HOVANNISIAN TO SPEAK ON KARS, ANI IN BELMONT
Armenian Weekly
December 26, 2011
BELMONT, Mass.-On Fri., Jan. 20, the First Armenian Church of Belmont
and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
will sponsor “An Illustrated Journey to Kars and Ani” by UCLA Professor
Richard G. Hovannisian.
Hovannisian (4th from left) with the NAASR group at the Ani Cathedral
in 2011 Hovannisian traveled through Historic Armenia in spring 2011
as the historian-guide for a NAASR Armenian Heritage Tour led by
Armen Aroyan, providing him with the opportunity to visit and reflect
on these cities and regions that he has so often written about as
a scholar.
His newest edited volume Armenian Kars and Ani is the 10th volume of
proceedings from the UCLA conference series “Historic Armenian Cities
and Provinces.” This present volume represents a departure from its
predecessors, which have focused on historic Western Armenian areas,
whereas Kars and Ani were very much a part of Eastern or Russian
Armenia.
The lecture begins at 8 p.m. at the Nahigian Fellowship Hall at First
Armenian Church, 380 Concord Ave., in Belmont. A book signing of
Armenian Kars and Ani will follow the lecture. A reception will then
be held at the NAASR Center, across the street from First Armenian
Church, at 395 Concord Ave. The lecture and reception are free and
open to the public.
Hovannisian is the author of Armenia on the Road to Independence,
the 4-volume history The Republic of Armenia, and has edited and
contributed to more than 25 books including The Armenian Genocide
in Perspective; The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times;
Remembrance and Denial; Looking Backward, Moving Forward; and The
Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies.
For more information, contact NAASR (617-489-1610 or [email protected])
or First Armenian Church (617-484-4779 or [email protected]).
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
