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Ararat-Eskijian Museum
15105 Mission Hills Rd
Mission Hills CA, 91345
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 818-838-4862
RICHARD HOVANNISIAN TO LECTURE ON SMYRNA CATASTROPHE AT WESTERN DIOCESE
Professor Richard G. Hovannisian will present an illustrated lecture,
`The Smyrna Catastrophe, 1922-2012,' on Thursday, January 31, 2013,
at 7:00 p.m., in the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese of the
Armenian Church, 3325 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504. The
program will be held under the auspices of the Western Diocese, His
Eminence Abp. Hovnan Derderian, Primate, and with the co-sponsorship
of The Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).
September 2012 marked the 90th anniversary of the Smyrna Catastrophe
when much of the city, the second largest in the Ottoman Empire, was
destroyed by fire during the final phase of the Greco-Turkish War. The
calamity marked the end of a strong Christian presence in the historic
Aegean coastal regions and turned hundreds of thousands of Greeks and
Armenians into refugees.
In this illustrated lecture, Prof. Richard Hovannisian will discuss the
important role of Smyrna (Izmir) in modern Armenian history and the
inferno that engulfed the city in September 1922. Hovannisian is the
editor of the recently published Armenian Smyrna/Izmir, the eleventh
volume of proceedings from the UCLA conference series `Historic
Armenian Cities and Provinces.' He also traveled to Izmir and
environs in June 2012 as the historian-guide for a NAASR Armenian
Heritage Tour led by Armen Aroyan.
A book signing of Armenian Smyrna/Izmir will immediately follow the
lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Richard Hovannisian is the author of Armenia on the Road to
Independence, the four-volume history The Republic of Armenia, and has
edited and contributed to more than twenty-five books including The
Armenian Genocide in Perspective; The Armenian People from Ancient to
Modern Times; Remembrance and Denial; Looking Backward, Moving Forward;
and The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies. Professor
Hovannisian was the first holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation
Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA and currently serves as
Distinguished Chancellor's Fellow at Chapman University in
Orange County and Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at the University of
California, Irvine.
For more information about the January 31 program contact the Western
Diocese at 818-558-7474, the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at
[email protected] or 818-838-4862, or NAASR at
617-489-1610 or [email protected].
Ararat-Eskijian Museum
15105 Mission Hills Rd
Mission Hills CA, 91345
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 818-838-4862
RICHARD HOVANNISIAN TO LECTURE ON SMYRNA CATASTROPHE AT WESTERN DIOCESE
Professor Richard G. Hovannisian will present an illustrated lecture,
`The Smyrna Catastrophe, 1922-2012,' on Thursday, January 31, 2013,
at 7:00 p.m., in the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese of the
Armenian Church, 3325 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504. The
program will be held under the auspices of the Western Diocese, His
Eminence Abp. Hovnan Derderian, Primate, and with the co-sponsorship
of The Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).
September 2012 marked the 90th anniversary of the Smyrna Catastrophe
when much of the city, the second largest in the Ottoman Empire, was
destroyed by fire during the final phase of the Greco-Turkish War. The
calamity marked the end of a strong Christian presence in the historic
Aegean coastal regions and turned hundreds of thousands of Greeks and
Armenians into refugees.
In this illustrated lecture, Prof. Richard Hovannisian will discuss the
important role of Smyrna (Izmir) in modern Armenian history and the
inferno that engulfed the city in September 1922. Hovannisian is the
editor of the recently published Armenian Smyrna/Izmir, the eleventh
volume of proceedings from the UCLA conference series `Historic
Armenian Cities and Provinces.' He also traveled to Izmir and
environs in June 2012 as the historian-guide for a NAASR Armenian
Heritage Tour led by Armen Aroyan.
A book signing of Armenian Smyrna/Izmir will immediately follow the
lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Richard Hovannisian is the author of Armenia on the Road to
Independence, the four-volume history The Republic of Armenia, and has
edited and contributed to more than twenty-five books including The
Armenian Genocide in Perspective; The Armenian People from Ancient to
Modern Times; Remembrance and Denial; Looking Backward, Moving Forward;
and The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies. Professor
Hovannisian was the first holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation
Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA and currently serves as
Distinguished Chancellor's Fellow at Chapman University in
Orange County and Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at the University of
California, Irvine.
For more information about the January 31 program contact the Western
Diocese at 818-558-7474, the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at
[email protected] or 818-838-4862, or NAASR at
617-489-1610 or [email protected].