AEF Chair in Modern Armenian History, UCLA

Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces Series

THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES

OF ASIA MINOR

University of California, Los Angeles

1200 Rolfe Hall

Saturday, March 20, 2010, 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

With support from the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Center for European

and Eurasian Studies, Bob and Nora Movel Fund, and the Organization of Istanbul Armenians

Morning Sessions:  9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

An Introduction to the Conference

The Armenian Community of the Konia Region in the Seljuk Period

Peter Cowe, UCLA

The Armenian Communities of Asia Minor:

An Overview

Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA

The Armenian Community of Adabazar

Dawn MacKeen, Journalist and Author,

Los Angeles

Refreshments

The Armenian Community of Bardizag

Ara Melkonian, Independent Scholar, London

From Bandirma and Erminikoy to Armash:

Armenians in the Marmara Region

Osman Köker, Birzamanlar Publications, Istanbul

Lunch Recess: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions: 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Laura Farnham and Schools for Armenian Girls, Adabazar & Bardizag

Barbara Merguerian, Armenian International Women’s Association

The Emergence and Role of Theater Among Armenians of Asia Minor

Hasmik Khalapyan, Yerevan State University

The Musical Culture of Kutahia’s Armenian Community

Arpi Vardumyan, Matenadaran, Yerevan

Refreshments

The End of the Armenian Communities

of Asia Minor

Simon Payaslian, Boston University

Armenian Communities of Asia Minor

as Seen Through the Photograph

Ruth Thomasian, Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives

Discussion