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    PRESS RELEASE
    Ararat-Eskijian Museum
    15105 Mission Hills Rd
    Mission Hills CA, 91345
    Email: [email protected]
    Tel: 818-838-4862


    ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON FORTIFICATIONS
    OF ARMENIAN CILICIA AT ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM


    Mr. Rouben Berberian will present an illustrated lecture on `The
    Fortifications of Cilicia,' on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at
    4:00 p.m. at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Hasmik Mgrdichian Gallery,
    15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA. The lecture is sponsored
    by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian
    Studies and Research (NAASR). A reception will follow the lecture.

    In the course of the presentation, Berberian will display pictures of
    some thirty-eight different fortifications in Cilicia. He will discuss
    (a) the characteristic features of Armenian fortifications; (b) the
    dates of Armenian control by various Princes, Kings and Queens; and (c)
    the impact on the Armenians of the Byzantines, Abbasids, Seljuks,
    Mamluks, Mongols, and the Crusaders, including the Hospitaller, Templar,
    and Teutonic Knight military orders, as well as the crusader states of
    the Principality of Antioch, the County of Edessa, and Cyprus.

    Roupen Berberian is the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and
    Treasurer of Health Net Life Insurance Company (since 2000).
    Previously, he was the Vice President and Controller of Aurora National
    Life Assurance Company, the Assistant Controller of Executive Life
    Insurance Company, and Senior Audit Manager with Price Waterhouse. He
    is a Certified Public Accountant (California) and a Chartered Accountant
    (Quebec). He received a Masters of Business Administration degree from
    the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill
    University.

    He is a past president of the Armenian Professional Society (Los
    Angeles). He travelled to Historical Armenia and Cilicia with the NAASR
    Armenian Heritage Tours lead by Professor Richard Hovannisian and Armen
    Aroyan in 2009, 2011, and 2012.For more information contact the
    Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
    [email protected] or NAASR at 617-489-1610 or
    [email protected].

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