fire: ---. “Dall’icona della pietra al sapere del libro. Armenia – Iraq – Palestine: From Wrath to Un’avventura di sfide oltre il tempo” / “From Reconciliation (New Edition). Ithaca Press: the Icon of Stone to Knowledge of the Book: Fall 2012. A Timeless Odyssey of Challenges.” In Arme- Ohanian, D. “Armenian-Ontarian Migration and nia. Impronte di una civiltà / Armenia. Imprints Community Life before and after the Armenian of a Civilization / Arménie. Impressions d’une Genocide, 1887 - 1930.” History & Political Civilisation. Gabriella Uluhogian, Boghos Science Journal. Expected November, 2012. Levon Zekiyan, Vartan Karapetian (eds.). Skira 2011. Peroomian, R. “And Those who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915, The Metamorphosis of the ---. “Lo sguardo dell’Armenia oltre i cinque secoli Post-Genocide Armenian Identity as Reflected della sua stampa” / “Armenia: Looking Ahead in Literature,” article presenting the book of after Five Centuries of Printing.” In Armenia. same title to be published in Genocide Preven- Impronte di una civiltà / Armenia. Imprints of tion Now. December 2012. a Civilization / Arménie. Impressions d’une Ci- vilisation. Gabriella Uluhogian, Boghos Levon ---. Entries for the ABC-Clio, Genocide database on Zekiyan, Vartan Karapetian (eds.). Skira 2011. “Andonian Aram,” “Oshagan Hagop,” “Esayan Zabel,” “Partevian Suren,” “Armenian Geno- cide Literature,” and “Women and the Arme- nian Genocide,” to be published late 2012.

Fall 2012 Page 7 Zekiyan, B. “Gli Armeni a Venezia: Identità, convi- nian Women in Leadership Positions in Higher Educa- venza e integrazione differenziata” in the Pro- tion. She was elected President of Friends of UCLA ceedings of the Conference “Rassicurazione e Armenian Language and Culture Studies and was also memoria. Per dare un futuro alla pace.” appointed to the Board of United Armenian Council of Los Angeles and to the Board of Regents of Prelacy Schools. Member Dadoyan, S. (independent scholar). Her new book, Accomplishments The Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World – Para- digms of Interaction Seventh to Fourteenth Centuries, Antaramian-Hofman, H. (independent scholar and was nominated for the Cundill Prize in History at Mc- artist): Her thesis was awarded the “Outstanding Gill University in 2012. Dadoyan was invited to serve Thesis Award” by the College of Arts and Humanities, as a Visiting Professor in the Departments of Oriental Fresno State University (Spring 2012). She now plans Studies, History, International Relations, Yerevan State to broaden areas of her research for book publication. University from September 2011 to January 2012. Antaramian-Hofman is also a working studio artist. Hovannisian, R. has been appointed Distinguished From July 2011 to July 2012, Antaramian-Hofman’s Chancellor Fellow at Chapman University, where he is painting, Ex5472928, has been on display in the Office offering a full semester on the Armenian Genocide for of the Chancellor of the California State University history majors. On the 90th anniversary of the Great System. Her most recent work on the Armenian re- Fire and Calamity of Smyrna he has given a keynote patriation is on display (September 2012) at the Chris address at Chapman University in Orange County, Sorensen Gallery in Fresno. Presently, she is prepar- California on 5 September. He was also invited to an ing for the debut exhibition of an ongoing sequential international conference on Smyrna organized by the enthographic art show of the Post-World War II Arme- Institute for Armenian Genocide Studies in Yerevan nian Repatriation. Her recent article publication in the on 14 September. These were followed by powerpoint Osservatorio balanci e caucaso, “From James Dean to presentations in Belmont, Massachusetts, sponsored Stalin: the tragedy of the Armenian repatriation” (17 by Boston University’s Armenian Program, NAASR, August 2012) provides a background of her research the First Armenian Congregational Church, Fresno and art project. The Italian on-line newsletter also State University, St. Mary Church in Washington D.C. published a gallery of several collected photographs and the AGBU of Montreal and Toronto. of repatriates on the Rossiya, then later of their time in Yerevan showing the “transfer” of American cul- Kasbarian, Lucine (independent journalist): The ture to Armenia in the late 40s to the early 50s. Other 2012 Storytelling World Resources Awards Committee Armenian publishers have also circulated articles of named The Greedy Sparrow: an Armenian Tale “Hon- her repatriation project. These include: The Armenian or Book.” For more information, please check http:// Reporter, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, and NA- www.storytellingworld.com/2012/ ASR, among others. It is an art project encompassing personal interviews of surviving repatriates, and the Ohanian, D. was accepted into the Master’s program collection of their family photographs and documents. in History at York University, Canada. For those interested in contacting Antaramian-Hofman about the project, you can write to her at hazelanta- Peroomian, R. (UCLA): The Armenian Genocide [email protected], with “repatriation project” in the Museum-Institute granted Peroomian the “Clara Bar- subject line. ton, Gold Medal” for long years of academic activities and scholarship in the field of Armenian Genocide Baran, H. (Los Angeles Unified School District) Studies on 11 March 2012 in Glendale. received a Doctor of Education from the University of Southern California with the dissertation: The Role of Ethnic Culture in Work-Family Balance Among Arme-

Society for Armenian Studies Newsletter Page 8 and Culture of Ca’ Foscari University Venice, which Job Announcements has been organized since 1986 each year in August by the Cultural Association Padus-Araxes in collabora- Turpanjian Chair in Contemporary Armenian tion with ESU of Venice, took place in August with Studies remarkable success, with 25 participants from 15 University of Southern California countries (among whom several young people, from Italy, Japan, Poland, Turkey intending to specialize in The Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts Armenian studies) and the participation of the upper and Sciences at the University of Southern California class of the Toronto Kololian Armenian school, ac- in Los Angeles, California, invites applications for a companied by their Principal Dr. Armen Matirossian full-time tenured position to be appointed as the in- and two of their teachers. augural Turpanjian Chair in Contemporary Armenian Studies anticipated to begin Fall 2013. Fellowship Positions We seek an Associate or full Professor with a distin- guished record of research, publications and teaching, 2013-14 Manoogian Fellowships in Armenian who will provide leadership and visibility. The depart- Studies: ment of appointment is to be determined; possible departments may include Sociology, International POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN Relations, Political Science, Economics, History, Lit- ARMENIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY erature, Psychology, Religion, and American Studies OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR and Ethnicity.

Applicant should have a PhD and should send a let- All applications must be received by February 1, 2013. ter of interest and CV with names of three potential Applicants will be notified in early March. referees to [email protected]. Mate- rials submitted by regular mail will not be accepted. In The Armenian Studies Program (ASP) at the Universi- order to be considered, applicants must also submit an ty of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to announce the electronic USC application: 2013- 2014 competition for the Manoogian Simone Foundation (MSF) Fellowships for Postdoctoral https://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/ Scholars, Visiting Scholars, and Predoctoral Students Central?quickFind=66580 to foster teaching and research in Armenian Studies. Review of applications will begin on November 1, The purpose of the post-doctoral fellowships is to of- 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. fer research and teaching opportunities to candidates who have been awarded Ph.D.s during the past three USC strongly values diversity and is committed to years, or advanced PhD students who will complete equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, their PhD by the time they arrive at the University of and members of all racial and ethnic groups are en- Michigan. Applicants must have the PhD degree on couraged to apply. hand before the start of their potential tenure as a fel- low in order to qualify. Summer Programs Summer Intensive Course of Armenian Language Post-doctoral fellows will be asked to participate in and Culture ASP sponsored events, to present two public lectures, and to teach one course per semester or one The Summer Intensive Course of Armenian Language Fall 2012 Page 9 course per year. Post-doctoral fellowships ate and graduate students at the Uni- may be awarded for one academic semes- versity of Michigan. Visiting Scholars, ter or one academic year to recent gradu- who are usually invited for one semes- ates whose dissertations are ter, will be asked to teach one or two closely related to Armenian studies. The classes per term, and to participate in scope and number of fellowships awarded ASP sponsored events including pre- is contingent upon the availability of senting two public funds. lectures. Preference will be given to candidates outside the disciplines of Application materials should include: history, language, and literature. Arme- nian Studies Fellowships for Visiting 1. Current CV Scholars will be awarded for one aca- demic term (fall or winter). Fellowships 2. Copy of dissertation in hard copy, digi- can also be offered for mini-courses to tal or electronic form. If dissertation is not be taught over three or four weeks. complete at the time of the application, The scope and number of fellowships applicant should forward completed parts awarded is contingent upon the avail- with a detailed outline of the rest of the ability of funds. work. If dissertation is not in English, please provide a chapter in translation and Application materials should include: other writing samples in English. 1. Current CV 3. Statement regarding proposed research during tenure as Fellow (maximum 2 2. Copy of work published or pending pages) publication (if publications are not in English please provide a writing sam- 4. Description of two possible courses the ple/paper in English) applicant proposes to teach (maximum 1 page per course) 3. Description of possible courses the applicant proposes to teach (maximum 5. Three letters of recommendation 1 page per course)

4. Two letters of recommendation FELLOWSHIPS FOR VISITING SCHOLARS IN ARMENIAN STUD- IES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICH- PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IGAN, ANN ARBOR IN ARMENIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, The purpose of the Visiting Scholar fel- ANN ARBOR lowships is to diversify the Armenian studies curricular offerings to undergradu- The purpose of the pre-doctoral fellow-

Society for Armenian Studies Newsletter Page 10 ships is to provide an opportunity to graduate students Regular member: in other universities in the US or abroad engaged in graduate level research related to Armenian stud- Dean Shahinian ies to benefit from the resources of the University of Armenian illuminated manuscripts, Armenian Church, Michigan (libraries, collections, faculty and courses) The Ararat Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia for short or long periods of time. Applicants may have their own financing or could apply for funding from ASP.

Applications for pre-doctoral fellowships can be sent at any time; ASP will try to accommodate as many as From the Editors possible.

Application materials should include: To be considered for publication, all submissions MUST be spellchecked and proofread. 1. Current CV All submissions to the SAS newsletter must addi- 2. A writing sample/paper in English tionally be submitted according to the guidelines on our submission form to be considered for 3. Statement regarding proposed research during ten- publication. ure as a Fellow (maximum 2 pages) You allow us to publish a more timely 4. Two letters of recommendation newsletter by doing so. Application materials and questions should be for- warded to: Natasa Gruden-Alajbegovic, Assistant Due to space restrictions and editorial policies, Director, Armenian Studies Program, we do not publish press releases at this time. In [email protected] or +(734) 763.0622. an effort to keep news to our members timely, this newsletter covers Summer 2012 - Fall 2012. ew embers N M The next newsletter will cover Winter 2013 - Spring 2013. Email [email protected] Student members: to receive an electronic submission form, and help us to publish the best newsletter we can! Jennifer Manoukian For further information, please email the edi- Modern Western Armenian Literature; Ottoman-Ar- tors: Alison Vacca at [email protected] or menian history, Columbia University Michael Pifer at [email protected]. Thank you!

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