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[MJ]

Contact: Professor R.G. Hovannisian
University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1473


NEW JULFA CONFERENCE AT UCLA AND GLENDALE NOVEMBER 14-16, 2003

Los Angeles: The 400th anniversary of the founding of the historic Armenian community of New Julfa or Nor Jugha in Iran will be marked with a three-day conference sponsored by the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Chair Holder and conference organizer Professor Richard Hovannisian has invited specialists from Armenia, Iran, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, and various institutions in the United States to explore the history, art and architecture, religious administrative, and social structures, international trade and commerce, crafts and professions, Iranian-Armenian and European-Armenian interchanges, language and dialect, folklore and literature, and the current state of the community.

An unprecedented number of scholars from Armenia will participate in this, the thirteenth in the UCLA series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces. Three of seven will speak during the opening session in Armenian on Friday evening, November 14, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Glendale Presbyterian Church at 125 South Louise Street at Harvard Street. Hrachik Mirzoyan, Murad Hasratyan, and Jemma Barnasyan will speak on the New Julfa historical phenomenon, architecture, and dialect. They will be joined by Very Reverend Shahan Sarkissian, the primate of New Julfa, who will give an overview of the diocese today.

The Armenian Society of Los Angeles (Iranahay Miutiun) is a co-sponsor of the conference and will offer a short cultural program during the Friday evening session.
Other sponsors of the conference are the UCLA International Institute, G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, and the Center for European and Eurasian Studies.

The Saturday and Sunday sessions, November 15-16, will be held on the UCLA campus in Young Hall, Court of Sciences 50. The Saturday sessions are from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will be entirely in English. They include noted art historians, cultural historians, and specialists in the wide-ranging commercial activities of the New Julfa merchants—from Yerevan, Shushanik Khachikyan (Lazarian Trade Company) and Raisa Amirbekyan (Armenian-Iranian Cultural Relations); from Malaga, Spain, John Carswell (New Julfa, Past and Present); from Manchester, Edmund Herzig (New Julfa and the East India Company) and from Oxford, Amy Landau (Arakel Tavrizhetsi); from Brussels, Sayeh Laporte-Eftekharian (Western Iconographic Models); from the United States, Richard Hovannisian (Historical Overview), Ina Baghdiantz McCabe (Armenians in Safavid Iran), Vazken Ghougassian (Social and Administrative Structures), Sylvie Merian (New Julfa Manuscripts), Sebouh Aslanian (Indian Ocean Julfan Merchants and English Prize Laws), and Vartan Matiossian (Connections to Spain and South America).

The Sunday sessions will begin at 1:30 in the afternoon in Young Hall at UCLA. The first afternoon session will be in Armenian—from Yerevan, Artsvi Bakhchinyan (New Julfa Merchants and Northern Europe), and Ashot Stepanyan (Daily Life Styles in the 17th-18th Centuries); from Aachen Germany, Armen Hakhnazarian (New Julfa Architecture and Vandalism in Old Julfa).

The second Sunday afternoon session will be in English—from Kuwait, Archbishop Goriun Babian (Western Models of Wall-Paintings); and from the United States, Bert Vaux (New Julfa Dialect), Anahid Keshishian (Everyday Life in Song and Verse), and Leonardo Alishan (Sumbat’s Paintings and Leonardo’s Poetry).

All sessions are without charge and open to the public. UCLA parking on Saturday and Sunday is in Parking Structure No. 2, Entrance at Hilgard at Westholme Avenues (between Sunset Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue) The UCLA campus map may be accessed on the web at www.ucla.edu/map and the conference program may be viewed at www.UCLAArmenian.org.

PART OF FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS IN ARMENIAN FONTS
Friday, November 14, 2003, Glendale Presbyterian Church 7:30-10:00 p.m.

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New Julfa—Four Centuries
Richard G. Hovannisian, University of California, Los Angeles

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A Historical-Philosophical Analysis of the New Julfa Phenomenon
Hrachik Mirzoyan, Erevan State University

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The Distinct Architectural Characteristics of the Armenian Churches of New Julfa
Murad Hasratyan, Institute of the Arts, Erevan

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The New Julfa Dialect According to Hrachia Acharyan's "Study of the New Julfa Dialect"

Jemma Barnasyan, Acharyan Linguistic Institute, Erevan
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The Present State of the Armenian Diocese of New Julfa and Southern Iran
Shahan Vardapet Sarkissian, Primate, New Julfa



Saturday, November 15, 2003
Young Hall, CS 50, UCLA Campus, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Sessions in English
10:00-1:00

The New Julfa Saga
Richard Hovannisian, UCLA

New Julfa, Past and Present
John Carswell, Malaga, Spain

The Armenian Diaspora in Safavid Iran:
Conversion, Acculturation, and Resistance
Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Tufts University

The Social and Internal Administrative Structure
of New Julfa in the 17th Century
Vazken Ghougassian, Armenian Church Eastern Prelacy, New York

INTERMISSION

Arakel Davrizhetsi and Safavid Aesthetics
Amy Landau, Oxford University

Seventeenth Century Manuscripts of New Julfa:
Reflections of a Cosmopolitan Society
Sylvie Merian, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City

Circulation and Use of Prints with Religious Subjects
in Safavid Persia: The New Julfa Case
Sâyeh Laporte-Eftekharian, Université Libre de Bruxelles

LUNCH INTERMISSION

2:00-5:30 P.M.

Relations between the New Julfa Merchants and
the English East India Company Reconsidered
Edmund Herzig, University of Manchester

The Lazarian Trade Company According to
Harutiun Lazarian's Ledger and Correspondence
Shushanik Khachikyan, Mashtots Matenadaran, Erevan

The Discovery of a Treasure Trove of New Julfa Mercantile Letters
Sebouh Aslanian, Columbia University

INTERMISSION

New Julfa as an Armenian-Iranian Cultural Contact Zone
in the Period of Qajar Rule
Raisa Amirbekyan, Caucasian Center for Iranian Studies, Erevan

A Far West Story: From New Julfa to Spain and South America
Vartan Matiossian, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires,
and Hovnanian School of New Jersey

Discussion

Sunday, November 16, 1:30-5:30 P.M.

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First Session in Armenian

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Northern Europe and the Armenian Merchants of New Julfa
Artsvi Bakhchinyan, Erevan

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The Life-Style Culture of New Julfa during the 17th-18th Centuries: Arts and Crafts
Ashot Stepanyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, Erevan

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The Architecture of New Julfa

Armen Hakhnazarian, Research on Armenian Architecture, Aachen, Germany

INTERMISSION

Second Session in English

Western Models for the Wall Paintings of Holy Savior's Cathedral and St. Bethlehem Church
Archbishop Goriun Babian, Prelate, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates, and Former Prelate, New Julfa

The Armenian Dialect of New Julfa
Bert Vaux, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Depictions of Everyday Life in Song and Verse of the New Julfa Region
Anahid Keshishian, University of California, Los Angeles

Images of New Julfa: Sumbat's Paintings and Some Remembrances
Leonardo Alishan, University of Utah
Discussion

Photographic Exhibit by Richard and Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht, Davis, California

EDIT: Could the Moderators fix the title of the thread, please? Thanks in advance.

Edited by MJ, 05 November 2003 - 01:33 PM.

[bellthecat]

The Sunday sessions will begin at 1:30 in the afternoon in Young Hall at UCLA. The first afternoon session will be in Armenian—from Yerevan, Artsvi Bakhchinyan (New Julfa Merchants and Northern Europe), and Ashot Stepanyan (Daily Life Styles in the 17th-18th Centuries); from Aachen Germany, Armen Hakhnazarian (New Julfa Architecture and Vandalism in Old Julfa).

If anyone is going there, I would like to know what VISUAL evidence Armen Hakhnazarian presents to prove that there has been recent destruction at the Julfa cemetery.

Though photographic evidence is often said to exist, I have been unable to ever see any. I even went as far as asking Armen for such evidence, but didn't get any proper answer. The photos that I have seen online are bogus - they are actually photos of stones smashed up during Soviet times or even earlier - and I am beginning to suspect that most of the story is just exagerated Armenian propaganda.

And how ironic that the one session that should be in English (to get the maximum publicity), is going to be in Armenian!

Steve

[MJ]

Steve,

I think the reason of having several talks in Armenian is that the speakers are not fluent in English. According to the document above, they are from Armenia. I cannt see any other reason.

As to the materials of interest to you, I recommend that you contact Richard H. I can give you his info if you decide to do so.

[bellthecat]

Armen Haghnazarian is German, and can speak German - a language that is far more international and widely understood (and translatable) than Armenian. So I think that the reason for it being delivered in Armenian is more to do with American insularity and fear of foreign languages than the fact that it is a conference where there will be a lot of Armenian speakers.

It was the same during the Ani conference - a paper on the one issue that was of current importance - the issue of the Turkish "restorations" and "excavations" - was delivered in Armenian, though the presenter could speak fluent French.

[Azat]

If anyone is going there, I would like to know what VISUAL evidence Armen Hakhnazarian presents to prove that there has been recent destruction at the Julfa cemetery.
...

http://www.armeniano...jugha/index.asp

[Arpa]

Once again we are at the whining mode instead of winning, a reactive instead of active mode.
Look at the map below and tell us how long it would take to walk on to Jugha, some 20 miles?, and tell those SOBs it is not nice to fool with Mayr Hayastan.
It is rumored that Turkey has a treaty to intervene if Nakhijevan's security is threteaned. So!! Let them intervene!!

Click on the sections and see details.

http://www.armsite.com/maps/

[Sebastia]

I don't think Armenia will ever attack nackijevan. The only time this will happed is when they atack us and when THAT happens, the turks can't do anything about it if the Armenians decide to take Nackijevan back.

Edited by Sebastia, 02 March 2004 - 03:15 PM.

[koko]

Bell the cat.

Id rather say the opposite its just turkish propaganda, actually the situation is much worse than you think it is.

During the soviet union they gave away nakhietjvan and Artsahk, as you all are aware of, to Azerbadjian.
Everyone did everything, to try to let go of the past,
No nationalistic dreams
So smooth things up, and kiss there asses(sorry for the use of words) some more
they gave it to the turks (azerbadjian).

Armenian monuments, even in Georgia, are subject to real"censorship" of the goverment in Georgia, monuments wich originally are "armenian" are beeing subject to censorship, like churches...

More than hundreds of them, they may not be destroyed but a la turkish style, they come up with another story behind the church. and of course its "georgian"
in origin.

And in many cases if there is an armenain inscription for example replaced it with other writings in georgian.Anyhow, I think that Georgia and Armenia has to much in common historically and culturally, we are like brothers and sisters, to make a big fuss out of it.

But somethings is wrong to say the least
they should show some respect to history, as we all are aware of the past forms the future.

I have a documentation at home wich deals with this issue, in a more detailed and specific way. Wich I hope to find and post here later.

Edited by koko, 04 March 2004 - 07:29 PM.