TALK AT ALMA INTRODUCES ‘HOUSHAMADYAN PROJECT’
November 5, 2012
WATERTOWN, Mass.-On Thurs., Nov. 15, Nora Lessersohn of Houshamadyan,
a historical and cultural initiative based in Berlin, will give a
visual presentation at the Armenian Library and Museum of America
(ALMA) in Watertown. The event is co-sponsored by the National
Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).
Nora Lessersohn The Houshamadyan project is a unique effort to
reconstruct the lost world of the Armenian communities in the
territories of the Ottoman Empire. Through scholarly analysis,
documentation, and the reproduction of historical images, the
Houshamadyan project plays an important role in recovering the
daily life, customs, traditions, cuisine, and environs of the
Ottoman Armenian communities.Lessersohn is the Annual Giving and
Alumni Relations coordinator at the Harvard Divinity School. She
is currently a student in Harvard’s Museum Studies program, and
serves as a researcher and project coordinator for the Houshamadyan
project. A graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in the study
of religion, she previously worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
The talk begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit the project website:
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