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No 24
April 1996
Letter to Dr. BabgenChugaszian
At its meetingof September1995
in Neuchâtelthe Committeeof
AIEA decidedto senda letter to
Dr. BabgenChugaszian,the former vice director of the Matenadaran in Erevan,to expressits
admiration for the important role
which he hasplayedin Armenian
studies.NumerousArmenologists
have benefitted from his counsel
and assistance
over the decades.
In November1995 the secretary
of AIEA visited Dr. Chugaszian
at the Matenadaranand read the
letterto him in the presenceof the
Director of MatenadaranProf. S.
Arewshatianand a number of
otherscholars.
Dr. BabgenChookaszian
HalabianSt. 3, appartment
40
Erevan,Armenia
tel: 39-10-25
DearBabgen,
At its meeting on lTth Septemberthe Committee of the
AssociationIntemationaledesEtudesArméniennesdiscussedyour role
in the forwardingof ArmenianStudiesin this generation.
The Committeeresolvedthat this letterbe sentto you in which the
Associationexpressto you its profoundappreciation
of all you havedone
over the yearsto advanceand strengthenthe Matenadaran,
making it a
greatcentreof ArmenianStudies.In addition,eachof us who hasworked
in the Matenadarimor conespondedwith the Matenadaranover the years,
has had the unfailing and essentialsupportwhich you offered. Your
unfailing openness,helpfulnessand kindnessare treasuredby the many
overseasArmenologistswho have encountered
them. For this too we
thankyou mostsincerely.
On this occasion,we wish you a fruitful and healthyperiod of
retirementfrom your administrativeburdensandhopethat in this period
of your life and work you will find furtherfulfilhnent and contentment.
Of your continuedcontributionto the field we arecertain.
On behalf of the Committeeand Membersof the Association
IntemationaledesEtudesArméniennes,
I sendyou warmestgreetings,
Sincerelyyours,
M.E. Stone
President,
AIEA
Elections
The terms of two membersof the
Commitæecameto an end in December1995,ProfessorChristian
Hannick and ProfessorRobert
Thomson.The Electionscommittee, composedof ProfessorChr.
Burchardand ProfessorHenning
I-ehmannposteda Call for Nominations in the Newsletterwhich
rvas sent to all members. The
Elections Committee, as is its
custom,also preparedtwo names
for nomination. Prof. Hannick
indicatedthat he would not stand
for reelection.
There were no responsesfrom
membersto the Call for Nominations. Accordingly, the Elections
Committeedeclaredits two nomineesto have been elected.These
are ProfessorBernardCoulie and
ProfessorRobertThomson.
Note from the President.
I wish to call the attention of
membersto the gravity of the situation evidencedby the above
communication from the members of the ElectionsCommittee.
Our Associationis an association
of its members;the proper functioning of the Associationimplies ttratits memberswill take an
active and interestedrole. It has
been and remainsthe policy and
practiceof the Committeeto do
all it can to involve the members
in the running of the Association.
It is most regrettable that the
membershiphas not taken an active role in the presentationof
candidatesfor electionsas members of the Committee.It is my
profound hope that this is a mere
chance and that in the coming
years the participation of the
membershipin this processwill
be activeandlively.
In conclusion I cite words by
Professor Christoph Burchard,
Chairman of the Nomination
Committee, in his letter to the
Committeeof 26 October1995:
"I urgeritly repeatthe appealfor
the full members'cooperationin
the nominating process as expressedby last year'sNominating
Commitæein the NewsletterNo
2l,p.3f.".
Coulie, who was elected AIEA
CommitæeMember.
Treasurer's Report 1994-1995
This rcport on the receiptsand expendituresof AIEA is basedon the reports submittedto, and approvedby, the Committeeof AIEA on l7-l8
Sepæmber1994in læiden and on I I Seprember1995in NeuchâæI.It is
publishedherein accordancewith the Constitution.
I. DM (PostbankKarlsruhe,Germany,44009-756,C. Burchard)
Balanceof accountper 30 July 1993
3.2t+2,12
+ MembershipFees
+ 4.779.15
8,021,n
- CommitæemeetingsLondon 1993,
I-eidenJanuaryand September1994
2.943,65
- ExpensesDistinguishedSpeakenLondon 1993
(reimbursedto AMRO)
769,54
- Office expensesCommitteemembers
582,60
- FeesIUOAS 1993,1994
471,59
- Bank Charges
328,02
- Gifts etc.London 1993
95,-- Unknown
l0.--
> -5.200.50
5.200,50
2.820J7
Balanceof accountper I August 1995
II. Lire (ItalianPostgiro13581434,
G. Uluhogian)
Balanceof accountper l0 March 1993
+ Membershipfees
2.435.500
+ Interest
+_4.420.
2.456.920
>
- CommitteemeetingsLondon 1993,
Leiden September1994
- Tax
Dr. Claire Mouradian CooptedAIEA CommitteeMember
1.019.050
1.600
+I.0æ.650>
BalanceofaccountperI June1995
Doctor Claire Mouradian,of the
Centred'Étudesdu Monde Russe,
(EHSoviétiqueet Postsoviétique
ESS),Paris,haskindly consented
to become member of AIEA
Committee.She was cooptedto
the committeeby the sitting committee members.A Bibliography
of her work is oublishedas an
appendixto the iection Publications by Members in this
Newsletter.
Dr. Claude Cox Chairman, AIEA PublicationsCommittee
Dr. Claude Cox has kindly acceptedthe position of Chairman
of AIEA PublicationsCommittee. He is successorto Professor
III. BF (CCPBelgique271-7228768-69,8.
Coulie/AIEA)
Balanceof accountper 15July 1993
+ Membershipfees
12.080
+ Interest
+3366
>
15.446
- CommitteemeetingBologna1990
- Postage
Balanceof accountper I March 1995:
+
7.076
886
7.962>
3ss.920
+2.456.920
2.8r2.840
-1.020.650
r.792.rW
51.131
+ 15.446
66.577
-7.962
58.615
AIEA)
ry. Hfl. (AMRO Bank Leiden,r+4.19.58.524,
Balanceof accountper 7 July 1993
9.503,75
+ Gulberùian grant 1994$5000
7.756,25
+ Gulbenkiangrant 1995$5000
+ Refundfrom BSOAS London(expenses
DistinguishedSpeakers,London 1993;
1.890,16
advanceto Shirinian,seebelow)
1.470,-+ Membenhip fees
33L,79
+ Inrcrest
+___-8,35
+ Generousroundingoff
20.95234>
- Office expensesCommitteemembers
- CommitteemeetingsLondon 1993,
LeidenJanuaryandSeptember1994
19,20,21
- Newsletters
- TravelPresidentto Switzerlandprep.
V/orkshops
Advanceto Shirinian (seeabove)
- MembershipRoster
(Supplementto Newsletter)
- FeeChamberof Commerce,læiden,
1994,1995
- Bank charges
- Owed by Secretary
- Unknown
AIEA GeneralConferenceLouvain-la-NeuveSeptember1996
18.922,99
+ 20.o52.30
39.875,29
6.169,30
5.661,50
3,764,48
1.150,-1.000,-928,25
138,15
136,53
29,50
+-l!s,
>
18.986,71
- 18.986.71
20.888,58
M. Stone-AIEA)
V. (Bank of Boston,New HavenCT, 1091-96693,
496,20
Balanceof accountper26 June1993
465.n
+ Membershipfeesand interest
+ 961,47
Balanceof accountper 13 April 1994:961,47>
VI. Membersunableto pay
About 10 members,mostly from countrieswhereeconomicalconditions
are poor, find themselvesunableto pay membershipfees.If calculatedin
terms of the fee for associatesthis constitutesa loss of DM 300,- per
annum.
Thanks are due to Prof. Coulie and Prof. Uluhogianfor the management
of the Belgianandthe Italianaccounts.
Heidelberg,30 December1995
Signed,
Prof. Dr. ChristophBurchard
Treasurer,AIEA.
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Datesdu congrès
I-e congrèscommencerale mercredi4 septembrc1996,au matin,
et se terminerale samedi7 septembre1996,à midi.
Accueil
L'accueildesparticipantsau congrèsseferauniquement:
-le mardi 3 septembre1996,de
14h00àZZhA0aux Hallesuniversitaires,Placede l'Université(audessusde la Gare:no 19 sur le
plan);
-le mercredi 4 septembre,dès
th00, dansle hall des auditoires
du Congrès.
Sessionsdu congrès
Les sessionauront lieu les mercredi,jeudi et vendredimatin et
après-midi,et le samedimatin.
Elles serontinterrompuespar des
pauses-café.
Les repasde midi et du soir (sauf
banquet)sont libres: les participants trouveront sur le site de
Louvain-la-Neuve
un grandchoix
de restaurants
et de self-services.
Logements
Les participantsont le choix
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avec literie, téléphone et sanitairesprivés, à 1040 FB (single)
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réservations,
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compris.
Activités
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participantssera organisépar le
Congrès.
Inscription
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1500FB. Il comprendle droit de
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dossier individuel avec le programmedétaillé,le résumédes
la lisædesparticommunications,
cipants,I'invitationà la réception
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Paiements
Seul le droit d'inscription doit
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-(pour les membresbelges)par
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AIEA extendsits congratulations
to ProfessorEdmond Schûtz of
the ELTE Universityin Budapest
on the occasionof his 80thbirthday. At this advancedageprofessor Schûtz,who is foreign member of the Armenian National
Academyof Sciencesand member of AIEA, is still active in
Armenology.A clearexampleof
his vision is the programhe was
so kind as to sendto the Secreta-
ry, concemingco-operationbetween the Hungarianand the ArmenianAcademiesof Sciencesin
the field of Armenian history.
This program is publishedelsewhere in this issueof the Newsletter.
We here reproducethe congratulatory letter sent to Professor
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SearchOpenfor
FresnoStateUniversity
KazanProfessor
of ArmenianandGenocide
History
The search for the Henry S.
KhanzadianKazan Professorship
in Modem Armenian and ImmigrationHistory is open.To fulfill
the desireof Victoria and Henry
Kazan to have the professorship
they endowedfully operativeby
this fall semester,the History departmentand the Armenian Studies Programat California State
University, Fresno,havebeguna
searchfor the first incumbentof
the post. Since the appointment
will be made in two units within
two schools,a joint searchcommittee has been composedto review applicantsand choosethe
most qualified scholar-teacher.
The appointmentwill be madeat
the Assistant/Associate
Professor
level with placementon the salary
scheduledependentupon academic preparationand professional
experience.The succesfulcandidate will trach two coursesin the
History Departmentand the same
numberin ArmenianStudies.He
or shewill be expectedto develop
fresh offerings in modern Armenian, Immigration and Genocide
studies.
The normal teachingload at Fresno Stateis 12 semesterunits usually dividedinto four courses,ini-
tially on the undergraduate
level.
Primary responsabilitieswill be
the teachingof modem Armenian
history,U.S. immigrationhistory,
the diasporaexperience,and the
Armenian Genocide. Specific
courseswill be determinedby
consultationamongthe Armenian
StudiesProgram,the History department,and the succesfulcandidate.
The minimum requirement for
appointmentto the position is a
Ph.D. (or.nearcompletion).The
Universityis looking for an inspiring teacher with a promising
recordof scholarship.Candidates
with a secondaryteachingfield in
Middle EastemHistory or related
fields aredesirable.Strongpreferencewiil be given to candidates
with the ability to relateto an ettrnically diversestudentpopulation.
Fresno State is one of 22 campusesof ttreCaliforniaStateUniversity. Current enrollment is
about 16,000students,including
more than 400 of Armeniandescent,on a 1,400-acre
site.Metropolitan Fresno,with a multi-eth-
nic populationof over 800,000is
located in the heart of ttre Sierra
Nevada Mountain Range. The
community offers affordable
housing,progressiveschools,a
breadth of cultural and recreational oppurtunities,and a pleasant social and physical environment. Centrally located,Fresnois
within easy driving distanceof
San Francisco,Los Angeles,Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks,the Monterey Peninsula, Lake Tahoe,
beaches,
sailinglakes,andnumerousski resorts.
Correpondence,
applicationsand
confidentialpapersshouldbe sent
to:
Chair, Kazan Professor Search
Committee
Departmentof History,
CaliforniaStateUniversity,
Fresno,Califomia 93740-0021
Telephone: + l -209-278.2153
Fax:+1-209-278.2129
Applicants are encouragedto
have applicationinformation on
file or to have contacted the
SearchCommitteeby mid-May
1996.
RecentPh. D.s in Armenian Studies
In October 1995,the first three
Italian doctoral thesessupported
by funding for ArmenianStudies
were defendedat the Università
Cattolica in Milan. The defenders were Valentina Calzolari,
now responsible,with Bernard
Outtier, for the Armenian Programat the Universityof Geneva,
PaolaPontani,of the Università
Cattolica,and Anna Sirinian,of
the Univerità degli Studi of Bo-
logna. Three more theses,researchfor which is madepossible
by the Milan funding for Armenian Studiesare currently under
preparation.
In January,at Leiden University
Theo van Lint defendeda thesis
entitledKostandinErznlcac'i.An
Armenian Religious Poet of the
XIIIth-XIVth Century.This is the
first thesisin ArmenianStudiesin
the Netherlands.Advisor was
Prof. JosJ. S. V/eitenberg,external referentProf. JamesR. Russell of HarvardUniversity.
We welcome any information
available on thesesdefendedin
Armenian studies.Pleasesend
niune,title and supervisor'sname,
and if possible,a succint summary of the thesis'scontentsto
the editor of the Newsletter.
ÔkumenischerLepsius-Festakt
in Potsdamam 3. und 4. Februar 1996
Dr. JohannesLepsius (18581926), "Anwalt der Armenier" in
den Jahrender Vemichtung und
Verelendung des armenischen
Volkes, wurde anlâsslichder 70.
V[iederkehrseinesTodestagesin
einem oekumenischen
Festaktin
Potsdamgeehrt.Die Gedenkfeier
standunter dem Titel: Zwischen
Deutschlandund Armenien:Pfarrer Dr. Johannes Lepsius. Die
Initiative kam von Prof. Dr.
HermannGoltz und seinenmitarbeitem am Johannes-Lepsius-Archiv an der Theologischen
Fakultât der Martin-Luther-Universitât
in Halle-V/ittenberg.Beteiligt
warenausserdem
die Deutsch-Armenische Gesellschaft(Frankfurt/ùI) und die EvangelischeKirche in Berlin Brandenburg.
Der Festaktwurde am Sammstagnachmittagin der evangelichen
St. Nikolaikirchein Potsdamerôffnet, in jener von dem berûhmten ArchitektenSchinkelim klassizistischenStil errichtetenKuppelkirche,in der auchlæpsiusgepredigt hatte. Unter den Anwesendenbefand sich hochbetagt
auch die letzte noch lebende
Tochtervon Lepsius.Die AIEA
wurde durch Frau Prof. Andrea
Schmidt(Louvain-la-Neuve)
vertreten.Nach der Begriissunghielt
Prof. Goltz den Festvortragûber
den gegenalle rWiederstânde
und
IgnoranzenunnachgiebigenEinsatzvon JohannesLepsiusin der
Zeit desTodesganges
des ArmenischenVolkes.Prof. Goltz leitet
seit Jahren das Archiv und den
Nachlassvon Lepsius,der ihm
von der Familie Lepsius anvertraut worden ist. Zusammenmit
seinem Mitarbeiter Dipl. theol.
Axel Meissnerarbeiteter an der
Erfassungund Ordnung dieser
aûsserstaufschlussreichen
Materialen ûber die deutscheKulturund Theologiegeschichte
und die
deutsch-ttirkischenBeziehungen
um die Jahrhundertwende.
Tausendevon Einzeldokumenten
erhellen u.a. das Schicksal von
Menschenaus den armenischen
(orthodox,katholisch,protestantisch) und syrischen Kirchen
(chaldâisch,
syrisch-orthodox,
syrisch-katholisch)wâhrend der
Massaker.Fûr den Fortgangder
Arbeit am Lepsius-Archiv hat
Prof. Goltz um ideelle und finangeworben.Er
zielle Untersti,itzung
beabsichtigt,Mittel bei armenischenund deutschenInstitutionen
fûr die Publikationdes Katalogs
des Lepsius-Archivszu beantragen. Das læpsius-Archivist ein
Bestandteilder PotsdamerResolution ftir den Erhalt armenischen
Kulturguts. Letztere wurde im
Rahmendes Festaktesvon den
Teilnehmernder Akklamationbefiinvortet.
Im Anschlussan den Festvortrag
fand eine Gesprâchsrundeiiber
die gegenwârtigendeutsch-arrnenischen Beziehungenstatt. Das
Gesprâchhat der stellvertretende.
Vorsitzendedes DAG, Dr. Raffi
Kantiangeleitet.
Diskussionsteilnehmer
warenPersônlichkeitenausKirche, Politik,
BischofKareund V/issenschaft:
kin Bekdjian, (ArmenischeKirche in Deutschland),OberkirchenrâtinDr. h.c. ChristaGrengel
(Kirchenamtder Evgl. Kirche in
Deutschland),der armenische
Botschafterin Deutschland,Prof.
Felix Mamikonean,und der deutsche Botschafterin Armenien,
Hen NorbertHeinze,sowieProf.
ChristianHannickals Vorsitzender der Deutsch-Armenischen
Gesellschaft.
Das gedenkenan Lepsius,dessen
schônesPortretvor der Rednertribune aufgestellt war, fand in
einem musikalisch-literarischen
Abend einender Wûrde des Gedenkensangemessenen
und beeindrûckendenAusklang. Dazu
zo9 die Festgemeindein die
Friedrichskirchevon Potsdam
ùber, die durch ihren byzantinischenSchmuckauffâllt. Dasjunge Erevaner Saradschjan-Klavierrrio spielte alte und neueV/erke
von armenischenund deutschen
Komponisten.Zwischenden MusikstûckenhabenHermannGoltz
und Axel MeissnerLesungenaus
dem literarischenV/erk Lepsius'
vorgetragen.
Besondersaufschlussreichwar
ausWerdabei,dassdie Passagen
fels Roman Vierzig Tagen des
Musa Dagh læpsius'eigenenTagebuchaufzeichnungen
und dramatischenTheatersti,icken(diese
Begabung
literarisch-dramatische
in der Persônlichkeitvon I-epsius
ist denmeistenunbekannt)gegeniibergestellthaben. Im Dialog
zwischenRealitâtund Nachdichtung ist die Begegnungzwischen
Iæpsiusund EnverPaschawieder
lebendiggeworden.
Am Sonntagwurde das LepsiusGedenkenin der St. Nikolaikirche
Gottesmit einemeukumenischen
Generalsuperdienstbeschlossen.
intendentBransch und Bischof
Karekinhobenin ihren Predigten
das wegweisendehumanitâre
Handelnvon Lepsiushervor.Das
NizânischeGlaubensbekenntnis,
das Vater-Unserund der Segen
wurden auf Armenisch und
Deutschgesprochen.Chôre der
St. Nikolaikircheund der armenischenGemeindezu Berlin begeleiteten die Liturgie mit arneHymnen.
nischenund deutschen
Prof. Dr. AndreaBarbaraSchmidt
Lecture on Genocideby Prof. Vahakn N. Dadrian
Prof. VahaknN. Dadrian,internationally renownedexperton genocidein generaland Armenian
genocidein particular,delivered
on TuesdayApril 9 a lectureon
ll
the comparativeaspectsof the Armeniangenocideand the Jewish
Holocaustat TexasA&M University in CollegeStation,Texas.By
way of introductionDr. Dadrian
emphasized
two points.
1. Single casestudieson genocide have limited use sincethey
do not lend themselves
to genera-'
lizationsin any form or to any degree; in fact they are selfcontaineddiscourses.Therefore,one
needsto switch to comparative
studiesto be able to be analytical
by way of comparisonand thereby distill somelimited generalizations.
2. Genocideis not an ordinary
crime. Ratherit is a calamityof
giganticproportionsandassuchit
transcendsin importancethe case
or the causeof a single victimnation. It is and it shouldremain
the prime concernof humanityat
large.For this reasonalonescholars shouldgo beyondthe limits of
their academicobjectivesand develop a deeperpenetrationof the
issueswith a view to preventing
futureoccurrences
of genocideby
way of anticipationand prognostication. After thoseintroductory
observationsProf. Dadrianproceededto examinein a sociohistoricalperspective
thedissimilarities andthe similaritiesof the two
cases.By way of out-lining the
dissimilaritieshe noted that the
Armenians were destroyedin
their ancestralterritoriesbut that
the Jewsweredestroyedas an immigrantvictim population.Likewise, the Armenianswere eliminatedlargelyon accountof their
associationwith Christianitybut
the Jewson accountof their dissociationfrom Christianity.Dr.
Dadrianin this connectionunderscoredthe fact that bottr perpetrator leadershipgroups,the Nazis
l2
andthe YoungTurks,wereessentially irreligious,if not atheistic,
peoplebut that they exploited religion as an instnrmentfor incitement. He then describedthe evidenceof massivepopularparticipation in the massacresin the
Armenian casewhich, he argued,
was not the casewith the Jewsin
Nazi Germany.From the very inception the Nazis proclaimed
their inveteratehostility to the
Jews,with occasionalavowalsto
want to destroythem whereasin
the Armenian case the Young
Turks concealedtheir intentions
anddesignsby way of conspiratorial stealttrin orderto trap the targetedpopulation.Another dissimilarity concemedthe stockpiles
of weaponswhich small Armenian revolutionarygroupsacquircd
to defendthemselvesagainstprothey antibablefuture massacres
cipated.In explainingthis condition the lecturerpointed out that
the Armeniangenocidewas precededby a seriesof episodicand
intermittent massacreswhich
throughoutremainedunpunished.
There was no such history of
German massacresagainst the
Jewish populationof Germany.
Dadrian observed that these
stockpilesof weaponswhich were
desperateand utterly inadequate
meansof self-defensewere used
by the perpetratorregime as an
excuse to torture multitudes of
Armenianleadersof all strataas a
preludeto genocideandas a basis
for its claim of Armenianplansof
rebellion. Finally, the lecturer
pointed out that in terms of outcome,there\ryasa measureof redemptionfor the Jewsas the new
successorGerman regimes expressedguilt, contrition,assumed
responsibilityand dispensed
massive indemnities to the victim
population;all this attaineda climax through the creationand ascendancyof the new stateof Israel. None of these compensatory
amendswere extendedto the Armenianswho until today have to
put up with the persistentand at
times truculent denials of the
Turks regarding the enormous
crime of the Armeniangenocide.
In his coverageof the nextsection
of the lecture,i.e. the convergent
aspectsof the two cases,Prof.
Dadrian in sketchyform discussed theseaspects:the historical
legacy of persecutioninflicted
upon the Armenians and Jews
throughoutthe courseof theirhisminoritystatory; their sustained
tus vis-à-vis dominantgroups
bent on persecution;their intemal
and externalvulnerabilities;the
opportunitystructuresof two global wars, i.e., rWorldlù/ar I and
World War II; the use of repeat
criminalsas instrumentsof mass
murder;and, "most importantly,"
he added,the cardinalrole of two
monolithicpoliticalpartieswhich
gained exclusive control of the
agenciesand ministriesof the two
respective state organizations,
subvertedthe latter's functions,
imposedupon them their conspiratorial, secretparty agendasand
goals,and free from any accountability, proceededto commit genocide by relying upon the resources of the secretive party
structures,party discipline and
party rcward systems.He concluded the lecture offering the following sociologicalpropositionas
a limited form of generalization
distilled form the comparative
analysisof the two cases.Genocide emergeshere as a meansto
an end, namely,an instrumentto
system
transforma heterogeneous
into a more or lesshomogeneous
system.The Nazis achievedtheir
goal of renderingGermanyjudenfrei. The Young Turks likewise
achievedtheir goal of Turkey for
the Turks.'The historicallyrooted
Armenianpresencein Turkeyhas
beenterminatedswiftly and most
effectively.In view of thesefacts
the lecturer concludedwith his
principal generalization,namely:
genocideis a function of social
restructuring.
HagopBarsamian.
Armenian Printed Biblesin the Collectionof the Trask Library,
AndoverNewtonTheologicalSchool
MichaelE. Stone
Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem
In the courseof a visit to the AndoverNewtonTheologicalSchool
in Newton Centre, Massachusetts,lastOctober,I wasinformed
that a large numberof Armenian
printedBibles,andparticularlyof
l3
printings of Modern Armenian
translations,were in the libraryt.
I Sec Manuel M. Jinbachian, "Modern
Armenian translationsof the Bible", Armenia
and the Bible: Papers Presented to the
International Symposiumheld at lleidelberg,
Iuly l6-19,1990,ed. Ch. Burchard(Univcrsity
My time there was short and so
the following list is basedupon
the card cataloguelisting of the
Library. However, I was able to
examinea number of particularly
interestingprintings and those I
examinedarc markedby an asterisk. They are all in Modem Armenian unlessnoted. The first lines
of eachlisting follow the card catalogue.It is very likely that therc
are someerrors in this listing, but
it may, in any case,be of service
to thoseinterestedin the Armeniof Ms. D.
an Bible. The assistance
Yount, SpecialCollectionsLibrarian, is duly acknowledged.
A. Full Bibles
l. Zohrab,I vol., 1805(grabar).
2. *Mechitar, St. Petersburg,
1817, lL26 p. (grabar) printed
with the assistance
of the Russian
Bible Society.It has,at the end,
the secondtranslationof 4 Ezra,
madefrom Latin and first printed
in the Oskan Bible. It has full
traditional Armenian Canon of
Scripture.
3 *Smyma,1853,1178p.
Translated from Hebrew and
Greek;Protestantcanon.
4. Constantinople,1873, Riggs,
1401p.
5. New York, 1859,l0l0 + 314
p., NT translatedby Rev. Mr.
Adger andrevisedby EliasRiggs.
6. New York, 1862,879,274p.
with references.
of PcnnsylvaniaArmcnian Tcxts and Studics,
12; Atanta: ScholarsPress,1993),97-123.
7. NewYork, 1867,879,I74p.
with references.
1873,1169p.
8. Constantinople,
9. Constantinople,1883,1010,
314p.
10. Constantinople,1895,986,
280 p.
11. Constantinople,1897,1010,
314p.
1898,1169p.
12.Constantinople,
13. Constantinople,1899, 879,
TI4 p.
B. New Testament
14.Smyrna,1838,831p.
15.Smyrna,Adger,1842,644p.
16. *Smyma, 1849,with references,944p.
Title pagesays:bn? hSAhUPUL
thunhAh
Sbhl]'1' UbFnt
PfhUSnUh 4pupunth lutun u pûntpbu ûp u 2fuupÇup u ntt
pupyûruhnuut, ft $ûftmùftu' t
nu1uputuft llntfitplnu ql,û$$lr'
\ah, 1849.
I 850,ancient
17.*Constantinople,
and Modem Armenianin Parallel
Columns.
Title pagesays:bnf \SUVUPUI'
Sbhll'll'1' Ubf nt thu nhU h
PPhUSnUh, Eun lupu4un
ùu fubft pu p 4ûuhu ntpb utù I uît'
+hfà luuunupftû pugutltuln n t-pbuûp I, luuupulug
1bqntft, I, 4uguulbnntPhult
nbunh ïhpubuft upéuhp'ltnftp
hupnqltllnu utîb\tufi /,uyg,
btrStrntr+
mrynlubqhpà {fuupr
36. New Testamentand Psalms,
pbuûp, ft hnunufuryùntu1ogftu,
1903,842,197p.
Constantinople,
tt
nqtuqlttunuù f/. Sf Puuppnf,
1850=ll.lf'l,lt.
The text is presentedin two colurnns, one grabar and the other
modern Armenian. The grabar
text is accordingto the Moscow
editionof 1834.The backhasfallen off, and part of a page in Rashi script,but not in Hebrew,can
be observedto havebeenusedin
the binding(? Ladino).
18.Smyma,1852,851
p.
19.Constantinople,
1854,724p.
20. Constantinople,
1856,934p.
21.Constantinople,
1858,755p.
22.London,1858,Riggs,868p.
23.London,1859,708p.
24. New York, 1862,Riggs,842
p., with references.
25. New York, 1863,842p.,Znd
ed.,with references.
26. New Testamentand Psalms,
New York, 1864, 842, 197 p.,
translatedfrom the Greek.
27.New York, 1875,678p.
25.New York, 1867,678p.
29. Constantinople,
1882,891 p.,
with references.
30.Constantinople,
1884,693p.
31.Constantinople,
1889,842p.
32. Constantinople,
1895,647p.
33.Constantinople,
1897,314p.
34. Constantinople
, 1897,662 p.
35. Constantinople,
1897,842p.,
with references.
15
C. Gospels
37.Smyma,1837,Adger,368p.
38. Smyma,1838,Adger,368p.
39.Smyma,1841,Adger,276p.
40. John, Constantinople,1890,
(290-349 p.
41. Mark, Constantinople,1897,
p.
107-168
D. New Testament,Selections
42. Smyrna,1843,Adger,487p.
E. Old Testament
43. Vols. l-2, 4, Smyma, 184750, translatedfrom Hebrew.
F. Old Testament,Psalms
44. *Smyrna, 1840, 255 p.
"Translated carefully from the
Hebrewinto clearModernArmenian for brotherswho do not understandgrabar" at the pressof
William Griffith. A note in English inside the front cover says
that the ranslation was made in
That is not menConstantinople.
tioned in the Armenian frontmatter.
45.Smyrna,1841,258p.
46. Smyma,1843,275p.
47.Smyma,1844,274p.
48.Smyrna,1852,250p.
49. London,1859,255p.
50. New York, 1864,197p.
51.New York, 1865,192p.
52.NewYork,1865,265p.
53.Constantinople,
1892,197p.
54.Constantinople,
1897.281
p.
55.Constantinople,
1897,197p.
G. Old Testament,Psalmsand
Proverbs
56.Smyrna,1852,250,
86p.
57.Constantinople,
1892,197,81
p.
Armenian Studiesat Oxford, Milano and Pisa
ProfessorM.E. Stone,President
of AIEA has sent out a letter to
several centers of armenology
throughout Europe in order to
make an inventorywhat facilities
are available,such as courses,library holdings etc. We publish
here three of the responsesthat
werereceivedso far. ITMvL]
Oxford
Interest in Armenian studiesat
Oxford goes back to the midnineteenthcentury,thoughonly in
1965was a Professorship
specifically in Armenianestablishedby
the GulbenkianFoundation.The
present programme reflects
Oxford'sstrenghtsin the areasof
Classical, Byzantine, Eastern
Christian, Biblical, and Near
Eastern Studies.The emphasis
has alwaysbeenon classicaland
medievalArmenianliterature,in
the widestsense.
Armenianmay be takenat the undergraduate
level as a subsidiary
language- i.e. as a "minor" if the
studentis studyingGreek,Arabic,
Persian,or Turkish.
Most students,however,cometo
Oxford for Armenian at the graduatelevel. Many take classical
Armenianaspart of a doctoratein
one of the fields mentioned
above,but they may also specia-
lize in Armenian if ttrey so wish.
Thereare severalpossibilities:
A. One year of intensive study
leading to a Master of Studies
(MSt) degreein ClassicalArmenian.
B. A generalMSt in OrientalStudies,by examination,to mark the
first yearof research.
C. Two yearsof studyleadingto
a Master of Philosophydegree
(MPhil) in EasternChristianStudiesor in ByzantineStudies.This
involves the study of Classical
ArmenianandGreek.
D. Researchdegrees:Master of
Literature (MLitt) and the more
advancedDoctor of Philosophy
(DPhil),eitherin Armenianspecifically or in a relatedfield.
As in other institutions,the particular specialitiesof different
chair-holders
will vary overtime.
Prof.R.W. Thomson
The OrientalInstitute
Università del SacroCuore
Milan
My Universityhas always been
acquaintedwith Armenian Studies within the field of Comparative Linguisticssincethe beginning of my academicteachingin
1954.
As far as the teachingof Armenian is concemed,our Compara-
tive Philology courseconsiders
the main featuresof classicaland
medieval Armenian from the
comparativeand the historical
point of view within the IndoEuropeanlanguages.
Full-time researchprojects for
Doctoral thesesare availableat
my University. Three graduate
students-Dr. Pontani,Dr. Calzolari, Dr. Sirinian - have already
obtained their doctoral degrees
and threemore graduatestudentsDr. Bais,Dr. Ferrari,Dr, Torelliare working on their research
projects,which are going to last
threeyearsfrom now.
I inform you that a lot of bibliographicalmaterialabout the Armenianlanguageand culturecan
alsobe found at the BraidenseLibrary and the AmbrosianaLibrary where Mons. Prof. Enrico
Galbiati,past-director,is a very
seriousand competentscholarof
Orientallanguagesand has written someworks aboutArmenian.
Furtherinformationaboutlibrary
holdingsand archivalcollections
may be obtainedfrom the AmbrosianaLibrary and the Braidense
Library of Milan.
As far asthe electronicnetworkis
concerned,my Instituteof ComparativeLinguisticsis waitingfor
an Intemetconnection.Presently,
all communications
may be sent
by electronicmail to GIRCSE:
[email protected]
For a long time, I have been
workingon:
a. the particularrelationbetween
ArmenianandIranian;
b. the study of the Armenianold
translationsof Greek texts with
regardto the Yownabandproc'.
t7
My disciples,such as Dr. Finazzi, Dr. Pontani,Dr. Sgarbitakean
activepart in all theseactivities.
Within my Institute in collaboration with GIRCSE, we started
automatizedcontrastiveresearches on the Armenianand the Greek
lexicon: we are in touch with
Prof. V/eitenbergand collaborate
wittr him throughthe I-eidendata
base.
Prof.GiancarloBolognesi,
Director of the Instituteof ComparativeLinguistics.
Pisa
Until ten yearsago,at the University of Pisa,therewasa courseon
ArmenianlanguageandLiterature
for University students and a
students
coursefor post-graduate
of the Scuoladi Perfezionamento
in ScienzeLinguistiche,but since
that time professorAjello, who
held thesecourses,changedhis
field of teaching,while in 1986
the Scuola di perfezionamento
wasclosed.
The library of my Departmenthas
under 300 books related to
Armenianstudies,while the University of Pisaowns a still lower
number.Among these,however,
are about ten books from the
XVIIth and XVIIIIh centuries,
printedby Propaganda.
At Pisa'sArchivio Arcivescovile
thereare somefiles of documents
relatedto Armenians(specially
on the Armeniancolonyin Livorno-Leghorn),generallywritten in
Italian or Latin and goingback to
the XVIIth and XVIIIIh centuries.
Outsideof Pisa, a very rich archive on Armeniansis in the pos-
sessionof the Congregazionede
PropangandaFide in Rome.
Dr. AlessandroOrengo
Departmentof Linguistics
Universityof Pisa
University of Venice
IntensiveSummer Coursein Armenian Languageand Culture'
August 1996
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2uûupulttuû - 2u1 thry{t ht
thbhnfilfi
gtulputntphuû uûpftnh
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uûunLuiftt tuuughul çtuugtpugi
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2u1 $gn{t
0qnunnu l9go
AssociazionePadus-Araxes
qlo-Upu gu U l1nt *
2tu F tlrù (tuhb1tu Qgnt p ftût
The eleventh intensive summer
course in Armenian Language
and Culture,of the University of
Venice, organizedin collaboration with the CulturalAssociation
"Padus-Araxes"will take place
from August lst to the 23rd,
1996.
Examinationswill take place on
the 24th. Arrivals only on July
30th'3lst, departureson August
25th.
The coursehas five basiclevels,
from the Absolute beginners'to
the Advanced.For the first time
this year a specialsectionof scientific Armenologywill be added.
Lessons will take place from
Monday to Friday, five hours a
day in the morning.Attendanceis
compulsory.
Applicationsmustbe donepersonally andin writing giving in any
casea phone and a/æ number.
For acceptanceit is necessaryto
be at least of eightteenyears of
age.
Cultural initiatives will be organized amongparticipants.Excurplacesaround
sionsto sightseeing
Venicewill be organizedaswell.
Tuitionfee is 1.000.000(Onemillion) Italian Lire or its equivalent
in foreign currencyaccordingto
the exchangerate of the moment.
Of this amount 450.000 (Four
hundredfifty thousand)Lit. must
be sentas a registrationfee uPon
acceptancewithin April 30th.
After this date the amount of the
registrationfee will be 500.000
(Five hundredthousand)Lit. The
total amountwill be settledon the
arrival day.Moneyoncepaidwill
not be refundedfor anYreason.A
lOVodiscount is appliedto those
who have already attended the
course with a good result, not
howeverearlierthantwo years.
Internationalchequesor moneyordersmust be madeout onlY to
and
AssociazionePadus-Araxes,
mailedto: Assoc.Padus-Araxes,
clo Dipt. Studi Eurasiatici, S.
Polo2035,30125Venezia,Italy.
All are kindly requestednot to do
bank transfersfor the high commission rate actually applied by
the banks. In any case all bank
expenseswill be chargedto the
applicant.
Lodgementis offered to the participantsar a StudentHome, in the
historic centerof Venice.Accomodationfee for the whole period
from July 30th to the 24th of August, included,is 510.000(Five
hundredten thousand)Lit. for a
double or triple room, and
820.000 (Eight hundred twenty
thousand)Lit. for a singleroom.
A lunch or dinnerwill cost about
15.000(Fifteen thousand)Lit. to
be paid on place.
For urgent information call Fr.
Levon Zekiyan at +39-4152.07.137from 9 to 10 p.m. according to Italian time. Be sure
you havetakeninto consideration
the time difference with your
country.Call againor, in caseof
absence,leave a clear, understandablemessageto the automatic answeringdevicegiving name
and telephonenumber. You will
be calledback. Do not call the offices of the Universityof Venice.
You can also send a fax to the
given telephonenumber.
Corso intensivo di lingua annena
Universitàdi Venezia
S. Polo 2035
30125Venezia,Italy,
or calVfax:Fr. I-evonZekiyan
+39-41-52.07.737
Departmentof Armenian
I-anguageand Literature
Universityof Venice
VeniceSummerCourseof ArmenianLanguageand Culture:
The First Decennium
The summercourseannounced
abovehasbeenorganizedfor ten
years now by Boghos Levon
Zekiyan, Professorof Armenian
Languageand Literature at the
Universityof Venice.Many Armeniansas well as scholarsactive in armenology,haveprofited from this course,which is felt
by thosewho over the yearshave
participatedin it as a greatstimulus in learning the Armenian
language,as well as in getting
morecloselyacquaintedwith Armenianculture.We congratulate
Professor7æ,kiyan
-or, on a more
personalnote, as partici-pantof
the 1986 course,Hayr Levonand the teachingstaff with the
of this
successfulestablishment
tradition, and add with the expressionof our thanksa remark
l9
on their remarkableenthusiasm
and dedicationin making peoPle,
Armenian and non-Armenian
alike (more)acquaintedwith the
variousaspectsof the Armenian
languageand culture. To these
congratulationsAIEA adds its
bestwishesfor the future.
Below we publisha retrosPective
articlewrittenby ProfessorZekiyan as a Prefaceto a collection
of articlesfrom the press,dedicated to the Intensive Summer
Course of Armenian Language
and Culture.Given the natureof
such a text, it toucheson the
contentsof the volume,a coPYof
which is held by the secretaryof
AIEA at Leiden UniversitYrand
expressesthanks to people and
institutionsfor help in offeredin
manyways.We havereproduced
thesewith the other information
as it gives an impressionof the
various efforts that have been
united in making the Venice
SummerCoursea success.
TMvL
Sulleolmedi un decennio
Uno sguardoretrospettivo
Il corsointensivoestivodi lingua
e cultura arrnena,organizzatosotto I'egidadell'Universitàdi Venezia- Dipartimentodi Studi Eurasiatici- dall'Associazione
PadusAraxes in collaborazionecon il
Centro Linguistico Interfacoltàe
I'E.S.U.celebraquest'anno
[ 1995]
la suadecimaedizione.
Dei risultati conseguitida tale
corsoparlinole informazioni,gli
articoli di cronaca,e i vari commenti apparsisulla stampadi cui
il presentefascicolooffre unarassegnaabbastanza
completa.
Ciô cheda partenostravorremmo
aggiungerein questanote introduttive,poichénon facilmentereperibili altrove sono alcuni elementaridati statistici.
Il corsoè statoseguitoin questi
dieci anni da 430 personeprovenienti in gran parte dagli Stati
Uniti e dallaFrancia,ma ancheda
diversialtri paesiqualein Canada, I'Argentina,I'Irlanda,I'Inghilterra,la Spagna,I'Italia,la Svizzera, I'Austria, le Germania,il
Belgio, I'Olanda,la Norvegia,la
Svezia,la polonia,I'Ungheria,la
Romania,la Bulgaria,la Turchia,
la Russia, il Libano, la Siria,
l'Egitto.
I430 corsistihannosegnatocomplessivamente
mol569 presenze,
ti avendovipartecipatopiù di una
volta, fino ad un massimodi sei
presenze.
20
L
Oltre agli studenti universitari,
costituentila maggiorarua,il corso ha registratopure un notevole
afflussodi dottorandidi ricerca,
di ricercatori,docentiuniversitari,
professionisti,impiegatie funziopensionati.
nari, casalinghe,
La maggioranzadei partticipanti
(esattamentetrecento sessantaquatro)eradi ascendenze
arrnene,
immediateo remote,mentresessantaseinon avevanoalcun rapporto di origine con la cultura
annena.
Il corpo docente(volontari,cui I'
AssociazionePadus-Araxes
offre
il rimborsodelle spesedi viaggio,
vitto e alloggio)ha contatocomplessivamente
30 persone,provenienti sopratuttodalla Franciae,
inoltre, dall'Italia,dall'Armenia,
dallaGrecia,dal Libano,dalla Siria, da Israele,dagli Stati Uniti,
dal Canada.Dodici di essi sono
stati presenti solo in un unico
ciclo.
Diversi docentihannoinoltre tenuto delle conferenzesu temi specifici. All'uopo sono stati, ogni
anno,invitati puredegli specialisti oltre che dai detti paesianche
dallaGermania.
Si puô certo riempireun volume
con simili dati statistici,ma già
questidati essenzialisarannosufficienti, credo,a dareun'idea della mole del lavoro svolto. Della
suaqualità,invece,sarannovalidi
testi gli scritti in armenoraccolti
nell'ultimapartedi questarassegna, che vengonopubblicatiquasi
senzaritoccoe i cui autoriavevano iniziato il corsoda principianti assoluti.
Per quanto riguarda infine il
"quinto" livello, quello dei proficienti o di perfezionamneto,il
fascicolo pubblicato nel 1987 a
cura del docente di letteratura
Marc Nichanian,noto scrittorediasporico,dal titolo "I-etteraturae
mitologia",puô essereconsiderato qualeun parametrodei risultati
che dettolivello, in linea di principio, si prefiggedi raggiungere.
L'impegno della Padus-Araxes,
tra il 1988e il 1993nellaproduzione,a fianco dell'Università,
di
un Corsoaudiovisivodi linguaarmenacheha effettivamente
assorbito non solole energie,ma anche
le già esili possibilitàeconomiche
dell'Associazione,
nonha perrnesso la pubblicazione
di altri simili
fascicoli.
Il corsoaudiovisivodi linguaarmena, in tre videocassette
dalla
duratacomplessiva
di 147minuti,
prodottonelle versionitelevisive
PAL, SECAM,NTSC,deveessere qualificatoa buon diritto, accantoallo stessocorsointensivo,
come la realizzazionepiù importantedi questodicennio.E'facile
valutarequantodetto, solo se si
considerachecorsilinguisticiaudiovisivi di analogaqualitànon
sonoancoradisponibilisenonper
alcune delle maggiori lingue
internazionali.
Il presentefascicoloè composto
di quattroparti:I. Il corsointensivo; II. Il corsoaudiovisivo;
III. Il
seminario-convegno
del 1990sui
problemiattualidella linguaar2l
mena;fV. Un'antologiadi alcuni
scritti significativi di corsistiche
vi parteciparonoa partire da principantiassoluti.
A conclusionedi questerighe il
nostro maggiore auspicio è che
I'operainiziata possacontinuare.
A tale auspicio si congiungeun
sincero e cordiale grazie verso
tutti, individui e istituzioni,chein
qualsiasimodo -economicamente,
moralmente,per collaborazionedi
concetto o di amministrazionehanno contribuito alla rcalizzazione dei sopradettiprogetti e iniziative.
Un ringraziamentodel tutto particolareci sia permessoperô di esprimerein questasedealle Autorità accademiche
e amministrative dell' Universit'adi Venezia,alla FondazioneAlex e Mari
Manoogiandell' UnioneGenerale
Armena di Beneficienza(U.G.A.B.), alla FondazioneStefano
Serapiandi Milano, al Sig.Arthur
Garapetian.
Un particolaregrazievadapure a
Arsine
Anahide Ara Abrahamian,
Nazarian,HaiganushChiaraMegighian alla cui generosacollaborazione molto deve questo
corso.
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Armen Zarian and Paolo Cuneo,
who recentlyleft us forever.Then
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scholarly,organizatoryandpopularizing activitites.A committee
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IncontroconI'Armenia:HistoryAnd Art In Perugia
The City of Perugia,throughthe
Biblioteca CommunaleAugusta
and the Universitàdi Perugia,Facoltàdi Magistero,Istitutodi Storia organize a cycle of lectures
entitled Incontro con l'Armenia.
We receivedinvitations for the
following two lectures,kindly
issuedby the mayor of Perugia,
Gian-francoMaddoli.
Martedi 26 marzo 1996,alle ore
16.30,pressola SaladellaVacara
- Palazzodei Priori
Marina Falla Castelfranchi(Universitàdi Chieti)
L'Architettura dell'Armenia medioevale
(conproiezionedi diapositive)
Martedi 23 aprile 1996, alle ore
16.30,pressola SaladellaVacara
- Palazzodei Priori
GiustoTraina(Universitàdi Perugia)
La presenzoarmenanell'Umbria
medioevale
L'églisearménienne
Journée d'études:La religion
comme référentidentitaire:exemple de minoritésethico-réligieuses.CNRS,Strasbourg,
le 6
octobre1995.
(CNMme MartineHovanessian
RS, Strasbourg):La religion
comme référent identitaire: la
notion d'Eglise nationalechezIa
minoritéarménienne.
J. Paul Getty MuseumLectureson Armenian Culture
The J. Paul Getty Museum
(17985 Pacific Coast Highway,
Malibu, California)organizedthe
followingtwo lectures:
Turban and Topography:Cultural Exchangein the Julfa ArmenianTradeDiaspora
October26,1995
EdmundHerzig (SeniorResearch
Fellow, Russianand Congressof
Independent States Program,
Royal Instituteof Intemational
Affairs, London)
November16, 1995
Alice Taylor, (Instructorin Art
History, West Los AngelesCollege, and Guest Curator of the
IsfahanExhibition)
A Portable Past: ArmenianManascriptlllumination in Isfahan.
Societyof Armenian StudiesAnnual Meeting
The Societyfor ArmenianStudies,a professionalsocietycomposed of scholarsinterestedin
24
ArmenianStudies,held its 21st
annual meeting as part of the
Middle East StudiesAssociation
Annual Conferencein V/ashington, D.C. from December6-10.
The Societyheld its annualmembership meeting on IVednesday,
December6. Electedto Administrative Council positions \ryere:
President, Joseph Kechichian
(Rand Corporation),Vice-President, Barlow Der Mugrdechian
(CSU Fresno);Treasurer,Dennis
Papazian(Universityof Michigan
at Dearborn); Secretary,Robert
Krikorian (George Washington
University).Servingas advisors
are: Artin Arslanian (Belmont
Abbey College), Ann Lousin
(University of Chicago),Peter
Cowe (ColumbiaUniversity).In
additionto the panelswhich were
presented,membersof the Society were invited to two Washington, D.C. areaevents.On Thursday night, memberswere invited
to the offices of the Armenian
NationalCommitteeof America
for a reception.SAS members
andguestsenjoyedthe warmhospitality of the evening.On Friday
night, St. Mary ArmenianApostolic Churchhostedmembersat
the Churchfor a dinnerfollowed
with
by an informativediscussion
SAS members. Fr. Vertanes
Kalaydjian,pastor of St. Mary
church,invited SAS membersto
individuallyaddressthe attendees
and to presenttheir areasof researchinterest.His Excellency
AmandMrs. RoubenShugarian,
bassadorto the United Statesof
the Republicof Armenia,were
presentfor the evening.Highlightingthe scholarlyactivitiesof
the weekwasa roundtablediscussion held on The KarabaghConflict and Armenian-Azerbaijan
25
Relations:The Questfor Regional Stabiliry. The panelpresented
variousviewpointson the political situation in Nagorno-Karabagh, with a lively exchangetaking place betweenparticipants.
Guestsincluded His ExcellencY
Rouben Shugarian,Ambassador
of the Republicof Armenia; His
ExcellencyHafiz Pashayev,Ambassadorof the Republicof Azerbaûan;David Nissman(Washington, D.C.) and Joseph Kechichian (Rand Corporation).Discussantswere: TadeuszSwietochowski(MonmouthCollege)and
Levon Marashlian (Glendale
CommunityCollege).RichardG.
Hovannisian(UCLA) chairedthe
discussionwhich was co-sponsoredby the IntemationalSociety for AzerbaijaniStudiesandthe
Society for Armenian Studies.
Four panels organized around
specific Armenian themeswere
presentedduring the four daY
conference.The panelShiraz, Isfahan, Tehran-Persianor Armenian Art? consistedof four PaPers
delving into various cultural and
ethnic communities in general
and into the Armeniansin Iran in
particular.The scopeof the Presentationscoveredthree geographical regionsof lran; from Shiraz (south)to Isfahan(center)to
Tehran(north).The panelcovered
a periodof time over threehundred years,from Safavidtimes to
the early 20th centuryandaddresseda wide rangeof scholars:historians,art and architecturalhistorians,and socialandethnicstudies groups.The panel received
the attentionof a large bodY of
scholaryinstitutionssuch as the
Society for Iranian Studies,the
North AmericanHistoriansof Architectureand ottrers.It was very
well attended and it reached
groupsnever addressedbeforeby
the Armenian panels.The papers
clearly showedttre impact of the
Armeniancommunityand its intricaterelationshipwithin Persian
societyover a long periodof time,
from the church of Shiraz, to the
multicultural societyof Isfahanto
the modern day Tehran, where
Armenian architectscreatedthe
'school'of modernarchitecturein
Iran. The speakersrepresentedalso a wide rangeof ethnicandacademic backgrounds.The diverse
papersincluded:Jewsand Armenians in Safavid lran-Their Self
Definitions Contractedin Images,
Alice Taylor (West Los Angeles
College); The New Julfo Styleof
Armenian Manuscript Bindings,
Dickran Kouymjian (California
StateUniversity,Fresno);The ArmenianChurchof Shiraz:An Armenian-SafavidM onument,Marco Brambilla(DOMUS);andArmenian Architects in Tehran:
Persian Architecture of Early
20th Century, Mina Marefat
(SmithsonianInstitution).Lucy
Der Manuelian(Tufts University)
chairedthe panel.The Societyfor
Armenian Studies sponsoreda
two-partpanelcalledThe Armenian Genocide:An Eighty Year
Perspective.Part I: Historical
Dimensionshad as its chair/discussantRichardG. Hovannisian
of UCLA. The panelfocusedon
the ArmenianGenocideof 1915
and paperspresentedwere:Some
CommentsAbout Decision Making, StepanAstourian(UCLA);
Finishing the Genocide:Angora's
Elimination of Armenian Survivors, L920-L923,lævon Marashlian (GlendaleCity College);Resista,nce
to Genocide:The Armenian Experience,1915-1995,
Roger Smith (College of William
and Mary); and Tlrc Role of Historical Memory in Interpreting
Current Eventsin the Republicof
Armenia, Donald Miller (University of SouthemCalifornia).The
secondof the two part panel was
titled Armenian Literature and
Catastrophe andfocusedon the
literary productionof Armenians
in America and in the Diasporain
order to assessthe impact of ttre
Genocideof 1915. The papers
dealt with a variety of genresand
different periodsto studythe way
the Genocideis inscribedin the
texts.V/orks originally written in
Armenianandin Englishwereexamined,usingvariousmethodologies to analyzethem. The works
encompassed
the spectrumof Armenian literary production.The
panel,chairedby Lome Shirinian,
included: Across the Chasm:
From Catastropheto Creativity,
Barlow Der Mugrdechian(Califomia StateUniversity, Fresno);
William Saroyanand the Armenian Genocide,David Calonne
(SienaHeightsCollege);Literary
Responseto Catastropàe,Rubina
Peroomian(UCLA); and Survivors Memoirs of the ArmenianGenocide, Lorne Shirinian (Royal
Military Collegeof Canada).The
fourthof a seriesof panels,Armenian in the Age of the ll-Khans,
was designedto focus attention
on the more neglectedperiodsof
Armenianhistory,in this casethe
century following the Mongol
conquestof Armenia in t239,
during which Armenia was ruled
by Hulagu Khan and his successors,the Ilkhans of Iran. Chaired
by Barlow Der Mugrdechian
(California StateUniversity,Fresno) the panelconsistedof four papers eachapproachingthe period
from a different point of reference. S. Peter Cowe (Columbia
University), who has centered
much of his researcharoundArmenianliterary and socialtopics
in the later Middle Ages, spoke
on The Seljuk-llkhanid Conflict
and the Armenian Confraternity
of Erznka. Robert H. Hewsen
(RowanCollegeof New Jersey),
who has written extensivelyon
the Armeniannobility,especially
in regardto those of Karabagh,
discussed
the Armenianresponse
to Mongol rule by focusing on
TheReignof Hasan-Jalal-Daula,
Armenian AIly of Hulagu Khan.
T.A. Sinclair(Universityof Cyprus),whosefield is latemedieval
andearly modemhistoryof Eastern Anatolia (with specialattention to economicandsocialhistory), addressedThe Economyof
Armenia in the llkhanid Period.
The fourth paper by D. Stark, a
doctoralcandidateat the University of Chicago,whosedissertation concemsthe reign of King
Hetum II of Cilician Armenia,
would have surveyedKing Het'um'sAlliance with the Mongols:
A Mutually Beneficial Relationshipbut was cancelledwhen Mr.
Stark was unable to attend the
conference.
Armeniansboth within and without the Armenianclergy, attemptedto guidetheir peo27
ple through the stressesbrought
about by wars, invasions, and
changesof masær;merchants,in
spite of all the difficulties, continuedto carry on their trade,developing new routes to replacethe
onesthat werenow disrupted;Armenian princes steeredtheir tiny
ships of staæthrough increasingly troubled waters; and rulers
such as Hetum II, attemptedto
turn the Mongol invasions'tothe
national advantage. Dickran
Kouymjian(CalifomiaStateUniversity,Fresno)servedas the discussant for the panel, which,
scheduledat 8:00 p.m. was still
well attendedand well received.
The final panel was The Armenian Communityin 20th Century
Iran co-sponsored
by the Society
for ArmenianStudiesand the Society for IranianStudies.A large
numberof scholarswerein attenfor
dance.The chair/discussant
the panel was GeorgeBournoutian (Iona College).Papersincluded: The Role of the Armenian
RevolutionaryFederationin the
Iranian ConstitutionalRevolution, Houri Berberian(UCLA);
Krikor Eghikian,The Jangalis,
and the Armenians,Aram Arkun
(ZohrabInstitute);TheArmenians
of lran and the CommunistMovement in lran, Cosroe Chaqueri
(Columbia University); and The
ArmenianDiaspora in the Islamic
Republicof lran, 1979-1989,Eliz
(USC).
Sanasarian
Barlow Der Mugrdechian,Armenian StudiesProgramCalifornia
StateUniversity,FresnoFresno,
cA 93740-0004
NAASR 40th Anniversary Conference
On November3-5th the National
Associationfor ArmenianStudies
and Research[NAASR] celebrated its 40th anniversary.On November3th and 4th a conference
was held in Belmont, focussing
on ArmenianStudiesin the Twenry-First Century.On November
5th a festivebanquetwas held in
the V/estin Hotel in Boston,
where NAASR's founding memberswererecognizedandhonored
along wittr the scholarswho were
the first occupantsof their university chairsin ArmenianStudies.
Armenian Studies:Looking towards the 21st Century
NAASR Centre for Armenian
StudiesandResearch
395 ConcordAvenue, Belmont,
Mass.
AbratramTerian,SterlingCollege
Bert Vaux, HarvardUniversity
Friday, November3
9.30 a.m.- 12.30 p.m. Third
Session:
History (ModernPeriod)
Chairman:S. PeterCowe,Columbia University
Participants:
RichardG. Hovannisian,
9.30 a.m. -12.30 p.m. First
Session:
Early and MedievalPeriod
Chairman:RichardG. Hovannisian,U.CL.A.
Participants:
JamesR. Russell,HarvardUniversity
S. PeterCowe,ColumbiaUniversity
TheoM. vanI.int, LeidenUniversity
Lendrush Khurshudian,Erevan
StateUniversity
1.30-5.30p.m. SecondSession:
Langwge and Literature
Chairman:JamesR. Russell,Harvard University
Participants:
Jean-PierreMahé,Ecole Pratique
desHautesEtudes(Sorbonne)
Garnik Ananian, Erevan State
University
Kevork Bardakjian,Universityof
Michigan,Ann Arbor
John A.C. Greppin, Cleveland
StateUniversity
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Saturday,November4
u.c.L.A.
Dickran Kouymjian, California
StateUniversity,Fresno
DennisR. Papazian,
Universityof
Michigan-Dearborn
George Bournoutian,Iona College& RutgersUniversity
Levon Marashlian,GlendaleCollege
Aram Arkun, Zohrab Information Center
1.30 p.m. Fourth Session:
General
Chairman:Manoog S. Young,
NAASR Boardof Directors
Participants:
Lucy Der Samuelian,Tufts University
Babken Haroutiunian, Erevan
StateUniversity
RobertMirak, BostonUniversity
Marc Nichanian, Université de
Strasbourg& U.C.L.A.
3.30-5.00p.m, General Session
and Discussion
All ConferenceParticipants
On Friday evening November 3
the openingof a photographicexhibit on Armenia: Irnagesof Endurance and Hope took place.
GeorgeBedirian,formerly of Watertown and now of V/ashington
State University, gave a gallery
talk with slides.
In honor of NAASR's sustained
effort over the past 40 yearswe
restatethe purposesof the organization and publish parts of its
presentation
folder, issuedApril,
1995.
1. To foster and promote Armenian studiesthroughscholarship,
research,andpublication;
2. To work for the establishment
of endowedprofessorships,
fellowships,departments,and courses of instruction in Armenian
studiesat Americancolleges,universitiesand other institutionsof
higherleaming;
3. To solicitandadministerfunds
and to cooperatewith universities, foundations,and similar organizationsfor the advancement
of Armenianstudiesandresearch;
and
4. To sponsorand promoteeducational,cultural, and other activities and projectsfor the realization of the purposesand objectivesof the Association.
NAASR is a non-profit,non-partisan,and non-sectarian
organization foundedin 1955by a repre29
sentativegroup of 60 prominent
American Armenians and Harvard University professorsin order to fosær Armenian studiesin
America on an active,continuous
and scholarly basis and to perpetuate the Armenian heritage.
Through NAASR's own fundraising efforts the first two endowed chairs in Armenian Studies in the United Staæswerc establishedat HarvardUniversity in
1959and at the University of Califomia at los Angelesin 1965.
NAASR also supportedArmenian Studiesprogramsat a number
of other American universities,
amongthem ColumbiaUniversiat
ty, University of Massachusetts
Boston and at Amherst, Wayne
StateUniversity,Tufts University, California StateUniversity at
Fresno,University of Connecticut, RutgersUniversity,andBentley College. Altogether there are
now eight Chairs of Armenian
Studies'inthe United Statesand
over 20 other institutionsof higher education offer programs or
coursesin Armenianhistory, culture, and/orlanguage.
In pursuitof its basicpurposesto
promote Armenian Studies in
AmericaNAASR hasestablished
a number of programsand entities which are carried out at its
Headquartersand Center for Armenian Studiesand Researchin
Belmont, Mass.,a 10,000sq. ft.
facility.
Armenian Information, Education and DocumentationCenter:
An informal centerfor students,
researchers,and the print and electronicmedia;a clearinghouse
and coordinator for educational
activities;anda repositoryfor documentationon aspectsand periods of Armenian history and
culture.
Institute for Armenian Studies
and Research:An independentresearchinstitute to foster research
and studies,on and off site, on
Armenianhistory, culture,and rclated subjects;to stimulateinterchange and interaction among
scholars;and to include a Programfor ArmenianGenocideStudies in order to encourageresearchand publicationsaboutthe
attemptedgenocideof the Armenian peoplein Turkey. Courses,
seminars,andotherprogramswill
be offered.
Armenian Reference and Research Library: A valuablecollection of 20,000 books pamphlets, periodicals,newspapers,
clippingfiles, memoirsandpersonal papers(includingmicro-fiche
and microfilm) availablefor researchand referencepurposesto
scholars,students,andthe general
public.
Armenian Book Clearing Housc
and Distribution Center: Tlte
world's largerst distributor of
books in English on Armenian
and relatedsubjects,offering substantial discounts to NAASR
membersas well as to libraries
and booksellers.More than 1,800
titles havebeendistributedsince
1960.Nearly 1,200are currently
available.A catalogof all current
books is availablefor $3.00 (to
coverpostageandhandling;$+.00
for foreigncountries).
Antiquarian Book Service;A departmentof the ArmenianBook
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Clearing House offering for sale
used, out-of-print, and mostly
scarceand rare books on various
aspectsof Armenian history and
rclatedareasincluding the Byzantine Empire,CentralAsia, Georgia, Transcaucasia,Kurdistan,
Persia,Turkey and the Ottoman
Empire and encompassingArt,
Architecture,Poetry,Travel, Religion, Massacres,and Protestant
Missions. Five descriptivecatalogs are availableat $2.50 each
($3.50for foreigncountries).
Armenain Heritage Press: Publisherof both popularand scholarly works as well as translations and reprints.The most recentpublicationsareArmeniaand
the Crusades,I0-l2th Centuries:
The Chronicle of Matthew of
Edessa,translatedwith commentary by Ara E. Dostourian;Genocide and Human Rights:Lessons
from the Armenian Experience;
Hussenig: The Origin, History
and Destructionof an Armenian
Town by Marderos Deranian;
H annah's Story: Escapefrom Genocide in Turkey to Succes in
Americaby HannahKalajianand
BemadineSullivan; andWindsof
Destiny: An Immigrant Girl' s
Odyssey by Serpoohi Christine
Jafferian.
OthertitlespublishedincludeÏ/re
Armenian Holocaust:A Bibliography Relating to the Deportations, Massacresand Dispersion
of the Armenian People,19l51923, by RichardG. Hovannisian; A Graded West Armenian
Reader: Selectionsfrom Armenian Literatureby JamesEtmekjian; A Picture Book of Armenian
Miniatures by Robert and 7-al;r-l
Der Bedrosian;RecentStudiesin
ModernArmenianHistory,edited
by Robert W. Thomson;Neither
to Laugh nor to Weep:A Memoir
of the Armenian Genocideby
AbrahamHartunianlZoroastrianism in Armenia by JamesR.
Russell (co-publishedwith Harvard UniversityPress).
The Armenian HeritagePressis
alsothe publisherof the semi-annual fourrnl of Armenian Studies
consistingof scholarlyandpopular articleson Armenianhistory,
culture,and relatedsubjects.
Conferences:Over twelve national and internationalconferences
have been sponsored,among
them being ldentity and Assimilation: TheArmenianExperiencein
America in 1984at HarvardUniversity andGenocideand Human
Rights: SevenryYears aftcr the
Genocidein 1985at BentleyCollege. Conferencesfor 1996-1997
being plannedareArmeniaand its
Foreign Relations in Modern
Times andForgotten Centuriesin
ArmenianHistory,I 375-I 875 .
OtherNAASR activities:Lecture
series,discussionprograms,syffiposia, forums, exhibits, book
fairs, heritage tours, and other
educationalandculturalactivities.
Supportfor NAASR's programs
is provided throughendowment
and quasi-endowmentfunds and
through contributionsand membershipdues.
Membershipis open to all persons- regardlessof age, sex, or
nationalorigin- who wish to help
further Armenian studies, re-
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search, and publication through
NAASR's programs.
Membershipcategories:Classes
of membership are: Regular
($SO;,Family- Mr. & Mrs. only
($2S1,Senior Citizen ($+O),Fulltime Student ($35), Supporting
($125),Sustaining($2S01,Sponsor ($500) and Patron ($1,000)
(Members in the last four categories receive one or more bonus
books.) Life membershipis open
to membersof ten to more continuousyears.
Membershipbenefitsand privileges: All membersin good standing receivefree the Journalof Armenian Studies as well as the
quarterly NAASR Newsletter
(combinedvalueof $27.50),may
purchasebooks from NAASR's
Armenian Book Clearing House
at discountprices,andcanparticipate in NAASR's Annual Assembly of Membersas well as in
its activities on the national, regional,or local level.
The Executive Committee of
NAASR consistsof Manoog S.
Young (Chairman),Raffï P. Yeghiayan(First Vice Chairman),
Prof. Aram S. Karakashian,University of Lowell (SecondVice
Chairman), Karen Kazarosian
(Secretary), Armen Dohanian
(Treasurer),Nancy R. Kolligan
(AssistantSecretary),Leo Maghakian(AssistantTreasurcr).
National Associationfor Armenian Studiesand Research,Inc.
395 ConcordAve., Belmont,MA
02178.Tel. (617)489-1610.
NAASRGrantsto ErevanUniversity
In 1995 NAASR made two
grantsto ErevanStateUniversity
in orderto aid the university'sefforts in the field of Armenian
Studies.
The grantshavebeendesignedto
augmentthe university library's
collectionof books in Englishon
variousaspectsof ArmenianStudies and to supplementthe low
salariesof thosemembersof the
faculty who are engagedin ArmenianStudies.Eachgrant is for
us $5,000.
NAASRLectures
April, 18 1996
Dr. VahaknD. Dadrian
TheArmenianGenocidein Historical Perspective
May 2,1996
NancyKalajian
(teacherandfree-lancewriter)
Glimpsesof Armenia
May 16,1996
Prof. Dr. Levon Chookaszian
(YerevanStateUniversity)
Mongol Influenceson Armenian
Art
Deutsch-Armenische
Gesellschaft
Festakt 11. Mai 1996
Am 11.Mai fandein Festaktslatt,
organisiertvon der DAG in zusammenarbeit
mit dem Armenischen Kulturverein in Hessen.
DasProgrammfing um 18.00Uhr
an in der Evangelischen
Markusgemeinde,Bochenheim,Frankfurt/lvlain.Es gabzwei Vortrâge:
Herr HeinrichLummer,Mitglied
desDeutschenBundestages,
Berlin: Armenien heute - aus der
SichteinesdeutschenPolitikers.
Herr Hacik Raffi Gazerian,Halle: UnbekannteEntwicklungsli-
nien deutsch-armenischer
Geistesgeschichteim 19. und 20.
Jahrhundert.
Den musikalischenRahmengestaltetertFrau Hasmik Mnatsakanian und Frau Melania Haroutounian. Ftir das leibliche wohl
sorgteder ArmenischeKulturverein in Hessen.
[Dr. ChristophHeger, Sekretar,
DAG e.V., Kielsberg 43, D50491Overath,Germanyl.
Regardssur les Arméniens
JournéeEtudesArméniennes
INALCO et la SociétédesEtudesArméniennes
Lundi 24 Juin 1996
L'INALCO et la SociétédesEtudesArméniennes
ont le plaisirde
vousconvierà la cinquièmejournée "EtudesArméniennes",sous
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la Présidenced'André Bourgey,
Présidentde I'INALCO, lundi 24
Juin 1996de th30 à 17h00dans
les salonsde I'INALCO,2 rue de
Lille, 75007 Paris sur le thème:
Regardssur les Arméniens.
Cécile Zervudacki, INALCO
Pourquoi les croquemitainesdes
Grecs sont-ilsarméniens?
Marie-ChristineVarol, Nancy IIINALCO L'image des Arméniens
dans les expressianspopulaires
enjudéo-espagnolde Turquie.
CharlesUrjewicz, INALCO Le
regard desGéorgiens.
Cueorgui Sanikidze,Institut d'
EtudesOrientalesde Tbilissi Les
étudesorientaleset arméniennes
en Géorgie
12h30Cocktail-lunch
14h00
Martine Hovanessian,C.N.R.S.
La perception des Arméniens
dansle clwmp d'une sociologiede
l'émigration et de l'ethnicité en
France
15h00 Table ronde animée par
Krikor BeledianzVisages littéraires desArméniensavec:
GérardBedrossian,auteurde Arménie,j'écris ton nom.
Eva Berard, chercheurau C.N.R.S.,les Arméniensdansles oeuvres de A. Bitov, Osip Mandelstam,V. Grossman.
Dmitri Seseman,traducteurd'Andreï Bitov, Un russeenArménie.
lVorkshop Armenologieim Rahmender Osterrreichischen
Linguisten Tagung vom24-26.Oktober 1996in Graz
Im Rahmender ôsterreichischen
vom24. bis 26.
Linguistentagung
Oktôber 1996in Graz,Ôsterreich
môchte ich einen armenologischen Workshop an einem Tag
dieserTagung veranstalten.Dieser V/orkshop soll sâmtlichearmenologischeThemenumfassen,
ob nun philologisch,orientalisch
oder linguistischbetrachtet,vom
Altarmenischen,tiber das Mittelarmenischebis zu den heutigen
Auch die moStandartvarianten.
demeArmenologie,wie Soziolinguistik,Sprachpolitik,Sprachkontakt, Dialektologiebzw. Ubersetzungswissenschaftkônnen Arsein.
beitsthemen
Danebensoll der V/orkshopauch
gelegenheitzum Erfahrungs-und
auf demGebieWissensaustausch
te der armenologischenForschungbietenund die kleine Zahl
von Armenologeneinandernâher
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bringenund etwaigeZusammenarbeitplanen.
Falls sie am Armenologie-Workshopteilnehmenmôchtenund mir
auch einen Themenvorschlagfûr
machen
ein Referat/Arbeitsthema
kônnten,bitte ich Sie, mich bis
spâtestensAnfang Mai 1996 in
Kenntniszu setzen.
Der Workshop wird in Zusammenarbeit mit der ArmenischApostolischenKirche Ôsterreichs
organisiert.
Weitere Information wie beispielsweiseHinweise fûr Unterkiinfte in Graz und Nâhereszur
Tagungfolgt nach eingegangener
Anmeldung.
*Vortrâge und sprachwissenschaftlicheStudienzum Alt-, Mittel- und Neuarmenischen.
*Vorstellung von armenologkeiten an
gischenForschungstiiti
Universitâten in Mittel- und
Westeuropa.
*Armenologie interdisziplinâr:
Sprachwissenschaft
und Theologie.
*Round Table iiber Gegenwart
und Zukunft der armenologischen
Forschungin Mittel- und V/est-
europasowie tiber geplanteKooperationen.
Dr. JasmineTragut;
Tel. +43-3 L6-380-2419.
Karl FranzensUniversitiit Graz
lnstitut ftir Sprachwissenschaft,
Mozartgasse
8, A-8010 Graz.
Conference
The caucasus:a unique Meeting point of Ancient cultures
We would like to inform you that
in September t996 the Central
luropean University (Budapest
College)will hold a conferénce
entitled'TheCaucasus:
A Unique
Meeting Point of Ancienr Cultures (From the Early Middle
ril/ars)'.We
Agesto the Caucasian
believethat the most appropriate
contributionthis universitycould
offer for promotingpeaceand reconciliationin the Caucasusregion would be to providean opportunity for intellectualsrepresentingvariousethnicitiesof the
Caucasusto meet at a neutral
placeand to discusssometopics
which are not directly relatedto
the tragic conflictsof the present.
Therefore,we are inviting experts
on history, philology, social anthropology,religiousstudies,art
history, and folklore to present
their paperson crossculturalapproachesin the Medievalandearly ModernCaucasus.
At the Conferencewe intendto discussboth
major nationsand smallercommunities of the region independentlyof their presenr-day
political status.
One of the peculiaritiesof the
conferenceis that it will be organized both for scholarsliving in
the region and specialistsfrom
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other countries. In order to
achievethis aim the CentralEuropeanUniversityis offering grants
to 15 scholarsof Caucasian
residence,coveringtheir travel and
living expenses.
The grantswill
be adjudicatedon a competitive
basisby an intemationalcommittee.Applicationsfor thosegrants
must containa CurriculumVitae
and an abstractof the paperto be
read (up to 2,000 words). The
presentcircularletteris beingsent
to the regionalacademicinstitutions of Transcaucasia,
Northern
Caucasus
andRussiaproper.
The official languages
of the conferencewill be preferably
-German. English, French,or
Hoùever,sincewe do not want to exclude valuablecontributionsbecause of the languagerequirement,papersandabstracts
in Russianwill alsobe accepted.
The following are five panels
which the scholarscould participatein:
l. Historiography
a. Early Christianityin the Caucasus,IVth-VIIth centuriesAD;
b. From the emergenceof Islam
to the rise of the OttomanEmpire, VIIth-XVth centuries;
c. From the Ottomanand Persian
dominationsto the Russianex-
b. Handicrafts;
c. Music
pansion, XVth-XVIIIth centuries.
2. Local Communitiesand Ethnic
Groupsthroughoutthe Centuries
a. Local communitieswithin the
major ethnic groups (e.9. Megrels, Khevsurs, Svans among
Georgians,Irons and Digors in
Ossetia,etc.);
b. Smaller ethnic groups (Abazynes,Assyrians,Batsbis,groups
of CaucasianGreeks and Jews,
TaKhemshins,Kurds,Shapsugs,
lishies,Ubykhs,Udins,etc);
c. Religousdiversityand cohabitation.
3. Literaturesand oral traditions
a. Folkloreand Mythology;
b. Religiousand SecularLiterature
4. Arts,handicrafts,and music
a. Monumentalart;
S. Spirttwhty
Theology,philosophy,liturgy, asceticism,mysticismamongChristians,Moslems,andJews.
The deadline for delivering the
abstractsis Junel, 1996.Applications for the CEU grantsare to be
postmarkedby May 15, 1996.
Budapest,January16,1996
IstvanPERCZEL
CEU - MedievalStudies
1051,Nadorutca9
Budapest,Hungary
(36-l)
Tel: (36-1)327-30-2a;
3n 30-49;(36-1)3n 40-5r
Fax:36-14n40-55
e-mail:
PICASSO.CEU.HU
Aloi anez@
1997Internati onal Conference:
Alexander The Great in Easternand WesternCultures from
Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Alexander the Great, symbol of
conquest,symbolof power,succeedednot only in being accepted by the cultureshe encountered, but evenin beingidealizedby
them.Theseculturesincamatedin
this foreign conquerortheir most
fundamentalvalues:in what way?
why? which values?Does such
idealizingof a conqueringenemy
by culturessharplydifferent one
from the other reveal something
specific about each culture?
Somethingsharedby both cultures?A transculturalphenomenon?
Thesequestionsare addressedto
historians,literary scholars,historiansof art, and other scholars
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whose specialtiesare related to
Alexander the Great. One of the
objectives of this International
Conferenceis to bring together
orientalistsand "occidentalists"so
as to open intersectingpersPectives on thesequestions.
The conference, planned for
L997,will be held in two stages,
the first at McGill University,
Montreal, in the Spring, the second in Paris in the Fall. Organized by David V/illiams (McCill) with the collaborationof
Claire Kappler (CNRS = Centre
Nationale de RechercheScientifique,Paris).
Pleasesend proposalsof up to
onepageto:
ProfessorDavid Williams, Dept.
of English, McGill Universiiy,
853 Sherbrookewest, Montreal,
QuebecCanadaH3Y 1E5.
Sailing to Byzantium: Approachesand Goals
The Tenth Conferenceof the
Australian Associationfor ByzantineStudies
April 1997
To be held at the Australian National University in Canberra
ld{V April 25rh (AnzacDay) to
Sunday27rh
an Australianlong weekend
Easterfor the Orthodox
and Canberra'sautumn leavesat
their gloriousbest
Guest.The Association's
conferencevisitor will be NancyShevchenko,aurhorof The Lifu of St
Nic.holasin ByzantineArt- (19g2)
and co-authorof a translationof
the life of this saint who performed miraclesat sea.She has
publisheda catalogueof the illustratedmanuscriptsof the Metaphrastianmenologion(1990)and
wasassociate
editorof the Oxford
D_ictionary
of Byzantium(1991).
Conferencetheme.It is intended
that everyone,includingresearch
students,shouldbe able to navigate their way aroundthis theme
11d presenra paperif they wish.
Eitheronehoui or half-hourshifrs
at the helm will be the norm. The
theme need not be interpreted
literally. While nauricalsuù3ecrs,
or a nauticaltwist, wouldbe very
appropriate,it may be treated
allegorically,with the emphasis
placed on the sub-title.In this
casespeakersare invited to give
someexplanation
of how theyare
approachingany topic of their
own choosingwith referenceto
currentresearchin that field, their
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I'
methodology and, where applicable, in relation to their -otvn
moredistantgoals.
Synopsesof paperswill be published in the Byzantine Studièsin
Australia Newsletter.
Sessionswill be held on the Friday, from 2pm in the HaydonAllen lecturetheatre,and over the
weekend in two theatresin the
new Manning Clark Centre.All
theatresare adjacentto the University Union. The conference
will end at about4pm on the Sunday afternoon.
Accomodation.A block booking
has been made at Bruce Hall, à
studentresidencefive minutes'
walk from the conferencevenue.
The ratesquoted are $39, (studenrs$31) per personper day for
a single room and breakfast,or
$55 (students$45) full board.
Accomodationshould also be
availableeither side of the conference for those who wish to
make a holiday of it and seerhe
attractionsof the nationalcapital.
The city centreand severalhbtels
and motels are within walking
distanceof campus.University
Houseon campushas single anâ
doubleroomseachwith bathroom
and is comparableto hoteVmotel
accomodation.
Registration fee: $80 (studenrs
$a0) by March lsr, 1997irhereafteradd$10.
The conferenceis not exclusively
for Byzantinologists;anyoneinterested may attend. A special
welcome will be given to those
visiting Australia for the conference.
To receivethe secondcircular and
registration form in November
1996 pleasecontact the Convener:
Dr Ann Moffatt, Art History
Department, ANU, Canberra,
ACT O2OO
Phone:+6
| -6-249,2901(V/)
or +61-6-2a7.a7$(H);
Fax: +61-6-249.2705
EmaiL [email protected]
[Betweenmid Aug. and mid Oct.
please direct any enquiries to
Margaret Brown at the sameaddressandfu number.]
Tenth International Non-SlavicLanguagesConference
(formerly Non-SlavicLanguagesof the USSR)
Universityof Chicago
8-10May,1997
Call for Papers
The Departmentof Slavic Languages& Literaturesand the Department of Linguistics of the
Universityof Chicagoarepleased
to announcethat the Tenth International NSL Conference(NonSlavic LanguagesConference,
formerly the Conferenceon the
Non-Slavic Languagesof theUSSR), will take place on the
campusof the Universityof Chicago, Thursday-Saturday,
8-10
May t997. We solicit papersdealing with any linguisticaspectsof
non-Slaviclanguages
presentlyor
historicallyspokenon the tenitories of the successorstates to
USSR, i.e., the Baltic republics
and the memberrepublicsof the
Commonwealthof Independent
States.30 minuteswill be allotted
for presentationand discussionof
each paper.Papersmust be presented in English. tù/e have no
funds availableto cover travel or
housing costs. Funding permitting, we hope to publish papers
presented at the Conference.
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Those interestedin participating
shouldsenta one-pageabstractof
their proposedpaperto one of the
addressesbelow. Faculty members are particularly requestedto
encouragegraduate studentsto
submitabstracts.Sincewe plan to
have theseabstractsavailableat
the meetings,pleasealso senda
copy of your abstracton a floppy
disk (preferably3.5" (90 mm.))
or, ideally, submit your abstract
by e-mail. The deadlinefor receipt of abstractsis I October
1996.You will be notified if your
paperhas beenacceptedfor prcsentationby I November 1996.
As in past years,the Conference
will be followed by the Conferenceon the Culturesof Caucasia
on Saturdayand Sunday,l0-ll
May 1997.
HowardI. Aronson- Bill J. Darden - Victor A. Friedman,ConferenceOrganizers
In replying,pleaseindicate:
*your name
*address
*affiliation
*whether you are submitting/will
submitan abstract
*title of propsedpaper
*languagesand linguistic families
dealtwith
*if not sumitting an abstract,do
you \rrantto remain on our mailing list?
For abstracts or requests for
further information:
Phone:+l -312-702.8033
Fax:+1-3L2-702.9861
E-mail:
[email protected]
US Mail:
NSL-10,Dept.of SlavicLangs&
Lits
Univ. of Chicago
ll30 E. 59ttrSt.
Chicago,IL æ637
35th ICANAS
International Congressof Asian and North African Studies
Budapest,7 -12-July 1997:
Oriental Studiesin the 20th Century: the Stateof the Art
Organizedby the Korôsi Csoma
Society& the EôtvôsLorândUniversity. Oriental Studies in the
20th Century:the Stateof the Art
[Great personalities,discoveries
and new developments
in the last
hundredyearsJ
Papersdevotedto the generalsubject and to any othertopic may be
readin sectionsor panels.
The Sections:
I Orient & Asiain Antiquity
l. AncientNearEast
2. AncientFar East
Il Near and Middle East & North
A[rica
1.JudaicandHebrewStudies
2. IslamicStudies
3. ArabicStudies
4. IranianStudies(incl. Central
AsianAreas)
5. Urdu Studies
6. OttomanandTurkishStudies
lllThe Caucasus
1. ArmenianStudies
2. GeorgianStudies
lY Central Asia& relatedareas
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t
1. Turkic Studiesandrelated
areas
2. MongolianStudies
3. Manchu-Tunguz
Studies
4. TibetanStudies
Y SouthAsia
1. SanskritStudies
2. IndianandHindi Studies
3. Tamil andDravidianStudies
4. BuddhistStudies
YI SouthEastAsia
1.Thai
2. Burmese
3. Vietnamese
4. KhmerStudies
YII EastAsia
1. Japanese
Studies
2. ChineseStudies
3. KoreanStudies
YIII RecentHistory and Present
of Asia and North Africa
Panelsmay be presentedby three
or more participants.Ideas and
projectsfor panelsare welcome.
The Korôsi CsomaSociety and
the EôtvôsLnrândUniversity,being the organizersof the 35th
ICANAS, are thereforeinviting
TamâsIvânyi(ICANAS)
ELTE- KorôsiCsomaTârsasâg
H-1088Budapest,Mûzeumkrt.
4lB
Hungary
e-mail:[email protected]
fax:+36-l -266.5699
all institutionsand scholarsworking in the field of Orientalstudies
to attend the Congressin Budapest and to contribute to its programme.
If you wish to attend the Congress,pleasetum to the following
address:
GandzasarTheologicalCenter
This communicationby St. Andrew's College was taken from
the internetin December,1995.
As it provides someinformation
on the activities of Gandzasar
Theological Center and the circumstances
underwhich theseactivities are carriedout, we thought
it proper to bring it to the attention of AIEA members.
There is a monasteryin Karabagh
called Gandzasar.Literally, the
word means the "mountain of
treasure".And it is certainlyan
appropriatetitle. There, you will
find a church which has endured
for centuries,the aggressionof
enemies.
It was no wonder that a group of
clergy and intellectualshave adoptedthis name,Gandzasar,for
their monumental work. Four
yearsago, the Gandzasar
Theological Centerwas formed and has
operatedever since,under seemingly impossibleconditionsin Armenia.The center,which has 70
full and part time employees,is
responsiblefor processingand
disseminating the Armenian
Church's spiritual treasures.
Scholarsand computerprogrammers work into the night, translating, formattingand providing
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Armenian manuscripts and
hymns.
Last month St. Andrew was host
to the founder and presidentof
the Center,Fr. MesropAramyan.
His primary reasonfor coming to
our area was to establish relations with the electronicindustry.
Y/e werealsoableto give him opportunity to network with local
Armenian high-tech professionals. During his brief visit, we
were made aware of Gandzasar's
efforts andwork.
Ninety percent of the Armenian
Church!s literature (theology,
prayers,hymns, etc.), says Fr.
Mesrop, is in the form of handwritten manuscripts.
The importance of the Center's
effort is that they are processing
ttris literatureand making it available to the public. To date, they
have published35 books,countless tracts and pamphlets.They
are producing CD ROMs filled
with Armenian Church literature
and soon they will make the material availableon the Intemet.
Most striking about their efforts,
is the level of commitmentthese
engineersand scholarshave for
processingthis information.Under relatively primitive circum-
stances,the Center is producing
such a high quality of publications and material that they can
easily competein any market.Fr.
Mesroptells the story of how they
have a mountainof car batteries
stackedup to power their compupoters (becauseof undependable
\iler supply). Their programmers
andengineershaveto dissectsystemsbecausethey haveno access
to the latest programming tools.
They have written entire operating systemsin Armenian so to
createbetterwork environments.
From: Intemet:[email protected]
!amdahl.com!sain!dervaz
Industrial and CommercialActivity of the Armenian Diasporain the
East-EuropeanCountriesDuring the 11-17thCenturies
Joint ResearchProgram of the Hungarian and the Armenian
Academiesfor the Years 1996-2000
On October16th, 1995a Delegation arrived from the Armenian
Academyof Sciences,
consisting
of Prof. Gagik Sargissian,the
Academy'svice-president
and director of the Oriental Instituteof
Armenia,and Prof. Vladimir Barxudarian,the Academy'sacademic secretaryand deputydirector
of the HistoricalInstituteof the
ArmenianAcademy.The aim of
the Delegationwas not a mere
complimentaryvisit to the Hungarianscholars,their closepartners in a succesfulcooperation,
but to sign a contractof scholarly
cooperationfor the coming five
years,1996-2000.
Following the initiation of Armenian linguistic,historicalandcultural studiesinitiatedin Transsylvaniaduringthepreviouscentury,
some fifty years ago thesewere
startedalsoin Budapest.
From the 1940-ieson Professor
Julius Némethand Louis Ligeti
incorporatedArmenianlinguistic
and historical studies into the
ranksof Orientalstudies.Armenian had been insertedinto this
group,not bcause of the geogra40
phical site of Armenia,the close
neighbourhoodof Near Eastern
peoples,but becauseArmenian,a
separatebranchof the Indo-European languagesat the sametime
was connectedwith severalOriental studies,practisedat BudapestUniversity.
Armenianhistoricalliteratureunderwentan amazingprogress,very soon after Mesrop Mashtots
constructedthe uniqueArmenian
script.The fifth and the following
centuriesalreadybrought a very
rich developmentin Armenianliterature.The sequenceof Armenian chroniclesbesidesthe history
of the Armeniansalsogavea full
picture of the neighbouringpeoples and countries.TheseArmenian historical sourcesalong the
line of Armenianecclesiasticculture extendedalso to the Cis-caucasianarea,and herewithpresented fundamentalhistoricalsource
materialalsoto the Turkic people
surroundingthe Hungarians:the
Onogurs,SabirsandKhazars.Becauseof the considerablegap in
Byzantinehistoricalsourcesfrom
the 7th-8ttrcenturies,the Armeni-
an sources are of inestimable
value for the early history of the
Hungarians,who in thesecenturies were living in the Ciscaucasianarea.
Although our countries were a
thousandmiles apart, all through
the centuriesinvasionsof Eastern
Tatar nomad hordes inundated
them, both along a northern line
stretching as far as Hungary, âs
well as in the Southeast,to Armenia. In the North there were the
troopsof Khan Batu, while in the
South the armies of Chormaghan
and Baiju occupiedall of Armenia.
Becauseof the unexpecteddeath
of Grand Khan ÔgôOeiin l24l
the numeroushordesof the Tatars
left Hungaryvery briskly. In 1256
the Ilkhanid Dynasty, a separate
Tatarpower,established
its domination over the NearEast.
But the Tatars were not the first
Altaic people to intrude into the
Southeast,into Armenia. At the
beginnningof the llth centuryit
was the tribal confederationof the
Seljuqs which rushed along the
southernroutesand in lessthan a
centuryoccupiedall Asia Minor.
However, the desintegrationof
this Seljuq Empire did not bring
about the liberation of the (former) EasternRomanEmpire.Several parts of the Seljuq Empire
developedinto independentemirates,and after that into the Khanate of lkonium. In the l4th and
l5th centuries, in the NorthEasternarea of Asia Minor, the
small emirateof the Ottomansdevelopedinto a huge,mighty empire extendingtheir might to the
Balkan peninsula.In this period
4l
the Ottomans occupied all the
Balkan states,and after the defeat
of the Hungarian armies at Mohach (1526) the Ottoman armies
beganto inundatethe whole tenitory of Hungary.
So Hungary and Armenia underwent the samecatastrophe.In the
llth century the Ottoman tribe
\ ras a tiny fraction of the Seljuq
Empire, but after the invasion of
Egypt and the Near East,completed in 1517, Armenia had also
been incorporatedinto the Ottoman Empire.
During the invasionsof the Seljuqs and the Tatars the peopleof
Armenia had to flee. In the early
llth-l2th centuriesthe Armeniansfled to ttreSouth,to Cappadocia, and later to Cilicia, and having passedthe Taurusmountain
rangeestablishedthe small principality, and later kingdom of Lesser Armenia in Cilicia (10801375).But in the l3th century,
due to the repeatedinvasionsof
the Tatars they escapedby hundred thousandsto the Volga estuary and the Crimean penin$ula.
Later on, after L475,when the Ottomans extendedtheir way into
the peninsula, they fled further
North: to Podolia, Moldavia,
Roumania,Transylvania.
And here,becauseof their similar
ill fate the two nations met each
other. By their particular skill in
trade and industry the Armenians
very soon becamethe most .important commercial power in
Transylvania.Especiallyby their
involvement in cattle-exportto
Austria they succeededto acquire
a great wealth. The emperor of
the Austro-HungarianMonarchy
bestowedseveralprivileges upon
them, and the dignity of nobles.
The youngergenerationsacquired
a special attachmentto an intellectual career and developed a
speciallayer of Armenianliterary
intellectuals. After the dictate of
Trianon (1921), which brought
about the dismemberment of
Hungary, the majority of the
TransylvanianArmeniansflooded
to the small mother country and
amalgamatedinto the Hungarian
literary layer. The Armenianshad
beensettling down in the country
for centuriesand therefore,by a
1994decréeof the Hungariangovernment they established the
autonomousArmenianCommunity, andthus the Armeniansdid get
their membersin eachorganisation of the stateand of the capital.
Though Hungary and Armenia
are a thousandmiles apart,for the
Westernworld, all throughtheir
history they servedas a safeguard
againstthe Easteminvaders.
Following the Seljuq and Tatar
invasionsthose Armenianswho
fled from their homelandsettled
down mostly in the Southeastern
borderlandof Europe:in the Crimea,in Podolia,Moldovia,Roumania and Transylvania,and during the 11th-17thcenturiesthey
exerted a succesfulactivity in
home-industryand trade all over
this wide territory.
The researchprojectsorganisedin
cooperationbetween the Academies of Armenia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Roumania and Hungary
make it ttreir aim to elucidatethe
history of this commercial activity of the local Armenian minorities.
The Delegation of the Armenian
Academyof Sciencespaid a visit
to the relevant Institutes of the
HungarianAcademy:ttre Historical Institute and the Caucasological ResearchGroup of the ELTE
Universityof Budapestin orderto
get the necessaryinformation about the work the abovementionedresearchgroupscarriedout
during the last decades,and in order to composea plan for further
activitiesin this field.
At the conclusionof their excursion to Budapestthe Delegation
of the ArmenianAcademypaid a
visit to the Centerof the Armenian Community.Here, of course,
the main aim of their conversation was to get information about
the activities of the Armenian
Centerin the field of teachingArmenianto the youngergeneration,
and the editorial activitiesin the
field of Armenianliterature.
ProfessorEdmondSchi.itz.
Publicationsby Members
AMIROWICZ, Ant oni Porozmawiajmy o Armenil. Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnegol, 1993,pp. 16-24[Arménie d'aujourd'hui,politique,
traditionl.
42
AMIROVûCZ, Antoni Nad mapa
rozlanej Krwi Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnego4, 1995,pp. 5-9. [Génocideen 1915,histoire,Turquiel.
BLASING, Uwe Kurdische und
Zaza Elementeim tilrkischetiirkï
schenDialektlexicon. Etymologische Betrachtungenausgehend
vom Nordwestiranischen.DSNELL, [Dutch Studies on Near
Eastern Languagesand LiteratureslNr.2 (1995),173-218.
BURCHARD,.ChristophZur altarmenischenUbersetzungdesJain: Michael Kohlbal<obusbriefes,
cher und Markus l-esinski [Hrsg.]
Horizonte der Christenheit.Festschrift fiir FriedrichHeyerzu seinem 85. Geburtstag.
Oikonomia.
Quellen und Studien zur orthodoxen Theologie, 34, Erlangen
1994.[List of MSS Correctionsof
Zohrab'stext - Greek Vorlage Translationtechniques- Translation as commentary].
CHRZASZCZEWSKI, JacekÉIistoria koscila ormianskiegop.w.
go Wniebowziec
Chwalebne
ia Bogurodzicy Marii Panny w Zamosciz. Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnego3, L994,
pp. 28-39.[Arméniensen Pologne, histoirede l'église,l'églisea
Zamosc,architecture].
DANIELEWICZ, Anna O Ormianach i Polaknch zamordowanych
w Banilowie nad Czernomoszem
na Bukowinie.Biuletyn Ormianskiego TowarzystwaKulturalnego
2,1994,pp. 11-18.[Arméniens
en
Pologne, Bukowina, la guerre
1939-19451.
HAMBARCUMIAN, RafaelPoczatek powastania kolonii ormianskichwedlug SadokaBaracza Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTo-
warzystwaKulturalnego3, L994,
pp. 1-25 [histoire,Arméniensen
Pologne,colonisationJ.
HAMBARCUMIAN, RafaelCzasy i etapy osiedlanio sie Ormian
na Rusi Kijowskiej i w Polsce
wedlugSadokaBaracza. Biuletyn
OrmianskiegoTowanzyst\ilaKulnrralnego2,1994, pp. 1-10.[histoire, Arméniensen Pologne,colonisationl.
JANOYfSKI, Tomasz Wspomnienie o Ks.FranciszkttJahùowiczu
Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnegol, 1993,pp.
2-7. [histoirede l'église,prêtrc arménien,I'occupationnazi, I'occupationsoviétiquel.
KRZYSTOFOWICZ,.v:rna& PISO\UCZ, AndrzejNiech zabrzmi
naszposepny glos. Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnego4, 1995,pp. 10-14.tGénocideen 1915,poésie,histoire,
Turquiel.
MARCINIAK, TomaszOrmianie
polsq- wczoraji dris Mniejszosci
narodowei religijne w Europie
Srodkowo- Wschodniejw swietle statystyk,Lublin 1995.[Arméniens en Pologne, histoire, le
tempsmoderneJ.
MICOCKI, V/ojciech Owidiusz
nie zapomnrBiuletyn Ormianskiego TowarzystwaKulturalnego4,
1995, pp. 22-29. lArménie.nsa
Kuty, occupationnazi, occupation soviétiquel.
Fu ûu1ntg*huù, c|. I nt 2u tunbuù Unryp Afltl,t Z,upg àfuuh-
43
\
troubadourNiranîl Miiteferrika,
1995,No. 6, p 105-112.
tpuùngt\ Fntgftu, 1995, Uu1ftu,
fg'6-8.
Fuûu1nrytbuù, '1. 0F. ulultun
Su$uù b, lrt,Çftûhutlry 0pftntt+utg dbtfuputp, 6nqulup,
1995,t2' 107-124.
PAMUKCIYAN, K. HiIâI.i Ahmer Kurucusu Dr. Dikran Paça
[I-e fondateurdu CroissantRouge
Dr. Dicran Pachal,Tarih ve Toplum, 1995,Fév.,No. 134,p. 1922.
PAMUKCIYAN, K. OsmanhImparatorluSu' nda E rmeni Nrifusu
[La population arméniennedans
I'empire ottomanlTarih ve Toplum, 1995,Oct.,No. 142,16-18.
PAMUKCIYAN, K. Izmit Saat
Kulesinin Mimart Kmdri? [Qui
est I'architectede la tour d'horloge
d'Izmit?lTarih ve Toplum, 1995,
Nov.,No. 143,p. 4.
PAMUKCIYAN, K. Camcioglu
Ermeni Terciimanlar Ailesi [La
famille arménienneDjamdjioghlu
de drogmanslTarih ve Toplum,
1995,Nov.,No. 143,p.23-27.
PAMUKCIYAN, K. Eremya Çelebi Kômiirciyan'n (1637-1695)
Diirtytiz Ytlltk Osmanh Padiçahlarh Tarihi [L'histoire de 400
ans des empereurs Osmanlis
d'EremyaTchelebi Keumurdjian
(1637-1695)l Mtiteferrika,1995,
No.5, p.147-156.
PAMUKCIYAN, K. rî9* Niranî'den bir destan[Une épopéedu
44
PAMUKCIYAN, K. Engtirtilii
Rahip Apralam'im (Istanbul) Fe
tiluamæi [Iæ récit de la conquête
de Constantinople d'Apraham
d'Ancyrel,Istanbul,1995,No 15,
p.32-37.
PELCZYNSKI, Grzegorz Ormiane w nauce polskiej Zycie
Uniwersyteckie,7-8-9, 1994, p.
l8 [histoire,culture,scienceen
Pologne,savants,la vie scientifiquel.
PELCZYNSKI, Grzegorz Kabzanie w Kutach i gdzie indriej
LiteraturaLudowa 6, 1995,pp.
19-29. [Arméniens à Kuty,
folklore,histoirel
PELCUNSKI, GrzegorzOd dezintegracji do renesansuetnicznego. Ormianie polscy w latach
I 939-l 989.LiteraturaLudowa,5,
1995,pp. 43-56. [Arméniensen
Pologne(1939-1989),
assimilation, renaissance
ethniquel.
PISOWICZ, AndrzejErewan czy
Jerewan?A mozelepiej Erywan?
(Uwagii j ezylcoznawcy
). B iuletyn
OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnego2, 1994,pp. 19-21[Linguistique, capitale, Arménie,
nom,languepolonaisel.
PISOWICZ, Andrzej Masakry
Ormian w Turcii w l9I5 roku.
Biuletyn OrmianskiegoTowarzystwaKulturalnego4, 1995,pp.
2-4.IGénocide
en 1915,histoire,
Turquiel.
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FlamAlice Aslanian-Samuelian,
La diasporaface au séisme,en
marion, coll. Champs, Paris,
p.
collaborationavecA. Ter Minas1984,381
sian,in I-e Monde,24.12.1988.
Préface
Présentation
Collaborationau GrandDictionde YeghicheTchanaire EncyclopédiqueLarousse, rents,La maison de rééducation
48
de Erevan- Souvenirc1926-1927,
traduit par PierreTer Sarkissian,
Parenthèses,
Marseille,I 992.
Compte-rendus
PeterJ. Grandstaff, Intercegional
rnigration in the USSR;Ecornmic
aspects, 1959-1970,Duke University Press,1980,C.-r. in The
ArmenianReview, vol. 38, ro 3,
fall 1985,pp. 58-61.
Le premier colloqueintertntional
surI'Arméniesoviétique,h Gamk
(quotidien arménien, Paris),
février 1989.
Esther Benbassa,Un grand rabbin sépharade en politique,
Pressesdu CNRS, Paris, 1990,
C.-r. in RevueHistorique,1992.
Films
Arménie 88, enquètepour un
montagevidéo à partir de documents des télévisionssoviétique
et occidentaleset de documents
non officiels sur les évènements
de l'année 1988, en Arménie soviétique, Éalisateur Kérope Bagla, coproduction A2-AAA-CDCA, 52 minutes.
Cantcase,Chaos d'empire, conseiller historiquede ce documentaire écrit et réalisépar Jean-Michel Meurice et SæphaneDudoignon, produit par Méditerranée
Film Production - diffusé sur
FR3, le23 mars 1993,dansla série "PlanèteChaude" de Bemard
Rapp.56 minutes.
Metzamor,traductionet cornmentaire de ce documentaireréalisé
par Kérope Bagla, sur les problèmesd'énergieet la réouverture
de la centralenucléairede Metzamor en Arménie, 57- minutes,
1995.
PublicationsReceivedby the Secretary
NataliaKozintseva,Modern Eastern Armenian (= Languagesof
the World - Materials 22) 1995
Miinchen-Newcastle (Lincom
Europa),ISBN 3 895860352,57
pp.
From the introduction: A short
sketchcomprising"a generalintroductory information on Modern East Armenian phonetics
and grammar. Verbs forms and
constructionsare discussedin
more detail. The sketch is supplementedwith an original Modern East Armenian text and a
bibliography listing the most essential publicationson Modern
EasternArmenian".
49
Alice Taylor, Book Arts of Isfahan. Diversityand ldentity in Seventeenth-Century Persia, Malibu
Ca. The J. Paul Getty Museum,
1995.
This volumewas publishedon the
Occasionof an Expositionat The
J. Paul Getty Museum, Oct. 24
1995- Jan.14,1996.It dealsalso
extensivelywith ArmenianManuscripts and Early Armenian Printing; with many illustrations)
Available from the Bookstore of
the Museum or contact Gêtty
Trust Publication Distribution
Center,POBox 2112, SantaMonica CA 90407. Tel. +1-800223.343LFAX + 1-310453.7966.
HASK
The Secretary received the following information from I. Chiftojian, editor of thejoumal HASK
(Antelias,Lebanon):"The armenological yearbookHASK is the
scientific publication of the Catholicossateof the GreatHouseof
Cilicia; it was foundedin 1948by
the scholarand philologist Catholicos Garegin I Yovsep'eanc'.It
appearcdin 1948,1949-50,1957.
The 'New Series'startedin 1980
on the initiative of CatholicosGaregin II Sargisean(now Garegin
I.) and appearedin 1980,19811982, 1983-1984.This year rhe
1994 issue appeared.The redaction of the Old Serieswas headed
by GareginI Yovsep'eanc',assisted by Simon Simonean.The redaction of the New Series is
chairedby GareginII Sargisean.
Redactorwas the scholarArta5ês
Têr Xaèâturean.The mostrecent
volume was publishedunder redactionof I. C'iftojian."
Journal of the Societyfor Armenian Studies, Vol. 6 1992,1993
Armenisch-D eutsche Korr espondenz,No.90,Dez. 1995;No. 91,
Mârz 1996.
Hye Sharzhoom.Armenian Action. T\e Newspaperof the CSU,
FresnoArmenian StudentsOrganization & ArmenianStudiesProgram. Fresno, CA. March 1996,
Vol. 17, No. 3 (53); May 1996,
VoL 17,No. 4 (54)
ArmenianVoice
Centrefor Armenian Information
andAdvice
Free Newsletterfor the London
ArmenianComunity
v/inter 1996,No.27.
Societyfor the Studyof Caucasia
Newsletter,Vol. VIII No.3 (24)
December1995.
SSILA NewsletterXIV:4, Jan
1996;XV:1, April 1996.)
GLOSSESThe Bulletin of the
Scriptorium[Centerfor Christian
Antiquities,Grand Haven, MIl.
1996,first quarter,vol. 1, no. 1.
Sion1995,4-5-6:7-8-9;1996,
12-3.
Hrand P'ap'azean Anu5i nerIcayac'umnerc Vawergrer patmut'ean hamar Istanbul 1995
(l6pp.).
Nor Ghiank, Bucarest 1995,9;
1995,12; 1996,l; 1996,2; 1996,
3; 1996,4.
Hrand P'ap'azean Ant'ologia
Calkak'al ew husk banJ<'Istanbul, 1996.
treesl.
Banber,[Panpere]Jan-Fevr.1996,
1-2; Mars 1996,3; Avril 1996,
No. 4; Mai 1996, No. 5; Juin
1996,No.6
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Translations by Artashes Abeghian published.
In NewsletterNo. 4 (1984) we
publisheda bibliography of Artasches Abeghian (1878-1955).
Among his activities was the
translation of Goethe's literary
works, intended to be published
in six volumes.One volume appearedin Cairo (1953).Members
will be interesædto hearthat now
in Erevan a new part of these
translations has appeared.Ttris
secondvolume has been printed
by the Museumfor Literatureand
Art, where Abeghian'sarchiveis
preserved:
Gëôt'ê T'atergowt'iwnner (t'arg.
A.A. Abelean), GoetheSchauspiele Ûbersetztund erlâutertvon
ArtaschesAbeghian1995(Verlag
des Museums fûr Literatur und
Kunst /Grakanowt'eanew arowesti t'angarani hrtr.), 288pp.
ISBN 5-807910826.
A copy of this book was donated
to AIEA by Mrs. RusaAbeghian,
daughterof Artasches,who lives
in the USA.
Amongst others,the volume contains: Clavigo, Egmond,Iphigenien in Tauris.
A biographicalsketchof Abeghian Oy Henrik Baxë'inean)is added at the end of the volume (p.
n2-28s).
JJ.S. Vfeitenberg
New and Not-So-NewPublications
The Proceedingsof the Detroit
Symposium on the Armenian
New Testament:
M.E. Stone, and Ajamian, S.,
eds.Text and Context:Studiesin
the Armenian New Testament.
University of PennsylvaniaArmenianTextsandStudies,13.
Atlanta:Scholars,1994.
Articles by: S. Ajamian, J. Alexanian,B. Coulie,S.P.Cowe,C.
Cox, D. Kouymjian,M.E. Stone,
R.W. Thomson,J.J.S. Weitenbrg, A,7æyt'unian.
M.E. Stone
***
Halleakan. Kleine
C'utik
SammlungannenologischerUntersuchungen.
von V/alter Beltz
Herausgegeben
und Armenuhi Drost-Agbaryan
(=HallescheBeitrâgezur Orientwissenschaft20), Halle (Saale)
1995(Martin Luther Univ.), 194
pp.
Contents:
Vorwort 5.
ChatschikR. l.asadan,Ganjasar.
Ein neuestheologisch-philologi'
sches PubIi kationszentrwn. 7 -20.
Jiirgen Tubach, Johannes UrtayasMuttersprache.2l -26.
Thamar Dasnabedian,La Mère
de Dieu: Etudessw l'Assomption
et sur I'image de la très sainte
Mère de Dieu. Antelias,1995.
French translationsof three papers with publication of texts
relatingto the Theotokos.
5l
Manfred Zimmer, Zum armenisch-lateinischenLexikon, ULB
Sacltsen-Anhalt
Yb2 * 4,27 -88.
Armenuhi Drost-Abgaryan, Personen-und Ortsnamenim Theophanie-Zyklusdes armenischen
Saraknoc'(KanonesI -XII I ). 89l0l.
HermannGoltz, Zwt Systemder
Illuminierung des Saraknoc'.
102-152.
V/alter Beltz, ReligionswissenschaftlicheAspekteder armeni-
schen Kirchen- und Frômmiglæitsgeschichte.
I 53-I 60.
Heiko Conrad, Die "Schrift des
GIaube nsbekennt nis" des Netsês
Snorhaliim Geschichtswerkdes
KirakosGanjakecTI 6 I - I 80.
Anhang: deutschetlbersetzung.
r81-194.
Priorities, Problemsand Techniquesof Text Editions
Sandbjerg,July 16-20,1989
The Armenian Bible
July 16-19,1990
Heidelberg,
R.H. Lola Koundakjian
[email protected]
http://www.columbia.edu/-rhk9
The HellenizingSchool
7 -9,1992
Milano, September
NikoghosK. Tahmizyan
CordovaStreet#603
Pasadena
CA 91101
USA
New Approachesto Middle Armenian Languageand
Literature
I-eiden,March25-n J993
Translation Techniques
8-10,1995
Neuchâtel,
September
AIEA GeneralConferences
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Armnienne
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France
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Yale University
Dpt. of ReligiousStudies
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USA
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Paris,June19-21,1986
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Argentina
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Bruxelles,March 21, 1985
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