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    PRESS RELEASE
    National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
    395 Concord Avenue
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Phone: 617-489-1610
    Fax: 617-484-1759
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Contact: Marc A. Mamigonian



    NAASR TO PRESENT ILLUSTRATED LECTURE BY PROF. RICHARD G. HOVANNISIAN

    The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will
    present an illustrated lecture by Dr. Richard G. Hovannisian entitled
    "The Changing Landscape of Historic Western Armenia: Reflections on a
    Journey Into the Past," on Friday, February 23, at 8:00 p.m., at the
    First Armenian Church Auditorium, 380 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA.

    Dr. Hovannisian is the Armenian Educational Foundation Professor of
    Modern Armenian History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
    He is the author of the four-volume history The Republic of Armenia,
    Armenia on the Road to Independence, and has edited and contributed to
    more than twenty books including The Armenian Image in History and
    Literature, The Armenian Genocide in Perspective, The Armenian Genocide:
    History, Politics, Ethics, The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern
    Times, Remembrance and Denial, Looking Backward, Moving Forward, and six
    volumes on historic Armenian cities and provinces. He was elected to
    the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 1990.

    The landscape of Historic Western Armenia is ever changing. The mystical
    names of the villages, towns, and provinces of a now-vanished generation
    remain deeply imbedded in the minds and hearts of many descendants. But
    how similar are the imagined homeland and the existing landscape?

    After many years of hesitation, Dr. Hovannisian set out on a quest to
    reconcile the "imagined" with the "real." His travels took him through a
    part of the historic provinces from Trebizond on the Black Sea to
    Baiburt, Erzerum, Kemakh, Agn, Kharpert, Dersim, Palu, Mush, Bitlis, and
    Van. He will present his impressions in an illustrated presentation in
    this special event for the Greater Boston audience.

    Following the discussion there will be a reception at the NAASR Center
    and the Bookstore will be open. The NAASR Center and Headquarters is
    located opposite the First Armenian Church and next to the U.S. Post
    Office. Parking is available at the First Armenian Church and around
    the NAASR building and in adjacent areas on Concord Avenue.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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