Campus Events

Thursday, November 6, 2008
"Peculiarities of the Armenian Epic Daredevils of Sasun"
Professor Azat Yeghiazaryan, Director, M. Abeghyan Literature Institute, Armenian National Academy of Sciences
6 p.m., 270 Stephens Hall
This event is co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and the Institute of Slavic,
East European, and Eurasian Studies.

PREVIOUS EVENTS

2nd Annual ASP Benefit Gala

Saturday, March 29, 2008, 5:30 pm
The Olympic Club on Skyline Boulevard in Daly City, California

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE 2008 GALA!

To view an album of photos from the night, click here .

To read the post-Gala Press Release, click here .

Spring 2008 ASP Lectures and Seminars

Levon Abrahamian, Senior Researcher, Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
"Dancing Around the Mountain: Armenian Identity Through Rites of
Solidarity."
Monday, February 25, 12 pm
270 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, the Townsend Center for
the Humanities, and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian
Studies at UC Berkeley.

Kemal Yalcin, Novelist, and Lecturer at the University of Bochum, Germany
Presentation of his novel "You Rejoice My Heart" (in Turkish, with
translation)
Friday, March 14, 12 pm
Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Central Board of the Tekeyan Cultural Association,
the Armenian Studies Program and Institute of Slavic, East European,
and Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley.

Verjine Svazlian, Leading Researcher, Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnography and Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, Academy of
Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
"The Oral Tradition of Western Armenians regarding the Armenian Genocide"
Wednesday, March 19, 7pm
Armenian Center, 51 Commonwealth Avenue, San Francisco
Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, the Bay
Area Armenian National Committee, and the San Francisco Nigol Aghbalian
Hamazkayin Armenian Educational & Cultural Society.

International Symposium
"Democratization, Genocide Denial, and the Armenian-Turkish Dialogue: In
Memoriam Hrant Dink"
Sunday, April 6, 9:30am-5pm
370/371 Dwinelle Hall, U.C. Berkeley
For detailed program information, click here.

Dr. Raymond Kevorkian, French Institute of Geopolitics and Nubar
Library, Paris
"Presentation of his book: Le genocide des Armeniens."
Monday, April 7, 7pm
Location to be announced.

Mr. Armen Liloyan, Consul General of Armenia in Los Angeles
"Armenia, Old Nation, Young State: Challenges and Opportunities."
Friday, April 11, 12pm
270 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, and the Institute of
Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley.

Dr. Speros Vryonis, Jr., Emeritus Professor of History, UCLA
"The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955
and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul"
Wednesday, April 16, 12pm
270 Stephens, U.C. Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Armenian
Studies Program, and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and
Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley.