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LECTURE- Azerbaijan's Regional Role, Elin Suleymanov, 12/11, KSG

Posted by: Katherine Bourne <katherine_bourneharvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Dec 2006


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LECTURE- Azerbaijan's Regional Role, Elin Suleymanov, 12/11, KSG


Azerbaijan's Regional Role

Elin Suleymanov, consul general of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles
IOP Conference Room, Littauer 275
December 11, 2006 , 12:00 PM
RSVP: katherine_bourneharvard.edu 

The Black Sea Security Program is pleased to welcome Elin Suleymanov, 
Consul General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles. We look forward to a 
casual discussion of Azerbaijan's regional role, followed by Q&A.
 

LECTURE- His Excellency Zurab Nogaideli, Prime Minister of Georgia, 12/08

Posted by: Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 7 Dec 2006


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LECTURE- His Excellency Zurab Nogaideli, Prime Minister of Georgia, 12/08


"Three Years After the Rose Revolution: Reform and Results in Georgia"
His Excellency Zurab Nogaideli, Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia

John F. Kennedy School of Government
Littauer building, 5th floor, Malkin Penthouse (bags and backpacks 
will not be allowed into the Malkin Penthouse on December 8).

Sponsored and organized by the Black Sea Security Program, Harvard University.

Please note: bags and backpacks will not be allowed into the Malkin 
Penthouse on December 8.
 

CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Mr. Aghazadeh on Azerbaijan, Dec. 12

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Posted: 5 Dec 2006


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CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Mr. Aghazadeh on Azerbaijan, Dec. 12


Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

Prospects for Democratization of Society in Azerbaijan, Dec. 12

Iqbal Aghazadeh is the Chairman of Azerbaijan's Umid Party and holds 
that party's sole parliamentary seat and one of the few seats occupied 
by representatives of opposition parties following the election of 
Nov. 6, 2005.  That election was followed by short-lived Orange 
Revolution-style demonstrations, which were broken up by force.  He 
held an earlier term in parliament, but lost his seat when he was 
imprisoned on charges of organizing a mass riot.

Mr. Aghazadeh's background is in political science and Oriental 
Studies, and he previously lectured on these subjects at Baku Asia 
University and Baku State University.  In 1998-2000, he served as 
co-founder and chairman of the board of the Azerbaijani Movement for 
Liberation of Karabagh.

In addition to the topic of his talk in the Central Asia and Caucasus 
Seminar Series on Tuesday -- prospects for democratization in 
Azerbaijan -- he is also prepared to discuss issues of conflict in the 
South Caucasus region and Azerbaijan's relations with Iran.

Tuesday, December 12
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasiafas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
 

LECTURE- Human Rights & U.S. Policy in Central Asia, Nov. 30, Fletcher School

Posted by: Sarah A. Newton <Sarah_A.Newtontufts.edu>
Posted: 30 Nov 2006


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LECTURE- Human Rights & U.S. Policy in Central Asia, Nov. 30, Fletcher School


The International Relations Department and the IR Director's 
Leadership Council at Tufts University Present:

"Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in Central Asia:  Where National 
Interest and Moral Conscience Collide"

After September 11, 2001 as the United States prepared to overthrow 
the Taliban in Afghanistan, Central Asia suddenly became strategically 
important to the U.S.  Since that time the United States has sought to 
strengthen its relationship with the nations of Central Asia.  As the 
U.S. develops closer ties with these nations the issue of their human 
rights records arises.

Where does the line between moral conscience and national interest lie?

Does the world's superpower have a responsibility to demand respect 
for human rights among the nations it chooses to ally with?

Please come and take part in this panel discussion to explore these questions.

When: Thursday November 30, 2006

Where: Catered Reception will begin at 6pm in Mugar Hall at the Fletcher School
Panel will begin at 7pm in ASEAN Auditorium at the Fletcher School

Who:

Ambassador Zamira Sydykova
The current Kyrgyz ambassador to the United States, Sydykova founded 
the country's first independent newspaper and struggled to promote 
freedom of the press in her country.  Her criticism of the then 
president Askar Akayev and his increasingly authoritarian regime 
resulted in her arrest and imprisonment.  In 2000 she was awarded the 
Courage in Journalism award by the International Women's Media 
Foundation for her efforts to promote free media.  In 2005 she was 
appointed to the position of ambassador to the United States as a 
result of president Bakiyev's landslide election victory, following 
the popular uprising that forced former president Akayev to flee the country.

Dr. Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva
Currently a lecturer at Tufts University she was born in Uzbekistan 
and has been a human rights activist for both Uzbeks and Chechens for 
many years.  Dr. Imamkhodjaeva was one of the youngest women to 
receive a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Science from the Academy of 
Science USSR.  Dr. Imamkhodjaeva's current research interrogates both 
Russian and Western regimes of knowledge with reference to philosophy, 
culture, religion, national identity and globalization.  In this 
endeavor, she seeks to examine the reciprocal influences of culture 
and religion in both the East and the West revolving around 
globalization, Islam, the crisis of national identity in Central Asia, 
conflict and conflict resolution.

Dr. John Schoeberlein 
He is the Director of the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at 
Harvard University, which he was instrumental in founding in 1993.  He 
received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard University.  
His research focuses on identity, ethnicity, gender, nationality, 
religion, and community organization among the Islamic peoples of 
Central Eurasia.  He has conducted a total of over five years of 
anthropological field research in various parts of Tajikistan, 
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.  .

Dr. Rinat Akhmetshin
The Director of the International Eurasian Institute for Economic and 
Political Research, he is devoted to the development of democratic 
values,free market economic policies, social progress and constructive 
international relations in Central Asia.

Dr. Akhmetshin 
is frequently called upon by the international press and the US 
government to assist them with understanding the complex issues in the 
region.  He is a former military   officer, has extensive scientific 
background, and authored several research articles in the peer 
reviewed scientific journals.

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership, Tisch College, 
Russian Program, Peace and Justice Studies, Russian Circle and Pangaea

For more information please contact: sarah_a.newtontufts.edu, 
unaza.khangmail.khan or moira.connorstufts.edu
 

LECTURE- NELC/Mashtots Lecture on Narts, Dec. 4

Posted by: James Russell <russellfas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Nov 2006


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LECTURE- NELC/Mashtots Lecture on Narts, Dec. 4


NELC and the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies at Harvard announce a 
lecture by Prof. John Colarusso of McMaster Univ., "The Narts of the 
Caucasus". The lecture will take place on Monday, 4 December 2006, in 
Semitic Museum room 201 (6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138). 
Admission is free and all are welcome: please forward this 
announcement to anyone you know who might be interested in attending.

The sagas about the Narts, or "heroes", form the national epic of the 
Ossetian or Alan people of the Caucasus- the last living descendants 
of the Scythians of antiquity. The epic is variously retold by many 
other neighboring Caucasian peoples in their own languages, which are 
very different from the North Iranian of the Ossetes. Though the Narts 
were first recorded only in the mid-19th century, they are closely 
related to the Armenian epic cycle of the Artaxiad dynasty, 2nd 
century B.C., parts of which have reached us in the writings of the 
early mediaeval Armenian historian Movses Khorenats'i and the writer 
Grigor Magistros Pahlavuni. The Narts are also related to the Armenian 
national epic, Sasna tsrrer, which contains abundant archaic material, 
proto-Mithraic and Anatolian.

Professor Colarusso is a scholar of Indo-European and Caucasian 
linguistics, an expert on heroic literature, folklore, and mythology. 
He has also done work in mathematics, and in public service. His 
lecture promises to be an exciting contribution to the knowledge of an 
important, though little known, monument of world literature.

James R. Russell,
Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies,
Harvard University
russellfas.harvard.edu
 

LECTURE- Film Series on Early Armenian History, Location and Date Changes

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Posted: 27 Nov 2006


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LECTURE- Film Series on Early Armenian History, Location and Date Changes


Lecture and Film Series on Early Armenian History 
By Professor Artak Movsisyan
The Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences , 
Republic of Armenia
Department of History, Yerevan State University
The Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural 
Society, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) , and the 
Boston University Armenian Student's Association are presenting a 
lecture and film series on early Armenian history by Professor Artak 
Movsisyan. 
 
Dr. Movsisyan is an Associate Professor of history at Yerevan State 
University and a scholar at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the 
National Academy of Sciences ( Republic of Armenia ) . He has 
published numerous monographs and articles on a wide range of topics 
in ancient Armenian history, culture, and spirituality.  He received 
his Ph.D. from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National 
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia , with a dissertation 
on the Hieroglyphic Script of the Van Kingdom (Biainili, Urartu, and Ararat).
 
The schedule of the lecture and film series is as follows:
Lecture: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Origins of the Armenian Nation: From Earliest References to Now 
Saint Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church Hall, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown

Film Screening: Saturday, December 2, 2006, 1:30 PM
Tigran the Great - A Patriotic Sovereign 
Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC), 47 Nichols Avenue, 
Watertown  
 
Lecture: Sunday, December 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
Pre-Christian Armenian Belief System and Transition to Christianity
Armenian Library and Museum of America ( ALMA ), 65 Main Street, Watertown 
 
Lecture: Monday, December 4, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Pre-Christian Written Culture of Armenia
Howard Thurman Center , George Sherman Student Union, Boston University
Basement of 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

Admission to all events is free, and lectures will be delivered in 
English. To find out more about the series please contact 
Hamazkayin-Boston at infohamazkayin-boston.org, 617.924.8849, or ALMA 
at infoalmainc.org, 617.926.2562.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. 
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472 
 
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
www.almainc.org
 

EVENT- Commemorating Human Rights Day, December 10, Boston University

Posted by: Josh Rubenstein <jrubenstaiusa.org>
Posted: 21 Nov 2006


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EVENT- Commemorating Human Rights Day, December 10, Boston University


Commemorating Human Rights Day

Sunday, December 10 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Boston University School of Management
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA

Dashed Hopes: Human Rights in the Former Soviet Union

A community-wide Public Event in Observance of International Human Rights
Day

4:00 p.m.: Babitsky's War, an hour long film about the efforts of the
Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky to cover the war in Chechnya.

The film will be followed by a discussion with Alexander Verkhovsky and
Tatiana Lokshina, two human rights activists from Moscow.

7:00 p.m.: Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Jack Matlock
former U.S. ambassdor to the
Soviet Union under President Ronald Reagan

His book Reagan and Gorbachev is a seminal work on the dramatic events
surrounding Gorbachev's reforms and the eventual break-up of the Soviet
Union.

Following Ambassador Matlock's speech, there will be a panel discussion with:
 - Nikolai Butkevich, Researcher, Union of Councils for Jews in the 
   former Soviet Union
 - Nozima Kamalova, Legal Aid Society in Uzbekistan Scholar at Risk 
   program, Harvard University
 - Tatiana Lokshina, DEMOS Center, Moscow

sponsors
American Jewish Committee
Amnesty International USA
Anti-Defamation League
Boston University Institute for Human Sciences
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Center for Human Rights and International Justice
Facing History and Ourselves
Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
International Committee for the Children of Chechnya
Jewish Community Relations Council
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
Physicians for Human Rights
Sakharov Human Rights Program, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

We would like to express our gratitude to the Reebok Foundation for its
generous support of this program.

December 10 - Parking All guests coming to the "Human Rights Day" are 
welcome to use the Boston University - School of Management Parking 
from 3pm to 9:30pm. There is a single charge of $6 for the duration of 
the event(pay on entry).
Boston University School of Management
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/northeastern/humanrightsday12102006.
 

CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP- "Democratization in Uzbekistan: Factors which Could Enable an Upturn," Jim Critchlow, Nov. 21

Posted by: Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 20 Nov 2006


WORKING GROUP- "Democratization in Uzbekistan," Jim Critchlow, Nov. 21


Central Asia and Caucasus Working Group

"Democratization in Uzbekistan: Factors which Could Enable an Upturn"

Jim Critchlow is a long-time Associate of the Davis Center, and 
formerly headed Central Asian programing of Radio Liberty broadcasts. 
He has published extensively on nationalism and politics in Uzbekistan 
and other Central Asian countries.

Jim Critchlow's presentation will be very informal, with a 
presentation on the political and social factors rooted in 
Uzbekistan's rich past, which could move the country away from its 
current authoritarianism, as well as the negative factors which work 
against progress. Note that there will be no paper distributed, but 
rather there will be a presentation followed by discussion.

Tuesday, November 21
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasiafas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
 

LECTURE- Lecture and Film Series on Early Armenian History

Posted by: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlmayahoo.com>
Posted: 20 Nov 2006


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LECTURE- Lecture and Film Series on Early Armenian History


Dr. Movsisyan is an Associate Professor of history at Yerevan State 
University and a scholar at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the 
National Academy of Sciences (Republic of Armenia). He has published 
numerous monographs and articles on a wide range of topics in ancient 
Armenian history, culture, and spirituality.  He received his Ph.D. 
from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of 
Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, with a dissertation on the 
Hieroglyphic Script of the Van Kingdom (Biainili, Urartu, and Ararat).
 
The schedule of the lecture and film series is as follows:
Lecture: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 7:45 PM
The Pre-Christian Written Culture of Armenia
Harvard University, Sever Hall, Room 113 [Harvard Yard to the right of 
the Memorial Church]

Lecture: Thursday, November 30, 2006, 7:30 PM
The Origins of the Armenian Nation: From Earliest References to Now
NAASR, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont

Film Screening: Saturday, December 2, 2006, 1:30 PM
Tigran the Great - A Patriotic Sovereign 
ACEC, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown 

Lecture: Sunday, December 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
Pre-Christian Armenian Belief System and Transition to Christianity
ALMA, 65 Main Street, Watertown

This event is sponsored by the the Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin 
Armenian Educational and Cultural Society, the Armenian Library and 
Museum of America (ALMA), the National Association for Armenian 
Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Harvard Armenian Society. 

Admission to all events is free, and lectures will be delivered in 
English. To find out more about the series please contact 
Hamazkayin-Boston at infohamazkayin-boston.org, 617.924.8849, ALMA at 
infoalmainc.org, 617.926.2562 or NAASR at hqnaasr.org, 617.489.1610.
 
About the organizers: 
Boston Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society
With the reemergence of the Republic of Armenia as an independent 
nation, the role and function of Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and 
Educational Society in general and Hamazkayin-Boston in particular had 
to be re-assessed to reflect the new realities facing the Armenians in 
Diaspora and in Armenia.
 
With this in mind, Hamazkayin-Boston aims to uphold the ethnic 
identity and cultural heritage of the Armenian community in the 
Greater Boston Area by: cultivating and promoting local, national and 
international Armenian arts; celebrating important educational and 
cultural milestones in our history; and engaging the youth and the 
young professionals in our community to raise interest and awareness 
toward educational and cultural issues of importance to the Armenian 
community and cultivate the next generation of local and national 
community leaders.
 
Hamazkayin-Boston holds bi-weekly meetings on Monday evening at their 
Hamasdegh Library, located on the second floor of the Armenian 
Educational and Cultural Center on 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown, 
MA. Our doors are open to all who would like to help promote our 
cultural treasures. For more information please visit our website 
http://hamazkayin-boston.org, call us at 617.924.8849 or email us at 
infohamazkayin-boston.org.

Armenian Library & Museum of America (ALMA) 
Founded in 1971, ALMA 's mission is to present and preserve the 
culture, history, art and contributions of the Armenian people to 
Americans and Armenians alike.  Since its inception, ALMA 's 
collection has grown to over 22,000 books and 20,000 artifacts, making 
it perhaps the largest and most diverse holding of Armenian cultural 
artifacts outside of Armenia.  As a repository for heirlooms, the 
collection now represents a major resource not only for Armenian 
studies research, but as well as for preservation and illustration of 
the Armenian heritage.  ALMA is the largest ethnic museum in New 
England and the only independent Armenian Museum in the Diaspora 
funded solely through contributions of individual supporters. 
 
Hours: Hours: Friday and Sunday 1-5 PM, Saturday 10AM-2PM and Thursday 
evenings 6-9 PM. Museum Admission: FREE/ALMA members and for children 
under 12; $5/ for non-members.  For more information please visit our 
website www.almainc.org, or call 617.926.ALMA (2562). Directions to 
ALMA: By car-- take route 95 to 128 to 90 (Mass Pike East) towards 
Watertown.  Take exit 17- Watertown/Newton.  Go North 1 mile towards 
Watertown Square.  As you cross the small bridge, get into the 2 left 
lanes.  Turn left on Main Street.  Turn right on Church Street, and 
then turn right into the municipal parking lot. By bus--MBTA Buses 71, 
70/70A, 57, 52, 59, 502, 504. Please visit www.mbta.com for schedules 
and maps.  

National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research is a 
non-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian organization founded in 
1955 in order to foster Armenian studies in America on an active, 
continuous, and scholarly basis and to perpetuate the Armenian 
Heritage.  It is the only nationwide organization dedicated to the 
advancement of Armenian studies and culture through America's foremost 
institutions of higher education and through a multifaceted program in 
support of research, scholarship, publications, and public lectures, 
symposia, and conferences.  The NAASR Center is home to its 
administrative offices, the Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian 
Reference and Research Library, the Armenian Book Clearing House, and 
the Armenian Heritage Press.  More information about NAASR is 
available at www.naasr.org or by calling 617-489-1610, faxing 
617-484-1759, e-mailing hqnaasr.org, or writing to NAASR, 395 Concord 
Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
 
Harvard Armenian Society
The Harvard Armenian Society is a group of undergraduate and graduate 
students interested in sharing Armenian history and culture with the 
Harvard community and with the Greater Boston area. The organization 
is committed to intercultural relations and dialogue and presenting 
the Armenian tradition in innovative and thought-provoking ways, while 
at the same time celebrating the cultural and entertaining aspects of 
Armenian life. The organization's events include dinners, music and 
dance performances, movie screenings, and academic symposia even as 
that repertoire expands overtime. The organization can be contacted at 
armohcs.harvard.edu.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. 
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472 
 
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
www.almainc.org

      
  

      
EXHIBIT- Art of Armenian Illuminations Opening at ALMA November 19

      
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Posted: 14 Nov 2006


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EXHIBIT- Art of Armenian Illuminations Opening at ALMA November 19


The Word Of God: Armenian Illuminations
Featuring Herra Karagozyan's Collection
 
In celebration of the 1600th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet, the 
Armenian Library & Museum of America (ALMA) will be exhibiting a 
unique collection of 30 artworks of ornamental letters inspired by 
medieval illuminations. The plates, originally drawn by 
master-restorer Herra Karagozyan, represent samples of ornamentations 
drawn from the thousands of manuscripts housed in the Mesrop Mashtots 
Matenadaran, the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia. 
The collection on exhibit enables the visitors to view the evolution 
of the art of ornamentation from 9th to late 15th centuries in Armenia. 

The development of ornamentation in Armenian manuscripts emerged with 
the creation of the Armenian alphabet in the 5th century and the 
development of written literature. The tradition started gradually: 
initially, ornamentations appeared on the title pages of the 
manuscripts, and later, in "khorans", in margins, and in the details 
of dominical and plot-oriented miniatures and on surrounding areas. 
Zoomorphic, floral, and geometrical motifs, as well as heavenly bodies 
and architectural structures were predominantly used in Armenian 
ornamentation. The art of illuminations flourished in the 12th-14th 
centuries in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Of all schools of 
illuminations, the Cilician school is unique in the brilliance of 
ornamentations and opulence of colors, including the application of 
gold leaf to the manuscripts. Manuscripts became one of the original 
places for the practice of Armenian fine art. The forms and colors of 
these ornamentations were lasting creations of talented illuminators, 
who were gifted with infinite imagination, limitless creativity, and 
subtle taste.

One such contemporary artist was the celebrated miniature artist and 
manuscript restorer Herra Karagozyan. A student of the famed Lidia 
Durnova's school of art restoration and reproduction in Yerevan, 
Karagozyan was considered one of the most talented modern restorers, 
particularly due to her fine perception of colors, keen artistic 
taste, skillful drawings, and extraordinary attention to detail. Her 
renditions of medieval manuscripts and frescos were difficult to 
differentiate from the originals. Karagozyan worked for decades as a 
restorer in the Matenadaran, and her works have been exhibited at the 
National Art Gallery of Armenia and in Matenadaran. She worked on the 
restoration and reproduction of the manuscripts of Gndevank and 
Haghpat monasteries in Armenia and the St. Khach and St. Nshan 
monasteries in the Crimea. Herra Karagozyan also participated in the 
restoration of the frescoes painted by Hakob Hovnatan in the 
Echmiadzin Cathedral. 
The exhibit of this unique art collection will be on display at ALMA's 
Terjenian-Thomas Gallery through January 31, 2007. Museum is open to 
public on Thursday 6-pm, Friday and Sunday 1-5pm and Saturday 
10am-2pm. For more information please contact ALMA offices 
617.926.2562 or visit the website www.almainc.org. 

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. 
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472 
 
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
www.almainc.org
 

      
FILM- "A Mongolian Tale", Nov. 15, Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series

      
From: George Soroka <sorokafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 14 Nov 2006


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FILM- "A Mongolian Tale", Nov. 15, Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series


A Mongolian Tale (1997)
103 minutes
Directed by: Xie Fei

Wednesday, Nov. 15
CGIS South, Room S040
6-8 pm

Set in the beautiful but unforgiving plains of Mongolia, this drama 
concerns Someyer (Naranhuar), a young girl who lives with her 
grandmother Nai-Nai (Dogolesurong) in a simple hut among the local 
shepherds. Beiyinpalica (Tengger) is a young boy who, after the death 
of his mother, comes to stay with Nai-Nai and Someyer. While the two 
children are raised like siblings, Nai-Nai often expresses the hope 
that they will some day marry. When the two grow to adulthood, 
Beiyinpalica moves to the city to attend school and seek his fortune, 
while Someyer waits at home, as Beiyinpalica has promised to marry her 
upon his return. But when Beiyinpalica begins to pursue a career as a 
musician, his separation turns out to be far longer than he or Someyer 
anticipated, and in the meantime, she falls victim to the advances of 
a gruff local shepherd with a drinking problem. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is sponsoring a fall
semester film series for students with an interest in Russia, Central
Asia, and Eastern Europe. The series is free of charge and showcases
lesser known films from the region (in the original languages with
English subtitles). It will be weekly on Wednesdays from 6 pm - 8 pm,
in CGIS South, in Room S-040. CGIS South is located at 1730 Cambridge
Street, just one short block east of Memorial Hall.  Please contact
George Soroka (sorokafas.harvard.edu) or Hillary Colter
(hcolterfas.harvard.edu) with any questions.

Visit the webpage:
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/news_events/fall06_filmseries.html

 

CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Kazakh Film and National Identity, Nov. 14

From: Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasiafas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Nov 2006


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CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS SEMINAR- Kazakh Film and National Identity, Nov. 14

Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

Kazakh Film and National Identity

Seminar discussion of "Kazakh Film and National Identity" with Kazakh 
filmmaker Kenzhebai Dusembaev, Kazakh film critic Gulzhan Nauruzbaeva 
and Jane Knox-Voina (Bowdoin College).  The presentation will feature 
excerpts from Kazakh films.

The discussion will address how Kazakh filmmakers are implicated in 
national myth-making and ideological production that serve to 
delineate both otherness (from Russian culture, from the West) and 
legitimate selfhood in the "empty space or landscape left when the 
Communist State imploded from the center outward to all areas of the 
former Soviet Union.  While "new wave" Kazakh films of the 1990s 
portray that empty space in the Kazakh villages, other film makers 
such as Kenzhebai Dusembaev and Rustem Abdrashev make it clear that 
the village still is a source of Kazakh culture and tradition.

Tuesday, November 14
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room S-153
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

* Please note change in location.

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus/Davis Center for Russian and
Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasiafas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/

 

LECTURE- Manduhai Buyandelgeriyn, Talk on Post-Socialist Mongolia, Nov. 9

Posted: 2 Nov 2006
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LECTURE- Manduhai Buyandelgeriyn, Talk on Post-Socialist Mongolia, Nov. 9


The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
Invites you to a lunchtime lecture:

Manduhai Buyandelgeriyn

Lecturer on Anthropology, 
Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University

will speak on

Raised Corpses:  Transformation in the Constituency 
of Shamanic Spirits in Post-Socialist Mongolia

Thursday, November 9, 2006
Seminar Room S050, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.

 - Please note the change from our usual meeting day.

You may bring your own Lunch to the Seminar Room. 
The cafeteria is located in the CGIS North building. Snacks will be provided.
 

FILM- Screening and Discussion of "Kabul Transit", November 7, 2006

Posted: 1 Nov 2006
From: Sue Hilditch <hilditchwjh.harvard.edu>


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FILM- Screening and Discussion of "Kabul Transit", November 7, 2006


The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Media Anthropology Lab present

Kabul Transit
A video by David Edwards, Maliha Zulfacar, and Gregory Whitmore

Returning to Afghanistan after the war, anthropologist David Edwards 
(Heroes of the Age, 1996; Before the Taliban, 2002), with the help of 
his cameraman and co-filmmaker Maliha Zulfacar, created a rare glimpse 
of what he found in a ravaged city and the complex ways in which 
Afghans are trying to survive. Finalist in a number of international 
documentary film festivals and recently shown at the Walter Reed 
Theatre in New York, Kabul Transit is one of the most important films 
on the Middle East in recent years.

Screening followed by a discussion by Steven Caton and Lucien Taylor 
with directors David Edwards and Greg Whitmore

Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, B04
Nov 7, 7-9:30
Reception to follow
 

EVENT- "Beshkempir" Film Showing, Nov. 1, Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series

Posted: 31 Oct 2006
From: Hillary Colter <hcolterfas.harvard.edu>


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EVENT- "Beshkempir" Film Showing, Nov. 1, Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series


Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is sponsoring a fall
semester film series for students with an interest in Russia, Central
Asia, and Eastern Europe. The series is free of charge and showcases
lesser known films from the region (in the original languages with
English subtitles). It will be weekly on Wednesdays from 6 pm - 8 pm,
in CGIS South, in Room S-040. CGIS South is located at 1730 Cambridge
Street, just one short block east of Memorial Hall.  Please contact
George Soroka (soroka(a)fas.harvard.edu) or Hillary Colter
(hcolter(a)fas.harvard.edu) with any questions.

Visit the webpage:
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/news_events/fall06_filmseries.html

November 1
Beshkempir (The Adopted Son) Kyrgyzstan
 

CONF.- Int'l Students Consortium Forums on Central Asia, Nov. 16, Boston Univ.

Posted: 31 Oct 2006
From: Sue Yam <syambu.edu>


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CONF.- Int'l Students Consortium Forums on Central Asia, Nov. 16, Boston Univ. 


International Students Consortium (ISC) at Boston University will sponsor:

"A Day of Understanding: Central Asia Forum with Central Asian Ambassadors"

Central Asia Forum: Energy Section
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Date: Thursday, November 16th 2006
Location: Metcalf Ballroom, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Ave. 
Boston, MA 02215

Topics on Energy:
 - Water and Hydro-electrical Power in Tajikistan
   Speaker: Ambassador of Tajikistan, Khamrokhon Zaripov

 - Natural Gas in Turkmenistan
   Speaker: Ambassador of Turkmenistan, Meret Orazov

 - Petroleum of Azerbaijan, The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
   Speaker: Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Yashar Aliyev

 - Business Opportunities for the best future of Kyrgyzstan
   Speaker: Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Zamira Sydykova

Moderator: Thomas Barfield, Chairman, Anthropology at Boston University

Time: 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Break/Networking

Central Asia Forum: History, Civilization, Culture and Relations 
within the Central Asia and Caucasus Section
Free and Open to the Public
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: Thursday, November 16th 2006
Location: Metcalf Ballroom, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Ave., 
Boston, MA 02215

Topics Include:

 - Human Rights 

 - Democracy

 - Relations with Europe, USA, Russia and Turkey

Speakers:
Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Zamira Sydykova
Ambassador of Azerbaijan Yashar Aliyev
Ambassador of Turkmenistan Meret Orazov
Ambassador of Tajikistan Khamrokhon Zaripov

Moderator: Shahla Haeri, Chairman of Women Studies at Boston University
 

EVENT- Canadian-Armenian Folk/Jazz Vocalist Mariam Matossian, Nov. 4-5

Posted: 23 Oct 2006

From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlmayahoo.com>


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EVENT- Canadian-Armenian Folk/Jazz Vocalist Mariam Matossian, Nov. 4-5


ALMA and Hamazkayin-Boston are proud to present two unique 
opportunities to see Canadian-Armenian Folk/Jazz vocalist Mariam 
Matossian in concert.

Mariam Matossian is an example of the musical treasures that exist in 
the world next door. Vancouver born and raised, Mariam has been 
collecting traditional Armenian folk songs since she was a child and 
initially, singing them mainly in her community. Most of the songs she 
sings have been passed down through her family - songs that have been 
favorites of her grandmother and her mother, and now they have become 
her own favorites. With over ten years of training in classical voice, 
Mariam brings the range and control of a classical singer to the 
spontaneity and passion of the folk tradition and combines the two to 
produce a synthesis that has earned her rave reviews from everyone who 
has heard her.
 
Mariam Matossian will be performing traditional Armenian songs, 
accompanied by Ud master John Berberian and excellent musicians 
affiliated with Hamazkayin-Boston on *November 4 at 7 p.m. and 
November 5 at 3:00 p.m*. Both concerts will take place at ALMA 's 
Bedoukian Hall in Watertown , MA to truly capture the essence of the 
Armenian spirit through her songs and the unique ambiance of ethnic 
exhibits surrounding the audience and the stage. These are Mariam's 
first performances in New England . Mariam will be accompanied by John 
Berberian (ud), Martin Haroutunian (wind instruments), Karen Kocharyan 
(drums) and Arvin Zaroukian (bass). 
 
It is Mariam's desire that through her interpretation of these 
traditional songs, through the new material that she is creating, and 
through the stories that she weaves during each performance, audiences 
will be inspired. She hopes that Armenians will re-discover the 
richness of their heritage and non-Armenians will gain an appreciation 
for a new culture and style of music.
 
According to World Discoveries, "Mariam Matossian has a beautiful 
voice and the original, clever arrangements set off her voice 
perfectly.enchanting, professional and haunting vocal style."  In the 
opinion of Raffi Meneshian, CEO of Pomegranate Music Productions, 
Mariam has ". a very clear, measured and ultimately sweet innocent 
style that captures the listener from her first breath.At times, 
Matossian's voice seems as though it is as light as air." 
 
In 2004, Mariam released her first CD, "Far From Home", which has won 
rave reviews and has had airplay across Canada and in the United 
States . It was chosen as one of Echoes 25 Essential Albums for 2005 
in the United States . Please visit http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mariamm   
to listen to samples of her music.
 
To reserve tickets or to find out more information about the concert 
please contact ALMA at 617.926.2562 or Hamazkayin-Boston at 
617.650.1224. General admission is $25.00, and senior citizen and 
student tickets (with ID) are $20.00.  The concerts will take place at 
ALMA 's Bedoukian Hall (65 Main Street , Watertown , MA : intersection 
of Rt. 16 and Rt. 20 just outside of Boston ) . Both concerts will be 
followed by wine reception.  

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. 
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472 
 
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
www.almainc.org
 

EVENT- Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series

Posted: 20 Oct 2006
From: Hillary Colter <hcolterfas.harvard.edu>


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EVENT- Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series


Davis Center Fall 2006 Film Series

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is sponsoring a fall 
semester film series for students with an interest in Russia, Central 
Asia, and Eastern Europe. The series is free of charge and showcases 
lesser known films from the region (in the original languages with 
English subtitles). It will be weekly on Wednesdays from 6 pm - 8 pm, 
in CGIS South, in Room S-040. CGIS South is located at 1730 Cambridge 
Street, just one short block east of Memorial Hall.  Please contact 
George Soroka (sorokafas.harvard.edu) or Hillary Colter 
(hcolterfas.harvard.edu) with any questions.

Visit the webpage:
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/news_events/fall06_filmseries.html

October 25
Turkish Gambit (Russia)

November 1
Beshkempir (The Adopted Son) Kyrgyzstan

November 8
Rane (The Wounds) Yugoslavia

November 15
Free Floating (Russia)

November 22
A Mongolian Tale (Mongolia)

November 29
Faust (Czech Republic)

December 6
Tirana, Année Zero (Tirana, Year Zero) Albania

December 13
Irony of Fate (Ironiya Sudby, ili S Lyogkim Parom!) Russia
 

LECTURE- Francoise Aubin: Reflections on the Fletcher Legacy, Oct. 26

Posted: 18 Oct 2006
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LECTURE- Francoise Aubin: Reflections on the Fletcher Legacy, Oct. 26


The Joseph Fletcher Memorial Lecture 

Thursday, October 26, 2006, 4:00-6:00 p.m. 
Françoise Aubin
Research Director Emeritus at the French National Centre for 
Scientific Research (CNRS) 
"Reflections on the Fletcher Legacy"
Tsai Audiorium, Room S010, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
The lecture will be followed by an Informal Reception in the Public 
Gathering Room (S030) on the Concourse Level, to which all are invited.

This lecture is sponsored by The Joseph F. Fletcher Jr. Fund for Inner 
Asian Studies. 
 

EVENT- Book signing, "Remembrances: A Family Memoir" by Henry Haroian 

Posted: 17 Oct 2006
From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlmayahoo.com>


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EVENT- Book signing, "Remembrances: A Family Memoir" by Henry Haroian 


Sunday, October 22, 2006, 3:00 pm
 
Book presentation & Signing 
 
"Remembrances: A Family Memoir" by Henry Haroian 
An immigrant's  story of struggle and survival and life in the United States
 
Henry Haroian will speak about his recently published memoirs, 
"Remembrances".  Haroian's book that tells the story of his parents' 
struggles to survive in the Middle East and in Europe after the 
Armenian Genocide, and their eventual move to the United States for a 
better life. 
 
The book can be purchased at the ALMA 's bookstore for $20. Mr. 
Haroian has generously donated the entire proceeds of the sale of his 
book to benefit ALMA. 
 
Venue: ALMA [ 65 Main Street , Watertown , MA ]
Admission:  Free 
Info: 617.926.2562 or info (a)almainc.org
 
ALMA's Mesrop Boyajian Library is one of the largest non-institutional 
Armenian libraries in the United States. It features more than 20,000 
books in Armenian, English and other languages. It also offers 
periodicals, poster, maps, calendars, sheet music, documents, early 
sound recordings and more, catalogued and in open stacks for easy use 
by students, researchers and the general public. The collection 
includes 600 hours of Oral History tapes: interviews of elderly 
survivors of the Armenian Genocide that were recorded during the years 
1975-1981. The Library is also home to the Herbert Offen Oriental 
Carpet Research Library Collection, one of the most extensive 
collections of literature on oriental carpets in the United States.  
 
For more information or Library hours, please visit the ALMA website, 
or contact at 617.926.2562 or info(a)almainc.org. 

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. 
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472 
 
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
www.almainc.org
 

LECTURE- Scott Radnitz: Mobilization, Networks, & the State in Central Asia

Posted: 13 Oct 2006

From: Susan Lynch <susan_lynchharvard.edu>


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LECTURE- Scott Radnitz: Mobilization, Networks, & the State in Central Asia


Belfer Center's International Security Program

"It Takes More than a Village: Mobilization, Networks, and the State 
in Central Asia"

a brown bag seminar with Scott Radnitz, Research Fellow, Intrastate 
Conflict and International Security Programs

Date: Thursday, October 19
Time: 12:15 - 2:00 P.M. (Coffee and tea will be provided)
Place: Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369

Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come - first 
served basis. We hope that you can join us.
 
For more information, call 617-496-1981 or email 
susan_lynch(a)ksg.harvard.edu, or visit our 
website:http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?item_id=2715 
 

LECTURE- Michael Drompp, Re-"reading" the Bugut Monument

Posted: 3 Oct 2006
From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaasfas.harvard.edu>


LECTURE- Michael Drompp, Re-"reading" the Bugut Monument


The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
invites you to a lunchtime lecture

Michael Drompp

The J. J. McComb Professor of History, Rhodes College

will speak on

Re-"reading" the Bugut Monument: Mythology, Representation, and State 
Formation in Medieval Inner Asia

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Room S250, Second Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Room opens 12:30, presentation 1:00

You may bring your own lunch to the seminar room; snacks will be provided.
 

SYMPOSIUM- Armenian-Turkish Dialogue and the Direction of Armenian Studies

Posted: 22 Sep 2006
From: Center for Middle Eastern Studies <mideast-listlists.fas.harvard.edu>


SYMPOSIUM- Armenian-Turkish Dialogue and the Direction of Armenian Studies


As a part of its 50th anniversary celebration on September 30, the National
Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will hold a symposium on
Saturday morning, September 30, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in
Cambridge, MA on:

Armenian-Turkish Dialogue and the Direction of Armenian Studies

The symposium will take place at the Royal Sonesta Hotel from 9:00
a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and will feature five leading scholars from various areas
of Armenian Studies.  Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.  The symposium is
open to the public at no charge.

Hardly any subject has occasioned as much discussion in recent years
as that of Armenian-Turkish dialogue and the prospect of the opening up of
Turkey to an honest assessment of 1915.  Some of the implications for Turkey
were discussed at the landmark conference in Istanbul in September 2005.  What
are the implications for the direction of Armenian Studies?

The participants in the symposium are top scholars representing a
wide range of expertise within Armenian Studies and related fields which stand
to be affected by the evolving Armenian-Turkish dialogue.

The participants are:

Dr. Taner Akçam
Visiting Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota

Rachel Goshgarian
Ph.D candidate, History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Dr. Richard G. Hovannisian
Armenian Educational Foundation Professor of Modern Armenian History,
University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Gerard J. Libaridian
Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History, University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dr.Christina Maranci
Associate Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee.

Dr. Kevork Bardakjian of the University of Michigan , Ann Arbor ,
will serve as Panel Respondent.  Marc A. Mamigonian, NAASR's Director of
Programs and Publications, will serve as moderator and NAASR Chairman Emeritus
Manoog S. Young will be the Honorary Chairman of the Symposium.

Following the presentations of the symposium panelists there will be
a period of discussion and the opportunity for the audience to participate in
the question-and-answer period.

Gala Banquet and Celebration in Evening

The NAASR Gala Banquet and Celebration of 50 Years will take place
in the evening at the Royal Sonesta, beginning with a 5:30 reception.
Following dinner will be a program that will include a keynote address, a
retrospective video, music and dancing, and surprise announcements.  The
Banquet is open to NAASR members and non-members alike.  Interested parties
should contact NAASR as soon as possible for information on reservations.
Further details will be forthcoming.

More information about the symposium on "Armenian-Turkish Dialogue
and the Future of Armenian Studies," NAASR's 50th anniversary celebration, or
about NAASR and its programs for the furtherance of Armenian studies, research,
and publication may be had by calling 617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759,
e-mailing hqnaasr.org, or writing to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont , MA
02478.

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EXHIBIT- Martin Barooshian, A 50 Year Retrospective, May 7-28, Watertown, MA

From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlma(a)yahoo.com>
Posted: 4 May 2006


EXHIBIT- Martin Barooshian, A 50 Year Retrospective, May 7-28, Watertown, MA

Martin Barooshian: A 50 Year Retrospective

May 7- 28, 2006

The Armenian Library and Museum of America is proud to honor Martin 
Barooshian with a fifty year retrospective, celebrating his work from the 
years 1956-2006.  This retrospective also marks Barooshian's first major 
show since his return to his native Boston earlier this year after decades 
in New York.

Taking in Barooshian's body of work presented here is to take in a lifelong 
journey of creativity.  Though Barooshian's art defies immediate 
classification, he has been called one of the last American Surrealists, 
noted for his use of abstract biomorphic shapes, calligraphic line, and 
innate command of color.  Always one to experiment and evolve, Barooshian's 
work ranges from seven foot canvases to two inch illuminated miniature 
prints.  Regardless, one can always recognize a Barooshian.

Barooshian's previous exhibits include the Museum of Modern Art and the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, National Gallery of Art in 
Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The community is 
invited for the artist's reception at ALMA's Contemporary Art Gallery on 
Sunday May 7, 1-5PM.

ALMA is located at 65 Main Street, Watertown, MA
Tel: 617.926.ALMA (2562)
Fax: 617 926 0175
Web: www.almainc.org

Gallery hours are: Thursday 6 - 9 PM, Friday and Sunday 1 - 5 PM, Saturday 
10 AM - 2 PM or by appointment.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
USA

SEMINAR- Boris Rumer, Russia and Central Asia, May 17, Cambridge, MA

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 4 May 2006



SEMINAR- Boris Rumer, Russia and Central Asia, May 17, Cambridge, MA

Comparative Economics Seminar

'Russia and Central Asia'

Boris Rumer
Associate, Davis Center

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
12:30 - 2:00 pm

CGIS-South, Room #S153, 1st Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA
USA
 

LECTURE- New Views on the Tarim Mummies of Xinjiang, May 4, Cambridge, MA

From: Rowan Flad <rflad(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 3 May 2006



LECTURE- New Views on the Tarim Mummies of Xinjiang, May 4, Cambridge, MA

'New Views on the Tarim Mummies of Xinjiang'

Irene Good (Harvard University)

Thursday, May 4, 4:00PM

Peabody Museum 14A
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

East Asian Archaeology Seminar Series

Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and EALC

Contact: rflad(a)fas.harvard.edu
 

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SEMINAR- Building an Architecture of Empire on the Road to Central Asia, May 5

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Posted: 24 Apr 2006


SEMINAR- Building an Architecture of Empire on the Road to Central Asia, May 5

Historians' Seminar/Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar

'Building an Architecture of Empire on the Road to Central Asia (1650s - 
1830s)'

John LeDonne, Associate, Davis Center

Friday, May 5, 2006
1:00 - 3:00 pm

1737 Cambridge Street (CGIS-North), 1st Floor, Room #N401
Cambridge, MA

Co-sponsored by the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
 

LECTURE- Chinese Artistic Influence on the Arts of Zhvalu Monastery in Tibet, May 1

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 24 Apr 2006


LECTURE- Chinese Artistic Influence on the Arts of Zhvalu Monastery in Tibet

'Chinese Artistic Influence on the Arts of Zhvalu Monastery in gTsang Area 
of Tibet in the Mid-Yuan Dynasty (1279-1386),' May 1

Wenbin Xiong, Chinese Research Center for Tibetan Studies, Beijing

Monday, May 1, 2006
1:00 - 2:00 PM

1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Room #S050
Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard 
University

Contact: iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu

You may bring your own lunch to the Seminar Room; the Cafeteria is located 
in the CGIS North Building. Snacks will be provided.

Room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 p.m.
 

EVENT- Armenian Rug Exhibit, Opening Reception, April 20, ALMA, Watertown

From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlma(a)yahoo.com>
Posted: 19 Apr 2006


EVENT- Armenian Rug Exhibit, Opening Reception, April 20, ALMA, Watertown

April 20 - Reception for the Grand opening of the Armenian rug exhibit.

On Thursday, April 20, Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) will 
host a reception for the grand opening of the Exhibit 'Armenian Rugs and 
Weavings: Textiles of Hearth and Heart'. The exhibit features a wide range 
of the weavings from the mountains of Armenia and the Transcaucasus.  The 
exhibit is unique in that it features rare inscribed rugs from ALMA's 
collection, as well as smaller woven textiles and rugs from the newly 
acquired Offen-Alimian Collection.  Furthermore, a dozen exceptional rugs 
have been loaned to ALMA by the members of the Armenian Rugs Society: these 
are publicly exhibited for the first time.

The reception is scheduled for 6pm through 9 pm on Thursday.  In addition to 
ALMA trustees, members and friends, members of the Armenian Rugs Society 
(ARS), who have loaned rugs for the exhibit, are arriving from around the 
world especially for the exhibit. Among them, Joe Bezdjian (ARS  President), 
Mr. and Mrs. John Sommer,  and Carol Hoerner from San Francisco, Jack and 
Joan Agajanian Quinn from Los Angeles, Yeran Megerian, Valot Atakhanian, and 
Peter Balakian from New York, Harold and Janis Bedoukian from Canada, 
Loretta Boxdorfer from Dallas, Bob Bruner from Denver, and Berdj Achdjian 
from France. Daniel Shaffer and Lucy Upward from HALI magazine in London, UK 
will be covering the grand opening of the exhibit at ALMA.

As part of the grand opening program, Professor Lucy Der Manuelian of the 
Department of Art and Art History at Tufts will present a lecture titled 
'Diamonds, Dragons and Crosses: The Story of Armenian Rugweaving' at 8:00 
pm.  Professor Der Manuelian is co-author of 'Weavers, Merchants and Kings: 
The Inscribed Rugs of Armenia,' the catalog for the Kimbell Art Museum's 
exhibit which was also shown at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the 
Textile Museum of Washington, D.C., the  Worcester Art Museum and the 
Metropolitan Museum of Fresno, California.

The reception and the presentation are open to public.

ALMA is located in Watertown Square (intersection of Rte 16 and Rte 20), at 
65 Main Street, Watertown MA 02472. For more information please visit ALMA's 
website www.almainc.org or call the office at 617.926.2562 ext. 3.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472
USA
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
Web: www.almainc.org
 

LECTURE- David J. Roxburgh, Artistic Exchange between China and Iran, April 27, Harvard University

From: Erin Hyde <erin_hyde(a)harvard.edu>
Posted: 19 Apr 2006



LECTURE- David J. Roxburgh, Artistic Exchange between China and Iran, April 27

The Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art at Harvard's Sackler Museum 
presents:

The 2006 Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture in Islamic Art with:

David J. Roxburgh
Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

on

'Chinese Magic: Artistic Exchange between China and Iran'

Thursday, April 27, 2006
6:00 pm

Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall
485 Broadway
Cambridge, MA

The lecture reexamines the social frameworks, artistic sources, and formal 
consequences of exchange between China and Iran and Central Asia with an 
emphasis on the second half of the fifteenth century. The practices of 
Persian drawing and its changing aesthetic are the principal topic of inquiry.

For more information, contact:

Erin Hyde
Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Tel: 617-495-1195
E-mail: erin_hyde(a)harvard.edu
 

FILM- 'The Beauty Academy of Kabul,' April 21, Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA

From: "Karen O'Hara" <karenoh(a)aol.com>
Posted: 18 Apr 2006


FILM- 'The Beauty Academy of Kabul,' Apr 21, Kendall Sq. Cinema, Cambridge, MA

The Beauty Academy of Kabul

An irresistibly moving film about the opening of the first post-Taliban 
beauty school starts engagement in Cambridge at Landmark's Kendall Square 
Cinema on Friday, April 21!

Meet the Filmmaker and Harvard Grad, Liz Mermin on Opening Night at the 7:00 
Show!

What happens when a group of hairdressers from America travel to Kabul with 
the intention of telling Afghan women how to do hair and makeup?  This 
engaging, optimistic documentary by Liz Mermin tracks a unique development 
project: a shiny new beauty school, funded in part by beauty-industry 
mainstays, which sets out to teach the latest cutting, coloring, and perming 
techniques to practicing and aspiring Afghan hairdressers and beauticians.  
The American teachers, all volunteers, include three Afghan-Americans 
returning home for the first time in over twenty years.

'The Beauty Academy of Kabul' offers a rare glimpse into Afghan women's 
lives, and documents the poignant and often humorous process through which 
women with very different experiences of life come to learn about one another.

74 Min./Color/Not Rated/In English and Dari with English Subtitles.
Released by Shadow Distribution.

To see the trailer and for more information please visit:

www.beautyacademyofkabul.com

'The Beauty Academy of Kabul' opens in Cambridge on Friday, April 21 at the:

Kendall Square Cinema
One Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

Showtimes & Theater Info: 617-499-1996 or www.landmarktheatres.com
Advanced Tickets: 617-333-FILM or www.moviefone.com

Special Event: Q&A with Liz Mermin, director/co-producer/editor of 'The 
Beauty Academy of Kabul' at the Kendall Square Cinema on Opening Night, 
Friday, April 21 at the 7:00 show.

For more information contact Karen O'Hara at karenoh(a)aol.com or 520-326-0813.
 

CONF.- Architectural Heritage of the 'Lands of Rum,' May 2006, Harvard University

From: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Archicture <agakhan(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 11 Apr 2006


CONF.- Architectural Heritage of the 'Lands of Rum,' May 2006, Harvard Univ.

Please note the forthcoming symposium, Historiography and Ideology: 
Architectural Heritage of the 'Lands of Rum,' May 11-13, 2006, organized by 
Gulru Necipoglu and Sibel Bozdogan under the auspices of the Aga Khan 
Program at the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard 
University.

The symposium will begin on the evening of May 11th at the Inn at Harvard 
(Cambridge, Massachusetts) and continue on the 12th and 13th at the American 
Academy of Arts and Sciences (Cambridge, Massachusetts). For program details 
and the registration form please go to the Program web site: 
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~agakhan/index2.html

Please send your registration form with check payment made out to 'Harvard 
University' for the conference fee of $70 (covering opening night reception 
and lunches on May 12th and 13th) to the Aga Khan Program by Friday, April 
14th.

Should you have any further questions, please contact Ruth MacQuiddy, Aga 
Khan Program Coordinator, at agakhan(a)fas.harvard.edu.

We look forward to your attendance.

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Harvard University
Sackler Museum, Room 412
485 Broadway Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Phone: 617-495-2355
Fax: 617-496-8389
Email: agakhan(a)fas.harvard.edu

Conference Program:

Historiography and Ideology: Architectural Heritage of the 'Lands Of Rum'

A symposium sponsored by the Aga Khan Program at Harvard University and the 
Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Geneva, May 11-13, 2006

Thursday, May 11

Keynote Lecture and reception at the Inn at Harvard, 1201 Massachusetts 
Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA 02138

6:00-7:00pm
Introduction (Gulru Necipoglu and Sibel Bozdogan)
Cemal Kafadar, State Building, Globalization, and History in the Lands of Rum

7:00-9:00
Open Reception

Friday, May 12

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 
02138 (in the Auditorium).

Session I
Arab, Persian, or Turkish? Scholarship on the Lands of Rum and Beyond
(David Roxburgh, Discussant)

8:00-9:00
Coffee and Registration

9:00-9:30
Heghnar Watenpaugh, The Legacy of Ottoman Architecture in the Former Arab 
Provinces

9:35-10:05
Kishwar Rizvi, Arthur Upham Pope and the "Survey of Persian Art": Exploring 
the Discourses on Iranian Art and Architecture in the Early Twentieth Century

10:10-10:40
Oya Pancaroglu, Gateways to Medieval Anatolia: Crossing the Impasses of 
Architectural Historiography

10:45-11:15
Barry Flood, Lost in Translation? Architectural Historiographies of the 
Eastern 'Turks'

11:15-11:30
Break

11:30-12:00
Discussion

12:00-2:00
Lunch (catered for all registered participants at the Academy)

Session II
Islamic, Turkish, or Modern? Historiographies of Ottoman Architecture
(Zeynep Celik, Discussant)

2:00-2:30
Ahmet Ersoy, Architecture and the Search for Ottoman Origins in the Late 
Tanzimat Period

2:35-3:05
Gulru Necipoglu, The Creation of a National Genius: Sinan and the 
Historiography of 'Classical' Ottoman Architecture

3:10-3:40
Shirine Hamadeh, Westernization, Decadence, and the Ottoman Baroque: Modern 
Constructions of the Eighteenth Century

3:45-4:15
Sibel Bozdogan, Reading Ottoman Architecture through Modernist Lenses: 
Nationalism and the "New Architecture" in the Early Republic

4:15-4:30
Break

4:30-5:00
Discussion

Saturday, May 13
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 
02138 (in the Auditorium).

Session III
Impact of Historiographies on Institutional Practices: Archaeology, 
Museology, And Preservation In Modern Turkey
(Renata Holod, Discussant)

8:30-9:00
Coffee and Registration

9:00-9:30
Can Bilsel, 'Our Anatolia': the Making of the 'Humanist Culture' in Turkey

9:35-10:05
Scott Redford, Islamic Archaeology in Turkey

10:10-10:40
Wendy Meryem Shaw, Preservation/Projection: Museums and National Identity in 
the Republic of Turkey

10:45-11:15
Nur Altinyildiz, Contextualizing the Byzantine and Ottoman Architectural 
Legacy: Istanbul in the 1920s and 1950s

11:15-11:30
Break

11:30-12:00
Discussion

12:00-2:00
Lunch (catered for all registered participants at the Academy)

2:00-4:00
Open Discussion (Council Room)
 

EXHIBITION- American Conference on Oriental Rugs 2006, April 21-22, Boston, MA

From: Jeff Spurr <spurr(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 10 Apr 2006


EXHIBITION- American Conference on Oriental Rugs 2006, April 21-22, Boston, MA

I would like to bring to your attention a series of rug and textile 
exhibitions, open briefly in Boston in conjunction with the upcoming ACOR 
(American Conference on Oriental Rugs) 2006.  These exhibitions will have 
something of a seat-of-the-pants character since they are being put up in a 
day and a half, will be up for two, and then gone.  Still, for Boston, an 
unprecedented number of rugs and textiles will be on display.  I am curating 
an exhibit of 140 Central Asian textiles.  Others are preparing exhibits on 
Caucasian rugs, Baluch rugs, Moroccan rugs and textiles, Pre-Columbian coca 
bags, South Persian nomadic bags, and a broad range of rugs in more general 
exhibits.  The bulk of these exhibits are taking place at the Park Plaza 
Hotel in downtown Boston, near the Arlington St. T stop.

It is important to know that tickets for all exhibits cost $10.00, but may 
only be purchased at the(Park Plaza) Castle, down Arlington St. a bit from 
the hotel, where 'Dealers' Row' will be held concurrently.  Tickets to 
Dealers' Row proper are another $10.00, where some 60 dealers will have rugs 
and textiles for sale.

Hours for public access to the exhibits: 1-6 Friday, April 21st, 10-6 
Saturday, April 22nd.

One exhibit is not at the Park Plaza but at Landry and Arcari Oriental Rugs 
at 333 Stuart St., Boston, close to the hotel.  It is open without charge.

For sundry comments about the Castle, see:
http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/parkplaz.htm

Jeffrey B. Spurr
Islamic and Middle East Specialist
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Fogg Art Museum
32 Quincy St. 
Cambridge, MA 02138-3802
Phone: (617) 495-3372
Fax: (617) 496-4889

Web:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/finearts/collections/agakhan.html
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/finearts/islamicclass/index.html
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/finearts/collections/semitic.html
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/finearts/collections/semitic_access.html
http://archnet.org/lobby.tcl
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.tcl?document_id`41
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.tcl?document_id`42
 

EXHIBIT- Naveed Nour's Photography Exhibit, Opening April 6, ALMA, Watertown, MA

From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlma(a)yahoo.com>
Posted: 7 Apr 2006


EXHIBIT- Naveed Nour's Photography Exhibit, Opening April 6, ALMA,
Watertown, MA

April 6: Opening Reception for 'Illumination in Two Movements' Photography 
Exhibit

Join us for the first viewing of 'Illumination in Two Movements'. What place 
do you consider home if you have traveled and moved all your life? If there 
is no home, where do you go when you are homesick? Naveed Nour 
(www.naveednour.com) an International photographer of Persian heritage is 
the keeper of images from around the globe for the past twenty five years. 
In a simple harmony of two beats, France and Iran, he shares his personal 
experiences with his audience. This event is open to the public. The exhibit 
is scheduled to run through May 4. There are a few events scheduled during 
the show.

 - Opening reception: April 6, 6-9 p.m.
 - Gallery discussion: April 23, 2-3p .m.
 - Gallery discussion: April 27, 7-8 p.m.

Also at ALMA's galleries:

April 2-May 2 - Daniel Varoujan Hejinian brings his 'Fruits of Passion' 
exhibit to ALMA

Each composition is a window onto a world where one wants to belong, 
reflecting the best images of oneself. In these paintings, cities and 
villages reflect the interior landscapes of one's dreams and hopes. Just 
imagine such a window opening the space in one's favorite room, changing the 
mood, but to portray joy, youth and romance, tempered with the wisdom 
brought by time, knowledge and belief. Daniel Varoujan Hejinian's 
(www.collectorspalette.com) exhibit will be available for public viewing 
during regular gallery hours or by appointment. Please call 617.460.2091 or 
617.926.2562 to schedule a gallery visit.

Gallery admission is free. Hours of Operation Thursday 6-9pm, Friday and 
Sunday 1-5pm, and Saturday 10am-2pm.  For further information, please visit 
ALMA's website www.almainc.org or call 617.926.2562. ALMA is located in 
Watertown Square (65 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472. It is only 5 miles 
from downtown Boston, at the intersection of Routes 16 and 20, and is easily 
accessible by MBTA 57, 70A, 71).

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472
USA

Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
Web: www.almainc.org
 

LECTURE- Leading Armenia to Strength in Science and Technology, April 8, Arlington, MA

From: Lyn Stout <lstout(a)crdf.org>
Posted: 28 Mar 2006



LECTURE- Leading Armenia to Strength in Science and Technology, April 8

Presentation and Discussion:

Leading Armenia to Strength in Science and Technology: A Foundation for the 
Future

Dr. Harutyun Karapetyan, Chairman

National Foundation of Science & Advanced Technologies (NFSAT)
Republic of Armenia
Armenian Cultural Foundation
441 Mystic Street
Arlington, MA

April 8, 2006
7:30 pm

>From Urartuan times through the Middle Ages and into the 21st Century, 
innovation in science and technology has been a source of strength and a 
tradition of professional life for the Armenian people. As Armenia works to 
establish a flourishing knowledge-based economy, the nation must reform its 
system of science to operate at international standards.

Dr. Harut Karapetyan, Chairman of the National Foundation of Science and 
Advanced Technologies (NFSAT), has written about and advised government 
leaders on the changes necessary for Armenia's science and technology 
sector. In 1996 he secured funding to establish NFSAT, and to date this 
independent Armenian foundation has awarded almost $3 million to more than 
1000 Armenian scientists, in particular providing more modern research 
equipment than any funding source for Armenian scientists. All NFSAT grants 
are made by internationally peer-reviewed competition, the only such 
research funding mechanism within Armenia. Dr. Karapetyan will discuss the 
current state of science in Armenia including very recent developments, the 
role of science in Armenia's future, and NFSAT's plan to achieve needed 
reform at what is a critical juncture.
 

SEMINAR- Vladimir Socor, Energy as a Potential Tool in the CIS, April 12, Cambridge, MA

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Mar 2006


SEMINAR- Vladimir Socor, Energy as a Potential Tool in the CIS, April 12

Comparative Economics Seminar

'Energy as a Potential Tool in the CIS'

Vadim Socor, Senior Fellow and Senior Analyst, Jamestown Foundation

Wednesday, April 12, 2006
12:30 - 2:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 1st Floor, Room #S153
Cambridge, MA

For questions about any Davis Center sponsored events, please contact Penny 
Skalnik at daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617.495.4037.

To purchase a parking permit at the Broadway Garage (located at the 
intersection of Broadway & Felton St. in Cambridge, MA), please visit 
Harvard University Parking Services at 
http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml.  Click on the "One-Day 
Online Permit" tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from 
there.  If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services 
Office at 617.495.3772.
 

LECTURE- Martiros Saryan: European in Asia, Asian in Europe, March 26, Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown, MA

From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlma(a)yahoo.com>
Posted: 21 Mar 2006


LECTURE- Martiros Saryan: European in Asia, Asian in Europe, March 26

Martiros Saryan: 'European in Asia, Asian in Europe'

Presentation by Professor John Malmstad

4 PM Sunday, March 26, 2006

'Painter of happiness', 'Maestro of colors', 'Great Master of Armenian 
art'... Regardless of how one refers to him, Martiros Saryan (1880-1972) was 
a true artist. He laid the foundation and established standard for Armenian 
national art of the 20th century. The Armenian Library and Museum of America 
(ALMA) is paying tribute to the great Master of Art by hosting a 
presentation on March 26. Professor John Malmstad, Samuel Hazzard Cross 
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, will 
deliver a slide presentation and talk about famed Armenian artist Martiros 
Saryan and his impact on the evolution of European and Armenian art. Dr. 
Malmstad was the 1997 recipient of the Lomonosov Prize, for the book 
'Mikhail Kuzmin: Iskusstvo, zhizn', epokha', which he had co-authored with 
Nikolay Bogomolov, as 'best piece of literary criticism or history in 
Russian in 1996.'

When exposed to Saryan's art, one is not simply looking at marvelous 
paintings. Rather, one comes in touch with Saryan's wor! ld, with warmth and 
light of nature, with diversity of colors, thoroughly felt and clarified by 
the painter. Saryan never longed for the doubtful glories of easy successes, 
and never mistook painting with taking photographs. He does not copy nature: 
he creates it. Saryan himself thought that 'true art was not simply 
illustration but a great discovery of the world'. Influenced by Russian, 
Western European and Armenian artistic cultures, Saryan was able to fuse the 
rich variety of impressions and and traditions into a profoundly individual 
style that invariably bore the stamp of his vivid, powerful and 
intrinsically positive personality. Known for his saturated colors (the 
signature yellow-brown hues and the deep blues), a unique harmony of shapes 
and colors, Saryan was a master of composition. French poet Louis Aragon 
thought that Saryan's colors were so beautiful that future generations would 
assign him a supreme place even higher than France's Cezanne and Matisse, 
because Saryan was the painter of happiness.

The talk will be held at ALMA's contemporary art gallery, which currently 
showcases the artwork of Ghazaros Saryan, the great grandson of Martiros 
Saryan. Ghazaros Saryan is exhibiting a new collection of oil and water 
color paintings which provide a link to the past and a glimpse of the future 
for Armenian contemporary art.

The presentation will take place at 4 pm on Sunday, March 26 at the Armenian 
Library & Museum of America (Watertown Square, 65 Main Street, Watertown, 
MA). It is open to public. For more information, please contact ALMA at 
617.926.2562 ext. 3 or email info(a)almainc.org.

About ALMA:

Founded in 1971, ALMA's mission is to present and preserve the culture, 
history, art and contributions of the Armenian people to Americans and 
Armenians alike.  Since its inception, ALMA's collection has grown to over 
22,000 books and 20,000 artifacts, making it perhaps the largest and most 
diverse holding of Armenian cultural artifacts outside of Armenia.  As a 
repository for heirlooms, the collection now represents a major resource not 
only for Armenian studies research, but as well as for preservation and 
illustration of the Armenian heritage.  In 1988, ALMA acquired a 30,000 
square foot facility in Watertown, MA - one of North America's oldest and 
most active Armenian communities. The facility includes exhibition 
galleries, Library, administrative offices, function hall, 
climate-controlled vaults and conservation lab.

ALMA is the largest ethnic museum in New England and the only independent 
Armenian Museum in the Diaspora funded solely through contribu! tions of 
individual supporters. An active Board of Trustees and volunteer base 
augments the museum's staff.  Museum's active schedule of changing exhibits 
includes the use of the library primarily by researchers and interested 
general public seeking research materials on Armenians.  In addition, the 
museum sponsors lecture and presentation program on related topics.

Hours: Friday and Sunday, from 1-5 P.M., Saturday 10AM-2PM and Thursday 
evenings from 7-9 P.M.

Admission: $5 for non-members, $2 for students.  Admission for ALMA members 
and children under is free.

For more information please visit our website www.almainc.org, or call 
617.926.ALMA (2562).

Directions

Driving: Take route 95 to 128 to 90 (Mass Pike East) towards Watertown.  
Take exit 17- Watertown/Newton.  Go North 1 mile towards Watertown Square.  
As you cross the small bridge, get into the 2 left lanes.  Turn left on Main 
Street.  Turn right on Church Street, and then turn right into the municipal 
parking lot.

MBTA: Buses 71, 70/70A, 57, 52, 59, 502, 504. Please visit www.mbta.com for 
schedules and maps.

Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472

Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
Web: www.almainc.org
 

EVENT- Piano Concert with Lusine Khachatryan, March 19, Armenian Library and Museum, Watertown, MA

From: Armenian Library & Museum <armenianlma(a)yahoo.com>
Posted: 14 Mar 2006


EVENT- Piano Concert with Lusine Khachatryan, March 19, Watertown, MA

AMARAS Art Alliance and The Armenian Library & Museum of America

Present:

Lusine Khachatryan
Award-Winning Armenian Pianist from Germany

In Concert on Sunday, March 19 at 4:00 pm

Armenian Library and Museum of American
65 Main Street
Watertown MA 02472
USA

Program includes Chopin, Liszt, Komitas, Babajanyan

Tickets $20.00 general admission and $15.00 students

Please call AMARAS 617-733-7162 or ALMA 617-926-2562 for more information 
and tickets.

Web: www.amarasartalliance.org or www.almainc.org

Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 4:00p
Armenian Museum and Library of America (ALMA)
65 Main Street, Watertown, MA

ALMA is located in Watertown Square (intersection of Routes 16 and 20), and 
is easily accessible by MBTA Bus #71 from Harvard Square. For detailed 
directions please visit ALMA's website www.almainc.org.

Born in Yerevan, Armenia Lusine Khachatryan has been living in Germany since 
1993. Both her parents are concert pianists. She began her music studies at 
the age 6 with her mother, Irina Hovhannisyan and later at the Sayat Nova 
Music Academy in Yerevan with H. Antscharakyan. In Germany Lusine's training 
has continued under her father's, Vladimir Khachatryan, tutelage.

In 2002 she made her Debut CD with her brother Sergey Khachatryan (violin) 
(EMI Classics). She is currently studying under the guidance of Prof. S. 
Speidel at the Karlsruhe Music Academy (Karlsruhe Musikhochschule).

Attached please find the concert flyer.
 

EXHIBIT- Megerditch Tarakdjian's Paintings and Sculptures, Armenian Library and Museum, Watertown, MA

From: Armenian Library and Museum <armenianlma(a)yahoo.com>
Posted: 14 Mar 2006


EXHIBIT- Megerditch Tarakdjian's Paintings and Sculptures, Watertown, MA

Reflections & Expressions
by Megerditch Tarakdjian

Armenian Library & Museum of America (ALMA) hosts sculptor and painter 
Megerditch Tarakdjian's exhibit 'Reflections & Expressions'. After numerous 
solo and group art exhibits in Canada, Tarakdjian opens his first exhibit in 
New England area at ALMA's contemporary art gallery. The artist reception is 
scheduled for 4-7PM on March 18.

Tarakdjian is originally from Syria, but has been living in Montreal, Canada 
since 1982. While being a graduate of the Saryan Academy of Arts in Aleppo, 
Syria, Tarakdjian started his artistic ventures relatively later in life. 
Tarakdjian finds that his profession as a medical doctor helps him to better 
understand and later reflect different facets of human condition in his 
sculptures or painting. His oil paintings are mostly in vibrant and unique 
combination of colors. The subjects in his paintings are naive in serene 
life scenes.

Tarakdjian's bronze and fired clay figurines depict the various states of 
the human condition. His treatment of the eyes of his subjects brings to 
life the richness of the subject's character in the sculptures: the viewer 
can see a smile, a tear, or a deep thought in their depth. Arto 
Tchakmakchian, sculptor and member of The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 
finds Tarakdjian's art 'original in conception' and with 'a unique style of 
composition'.

Tarakdjian's sculptures are on permanent display at the College des Medecins 
du Quebec in Montreal and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Ottawa.

The artist reception is scheduled for 4-7PM on March 18 at ALMA's 
contemporary art gallery (in the heart of Watertown Square, 65 Main Street, 
Watertown MA). It is open to public. The exhibit will last through April 30. 
Gallery hours are Thursday 6-9pm, Friday and Sunday 1-5pm, and Saturday 
10am-2pm. For more information about this and other exhibits on display at 
the gallery this spring please visit www.almainc.org or call 617.926.2562.

About ALMA:

Founded in 1971, ALMA's mission is to present and preserve the culture, 
history, art and contributions of the Armenian people to Americans and 
Armenians alike. Since its inception, ALMA's collection has grown to over 
22,000 books and 20,000 artifacts, making it perhaps the largest and most 
diverse holding of Armenian cultural artifacts outside of Armenia.  As a 
repository for heirlooms, the collection now represents a major resource not 
only for Armenian studies research, but as well as for preservation and 
illustration of the Armenian heritage.  In 1988, ALMA acquired a 30,000 
square foot facility in Watertown, MA in one of North America's oldest and 
most active Armenian communities. The facility includes exhibition 
galleries, Library, administrative offices, function hall, 
climate-controlled vaults and conservation lab.

ALMA is the largest ethnic museum in New England and the only independent 
Armenian Museum in the Diaspora funded solely through contributions of 
individual supporters. An active Board of Trustees and volunteer base 
augments the museum's staff.  Museum's active schedule of changing exhibits 
includes the use of the library primarily by researchers and interested 
general public seeking research materials on Armenians. In addition, the 
museum sponsors lecture and presentation program on related topics.

Hours: Friday and Sunday, from 1-5 P.M., Saturday 10AM-2PM and Thursday 
evenings from 7-9 P.M.

Admission: Adults $5, ALMA members and children under 12 get in free. For 
more information please visit our website www.almainc.org, or call 
617.926.ALMA (2562).

Directions

Driving: Take route 95 to 128 to 90 (Mass Pike East) towards Watertown.  
Take exit 17- Watertown/Newton.  Go North 1 mile towards Watertown Square.  
As you cross the small bridge, get into the 2 left lanes.  Turn left on Main 
Street.  Turn right on Church Street, and then turn right into the municipal 
parking lot.

MBTA: Buses 71, 70/70A, 57, 52, 59, 502, 504. Please visit www.mbta.com for 
schedules and maps.

Armenian Library & Museum of America, Inc.
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
USA
Phone: 617-926-2562
Fax: 617-926-0175
Website: www.almainc.org
Tel: 617 926 2562
Fax: 617 926 0175
Web: www.almainc.org
 

LECTURE- Old European Maps of Persia, March 14, CMES, Cambridge, MA

From: Center for Middle Eastern Studies <mideast(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Mar 2006


LECTURE- Old European Maps of Persia, March 14, CMES, Cambridge, MA

'Old European Maps of Persia'

A talk by Dr. Cyrus Ala'i, author of General Maps of Persia 1477-1925

Iran, or Persia as it was known in the West for most of its long history, 
has been mapped extensively for centuries but the absence of a good 
cartobibliography has often deterred scholars of its history and geography 
from making use of the many detailed maps that were produced. Dr. Cyrus 
Ala'i embarked on a lengthy investigation into the old maps of Persia, and 
visited major map collections and libraries in many countries.

Tuesday, March 14, 4pm

Room 406 at Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
1430 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by CMES
 

SEMINAR- Baron Ungern's Mongolian Pogrom, March 24, Davis Center, Cambridge, MA

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 9 Mar 2006



SEMINAR- Baron Ungern's Mongolian Pogrom, March 24, Davis Center, Cambridge, MA

Historians' Seminar

'Baron Ungern's Mongolian Pogrom: The Genealogy of an Imperial Massacre'

Willard Sunderland, Professor of History, University of Cincinnati

Friday, March 24, 2006
1:00 - 3:00 pm

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room #S354
Cambridge, MA

For questions about any Davis Center sponsored events, please contact Penny 
Skalnik at daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617.495.4037.

To purchase a parking permit at the Broadway Garage (located at the 
intersection of Broadway & Felton St. in Cambridge, MA), please visit 
Harvard University Parking Services at 
http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml.  Click on the 'One-Day 
Online Permit' tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from 
there.  If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services 
Office at 617.495.3772.
 

SEMINAR- Language Revival Programs in FSU, March 20, Davis Center, Cambridge, MA

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 9 Mar 2006


SEMINAR- Language Revival Programs in FSU, March 20, Davis Ctr., Cambridge, MA

Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop

'Language Revival Programs in FSU'

Dmitry Gorenburg, Associate, Davis Center; Executive Director, AAASS

Monday, March 20, 2006
12:30 - 2:00 pm

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room #S354
Cambridge, MA

Paper is available on the website at www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm/. There 
is no presentation; all participants are expected to have read the paper in 
advance of the meeting.

For questions about any Davis Center sponsored events, please contact Penny 
Skalnik at daviscrs(a)fas.harvard.edu or 617.495.4037.

To purchase a parking permit at the Broadway Garage (located at the 
intersection of Broadway & Felton St. in Cambridge, MA), please visit 
Harvard University Parking Services at 
http://www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/par.shtml.  Click on the 'One-Day 
Online Permit' tab in the left hand column, and follow the instructions from 
there.  If you have any questions or problems, contact the Parking Services 
Office at 617.495.3772.
 

SEMINAR- Energy Dependency in the Post-Soviet World, March 13, Davis Center, Cambridge, MA

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 9 Mar 2006


SEMINAR- Energy Dependency in the Post-Soviet World, March 13, Cambridge, MA

Post-Communist Politics and Economics Workshop

'Rents of Dependency and the Management of Energy Dependency in the 
Post-Soviet World'

Margarita Balmaceda, Associate, Davis Center

Monday, March 13, 2006
12:30 - 2:00 pm

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room #S354
Cambridge, MA

Paper is available on the website at www.fas.harvard.edu/~postcomm/. There 
is no presentation; all participants are expected to have read the paper in 
advance of the meeting.

LECTURE- Show Trials, Representation and State Power in 1930s Mongolia, March 3

From: Inner Asian and Altaic Studies <iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Feb 2006


LECTURE- Show Trials, Representation and State Power in 1930s Mongolia, March 3

The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies invites you to a lunchtime 
lecture:

'The Violence of Language: Show Trials, Representation and State Power in 
1930s Mongolia'

Dr. Christopher Kaplonski
University of Cambridge & William Paterson University

Friday, March 3, 2006, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Room S030, Concourse Level
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard 
University

Contact: iaas(a)fas.harvard.edu

You may bring your own lunch to the Seminar Room; the Cafeteria is located 
in the CGIS North Building. Snacks will be provided.

Room opens at 12:30, presentation begins at 1:00 p.m.

Hope to see you there!
IAAS Office
 

CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Radical Politics in a Muslim Society: Muslim Communities in Early Soviet Central Asia, March 7

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Feb 2006


CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Muslim Communities in Early Soviet Central Asia, March 7

Central Asia & Caucasus Seminar/Historians' Seminar

'Radical Politics in a Muslim Society: Muslim Communities in Early Soviet 
Central Asia'

Prof. Adeeb Khalid
Professor of History
Carleton College

Tuesday, March 7
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus and 
Historians' Seminar
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
 

CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: Light at the End of the Tunnel?, March 6

From: Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus <centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 28 Feb 2006


CENTRAL ASIA SEMINAR- Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Central Asia & Caucasus Seminar

'Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: Light at the End of the Tunnel?'

Michael Hall
Director of the Crisis Group's Central Asia Project in Bishkek

Monday, March 6
4:15-6:00 pm

1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Room S-354
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Open to the public

Sponsored by:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus/Davis Center for Russian and
Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge St., Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02138

For further information, contact:

Harvard Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus
Tel: 617-496-2643
E-mail: centasia(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/
 

SEMINAR- Narcoterrorism and Its Fallacy, Feb. 23, JFK School of Government, Cambridge, MA

From: Susan Lynch <susan_lynch(a)harvard.edu>
Posted: 17 Feb 2006


SEMINAR- Narcoterrorism and Its Fallacy, Feb. 23, JFK School of Government

BCSIA's International Security Program presents:

'Narcoterrorism and Its Fallacy' (Cases include Afghanistan)

ISP Brown Bag Seminar with:

Vanda Felbab-Brown
International Security/Intrastate Conflict Program Research Fellow

Thursday, February 23 12:15 ­ 2:00 P.M. (Coffee and tea will be provided)

Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Cambridge, MA

Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come - first served 
basis. We hope that you can join us.

Reading material for this seminar can be accessed at: 
http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/Audit_01_06_Vanda.pdf

For more information, call 617-496-1981 or email susan_lynch(a)ksg.harvard.edu 
or visit our website:http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?item_id$21
 

WORKSHOP- Comparative Occupations: Chechnya, Iraq, Palestine, Feb. 25-26, JFK School of Government

From: "Ctr. for Middle Eastern Studies" <mideast(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Posted: 13 Feb 2006


WORKSHOP- Comparative Occupations: Chechnya, Iraq, Palestine, Feb. 25-26

Announcing a Workshop on "Comparative Occupations: Chechnya, Iraq, Palestine 
Governing Zones of Emergency"

February 25-26, 2006 at the Kennedy School

Co-sponsored by:

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Middle East Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Governance Initiative in the Middle East at the Belfer Center for 
Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 
University
Human Rights at Harvard

The aim of this workshop is to examine different situations of colonial, 
semi-colonial or post-colonial domination in under/over globalized conflicts 
in which one segment of the population, or sometimes the population as a 
whole, is devoid of politi