PRESS RELEASE
UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Tel: 310-825-3375
THE RICHARD HOVANNISIAN ENDOWED CHAIR IN MODERN ARMENIAN HISTORY AT UCLA
Presents
Three Armenian Chroniclers as
Primary Sources for Armenian-Iranian Cross-Cultural Encounters in
Transcaucasia, 1724-1736
Dr. George Bournoutian
George A. Bournoutian is a Senior Professor of History at Iona College and
the author of over twenty-eight books, particularly focusing on Armenian
history. His fields of research are Armenia, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia. He is fluent in at least eight languages including Arabic.
Building on his recent translations of important Armenian-language primary
sources for the early modern period, Dr. George Bournoutian will discuss the
nature of Armenian-Iranian cross-cultural encounters in Transcaucasia during
the turbulent period leading up to Nadir Shah assumption of the Iranian
throne in 1736. Bournoutian’s talk will focus on Armenian eye-witness
accounts of the Caucasus region, provided by Abraham of Yerevan,
EsayiHasan-Jalalean, and Abraham of Crete and will explore how the latter
sources contribute to historians’ understanding of this politically and
culturally volatile region at a time of crucial importance in the histories
of the post-Safavid, Ottoman, and Russian Empires and their multi-ethnic
populations.
Friday, February 21, 2014
3:00-4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
CO-SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
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