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    Armenian Studies Program
    California State University, Fresno
    Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
    5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
    Fresno CA 93740-8001

    ASP Office: 559-278-2669
    Office: 559-278-2669
    FAX: 559-278-2129

    Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/


    Kazan Visiting Professor Dr. Douzjian to Present Second Talk in Series on
    `The Armenian Genocide in Film: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives'



    Dr. Myrna Douzjian (UCLA), the 11th Henry K. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting
    Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno,
    will give a talk, `Atom Egoyan's Ararat : Traumatic Histories and
    Transnational Identities' at 7:30PM on Thursday, March 19, in the
    University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the
    Fresno State campus.

    The lecture is the second in her series on `The Armenian Genocide in
    Film: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives' in the Spring 2015
    semester.

    Atom Egoyan's Ararat depicts at least 13 distinct, yet interwoven
    stories, all of which relate to the Armenian Genocide. By presenting a
    non-linear layering of personal, familial, and communal narratives,
    the film self-reflexively rejects the possibility of making a film
    that simply depicts `what happened' during the Genocide. Dr. Douzjian
    will analyze the film demonstrating the relationship between the
    film's cinematic approach to the Genocide and the empowering theory it
    presents on transnational identity.

    Lecture III in the series, on Wednesday, April 8, will be on
    `Reinventing the Genocide Documentary: Memories Without Borders and
    Solemnity.'

    Myrna Douzjian earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the
    University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include
    postmodernism; the Theater of the Absurd; critical approaches to the
    study of world literature; and post-Soviet Armenian and Russian
    cultural production.

    Her chapter on the politics of literary publication in
    twentieth-century Armenia appeared in the volume Armenian Philology in
    the Modern Era: From Manuscript to Digital Text (2014).

    The lectures is free and open to the public. Free parking is
    available, with a parking code available through the Armenian Studies
    Program office, after 7:00PM at Fresno State Lots P5 and P6, near the
    University Business Center.

    For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
    Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
    www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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