GROONG's Calendar of events



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What: "The Treaty of Sevres, Turkey, and the Armenian Question"
Lecture by Prof. Levon Marashlian
When: Dec 7 2000 12noon
Where: 270 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
Misc: Organized by Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian
Studies at UC Berkeley
Online Contact: Dana Sherry
Tel: 510-642-3230

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What: "Building Armenia's Future: Strategies for Social Change"
Lecture by Dr. Armen Gakavian, U of Sydney, Australia
When: Dec 7 2000 1-2pm
Where: History Conference Room 6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles
Misc: Cosponsored by UCLA Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in
Modern Armenian History And Armenian Students Association
Online Contact: R.G. Hovannisian

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What: 30th Literary Asbarez Poetry Evening
When: Dec 7 2000 7-9pm
Where: Glendale Public Library Auditorium,
222 East Harvard St, Glendale, CA 91205
Misc: Poet Chahe Keuroghelian will read his poems.
Poet Grish Davtian chair. Free and Open to public.
Online Contact: Grish Davtian
Tel: 818-500-9363
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What: "What has been accomplished in Karabagh, and what
still needs attention."
Karabagh Public Health Conference and Presentation
by Public Health Specialist Alina Dorian
When: Dec 7 2000 5:45pm
Where: World Affairs Council of San Francisco,
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California
(downtown, near corner of Grant and Sutter)
Misc: Ms. Dorian has worked in Karabagh for several years, and
she was there as recently as last month.
Reception with light refreshments to follow.
Online contact: maryanne@wacsf.org
Tel: 415-293-4646
Web: http://www.wacsf.org/

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What: The Armenian Genocide at the House of Lords
When: Dec 11 2000 11am-1pm
Where: Moses Room, House of Lords, LONDON
Misc: In 1916 the British Parliament published a detailed account
of the Armenian Genocide, prepared by James Bryce and Arnold
Toynbee. Launch of British World War I Classic - "the Blue
Book" James Bryce and Arnold Toynbee "The Treatment of
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916: Documents
Presented to Viscount Grey of Falloden by Viscount Bryce
[Uncensored Edition]", edited and with an introduction by Ara
Sarafian. (Gomidas Institute Books, 2000) will be presented at
the House of Lords under the auspices of Lord Eric Avebury,
Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Human Right's Group.
Online Contact: books@gomidas.org
Web: http://www.gomidas.org/

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What: "Out of Stone" Armenia and Artsakh Photography Exhibit
Starts: Oct 2 2000 12pm and Ends:
When: Dec 29 2000 5pm
Noon-5pm daily, 8pm wednesdays.
Where: World Affairs Council of San Francisco,
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California (downtown).
Misc: photographs from Armenia and Artsakh features color images
from the years 1995-2000, by photographers Robert Kurkjian
and Matthew Karanian.
Online Contact: maryanne@wacsf.org
Tel: 415-293-4646
Web: http://www.wacsf.org/

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What: "The Hymns as a Condensed Expression of Armenian Culture"
Krikor Shahinian (K. Kaloustian Centre of Pedagogy, Antelias)
When: Jan 11 2001 7:30pm
Where: Haigazian University auditorium, Kantari, Beirut
Misc: Free admission. Part of lecture series dedicated to the 1700th
anniversary of the proclamation of christianity as the
official religion in Armenia.
Online Contact: Ara Sanjian
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/

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What: "St. Nerses Shnorhali: Pioneer of the Ecumenical Movement"
Archbishop Bedros Miryati (Primate of Arm. Catholics in Aleppo)
When: Mar 15 2001 7:30pm
Where: Haigazian University auditorium, Kantari, Beirut
Misc: Free admission. Part of lecture series dedicated to the 1700th
anniversary of the proclamation of christianity as the
official religion in Armenia.
Online Contact: Ara Sanjian
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/

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What: "Catholicos Movses III Tatevatsi (1629-1633): The Revival of
the Armenian Church and Culture in Eastern Armenia
in the 17th Century"
Gevorg Ter-Vardanian (Matenadaran, Yerevan)
When: May 10 2001 7:30pm
Where: Haigazian University auditorium, Kantari, Beirut
Misc: Free admission. Part of lecture series dedicated to the 1700th
anniversary of the proclamation of christianity as the
official religion in Armenia.
Online Contact: Ara Sanjian
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/

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What: International Symposium on Armenian Spirituality
When: Jun 25 2001 9am
Last until Jul 1 2001
Where: Ecumenical Institute, Chateau de Bossey,
1298 Caligny, Switzerland.
Misc: Occasion: 17th Centenary of the Proclamation of Christianity
in Armenia, by the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, and the
University of Geneva and the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey.
Online Contact: nareg@inco.com.lb
Tel: Very Rev. Nareg Alemezian, at Antelias, Lebanon
+961.4 410001/3; Fax +961.4 410002; Cell: +961.3 964218

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What: "The Origins and Limits of Armenian Evangelical Ecumenism"
Rev. Paul Haidostian (NEST)
When: Oct 18 2001 7:30pm
Where: Haigazian University auditorium, Kantari, Beirut
Misc: Free admission. Part of lecture series dedicated to the 1700th
anniversary of the proclamation of christianity as the
official religion in Armenia.
Online Contact: Ara Sanjian
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/

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What: "Restricted Revival: The Armenian Church in the
Soviet Union (1941-87)"
Felix Corley (writer on the post-Soviet republics with a
special interest in the Caucasus and religion, London)
When: Dec 13 2001 7:30pm
Where: Haigazian University auditorium, Kantari, Beirut
Misc: Free admission. Part of lecture series dedicated to the 1700th
anniversary of the proclamation of christianity as the
official religion in Armenia.
Online Contact: Ara Sanjian
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/