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    PRESS RELEASE
    UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
    Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
    Tel: 310-825-3375
    Email: [email protected]

    Ebb and Flow of the Armenian Communities of the Indian Ocean

    International Conference, March 17-18, 2007
    Saturday 9:30-5:00, Sunday 2:00-5:00
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Court of Sciences 50 (Young Hall)

    Sponsored by
    Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History

    Co-Sponsored by
    Center for India and South Asia
    Department of History
    International Institute
    G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
    and the
    AGBU Southern California District Committee


    March 17: Saturday Morning (9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)

    Introduction-Ebb and Flow
    Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA

    Armenian Settlements and Cultural Life

    Chair and Discussant: Engseng Ho, Harvard University

    Armenian Mercantile Communities in Southeast Asia
    Margaret Sarkissian, Smith College

    From Dispersion to Nation: Armenian Diasporic Speculations in 18th-Century
    India
    Khachig Tölölyan, Wesleyan University

    The Indian Interlude in the Development of Modern Armenian Drama
    Peter Cowe, UCLA

    Refreshments

    `Azdarar' and Other Armenian Periodicals of India
    Osheen Keshishian, Glendale Community College

    Joseph Emin and British Colonial Policy in Calcutta
    Mana Kia, Harvard University

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

    Saturday Afternoon: (2:00-5:00 p.m.)

    Indo-Armenian History and Relations

    Chair and Discussant: Houri Berberian (California State University, Long Beach)

    Colonial Counterflows: An Armenian Lady from Agra in London, circa 1610
    Michael Fisher, Oberlin College

    Khwaja Gorgin Khan: An 18TH-Century Armenian General of the Bengal Army
    Bhaswati Bhattacharya, University of Leiden

    Notables and Benefactors (with a film on Sir Catchick Paul Chater)
    Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA

    Refreshments

    Armenian-American GIs and the Armenian Community of India in World War II
    Gregory Aftandilian, Harvard University

    The Present State of the Indo-Armenian Community
    Armen Baibourtian, Erevan, First Armenian Ambassador to India


    Sunday March 18: (2:00-5:00 p.m.)
    Long Distance Merchants and Julfan Trade in the Indian Ocean

    Chair and Discussant: Edward A. Alpers, UCLA

    French Commercial Ambitions and Armenian Interlocutors in 17th-Century Asia
    Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA

    Long Distance Merchants and the Role of Julfan `Networks of Trust'
    Sebouh Aslanian, Columbia University

    Don Pedro di Zaratte: A Julfan Armenian in Mexico City, 1723-31.
    Tatiana Seijas, Yale University

    Photographic Exhibit by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht, Davis


    Open to the Public at No Charge. Parking: Structure 2 ($8.00), UCLA
    Entrance, Hilgard at Westholme Avenue
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