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Letter to Dr. Babgen Chugaszian

At its meeting of September 1995in Neuchâtel the Committee ofAIEA decided to send a letter toDr. Babgen Chugaszian, the for-mer vice director of the Matena-daran in Erevan, to express itsadmiration for the important rolewhich he has played in Armenianstudies. Numerous Armenologists

Dr. Babgen ChookaszianHalabian St. 3, appartment 40Erevan, Armeniatel: 39-10-25

have benefitted from his counseland assistance over the decades.In November 1995 the secretaryof AIEA visited Dr. Chugaszianat the Matenadaran and read theletter to him in the presence of theDirector of Matenadaran Prof. S.Arewshatian and a number ofother scholars.

Dear Babgen,

At its meeting on lTth September the Committee of theAssociation Intemationale des Etudes Arméniennes discussed your rolein the forwarding of Armenian Studies in this generation.

The Committee resolved that this letter be sent to you in which theAssociation express to you its profound appreciation of all you have doneover the years to advance and strengthen the Matenadaran, making it agreat centre of Armenian Studies. In addition, each of us who has workedin the Matenadarim or conesponded with the Matenadaran over the years,has had the unfailing and essential support which you offered. Yourunfailing openness, helpfulness and kindness are treasured by the manyoverseas Armenologists who have encountered them. For this too wethank you most sincerely.

On this occasion, we wish you a fruitful and healthy period ofretirement from your administrative burdens and hope that in this periodof your life and work you will find further fulfilhnent and contentment.Of your continued contribution to the field we are certain.

On behalf of the Committee and Members of the AssociationIntemationale des Etudes Arméniennes, I send you warmest greetings,

Sincerely yours,

M.E. StonePresident, AIEA

Elections Coulie, who was elected AIEA Commitæe Member.

Treasurer's Report 1994-1995This rcport on the receipts and expenditures of AIEA is based on the re-ports submitted to, and approved by, the Committee of AIEA on l7-l8Sepæmber 1994 in læiden and on I I Seprember 1995 in NeuchâæI. It ispublished here in accordance with the Constitution.

I. DM (Postbank Karlsruhe, Germany,440 09-756, C. Burchard)Balance of account per 30 July 1993 3.2t+2,12

The terms of two members of theCommitæe came to an end in De-cember 1995, Professor ChristianHannick and Professor RobertThomson. The Elections commit-tee, composed of Professor Chr.Burchard and Professor HenningI-ehmann posted a Call for Nomi-nations in the Newsletter whichrvas sent to all members. TheElections Committee, as is itscustom, also prepared two namesfor nomination. Prof. Hannickindicated that he would not standfor reelection.There were no responses frommembers to the Call for Nomina-tions. Accordingly, the ElectionsCommittee declared its two nomi-nees to have been elected. Theseare Professor Bernard Coulie andProfessor Robert Thomson.

Note from the President.

I wish to call the attention ofmembers to the gravity of the si-tuation evidenced by the abovecommunication from the mem-bers of the Elections Committee.

Doctor Claire Mouradian, of theCentre d'Études du Monde Russe,Soviétique et Postsoviétique (EH-ESS), Paris, has kindly consentedto become member of AIEACommittee. She was coopted to

Dr. Claude Cox has kindly ac-cepted the position of Chairman

Our Association is an associationof its members; the proper func-tioning of the Association im-plies ttrat its members will take anactive and interested role. It hasbeen and remains the policy andpractice of the Committee to doall it can to involve the membersin the running of the Association.It is most regrettable that themembership has not taken an ac-tive role in the presentation ofcandidates for elections as mem-bers of the Committee. It is myprofound hope that this is a merechance and that in the comingyears the participation of themembership in this process willbe active and lively.In conclusion I cite words byProfessor Christoph Burchard,Chairman of the NominationCommittee, in his letter to theCommittee of 26 October 1995:"I urgeritly repeat the appeal forthe full members'cooperation inthe nominating process as ex-pressed by last year's NominatingCommitæe in the Newsletter No2l ,p.3f . " .

the committee by the sitting com-mittee members. A Bibliographyof her work is oublished as anappendix to the iection Publica-tions by Members in thisNewsletter.

of AIEA Publications Commit-tee. He is successor to Professor

+ Membership Fees

- Commitæe meetings London 1993,I-eiden January and September 1994

- Expenses Distinguished Speaken London 1993(reimbursed to AMRO)

- Office expenses Committee members- Fees IUOAS 1993,1994- Bank Charges- Gifts etc. London 1993- Unknown

Balance of account per I August 1995

II. Lire (Italian Postgiro 13581434, G. Uluhogian)Balance of account per l0 March 1993+ Membership fees+ Interest

- Committee meetings London 1993,Leiden September 1994

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Dr. Claire Mouradian Coopted AIEA Committee Member

Dr. Claude Cox Chairman, AIEA Publications Committee

III. BF (CCP Belgique 271-7228768-69,8. Coulie/AIEA)Balance of account per 15 July 1993+ Membership fees+ Interest

- Committee meeting Bologna 1990- Postage

Balance of account per I March 1995:

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ry. Hfl. (AMRO Bank Leiden, r+4.19.58.524, AIEA)Balance of account per 7 July 1993+ Gulberùian grant 1994 $5000+ Gulbenkian grant 1995 $5000+ Refund from BSOAS London (expenses

Distinguished Speakers, London 1993;advance to Shirinian, see below)

+ Membenhip fees+ Inrcrest+ Generous rounding off

AIEA General Conference Louvain-la-Neuve September 1996

- Office expenses Committee members 6.169,30- Committee meetings London 1993,Leiden January and September 1994 5.661,50

- Newsletters 19, 20,21 3,764,48- Travel President to Switzerland prep.V/orkshopsAdvance to Shirinian (see above)

- Membership Roster(Supplement to Newsletter)

- Fee Chamber of Commerce, læiden,1994,1995

- Bank charges- Owed by Secretary- Unknown

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Lieu du congrèsLe congrès se tiendra dans lesauditoirs -240 et -242 du CollègeMichotte, Place Blaise Pascal, àLouvain-la-Neuve (bâtiment no.20 sur le plan). Iæ bureau du con-grès sera installé dans le hall d'en-treé de ces auditoircs.Dates du congrèsI-e congrès commencera le mer-credi 4 septembrc 1996, au matin,et se terminera le samedi 7 sep-tembre 1996, à midi.AccueilL'accueil des participants au con-grès se fera uniquement:-le mardi 3 septembre 1996, de14h00 àZZhA0 aux Halles univer-sitaires, Place de l'Université (au-dessus de la Gare: no 19 sur leplan);-le mercredi 4 septembre, dèsth00, dans le hall des auditoiresdu Congrès.Sessions du congrèsLes session auront lieu les mer-credi, jeudi et vendredi matin etaprès-midi, et le samedi matin.Elles seront interrompues par despauses-café.Les repas de midi et du soir (saufbanquet) sont libres: les partici-pants trouveront sur le site deLouvain-la-Neuve un grand choixde restaurants et de self-services.LogementsLes participants ont le choixentre:-une chambre (single) d'étudiantde I'université, équipée avec lite-rie, dans un ensemble de 4 ou 5chambres avec sanitaires com-muns, à 740 FB la nuit;

-un flat de I'université, équipéeavec literie, téléphone et sani-taires privés, à 1040 FB (single)ou 1650 FB (double) la nuit; pos-sibilité de petit-déjeûner (100 FBpetit-déj.); nombre limité: la prio-rité sera accordée aux premièresréservations, les suivantes serontplacées à I'Hôtel de Lauzelle;-une chambre à I'Hôtel de Lau-zelle*t*, avec téléphone, télévisi-on et salle de bain privée, à 2400FB (single) ou 2900 FB (double)la nuit, petit-déjêuner compris.Activités[æ banquet aura lieu à Bruxelles,le soir du vendredi 6 septembre.[æ transport (aller et retour) desparticipants sera organisé par leCongrès.InscriptionLe droit d'inscription est fixé à1500 FB. Il comprend le droit departiciper aux activités scienti-fiques du Congrès, de recevoir ledossier individuel avec le pro-gramme détaillé, le résumé descommunications, la lisæ des parti-cipants, I'invitation à la réceptiond'ouverture (mercredi matin).PaiementsSeul le droit d'inscription doitobl igatoirement être verséavant le 3l mai 1996-par eurochèque-par mandat postal interna-tional libellé en francs belges-(pour les membres belges) parversement au compte271-0619935-47 (B. Coulie/AIEA) de la Générale de Banque,avec mention "Congrès AIEA").Les frais de logement dans leschambres de I'université et les

V. (Bank of Boston, New Haven CT, 1091-96693, M. Stone -AIEA)

VI. Members unable to payAbout 10 members, mostly from countries where economical conditionsare poor, find themselves unable to pay membership fees. If calculated interms of the fee for associates this constitutes a loss of DM 300,- perannum.

Thanks are due to Prof. Coulie and Prof. Uluhogian for the managementof the Belgian and the Italian accounts.Heidelberg, 30 December 1995Signed,Prof. Dr. Christoph BurchardTreasurer, AIEA.

réservations au banquet serontpayés au bureau du Congrès. Leschambres à I'hôtel de Lauzelle

Arline Abdalian7 427 7 .23?@ compuserv e. comAram Adishianamal9@columbia.eduLevon Avdoyanlavd@loc.govVahe Avedissianvahe@ sparcy. stanford.eduNelson Baloianbaloi an@ darmstadt. gm d.deRichard BoffinR.L. Boffi n@ durham. ac.ukBruce Boghosianbm@think.comValentina Calzolaricalzolar@ uni2a.unige. chBemard Couliecoulie@ori.ucl.ac.beS. Peter Cowespc3@columbia.eduClaude Cox7 | 652.7 61 @ compuserve.comDirk Van Dammedirk.vandamme@un ifr.chLeo Depuydtldepuydt@ brownvm.bitnetEdward Dervishianebd0@lehigh.eduAnaid Donabediandonabed@ext ju ssieu.frD. HirscheczShir@mvs.oac.ucla.eduD. S. Hutchinsondhutchin@ epas.utoronto.caGeoff Jenkinsgeoffu enkins@ muwayf.un imelb.edu.auAlice Kelikiankelikian@ brandei s.edu

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Professor Edmond Schûtz at Eighty

AIEA extends its congratulations ry, conceming co-operation bet-to Professor Edmond Schûtz of ween the Hungarian and the Ar-the ELTE University in Budapest menian Academies of Sciences inon the occasion of his 80th birth- the field of Armenian history.day. At this advanced age profes- This program is published else-sor Schûtz, who is foreign mem- where in this issue of the News-ber of the Armenian National letter.Academy of Sciences and mem- We here reproduce the congratu-ber of AIEA, is stil l active in latory letter sent to ProfessorArmenology. A clear example of Schiitz by the Armenian Nationalhis vision is the program he was Academy of Sciences.so kind as to send to the Secreta-

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Search Open forFresno State University

Kazan Professor of Armenian and Genocide History

The search for the Henry S.Khanzadian Kazan Professorshipin Modem Armenian and Immi-gration History is open. To fulfillthe desire of Victoria and HenryKazan to have the professorshipthey endowed fully operative bythis fall semester, the History de-partment and the Armenian Stu-dies Program at California StateUniversity, Fresno, have begun asearch for the first incumbent ofthe post. Since the appointmentwill be made in two units withintwo schools, a joint search com-mittee has been composed to re-view applicants and choose the

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most qualified scholar-teacher.The appointment will be made atthe Assistant/Associate Professorlevel with placement on the salaryschedule dependent upon acade-mic preparation and professionalexperience. The succesful candi-date will trach two courses in theHistory Department and the samenumber in Armenian Studies. Heor she will be expected to developfresh offerings in modern Arme-nian, Immigration and Genocidestudies.The normal teaching load at Fres-no State is 12 semester units usu-ally divided into four courses, ini-

tially on the undergraduate level.Primary responsabilities will bethe teaching of modem Armenianhistory, U.S. immigration history,the diaspora experience, and theArmenian Genocide. Specificcourses will be determined byconsultation among the ArmenianStudies Program, the History de-partment, and the succesful candi-date.The minimum requirement forappointment to the position is aPh.D. (or.near completion). TheUniversity is looking for an inspi-ring teacher with a promisingrecord of scholarship. Candidateswith a secondary teaching field inMiddle Eastem History or relatedfields are desirable. Strong prefer-ence wiil be given to candidateswith the ability to relate to an ettr-nically diverse student popula-tion.Fresno State is one of 22 cam-puses of ttre California State Uni-versity. Current enrollment isabout 16,000 students, includingmore than 400 of Armenian des-cent, on a 1,400-acre site. Metro-politan Fresno, with a multi-eth-

In October 1995, the first threeItalian doctoral theses supportedby funding for Armenian Studieswere defended at the UniversitàCattolica in Milan. The defen-ders were Valentina Calzolari,now responsible, with BernardOuttier, for the Armenian Pro-gram at the University of Geneva,Paola Pontani, of the UniversitàCattolica, and Anna Sirinian, ofthe Univerità degli Studi of Bo-

Recent Ph. D.s in Armenian Studies

nic population of over 800,000 islocated in the heart of ttre SierraNevada Mountain Range. Thecommunity offers affordablehousing, progressive schools, abreadth of cultural and recrea-tional oppurtunities, and a pleas-ant social and physical environ-ment. Centrally located, Fresno iswithin easy driving distance ofSan Francisco, Los Angeles, Yo-semite, Kings Canyon, and Se-quoia National Parks, the Monte-rey Peninsula, Lake Tahoe,beaches, sailing lakes, and numer-ous ski resorts.Correpondence, applications andconfidential papers should be sentto:Chair, Kazan Professor SearchCommitteeDepartment of History,California State University,Fresno, Califomia 937 40-0021Te lephon e: + l -209 -27 8.21 53Fax: +1-209-278.2129Applicants are encouraged tohave application information onfile or to have contacted theSearch Committee by mid-May1996.

logna. Three more theses, re-search for which is made possibleby the Milan funding for Arme-nian Studies are currently underpreparation.In January, at Leiden UniversityTheo van Lint defended a thesisentitled Kostandin Erznlcac'i. AnArmenian Religious Poet of theXIIIth-XIVth Century. This is thefirst thesis in Armenian Studies inthe Netherlands. Advisor was

Prof. Jos J. S. V/eitenberg, exter-nal referent Prof. James R. Rus-sell of Harvard University.We welcome any informationavailable on theses defended in

Dr. Johannes Lepsius (1858-1926), "Anwalt der Armenier" inden Jahren der Vemichtung undVerelendung des armenischenVolkes, wurde anlâsslich der 70.V[iederkehr seines Todestages ineinem oekumenischen Festakt inPotsdam geehrt. Die Gedenkfeierstand unter dem Titel: ZwischenDeutschland und Armenien: Pfar-rer Dr. Johannes Lepsius. DieInitiative kam von Prof. Dr.Hermann Goltz und seinen mitar-beitem am Johannes-Lepsius-Ar-chiv an der Theologischen Fakul-tât der Martin-Luther-Universitâtin Halle-V/ittenberg. Beteiligtwaren ausserdem die Deutsch-Ar-menische Gesellschaft (Frank-furt/ùI) und die Evangelische Kir-che in Berlin Brandenburg.Der Festakt wurde am Sammstag-nachmittag in der evangelichenSt. Nikolaikirche in Potsdam er-ôffnet, in jener von dem berûhm-ten Architekten Schinkel im klas-sizistischen Stil errichteten Kup-pelkirche, in der auch læpsius ge-predigt hatte. Unter den Anwe-senden befand sich hochbetagtauch die letzte noch lebendeTochter von Lepsius. Die AIEAwurde durch Frau Prof. AndreaSchmidt (Louvain-la-Neuve) ver-treten. Nach der Begriissung hieltProf. Goltz den Festvortrag ûberden gegen alle rWiederstânde und

Ôkumenischer Lepsius-Festaktin Potsdam am 3. und 4. Februar 1996

Armenian studies. Please sendniune, title and supervisor's name,and if possible, a succint sum-mary of the thesis's contents tothe editor of the Newsletter.

Ignoranzen unnachgiebigen Ein-satz von Johannes Lepsius in derZeit des Todesganges des Arme-nischen Volkes. Prof. Goltz leitetseit Jahren das Archiv und denNachlass von Lepsius, der ihmvon der Familie Lepsius anver-traut worden ist. Zusammen mitseinem Mitarbeiter Dipl. theol.Axel Meissner arbeitet er an derErfassung und Ordnung dieseraûsserst aufschlussreichen Mate-rialen ûber die deutsche Kultur-und Theologiegeschichte und diedeutsch-ttirkischen Beziehungenum die Jahrhundertwende. Tau-sende von Einzeldokumenten er-hellen u.a. das Schicksal vonMenschen aus den armenischen(orthodox, katholisch, protestan-tisch) und syrischen Kirchen(chaldâisch, syrisch-orthodox, sy-risch-katholisch) wâhrend derMassaker. Fûr den Fortgang derArbeit am Lepsius-Archiv hatProf. Goltz um ideelle und finan-zielle Untersti,itzung geworben. Erbeabsichtigt, Mittel bei armeni-schen und deutschen Institutionenfûr die Publikation des Katalogsdes Lepsius-Archivs zu beantra-gen. Das læpsius-Archiv ist einBestandteil der Potsdamer Reso-lution ftir den Erhalt armenischenKulturguts. Letztere wurde imRahmen des Festaktes von den

Teilnehmern der Akklamation be-fiinvortet.Im Anschluss an den Festvortragfand eine Gesprâchsrunde iiberdie gegenwârtigen deutsch-arrne-nischen Beziehungen statt. DasGesprâch hat der stellvertretende .Vorsitzende des DAG, Dr. RaffiKantian geleitet.Diskussionsteilnehmer waren Per-sônlichkeiten aus Kirche, Politik,und V/issenschaft: Bischof Kare-kin Bekdjian, (Armenische Kir-che in Deutschland), Oberkir-chenrâtin Dr. h.c. Christa Grengel(Kirchenamt der Evgl. Kirche inDeutschland), der armenischeBotschafter in Deutschland, Prof.Felix Mamikonean, und der deut-sche Botschafter in Armenien,Hen Norbert Heinze, sowie Prof.Christian Hannick als Vorsitzen-der der Deutsch-Armenischen Ge-sellschaft.Das gedenken an Lepsius, dessenschônes Portret vor der Rednertri-bune aufgestellt war, fand ineinem musikalisch-literarischenAbend einen der Wûrde des Ge-denkens angemessenen und be-eindrûckenden Ausklang. Dazuzo9 die Festgemeinde in dieFriedrichskirche von Potsdamùber, die durch ihren byzantini-schen Schmuck auffâllt. Das jun-ge Erevan er S ar ads c hj an- K lavi er -rrio spielte alte und neue V/erkevon armenischen und deutschen

Komponisten. Zwischen den Mu-sikstûcken haben Hermann Goltzund Axel Meissner Lesungen ausdem literarischen V/erk Lepsius'vorgetragen.Besonders aufschlussreich wardabei, dass die Passagen aus Wer-fels Roman Vierzig Tagen desMusa Dagh læpsius' eigenen Ta-gebuchaufzeichnungen und dra-matischen Theatersti,icken (dieseliterarisch-dramatische Begabungin der Persônlichkeit von I-epsiusist den meisten unbekannt) gegen-iibergestellt haben. Im Dialogzwischen Realitât und Nachdich-tung ist die Begegnung zwischenIæpsius und Enver Pascha wiederlebendig geworden.Am Sonntag wurde das Lepsius-Gedenken in der St. Nikolaikirchemit einem eukumenischen Gottes-dienst beschlossen. Generalsuper-intendent Bransch und BischofKarekin hoben in ihren Predigtendas wegweisende humanitâreHandeln von Lepsius hervor. DasNizânische Glaubensbekenntnis,das Vater-Unser und der Segenwurden auf Armenisch undDeutsch gesprochen. Chôre derSt. Nikolaikirche und der armeni-schen Gemeinde zu Berlin bege-leiteten die Liturgie mit arne-nischen und deutschen Hymnen.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Barbara Schmidt

Lecture on Genocide by Prof. Vahakn N. Dadrian

Prof. Vahakn N. Dadrian, interna-tionally renowned expert on ge-nocide in general and Armeniangenocide in particular, deliveredon Tuesday April 9 a lecture on

the comparative aspects of the Ar-menian genocide and the JewishHolocaust at Texas A&M Univer-sity in College Station, Texas. By

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way of introduction Dr. Dadrianemphasized two points.1. Single case studies on geno-cide have limited use since theydo not lend themselves to genera-'lizations in any form or to any de-gree; in fact they are selfcon-tained discourses. Therefore, oneneeds to switch to comparativestudies to be able to be analyticalby way of comparison and there-by distill some limited generaliza-tions.2. Genocide is not an ordinarycrime. Rather it is a calamity ofgigantic proportions and as such ittranscends in importance the caseor the cause of a single victim-nation. It is and it should remainthe prime concern of humanity atlarge. For this reason alone schol-ars should go beyond the limits oftheir academic objectives and de-velop a deeper penetration of theissues with a view to preventingfuture occurrences of genocide byway of anticipation and prognos-tication. After those introductoryobservations Prof. Dadrian pro-ceeded to examine in a sociohis-torical perspective the dissimilari-ties and the similarities of the twocases. By way of out-lining thedissimilarities he noted that theArmenians were destroyed intheir ancestral territories but thatthe Jews were destroyed as an im-migrant victim population. Like-wise, the Armenians were elimi-nated largely on account of theirassociation with Christianity butthe Jews on account of their dis-sociation from Christianity. Dr.Dadrian in this connection under-scored the fact that bottr perpetra-tor leadership groups, the Nazis

and the Young Turks, were essen-tially irreligious, if not atheistic,people but that they exploited re-ligion as an instnrment for incite-ment. He then described the evi-dence of massive popular partici-pation in the massacres in theArmenian case which, he argued,was not the case with the Jews inNazi Germany. From the very in-ception the Nazis proclaimedtheir inveterate hostility to theJews, with occasional avowals towant to destroy them whereas inthe Armenian case the YoungTurks concealed their intentionsand designs by way of conspirato-rial stealttr in order to trap the tar-geted population. Another dissi-milarity concemed the stockpilesof weapons which small Armeni-an revolutionary groups acquircdto defend themselves against pro-bable future massacres they anti-cipated. In explaining this condi-tion the lecturer pointed out thatthe Armenian genocide was pre-ceded by a series of episodic andintermittent massacres whichthroughout remained unpunished.There was no such history ofGerman massacres against theJewish population of Germany.Dadrian observed that thesestockpiles of weapons which weredesperate and utterly inadequatemeans of self-defense were usedby the perpetrator regime as anexcuse to torture multitudes ofArmenian leaders of all strata as aprelude to genocide and as a basisfor its claim of Armenian plans ofrebellion. Finally, the lecturerpointed out that in terms of out-come, there \ryas a measure of re-demption for the Jews as the new

successor German regimes ex-pressed guilt, contrition, assumedresponsibility and dispensed mas-sive indemnities to the victimpopulation; all this attained a cli-max through the creation and as-cendancy of the new state of Isra-el. None of these compensatoryamends were extended to the Ar-menians who until today have toput up with the persistent and attimes truculent denials of theTurks regarding the enormouscrime of the Armenian genocide.In his coverage of the next sectionof the lecture, i.e. the convergentaspects of the two cases, Prof.Dadrian in sketchy form discus-sed these aspects: the historicallegacy of persecution inflictedupon the Armenians and Jewsthroughout the course of their his-tory; their sustained minority sta-tus vis-à-vis dominant groupsbent on persecution; their intemaland external vulnerabilities; theopportunity structures of two glo-bal wars, i.e., rWorld lù/ar I andWorld War II; the use of repeatcriminals as instruments of massmurder; and, "most importantly,"he added, the cardinal role of twomonolithic political parties whichgained exclusive control of the

In the course of a visit to the An-dover Newton Theological Schoolin Newton Centre, Massachu-setts, last October, I was informedthat a large number of Armenianprinted Bibles, and particularly of

agencies and ministries of the tworespective state organizations,subverted the latter's functions,imposed upon them their conspi-ratorial, secret party agendas andgoals, and free from any account-ability, proceeded to commit ge-nocide by relying upon the re-sources of the secretive partystructures, party discipline andparty rcward systems. He conclu-ded the lecture offering the fol-lowing sociological proposition asa limited form of generalizationdistilled form the comparativeanalysis of the two cases. Geno-cide emerges here as a means toan end, namely, an instrument totransform a heterogeneous systeminto a more or less homogeneoussystem. The Nazis achieved theirgoal of rendering Germany juden-

frei. The Young Turks likewiseachieved their goal of Turkey forthe Turks.' The historically rootedArmenian presence in Turkey hasbeen terminated swiftly and mosteffectively. In view of these factsthe lecturer concluded with hisprincipal generalization, namely:genocide is a function of socialrestructuring.

Hagop Barsamian.

printings of Modern Armeniantranslations, were in the libraryt.

I Sec Manuel M. Jinbachian, "ModernArmenian translations of the Bible", Armeniaand the Bible: Papers Presented to theInternational Symposium held at lleidelberg,Iuly l6-19,1990,ed. Ch. Burchard (Univcrsity

Armenian Printed Bibles in the Collection of the Trask Library,Andover Newton Theological School

Michael E. StoneHebrew University of Jerusalem

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My time there was short and sothe following list is based uponthe card catalogue listing of theLibrary. However, I was able toexamine a number of particularlyinteresting printings and those Iexamined arc marked by an aster-isk. They are all in Modem Arme-nian unless noted. The first linesof each listing follow the card ca-talogue. It is very likely that thercare some errors in this listing, butit may, in any case, be of serviceto those interested in the Armeni-an Bible. The assistance of Ms. D.Yount, Special Collections Libra-rian, is duly acknowledged.

A. Full Biblesl. Zohrab, I vol., 1805 (grabar).2. *Mechitar, St. Petersburg,1817, lL26 p. (grabar) printedwith the assistance of the RussianBible Society. It has, at the end,the second translation of 4 Ezra,made from Latin and first printedin the Oskan Bible. It has fulltraditional Armenian Canon ofScripture.3 *Smyma, 1853, 1178 p.Translated from Hebrew andGreek; Protestant canon.4. Constantinople, 1873, Riggs,1401 p.5. New York, 1859, l0l0 + 314p., NT translated by Rev. Mr.Adger and revised by Elias Riggs.6. New York, 1862,879,274 p.with references.

of Pcnnsylvania Armcnian Tcxts and Studics,12; Atanta: Scholars Press, 1993),97-123.

9. Constantinople,314 p.10. Constantinople,280 p.11. Constantinople,314 p.

7. New York, 1867, 879,I74 p.with references.8. Constantinople, 1873, 1169 p.

1883, 1010,

1895, 986,

1897, 1010,

12. Constantinople, 1898, 1169 p.13. Constantinople, 1899, 879,TI4 p.

B. New Testament14. Smyrna, 1838,831 p.15. Smyrna, Adger, 1842,644p.16. *Smyma, 1849, with referen-ces,944 p.Title page says: bn? hSAhUPULSbhl]'1' UbFnt thunhAh

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btrStrntr+ mryn lubqhpà {fuuprpbuûp, ft hnunufuryùntu1ogftu, ttnqtuqlttunuù f/. Sf Puuppnf,1850= ll.lf'l,lt.The text is presented in two col-urnns, one grabar and the othermodern Armenian. The grabartext is according to the Moscowedition of 1834. The back has fal-len off, and part of a page in Ra-shi script, but not in Hebrew, canbe observed to have been used inthe binding (? Ladino).18. Smyma,1852,851 p.19. Constantinople, 1854, 724 p.20. Constantinople, 1856, 934 p.21. Constantinople, 1858,755 p.22.London, 1858, Riggs,868 p.23. London, 1859,708 p.24. New York, 1862, Riggs, 842p., with references.25. New York, 1863, 842 p.,Znded., with references.26. New Testament and Psalms,New York, 1864, 842, 197 p.,translated from the Greek.27. New York, 1875,678 p.25. New York, 1867,678 p.29. Constantinople, 1882, 891 p.,with references.30. Constantinople, 1884,693 p.31. Constantinople, 1889, 842p.32. Constantinople, 1895, 647 p.33. Constantinople, 1897, 314 p.34. Constantinople , 1897 ,662 p.35. Constantinople, 1897,842 p.,with references.

36. New Testament and Psalms,Constantinople, 1903, 842,197 p.

C. Gospels37. Smyma, 1837, Adger, 368 p.38. Smyma, 1838, Adger, 368 p.39. Smyma, 1841, Adger, 276p.40. John, Constantinople, 1890,(290-349 p.41. Mark, Constantinople, 1897,107-168 p.

D. New Testament, Selections42. Smyrna, 1843, Adger, 487 p.

E. Old Testament43. Vols. l-2, 4, Smyma, 1847-50, translated from Hebrew.

F. Old Testament, Psalms44. *Smyrna, 1840, 255 p."Translated carefully from theHebrew into clear Modern Arme-nian for brothers who do not un-derstand grabar" at the press ofWilliam Griffith. A note in Eng-lish inside the front cover saysthat the ranslation was made inConstantinople. That is not men-tioned in the Armenian front-matter.45. Smyrna, 1841,258 p.46. Smyma, 1843, 275 p.47. Smyma, 1844, 274p.48. Smyrna, 1852,250p.49. London, 1859, 255 p.50. New York, 1864, 197 p.51. New York, 1865, 192p.

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52. New York, 1865, 265 p.53. Constantinople, 1892, 197 p.54. Constantinople, 1897.281 p.55. Constantinople, 1897, 197 p.

Professor M.E. Stone, Presidentof AIEA has sent out a letter toseveral centers of armenologythroughout Europe in order tomake an inventory what facilitiesare available, such as courses, li-brary holdings etc. We publishhere three of the responses thatwere received so far. ITMvL]

OxfordInterest in Armenian studies atOxford goes back to the mid-nineteenth century, though only in1965 was a Professorship specifi-cally in Armenian established bythe Gulbenkian Foundation. Thepresent programme ref lectsOxford's strenghts in the areas ofClassical, Byzantine, EasternChristian, Biblical, and NearEastern Studies. The emphasishas always been on classical andmedieval Armenian literature, inthe widest sense.Armenian may be taken at the un-dergraduate level as a subsidiarylanguage - i.e. as a "minor" if thestudent is studying Greek, Arabic,Persian, or Turkish.Most students, however, come toOxford for Armenian at the gra-duate level. Many take classicalArmenian as part of a doctorate inone of the fields mentionedabove, but they may also specia-

Armenian Studies at Oxford, Milano and Pisa

G. Old Testament, Psalms andProverbs56. Smyrna,1852,250, 86 p.57. Constantinople, 1892, 197, 81p.

lize in Armenian if ttrey so wish.There are several possibilities:A. One year of intensive studyleading to a Master of Studies(MSt) degree in Classical Arme-nian.B. A general MSt in Oriental Stu-dies, by examination, to mark thefirst year of research.C. Two years of study leading toa Master of Philosophy degree(MPhil) in Eastern Christian Stu-dies or in Byzantine Studies. Thisinvolves the study of ClassicalArmenian and Greek.D. Research degrees: Master ofLiterature (MLitt) and the moreadvanced Doctor of Philosophy(DPhil), either in Armenian speci-fically or in a related field.As in other institutions, the parti-cular specialities of differentchair-holders will vary over time.

Prof. R.W. ThomsonThe Oriental Institute

Università del Sacro CuoreMilan

My University has always beenacquainted with Armenian Stu-dies within the field of Compara-tive Linguistics since the begin-ning of my academic teaching in1954.As far as the teaching of Arme-nian is concemed, our Compara-

tive Philology course considersthe main features of classical andmedieval Armenian from thecomparative and the historicalpoint of view within the Indo-European languages.Full-time research projects forDoctoral theses are available atmy University. Three graduatestudents- Dr. Pontani, Dr. Calzo-lari, Dr. Sirinian - have alreadyobtained their doctoral degreesand three more graduate students-Dr. Bais, Dr. Ferrari, Dr, Torelli-are working on their researchprojects, which are going to lastthree years from now.I inform you that a lot of biblio-graphical material about the Ar-menian language and culture canalso be found at the Braidense Li-brary and the Ambrosiana Libra-ry where Mons. Prof. EnricoGalbiati, past-director, is a veryserious and competent scholar ofOriental languages and has writ-ten some works about Armenian.Further information about libraryholdings and archival collectionsmay be obtained from the Ambro-siana Library and the BraidenseLibrary of Milan.As far as the electronic network isconcerned, my Institute of Com-parative Linguistics is waiting foran Intemet connection. Presently,all communications may be sentby electronic mail to GIRCSE:Gircse@Mi.Unicatt.ItFor a long time, I have beenworking on:a. the particular relation betweenArmenian and Iranian;b. the study of the Armenian oldtranslations of Greek texts withregard to the Yownaban dproc'.

My disciples, such as Dr. Finaz-zi, Dr. Pontani, Dr. Sgarbi take anactive part in all these activities.Within my Institute in collabora-tion with GIRCSE, we startedautomatized contrastive research-es on the Armenian and the Greeklexicon: we are in touch withProf. V/eitenberg and collaboratewittr him through the I-eiden database.

Prof. Giancarlo Bolognesi,Director of the Institute of Com-parative Linguistics.

PisaUntil ten years ago, at the Univer-sity of Pisa, there was a course onArmenian language and Literaturefor University students and acourse for post-graduate studentsof the Scuola di Perfezionamentoin Scienze Linguistiche, but sincethat time professor Ajello, whoheld these courses, changed hisfield of teaching, while in 1986the Scuola di perfezionamentowas closed.The library of my Department hasunder 300 books related toArmenian studies, while the Uni-versity of Pisa owns a still lowernumber. Among these, however,are about ten books from theXVIIth and XVIIIIh centuries,printed by Propaganda.At Pisa's Archivio Arcivescovilethere are some files of documentsrelated to Armenians (speciallyon the Armenian colony in Livor-no-Leghorn), generally written inItalian or Latin and going back tothe XVIIth and XVIIIIh centuries.Outside of Pisa, a very rich ar-chive on Armenians is in the pos-

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session of the Congregazione dePropanganda Fide in Rome.

The eleventh intensive summercourse in Armenian Languageand Culture, of the University ofVenice, organized in collabora-tion with the Cultural Association"Padus-Araxes" will take placefrom August lst to the 23rd,1996.Examinations will take place onthe 24th. Arrivals only on July30th'3lst, departures on August25th.The course has five basic levels,from the Absolute beginners' tothe Advanced. For the first timethis year a special section of sci-entific Armenology will be added.Lessons will take place fromMonday to Friday, five hours aday in the morning. Attendance iscompulsory.Applications must be done perso-nally and in writing giving in anycase a phone and a/æ number.For acceptance it is necessary tobe at least of eightteen years ofage.Cultural initiatives will be orga-nized among participants. Excur-sions to sightseeing places aroundVenice will be organized as well.

Dr. Alessandro OrengoDepartment of LinguisticsUniversity of Pisa

University of VeniceIntensive Summer Course in Armenian Language and Culture'

August 1996thbhnfilfi thuufuuû 2uûupulttuû - 2u1 thry{t ht

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Lodgement is offered to the parti-cipants ar a Student Home, in thehistoric center of Venice. Acco-modation fee for the whole periodfrom July 30th to the 24th of Au-gust, included, is 510.000 (Fivehundred ten thousand) Lit. for adouble or triple room, and820.000 (Eight hundred twentythousand) Lit. for a single room.A lunch or dinner will cost about15.000 (Fifteen thousand) Lit. tobe paid on place.For urgent information call Fr.Levon Zekiyan at +39-41-52.07.137 from 9 to 10 p.m. ac-cording to Italian time. Be sureyou have taken into considerationthe time difference with yourcountry. Call again or, in case of

The summer course announcedabove has been organized for tenyears now by Boghos LevonZekiyan, Professor of ArmenianLanguage and Literature at theUniversity of Venice. Many Ar-menians as well as scholars ac-tive in armenology, have profit-ed from this course, which is feltby those who over the years haveparticipated in it as a great stim-ulus in learning the Armenianlanguage, as well as in gettingmore closely acquainted with Ar-menian culture. We congratulateProfessor 7æ,kiyan -or, on a morepersonal note, as partici-pant ofthe 1986 course, Hayr Levon-and the teaching staff with thesuccessful establishment of thistradition, and add with the ex-pression of our thanks a remark

absence, leave a clear, under-standable message to the automa-tic answering device giving nameand telephone number. You willbe called back. Do not call the of-fices of the University of Venice.You can also send a fax to thegiven telephone number.

Corso intensivo di lingua annenaUniversità di VeneziaS. Polo 203530125 Venezia, Italy,or calVfax: Fr. I-evon Zekiyan+39-41-52.07.737

Department of ArmenianI-anguage and LiteratureUniversity of Venice

on their remarkable enthusiasmand dedication in making peoPle,Armenian and non-Armenianalike (more) acquainted with thevarious aspects of the Armenianlanguage and culture. To thesecongratulations AIEA adds itsbest wishes for the future.Below we publish a retrosPectivearticle written by Professor Zeki-yan as a Preface to a collectionof articles from the press, dedica-ted to the Intensive SummerCourse of Armenian Languageand Culture. Given the nature ofsuch a text, it touches on thecontents of the volume, a coPY ofwhich is held by the secretary ofAIEA at Leiden UniversitYr andexpresses thanks to people andinstitutions for help in offered inmany ways. We have reproduced

Tuition fee is 1.000.000 (One mil-lion) Italian Lire or its equivalentin foreign currency according tothe exchange rate of the moment.Of this amount 450.000 (Fourhundred fifty thousand) Lit. mustbe sent as a registration fee uPonacceptance within April 30th.After this date the amount of theregistration fee will be 500.000(Five hundred thousand) Lit. Thetotal amount will be settled on thearrival day.Money once paidwillnot be refunded for anY reason. AlOVo discount is applied to thosewho have already attended thecourse with a good result, nothowever earlier than two years.International cheques or money-orders must be made out onlY toAssociazione Padus-Araxes, andmailed to: Assoc. Padus-Araxes,clo Dipt. Studi Eurasiatici, S.Polo 2035, 30125 Venezia, Italy.All are kindly requested not to dobank transfers for the high com-mission rate actually applied bythe banks. In any case all bankexpenses will be charged to theapplicant.

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these with the other informationas it gives an impression of thevarious efforts that have been

united in making the VeniceSummer Course a success.

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nell'ultima parte di questa rasseg-na, che vengono pubblicati quasisenza ritocco e i cui autori aveva-no iniziato il corso da principian-ti assoluti.Per quanto riguarda infine il"quinto" livello, quello dei profi-cienti o di perfezionamneto, ilfascicolo pubblicato nel 1987 acura del docente di letteraturaMarc Nichanian, noto scrittore di-asporico, dal titolo "I-etteratura emitologia", puô essere considera-to quale un parametro dei risultatiche detto livello, in linea di prin-cipio, si prefigge di raggiungere.L'impegno della Padus-Araxes,tra il 1988 e il 1993 nella produ-zione, a fianco dell'Università, diun Corso audiovisivo di lingua ar-mena che ha effettivamente assor-bito non solo le energie, ma anchele già esili possibilità economichedell'Associazione, non ha perrnes-so la pubblicazione di altri similifascicoli.Il corso audiovisivo di lingua ar-mena, in tre videocassette dalladurata complessiva di 147 minuti,prodotto nelle versioni televisivePAL, SECAM, NTSC, deve esse-re qualificato a buon diritto, ac-canto allo stesso corso intensivo,come la realizzazione più impor-tante di questo dicennio. E'facilevalutare quanto detto, solo se siconsidera che corsi linguistici au-diovisivi di analoga qualità nonsono ancora disponibili se non peralcune del le maggiori l ingueinternazionali.Il presente fascicolo è compostodi quattro parti: I. Il corso intensi-vo; II. Il corso audiovisivo; III. Ilseminario-convegno del 1990 suiproblemi attuali della lingua ar-

mena; fV. Un'antologia di alcuniscritti significativi di corsisti chevi parteciparono a partire da prin-cipanti assoluti.A conclusione di queste righe ilnostro maggiore auspicio è cheI'opera iniziata possa continuare.A tale auspicio si congiunge unsincero e cordiale grazie versotutti, individui e istituzioni, che inqualsiasi modo -economicamente,moralmente, per collaborazione diconcetto o di amministrazione-hanno contribuito alla rcalizzazi-one dei sopradetti progetti e ini-ziative.Un ringraziamento del tutto parti-colare ci sia permesso perô di es-primere in questa sede alle Auto-rità accademiche e amministrati-ve dell' Universit'a di Venezia, al-la Fondazione Alex e MariManoogian dell' Unione GeneraleArmena di Beneficienza (U.G.-A.B.), alla Fondazione StefanoSerapian di Milano, al Sig. ArthurGarapetian.Un particolare grazie vada pure aAnahid e Ara Abrahamian, ArsineNazarian, Haiganush Chiara Me-gighian alla cui generosa colla-borazione molto deve questocorso.

Sulle olme di un decennioUno sguardo retrospettivo

Il corso intensivo estivo di linguae cultura arrnena, organizzato sot-to I'egida dell'Università di Vene-zia- Dipartimento di Studi Eura-siatici- dall'Associazione Padus-Araxes in collaborazione con ilCentro Linguistico Interfacoltà eI'E.S.U. celebra quest'anno [ 1995]la sua decima edizione.Dei risultati conseguiti da talecorso parlino le informazioni, gliarticoli di cronaca, e i vari com-menti apparsi sulla stampa di cuiil presente fascicolo offre una ras-segna abbastanza completa.Ciô che da parte nostra vorremmoaggiungere in questa note intro-duttive, poiché non facilmente re-peribili altrove sono alcuni ele-mentari dati statistici.Il corso è stato seguito in questidieci anni da 430 persone prove-nienti in gran parte dagli StatiUniti e dalla Francia, ma anche dadiversi altri paesi quale in Cana-da, I'Argentina, I'Irlanda, I'Inghil-terra, la Spagna, I'Italia, la Sviz-zera, I'Austria, le Germania, ilBelgio, I'Olanda, la Norvegia, laSvezia, la polonia, I'Ungheria, laRomania, la Bulgaria, la Turchia,la Russia, il Libano, la Siria,l'Egitto.I430 corsisti hanno segnato com-plessivamente 569 presenze, mol-ti avendovi partecipato più di unavolta, fino ad un massimo di seipresenze.

Oltre agli studenti universitari,costituenti la maggiorarua, il cor-so ha registrato pure un notevoleafflusso di dottorandi di ricerca,di ricercatori, docenti universitari,professionisti, impiegati e funzio-nari, casalinghe, pensionati.La maggioranza dei partticipanti(esattamente trecento sessanta-quatro) era di ascendenze arrnene,immediate o remote, mentre ses-santasei non avevano alcun rap-porto di origine con la culturaannena.Il corpo docente (volontari, cui I'Associazione Padus-Araxes offreil rimborso delle spese di viaggio,vitto e alloggio) ha contato com-plessivamente 30 persone, prove-nienti sopratutto dalla Francia e,inoltre, dall'Italia, dall'Armenia,dalla Grecia, dal Libano, dalla Si-ria, da Israele, dagli Stati Uniti,dal Canada. Dodici di essi sonostati presenti solo in un unicociclo.Diversi docenti hanno inoltre te-nuto delle conferenze su temi spe-cifici. All'uopo sono stati, ognianno, invitati pure degli specialis-ti oltre che dai detti paesi anchedalla Germania.Si puô certo riempire un volumecon simili dati statistici, ma giàquesti dati essenziali saranno suf-ficienti, credo, a dare un'idea del-la mole del lavoro svolto. Dellasua qualità, invece, saranno validitesti gli scritti in armeno raccolti

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Venice Conference onRelations Between Armenia and the Diaspora

'l-1r4-t' qlo-Up-gu A 2ulntpu'tftr' E '+h(uQgntphutu

On the initiative of the CulturalAssociation Po-Araxes a meetingof arrnenologists and of people in-terested in Armenian studies andculture, active in ltaly, took placeon December, 2nd, in Padua. Thismeeting, the first of its kind,aimed mainly at mutual acquain-tance and at a general co-ordina-tion of programs and activities.About forty persons were present,and some others expressed theirparticipation by mail. The meet-ing opened with a minute of si-lence to the memory of two wor-thy specialists of Armenian Art,Armen Zarian and Paolo Cuneo,who recently left us forever. Thenan exchange of ideas took placeon how to plan and coordinatescholarly, organizatory and popu-larizing activitites. A committee\ryas formed to furttrer study suchquestions.

Venice, December 3rd, L995Secretariat of the AssociationPadus-Araxes.

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Incontro con I'Armenia: History And Art In Perugia

1.1r4"" t ' __4ln-Up-pu A 2-QrcF-thL U[,ntphu'tt

Marina Falla Castelfranchi (Uni-versità di Chieti)L'Architettura dell'Armenia me-dioevale(con proiezione di diapositive)

Martedi 23 aprile 1996, alle ore16.30, presso la Sala della Vacara- Palazzo dei PrioriGiusto Traina (Università di Peru-gia)La presenzo armena nell'Umbriamedioevale

Annual Conference in V/ashing-ton, D.C. from December 6-10.The Society held its annual mem-bership meeting on IVednesday,December 6. Elected to Admini-strative Council positions \ryere:President, Joseph Kechichian(Rand Corporation), Vice-Presi-dent, Barlow Der Mugrdechian(CSU Fresno); Treasurer, DennisPapazian (University of Michiganat Dearborn); Secretary, RobertKrikorian (George WashingtonUniversity). Serving as advisorsare: Artin Arslanian (BelmontAbbey College), Ann Lousin(University of Chicago), PeterCowe (Columbia University). Inaddition to the panels which werepresented, members of the Socie-ty were invited to two Washing-ton, D.C. area events. On Thurs-day night, members were invitedto the offices of the ArmenianNational Committee of Americafor a reception. SAS membersand guests enjoyed the warm hos-pitality of the evening. On Fridaynight, St. Mary Armenian Apo-stolic Church hosted members atthe Church for a dinner followedby an informative discussion withSAS members. Fr. VertanesKalaydjian, pastor of St. Marychurch, invited SAS members toindividually address the attendeesand to present their areas of re-search interest. His Excellencyand Mrs. Rouben Shugarian, Am-bassador to the United States ofthe Republic of Armenia, werepresent for the evening. High-lighting the scholarly activities ofthe week was a roundtable discus-sion held on The Karabagh Con-flict and Armenian-Azerbaijan

Relations: The Quest for Regio-nal Stabiliry. The panel presentedvarious viewpoints on the politi-cal situation in Nagorno-Kara-bagh, with a lively exchange ta-king place between participants.Guests included His ExcellencYRouben Shugarian, Ambassadorof the Republic of Armenia; HisExcellency Hafiz Pashayev, Am-bassador of the Republic of Azer-baûan; David Nissman (Washing-ton, D.C.) and Joseph Kechi-chian (Rand Corporation). Dis-cussants were: Tadeusz Swieto-chowski (Monmouth College) andLevon Marashlian (GlendaleCommunity College). Richard G.Hovannisian (UCLA) chaired thediscussion which was co-spon-sored by the Intemational Socie-ty for Azerbaijani Studies and theSociety for Armenian Studies.Four panels organized aroundspecific Armenian themes werepresented during the four daYconference. The panel Shiraz, Is-

fahan, Tehran-Persian or Arme-nian Art? consisted of four PaPersdelving into various cultural andethnic communities in generaland into the Armenians in Iran inparticular. The scope of the Pre-sentations covered three geogra-phical regions of lran; from Shi-raz (south) to Isfahan (center) toTehran (north). The panel covereda period of time over three hund-red years, from Safavid times tothe early 20th century and addres-sed a wide range of scholars: his-torians, art and architectural his-torians, and social and ethnic stu-dies groups. The panel receivedthe attention of a large bodY ofscholary institutions such as the

The City of Perugia, through theBiblioteca Communale Augustaand the Università di Perugia, Fa-coltà di Magistero, Istituto di Sto-ria organize a cycle of lecturesentitled Incontro con l'Armenia.We received invitations for thefollowing two lectures, kindlyissued by the mayor of Perugia,Gian-franco Maddoli.Martedi 26 marzo 1996, alle ore16.30, presso la Sala della Vacara- Palazzo dei Priori

L'église arménienne

Journée d'études: La religioncomme référent identitaire: ex-emple de minorités ethico-réli-gieuses. CNRS, Strasbourg, le 6octobre 1995.

The J. Paul Getty Museum(17985 Pacific Coast Highway,Malibu, California) organized thefollowing two lectures:

October 26,1995Edmund Herzig (Senior ResearchFellow, Russian and Congress ofIndependent States Program,Royal Institute of IntemationalAffairs, London)

The Society for Armenian Stu-dies, a professional society com-posed of scholars interested in

Mme Martine Hovanessian (CN-RS, Strasbourg): La religioncomme référent identitaire: lanotion d'Eglise nationale chez Iaminorité arménienne.

Turban and Topography: Cultu-ral Exchange in the Julfa Arme-nianTrade Diaspora

November 16, 1995Alice Taylor, (Instructor in ArtHistory, West Los Angeles Col-lege, and Guest Curator of theIsfahan Exhibition)A Portable Past: Armenian Ma-nascript lllumination in Isfahan.

Armenian Studies, held its 21stannual meeting as part of theMiddle East Studies Association

J. Paul Getty Museum Lectures on Armenian Culture

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Society for Iranian Studies, theNorth American Historians of Ar-chitecture and ottrers. It was verywell attended and it reachedgroups never addressed before bythe Armenian panels. The papersclearly showed ttre impact of theArmenian community and its in-tricate relationship within Persiansociety over a long period of time,from the church of Shiraz, to themulticultural society of Isfahan tothe modern day Tehran, whereArmenian architects created the'school' of modern architecture inIran. The speakers represented al-so a wide range of ethnic and aca-demic backgrounds. The diversepapers included: Jews and Arme-nians in Safavid lran-Their SelfDefinitions Contracted in Images,Alice Taylor (West Los AngelesCollege); The New Julfo Style ofArmenian Manuscript Bindings,Dickran Kouymjian (CaliforniaState University, Fresno); The Ar-menian Church of Shiraz: An Ar-menian-Safavid M onument, Mar-co Brambilla (DOMUS); and Ar-menian Architects in Tehran:Persian Architecture of Early20th Century, Mina Marefat(Smithsonian Institution). LucyDer Manuelian (Tufts University)chaired the panel. The Society forArmenian Studies sponsored atwo-part panel called The Arme-nian Genocide: An Eighty YearPerspective. Part I: HistoricalDimensions had as its chair/dis-cussant Richard G. Hovannisianof UCLA. The panel focused onthe Armenian Genocide of 1915and papers presented were: SomeComments About Decision Mak-ing, Stepan Astourian (UCLA);

Finishing the Genocide: Angora'sElimination of Armenian Survi-vors, L920-L923, lævon Marash-lian (Glendale City College); Re-sista,nce to Genocide: The Arme-nian Experience, 1915-1995, Ro-ger Smith (College of Williamand Mary); and Tlrc Role of His-torical Memory in InterpretingCurrent Events in the Republic ofArmenia, Donald Miller (Univer-sity of Southem California). Thesecond of the two part panel wastitled Armenian Literature andCatastrophe and focused on theliterary production of Armeniansin America and in the Diaspora inorder to assess the impact of ttreGenocide of 1915. The papersdealt with a variety of genres anddifferent periods to study the waythe Genocide is inscribed in thetexts. V/orks originally written inArmenian and in English were ex-amined, using various methodolo-gies to analyze them. The worksencompassed the spectrum of Ar-menian literary production. Thepanel, chaired by Lome Shirinian,included: Across the Chasm:From Catastrophe to Creativity,Barlow Der Mugrdechian (Cali-fomia State University, Fresno);William Saroyan and the Arme-nian Genocide, David Calonne(Siena Heights College); LiteraryResponse to Catastropàe, RubinaPeroomian (UCLA); and Surviv-ors Memoirs of the Armenian Ge-nocide, Lorne Shirinian (RoyalMilitary College of Canada). Thefourth of a series of panels, Arme-nian in the Age of the ll-Khans,was designed to focus attentionon the more neglected periods ofArmenian history, in this case the

century following the Mongolconquest of Armenia in t239,during which Armenia was ruledby Hulagu Khan and his succes-sors, the Ilkhans of Iran. Chairedby Barlow Der Mugrdechian(California State University, Fres-no) the panel consisted of four pa-pers each approaching the periodfrom a different point of refer-ence. S. Peter Cowe (ColumbiaUniversity), who has centeredmuch of his research around Ar-menian literary and social topicsin the later Middle Ages, spokeon The Seljuk-llkhanid Conflictand the Armenian Confraternityof Erznka. Robert H. Hewsen(Rowan College of New Jersey),who has written extensively onthe Armenian nobility, especiallyin regard to those of Karabagh,discussed the Armenian responseto Mongol rule by focusing onThe Reign of Hasan-Jalal-Daula,Armenian AIly of Hulagu Khan.T.A. Sinclair (University of Cy-prus), whose field is late medievaland early modem history of East-ern Anatolia (with special atten-tion to economic and social histo-ry), addressed The Economy ofArmenia in the llkhanid Period.The fourth paper by D. Stark, adoctoral candidate at the Univer-sity of Chicago, whose disserta-tion concems the reign of KingHetum II of Cilician Armenia,would have surveyed King He-t'um's Alliance with the Mongols:A Mutually Beneficial Relation-shipbut was cancelled when Mr.Stark was unable to attend theconference. Armenians both with-in and without the Armenian cler-gy, attempted to guide their peo-

ple through the stresses broughtabout by wars, invasions, andchanges of masær; merchants, inspite of all the difficulties, conti-nued to carry on their trade, deve-loping new routes to replace theones that were now disrupted; Ar-menian princes steered their tinyships of staæ through increasing-ly troubled waters; and rulerssuch as Hetum II, attempted toturn the Mongol invasions'to thenational advantage. DickranKouymjian (Califomia State Uni-versity, Fresno) served as the dis-cussant for the panel, which,scheduled at 8:00 p.m. was stillwell attended and well received.The final panel was The Arme-nian Community in 20th CenturyIran co-sponsored by the Societyfor Armenian Studies and the So-ciety for Iranian Studies. A largenumber of scholars were in atten-dance. The chair/discussant forthe panel was George Bournou-tian (Iona College). Papers inclu-ded: The Role of the ArmenianRevolutionary Federation in theIranian Constitutional Revolu-tion, Houri Berberian (UCLA);Krikor Eghikian, The Jangalis,and the Armenians, Aram Arkun(Zohrab Institute); The Armeniansof lran and the Communist Move-ment in lran, Cosroe Chaqueri(Columbia University); and TheArmenian Diaspora in the IslamicRepublic of lran, 1979-1989,ElizSanasarian (USC).

Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Arme-nian Studies Program CaliforniaState University, Fresno Fresno,cA 937 40-0004

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NAASR 40th Anniversary Conference Marc Nichanian, Université deStrasbourg & U.C.L.A.

3.30-5.00 p.m, General Sessionand DiscussionAll Conference ParticipantsOn Friday evening November 3the opening of a photographic ex-hibit on Armenia: Irnages of En-durance and Hope took place.George Bedirian, formerly of Wa-tertown and now of V/ashingtonState University, gave a gallerytalk with slides.

In honor of NAASR's sustainedeffort over the past 40 years werestate the purposes of the organi-zation and publish parts of itspresentation folder, issued April,1995.1. To foster and promote Arme-nian studies through scholarship,research, and publication;2. To work for the establishmentof endowed professorships, fel-lowships, departments, and cour-ses of instruction in Armenianstudies at American colleges, uni-versities and other institutions ofhigher leaming;3. To solicit and administer fundsand to cooperate with universi-ties, foundations, and similar or-ganizations for the advancementof Armenian studies and research;and4. To sponsor and promote edu-cational, cultural, and other acti-vities and projects for the realiza-tion of the purposes and objec-tives of the Association.

NAASR is a non-profit, non-par-tisan, and non-sectarian organiza-tion founded in 1955 by a repre-

sentative group of 60 prominentAmerican Armenians and Har-vard University professors in or-der to fosær Armenian studies inAmerica on an active, continuousand scholarly basis and to perpe-tuate the Armenian heritage.Through NAASR's own fund-raising efforts the first two en-dowed chairs in Armenian Stu-dies in the United Staæs werc es-tablished at Harvard University in1959 and at the University of Ca-lifomia at los Angeles in 1965.NAASR also supported Armeni-an Studies programs at a numberof other American universities,among them Columbia Universi-ty, University of Massachusetts atBoston and at Amherst, WayneState University, Tufts Universi-ty, California State University atFresno, University of Connecti-cut, Rutgers University, and Bent-ley College. Altogether there arenow eight Chairs of ArmenianStudies'in the United States andover 20 other institutions of high-er education offer programs orcourses in Armenian history, cul-ture, and/or language.

In pursuit of its basic purposes topromote Armenian Studies inAmerica NAASR has establisheda number of programs and enti-ties which are carried out at itsHeadquarters and Center for Ar-menian Studies and Research inBelmont, Mass., a 10,000 sq. ft.facility.Armenian Information, Educa-tion and Documentation Center:An informal center for students,researchers, and the print and e-lectronic media; a clearing house

On November 3-5th the NationalAssociation for Armenian Studiesand Research [NAASR] celebra-ted its 40th anniversary. On No-vember 3th and 4th a conferencewas held in Belmont, focussingon Armenian Studies in the Twen-ry-First Century. On November

NAASR Centre for ArmenianStudies and Research395 Concord Avenue, Belmont,Mass.

Friday, November 3

9.30 a.m. -12.30 p.m. FirstSession:Early and Medieval PeriodChairman: Richard G. Hovanni-sian, U.CL.A.Participants:James R. Russell, Harvard Uni-versityS. Peter Cowe, Columbia Univer-sityTheo M. van I.int, Leiden Univer-sityLendrush Khurshudian, ErevanState University1.30-5.30 p.m. Second Session:Langwge and LiteratureChairman: James R. Russell, Har-vard UniversityParticipants:Jean-Pierre Mahé, Ecole Pratiquedes Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne)Garnik Ananian, Erevan StateUniversityKevork Bardakjian, University ofMichigan, Ann ArborJohn A.C. Greppin, ClevelandState University

5th a festive banquet was held inthe V/estin Hotel in Boston,where NAASR's founding mem-bers were recognized and honoredalong wittr the scholars who werethe first occupants of their univer-sity chairs in Armenian Studies.

Abratram Terian, Sterling CollegeBert Vaux, Harvard University

Saturday, November 4

9.30 a.m.- 12.30 p.m. ThirdSession:History (Modern Period)Chairman: S. Peter Cowe, Colum-bia UniversityParticipants:Richard G. Hovannisian,u.c.L.A.Dickran Kouymjian, CaliforniaState University, FresnoDennis R. Papazian, University ofMichigan- DearbornGeorge Bournoutian, Iona Col-lege & Rutgers UniversityLevon Marashlian, Glendale Col-legeAram Arkun, Zohrab Informa-tion Center

1.30 p.m. Fourth Session:GeneralChairman: Manoog S. Young,NAASR Board of DirectorsParticipants:Lucy Der Samuelian, Tufts Uni-versityBabken Haroutiunian, ErevanState UniversityRobert Mirak, Boston University

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and coordinator for educationalactivities; and a repository for do-cumentation on aspects and pe-riods of Armenian history andculture.Institute for Armenian Studiesand Research: An independent re-search institute to foster researchand studies, on and off site, onArmenian history, culture, and rc-lated subjects; to stimulate inter-change and interaction amongscholars; and to include a Pro-gramfor Armenian Genocide Stu-dies in order to encourage re-search and publications about theattempted genocide of the Arme-nian people in Turkey. Courses,seminars, and other programs willbe offered.Armenian Reference and Re-search Library: A valuable col-lection of 20,000 books pam-phlets, periodicals, newspapers,clipping files, memoirs and perso-nal papers (including micro-ficheand microfilm) available for re-search and reference purposes toscholars, students, and the generalpublic.Armenian Book Clearing Houscand Distribution Center: Tlteworld's largerst distributor ofbooks in English on Armenianand related subjects, offering sub-stantial discounts to NAASRmembers as well as to librariesand booksellers. More than 1,800titles have been distributed since1960. Nearly 1,200 are currentlyavailable. A catalog of all currentbooks is available for $3.00 (tocover postage and handling; $+.00for foreign countries).Antiquarian Book Service; A de-partment of the Armenian Book

Clearing House offering for saleused, out-of-print, and mostlyscarce and rare books on variousaspects of Armenian history andrclated areas including the Byzan-tine Empire, Central Asia, Geor-gia, Transcaucasia, Kurdistan,Persia, Turkey and the OttomanEmpire and encompassing Art,Architecture, Poetry, Travel, Reli-gion, Massacres, and ProtestantMissions. Five descriptive cata-logs are available at $2.50 each($3.50 for foreign countries).Armenain Heritage Press: Pu-blisher of both popular and scho-larly works as well as transla-tions and reprints. The most re-cent publications are Armenia andthe Crusades, I0-l2th Centuries:The Chronicle of Matthew ofEdessa, translated with commen-tary by Ara E. Dostourian; Geno-cide and Human Rights: Lessonsfrom the Armenian Experience;Hussenig: The Origin, Historyand Destruction of an ArmenianTown by Marderos Deranian;H annah' s Story : Escape from Ge-nocide in Turkey to Succes inAmerica by Hannah Kalajian andBemadine Sullivan; and Winds ofDestiny: An Immigrant Girl' sOdyssey by Serpoohi ChristineJafferian.Other titles published include Ï/reArmenian Holocaust: A Biblio-graphy Relating to the Deporta-tions, Massacres and Dispersionof the Armenian People, 19l5-1923, by Richard G. Hovanni-sian; A Graded West ArmenianReader: Selections from Arme-nian Literature by James Etmek-jian; A Picture Book of ArmenianMiniatures by Robert and 7-al;r-l

Der Bedrosian; Recent Studies inModern Armenian History, editedby Robert W. Thomson; Neitherto Laugh nor to Weep: A Memoirof the Armenian Genocide byAbraham Hartunianl Zoroastria-nism in Armenia by James R.Russell (co-published with Har-vard University Press).The Armenian Heritage Press isalso the publisher of the semi-an-nual fourrnl of Armenian Studiesconsisting of scholarly and popu-lar articles on Armenian history,culture, and related subjects.Conferences: Over twelve natio-nal and international conferenceshave been sponsored, amongthem being ldentity and Assimila-tion: The Armenian Experience inAmerica in 1984 at Harvard Uni-versity and Genocide and HumanRights: Sevenry Years aftcr theGenocide in 1985 at Bentley Col-lege. Conferences for 1996-1997being planned are Armenia and itsForeign Relations in ModernTimes and Forgotten Centuries inArmenian History, I 37 5 - I 87 5 .

Other NAASR activities: Lectureseries, discussion programs, syffi-posia, forums, exhibits, bookfairs, heritage tours, and othereducational and cultural activities.Support for NAASR's programsis provided through endowmentand quasi-endowment funds andthrough contributions and mem-bership dues.

Membership is open to all per-sons- regardless of age, sex, ornational origin- who wish to helpfurther Armenian studies, re-

search, and publication throughNAASR's programs.Membership categories: Classesof membership are: Regular($SO;, Family- Mr. & Mrs. only($2S1, Senior Citizen ($+O), Full-time Student ($35), Supporting($125), Sustaining ($2S01, Spon-sor ($500) and Patron ($1,000)(Members in the last four catego-ries receive one or more bonusbooks.) Life membership is opento members of ten to more conti-nuous years.Membership benefits and privile-ges: All members in good stand-ing receive free the Journal of Ar-menian Studies as well as thequarterly NAASR Newsletter(combined value of $27.50), maypurchase books from NAASR'sArmenian Book Clearing Houseat discount prices, and can partici-pate in NAASR's Annual As-sembly of Members as well as inits activities on the national, re-gional, or local level.

The Executive Committee ofNAASR consists of Manoog S.Young (Chairman), Raffï P. Ye-ghiayan (First Vice Chairman),Prof. Aram S. Karakashian, Uni-versity of Lowell (Second ViceChairman), Karen Kazarosian(Secretary), Armen Dohanian(Treasurer), Nancy R. Kolligan(Assistant Secretary), Leo Ma-ghakian (Assistant Treasurcr).National Association for Arme-nian Studies and Research, Inc.395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA02178. Tel. (617) 489-1610.

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NAASR Grants to Erevan University Lille, 75007 Paris sur le thème:Regards sur les Arméniens.Cécile Zervudacki, INALCOPourquoi les croquemitaines desGrecs sont-ils arméniens?Marie-Christine Varol, Nancy II-INALCO L'image des Arméniensdans les expressians populairesen judéo-espagnol de Turquie.Charles Urjewicz, INALCO Leregard des Géorgiens.Cueorgui Sanikidze, Institut d'Etudes Orientales de Tbilissi Lesétudes orientales et arméniennesen Géorgie12h30 Cocktail-lunch14h00

Im Rahmen der ôsterreichischenLinguistentagung vom24. bis 26.Oktôber 1996 in Graz, Ôsterreichmôchte ich einen armenologi-schen Workshop an einem Tagdieser Tagung veranstalten. Die-ser V/orkshop soll sâmtliche ar-menologische Themen umfassen,ob nun philologisch, orientalischoder linguistisch betrachtet, vomAltarmenischen, tiber das Mittel-armenische bis zu den heutigenStandartvarianten. Auch die mo-deme Armenologie, wie Soziolin-guistik, Sprachpolitik, Sprachkon-takt, Dialektologie bzw. Uberset-zungswissenschaft kônnen Ar-beitsthemen sein.Daneben soll der V/orkshop auchgelegenheit zum Erfahrungs- undWissensaustausch auf dem Gebie-te der armenologischen For-schung bieten und die kleine Zahlvon Armenologen einander nâher

Martine Hovanessian, C.N.R.S.La perception des Arméniensdans le clwmp d'une sociologie del'émigration et de l'ethnicité enFrance15h00 Table ronde animée parKrikor Beledianz Visages litté-raires des Arméniens avec:

Gérard Bedrossian, auteur de Ar-ménie, j'écris ton nom.Eva Berard, chercheur au C.N.-R.S., les Arméniens dans les oeu-vres de A. Bitov, Osip Mandel-stam, V. Grossman.Dmitri Seseman, traducteur d'An-dreï Bitov , Un russe en Arménie.

bringen und etwaige Zusammen-arbeit planen.Falls sie am Armenologie-Work-shop teilnehmen môchten und mirauch einen Themenvorschlag fûrein Referat/Arbeitsthema machenkônnten, bitte ich Sie, mich bisspâtestens Anfang Mai 1996 inKenntnis zu setzen.Der Workshop wird in Zusam-menarbeit mit der Armenisch-Apostolischen Kirche Ôsterreichsorganisiert.Weitere Information wie bei-spielsweise Hinweise fûr Unter-kiinfte in Graz und Nâheres zurTagung folgt nach eingegangenerAnmeldung.*Vortrâge und sprachwissen-schaftliche Studien zum Alt-, Mit-tel- und Neuarmenischen.*Vorstellung von armenolo-gischen Forschungstiiti gkeiten anUniversitâten in Mittel- undWesteuropa.

In 1995 NAASR made twogrants to Erevan State Universityin order to aid the university's ef-forts in the field of ArmenianStudies.The grants have been designed toaugment the university library's

collection of books in English onvarious aspects of Armenian Stu-dies and to supplement the lowsalaries of those members of thefaculty who are engaged in Ar-menian Studies. Each grant is forus $5,000.

NAASR Lectures

April, 18 1996Dr. Vahakn D. DadrianThe Armenian Genocide in Histo-rical PerspectiveMay 2,1996Nancy Kalajian(teacher and free-lance writer)

Am 11. Mai fand ein Festakt slatt,organisiert von der DAG in zu-sammenarbeit mit dem Armeni-schen Kulturverein in Hessen.Das Programm fing um 18.00 Uhran in der Evangelischen Markus-gemeinde, Bochenheim, Frank-furt/lvlain. Es gab zwei Vortrâge:Herr Heinrich Lummer, Mitglieddes Deutschen Bundestages, Ber-lin: Armenien heute - aus derSicht eines deutschen Politikers.Herr Hacik Raffi Gazerian, Hal-le: Unbekannte Entwicklungsli-

L'INALCO et la Société des Etu-des Arméniennes ont le plaisir devous convier à la cinquième jour-née "Etudes Arméniennes", sous

Deutsch-Armenische GesellschaftFestakt 11. Mai 1996

Glimpses of ArmeniaMay 16, 1996Prof. Dr. Levon Chookaszian(Yerevan State University)Mongol Influences on ArmenianArt

nien deutsch-armenischer Geis-tesgeschichte im 19. und 20.Jahrhundert.Den musikalischen Rahmen ge-staltetert Frau Hasmik Mnatsaka-nian und Frau Melania Harou-tounian. Ftir das leibliche wohlsorgte der Armenische Kulturver-ein in Hessen.[Dr. Christoph Heger, Sekretar,DAG e.V., Kielsberg 43, D-50491 Overath, Germanyl.

la Présidence d'André Bourgey,Président de I'INALCO, lundi 24Juin 1996 de th30 à 17h00 dansles salons de I'INALCO,2 rue de

lVorkshop Armenologie im Rahmen der OsterrreichischenLinguisten Tagung vom24-26. Oktober 1996 in Graz

Regards sur les ArméniensJournée Etudes Arméniennes

INALCO et la Société des Etudes ArméniennesLundi 24 Juin 1996

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*Armenologie interdisziplinâr:Sprachwissenschaft und Theolo-gie.*Round Table iiber Gegenwartund Zukunft der armenologischenForschung in Mittel- und V/est-

We would like to inform you thatin September t996 the Centralluropean University (BudapestCollege) will hold a conferénceentitled'The Caucasus: A UniqueMeeting Point of Ancienr Cul-tures (From the Early MiddleAges to the Caucasian ril/ars)'. Webelieve that the most appropriatecontribution this university couldoffer for promoting peace and re-conciliation in the Caucasus re-gion would be to provide an op-portunity for intellectuals repre-senting various ethnicities of theCaucasus to meet at a neutralplace and to discuss some topicswhich are not directly related tothe tragic conflicts of the present.Therefore, we are inviting expertson history, philology, social an-thropology, religious studies, arthistory, and folklore to presenttheir papers on crosscultural ap-proaches in the Medieval and ear-ly Modern Caucasus. At the Con-ference we intend to discuss bothmajor nations and smaller com-munities of the region indepen-dently of their presenr-day politi-cal status.One of the peculiarities of theconference is that it will be orga-nized both for scholars living inthe region and specialists from

ConferenceThe caucasus: a unique Meeting point of Ancient cultures

europa sowie tiber geplante Ko-operationen.Dr. Jasmine Tragut;Tel. +43 - 3 L6-380 -24 19 .Karl Franzens Universitiit Grazlnstitut ftir Sprachwissenschaft,Mozartgasse 8, A-8010 Graz.

other countries. In order toachieve this aim the Central Euro-pean University is offering grantsto 15 scholars of Caucasian resi-dence, covering their travel andliving expenses. The grants willbe adjudicated on a competitivebasis by an intemational commit-tee. Applications for those grantsmust contain a Curriculum Vitaeand an abstract of the paper to beread (up to 2,000 words). Thepresent circular letter is being sentto the regional academic institu-tions of Transcaucasia, NorthernCaucasus and Russia proper.The official languages of the con-ference will be preferably Eng-lish, French, or

-German. Hoù-

ever, since we do not want to ex-clude valuable contributions be-cause of the language require-ment, papers and abstracts in Rus-sian will also be accepted.The following are five panelswhich the scholars could partici-pate in:l. Historiographya. Early Christianity in the Cau-casus, IVth-VIIth centuries AD;b. From the emergence of Islamto the rise of the Ottoman Em-pire, VIIth-XVth centuries;c. From the Ottoman and Persiandominations to the Russian ex-

pansion, XVth-XVIIIth cen- b. Handicrafts;turies. c. Music2. Local Communities and EthnicGroups throughout the Centuriesa. Local communities within themajor ethnic groups (e.9. Me-grels, Khevsurs, Svans amongGeorgians, Irons and Digors inOssetia, etc.);b. Smaller ethnic groups (Aba-zynes, Assyrians, Batsbis, groupsof Caucasian Greeks and Jews,Khemshins, Kurds, Shapsugs, Ta-lishies, Ubykhs, Udins, etc);c. Religous diversity and cohabi-tation.3. Literatures and oral traditionsa. Folklore and Mythology;b. Religious and Secular Litera-ture4. Arts, handicrafts, and musica. Monumental art;

S. SpirttwhtyTheology, philosophy, liturgy, as-ceticism, mysticism among Chris-tians, Moslems, and Jews.The deadline for delivering theabstracts is June l, 1996. Applica-tions for the CEU grants are to bepostmarked by May 15, 1996.

Budapest, January 16,1996Istvan PERCZELCEU - Medieval Studies1051, Nador utca 9Budapest, HungaryTel: (36-1) 327-30-2a; (36-l)3n 30-49; (36-1) 3n 40-5rFax: 36-14n40-55e-mail:Aloi anez@ PICAS S O.CEU.H U

whose specialties are related toAlexander the Great. One of theobjectives of this InternationalConference is to bring togetherorientalists and "occidentalists" soas to open intersecting persPec-tives on these questions.The conference, planned forL997, will be held in two stages,the first at McGill University,Montreal, in the Spring, the se-cond in Paris in the Fall. Orga-nized by David V/illiams (Mc-Cill) with the collaboration ofClaire Kappler (CNRS = CentreNationale de Recherche Scien-tifique, Paris).Please send proposals of up toone page to:

1997 Internati onal Conference :Alexander The Great in Eastern and Western Cultures from

Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Alexander the Great, symbol ofconquest, symbol of power, suc-ceeded not only in being accep-ted by the cultures he encounter-ed, but even in being idealized bythem. These cultures incamated inthis foreign conqueror their mostfundamental values: in what way?why? which values? Does suchidealizing of a conquering enemyby cultures sharply different onefrom the other reveal somethingspecific about each culture?Something shared by both cul-tures? A transcultural phenome-non?These questions are addressed tohistorians, literary scholars, his-torians of art, and other scholars

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Professor David Williams, Dept.of English, McGill Universiiy,

To be held at the Australian Na-tional University in Canberrald{V April 25rh (Anzac Day) toSunday 27rhan Australian long weekendEaster for the Orthodoxand Canberra's autumn leaves attheir glorious bestGuest. The Association's confer-ence visitor will be Nancy Shev-chenko, aurhor of The Lifu of StNic.holas in Byzantine Art- (19g2)and co-author of a translation ofthe life of this saint who per-formed miracles at sea. She haspublished a catalogue of the illu-strated manuscripts of the Meta-phrastian menologion (1990) andwas associate editor of the OxfordD_ictionary of Byzantium (1991).Conference theme. It is intendedthat everyone, including researchstudents, should be able to navi-gate their way around this theme11d presenr a paper if they wish.Either one houi or half-hour shifrsat the helm will be the norm. Thetheme need not be interpretedliterally. While naurical suù3ecrs,or a nautical twist, would be veryappropriate, it may be treatedallegorically, with the emphasisplaced on the sub-title. In thiscase speakers are invited to givesome explanation of how they areapproaching any topic of theirown choosing with reference tocurrent research in that field, their

Sailing to Byzantium: Approaches and GoalsThe Tenth Conference of the

Australian Association for Byzantine StudiesApril 1997

853 Sherbrooke west, Montreal,Quebec Canada H3Y 1E5.

methodology and, where appli-cable, in relation to their

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more distant goals.Synopses of papers will be pub-lished in the Byzantine Studiès inAustralia Newsletter.Sessions will be held on the Fri-day, from 2pm in the Haydon-Allen lecture theatre, and over theweekend in two theatres in thenew Manning Clark Centre. Alltheatres are adjacent to the Uni-versity Union. The conferencewill end at about 4pm on the Sun-day afternoon.Accomodation. A block bookinghas been made at Bruce Hall, àstudent residence five minutes'walk from the conference venue.The rates quoted are $39, (stu-denrs $31) per person per day fora single room and breakfast, or$55 (students $45) full board.Accomodation should also beavailable either side of the con-ference for those who wish tomake a holiday of it and see rheattractions of the national capital.The city centre and several hbtelsand motels are within walkingdistance of campus. UniversityHouse on campus has single anâdouble rooms each with bathroomand is comparable to hoteVmotelaccomodation.Registration fee: $80 (studenrs$a0) by March lsr, 1997i rhere-after add $10.

The conference is not exclusivelyfor Byzantinologists; anyone in-terested may attend. A specialwelcome will be given to thosevisiting Australia for the con-ference.To receive the second circular andregistration form in November1996 please contact the Conve-ner:

The Department of Slavic Lan-guages & Literatures and the De-partment of Linguistics of theUniversity of Chicago are pleasedto announce that the Tenth Inter-national NSL Conference (Non-Slavic Languages Conference,formerly the Conference on theNon-Slavic Languages of the-USSR), will take place on thecampus of the University of Chi-cago, Thursday-Saturday, 8-10May t997. We solicit papers dea-ling with any linguistic aspects ofnon-Slavic languages presently orhistorically spoken on the tenito-ries of the successor states toUSSR, i.e., the Baltic republicsand the member republics of theCommonwealth of IndependentStates. 30 minutes will be allottedfor presentation and discussion ofeach paper. Papers must be pre-sented in English. tù/e have nofunds available to cover travel orhousing costs. Funding permit-ting, we hope to publish paperspresented at the Conference.

Dr Ann Moffatt, Art HistoryDepartment, ANU, Canberra,ACT O2OOPhone:+6 | -6-249,2901 (V/)

or +61-6-2a7.a7$ (H);Fax: +61-6-249.2705EmaiL Ann. Moffatt@ anu.edu.au[Between mid Aug. and mid Oct.please direct any enquiries toMargaret Brown at the same ad-dress and fu number.]

Those interested in participatingshould sent a one-page abstract oftheir proposed paper to one of theaddresses below. Faculty mem-bers are particularly requested toencourage graduate students tosubmit abstracts. Since we plan tohave these abstracts available atthe meetings, please also send acopy of your abstract on a floppydisk (preferably 3.5" (90 mm.))or, ideally, submit your abstractby e-mail. The deadline for re-ceipt of abstracts is I October1996. You will be notified if yourpaper has been accepted for prc-sentation by I November 1996.As in past years, the Conferencewill be followed by the Confe-rence on the Cultures of Caucasiaon Saturday and Sunday, l0-llMay 1997.Howard I. Aronson - Bill J. Dar-den - Victor A. Friedman, Con-ference Organizers

In replying, please indicate:*your name

Tenth International Non-Slavic Languages Conference(formerly Non-Slavic Languages of the USSR)

University of Chicago8-10 May,1997Call for Papers

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*address*affiliation*whether you are submitting/willsubmit an abstract*title of propsed paper*languages and linguistic familiesdealt with*if not sumitting an abstract, doyou \rrant to remain on our mai-ling list?

Organized by the Korôsi CsomaSociety & the Eôtvôs Lorând Uni-versity. Oriental Studies in the20th Century: the State of the Art[Great personalities, discoveriesand new developments in the lasthundred yearsJPapers devoted to the general sub-ject and to any other topic may beread in sections or panels.The Sections:I Orient & Asia in Antiquityl. Ancient Near East2. Ancient Far EastIl Near and Middle East & NorthA[rica1. Judaic and Hebrew Studies2. Islamic Studies3. Arabic Studies4. Iranian Studies (incl. Central

Asian Areas)5. Urdu Studies6. Ottoman and Turkish StudieslllThe Caucasus1. Armenian Studies2. Georgian StudieslY Central Asia & related areas

For abstracts or requests forfurther information:Phone: +l -312-702.8033Fax: +1-3 L2-702.9861E-mail:hia5@ midway.uchicago.eduUS Mail:NSL-10, Dept. of Slavic Langs &LitsUniv. of Chicagoll30 E. 59ttr St.Chicago, IL æ637

1. Turkic Studies and relatedareas

2. Mongolian Studies3. Manchu-Tunguz Studies4. Tibetan StudiesY South Asia1. Sanskrit Studies2. Indian and Hindi Studies3. Tamil and Dravidian Studies4. Buddhist StudiesYI South East Asia1. Thai2. Burmese3. Vietnamese4. Khmer StudiesYII East Asia1. Japanese Studies2. Chinese Studies3. Korean StudiesYIII Recent History and Presentof Asia and North AfricaPanels may be presented by threeor more participants. Ideas andprojects for panels are welcome.The Korôsi Csoma Society andthe Eôtvôs Lnrând University, be-ing the organizers of the 35thICANAS, are therefore inviting

all institutions and scholars work-ing in the field of Oriental studiesto attend the Congress in Buda-pest and to contribute to its pro-gramme.If you wish to attend the Con-gress, please tum to the followingaddress:

Tamâs Ivânyi (ICANAS)ELTE - Korôsi Csoma TârsasâgH-1088 Budapest, Mûzeum krt.4lBHungarye-mail: ivanyi@osiris.elte.hufax: +36-l -266.5699

Gandzasar Theological Center

35th ICANASInternational Congress of Asian and North African Studies

Budapest, 7 -12- July 1997:Oriental Studies in the 20th Century: the State of the Art

This communication by St. An-drew's College was taken fromthe internet in December, 1995.As it provides some informationon the activities of GandzasarTheological Center and the cir-cumstances under which these ac-tivities are carried out, we thoughtit proper to bring it to the atten-tion of AIEA members.

There is a monastery in Karabaghcalled Gandzasar. Literally, theword means the "mountain oftreasure". And it is certainly anappropriate title. There, you willfind a church which has enduredfor centuries, the aggression ofenemies.It was no wonder that a group ofclergy and intellectuals have a-dopted this name, Gandzasar, fortheir monumental work. Fouryears ago, the Gandzasar Theolo-gical Center was formed and hasoperated ever since, under seem-ingly impossible conditions in Ar-menia. The center, which has 70full and part time employees, isresponsible for processing anddisseminating the ArmenianChurch's spir i tual treasures.Scholars and computer program-mers work into the night, trans-lating, formatting and providing

Armenian manuscripts andhymns.Last month St. Andrew was hostto the founder and president ofthe Center, Fr. Mesrop Aramyan.His primary reason for coming toour area was to establish rela-tions with the electronic industry.Y/e were also able to give him op-portunity to network with localArmenian high-tech professio-nals. During his brief visit, wewere made aware of Gandzasar'sefforts and work.Ninety percent of the ArmenianChurch!s literature (theology,prayers, hymns, etc.), says Fr.Mesrop, is in the form of hand-written manuscripts.The importance of the Center'seffort is that they are processingttris literature and making it avail-able to the public. To date, theyhave published 35 books, count-less tracts and pamphlets. Theyare producing CD ROMs filledwith Armenian Church literatureand soon they will make the ma-terial available on the Intemet.

Most striking about their efforts,is the level of commitment theseengineers and scholars have forprocessing this information. Un-der relatively primitive circum-

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stances, the Center is producingsuch a high quality of publica-tions and material that they caneasily compete in any market. Fr.Mesrop tells the story of how theyhave a mountain of car batteriesstacked up to power their compu-ters (because of undependable po-\iler supply). Their programmers

Industrial and Commercial Activity of the Armenian Diaspora in theEast-European Countries During the 11-17th Centuries

Joint Research Program of the Hungarian and the ArmenianAcademies for the Years 1996-2000

On October 16th, 1995 a Delega-tion arrived from the ArmenianAcademy of Sciences, consistingof Prof. Gagik Sargissian, theAcademy's vice-president and di-rector of the Oriental Institute ofArmenia, and Prof. Vladimir Bar-xudarian, the Academy's acade-mic secretary and deputy directorof the Historical Institute of theArmenian Academy. The aim ofthe Delegation was not a merecomplimentary visit to the Hun-garian scholars, their close part-ners in a succesful cooperation,but to sign a contract of scholarlycooperation for the coming fiveyears, 1996-2000.Following the initiation of Arme-nian linguistic, historical and cul-tural studies initiated in Transsyl-vania during the previous century,some fifty years ago these werestarted also in Budapest.From the 1940-ies on ProfessorJulius Németh and Louis Ligetiincorporated Armenian linguisticand historical studies into theranks of Oriental studies. Arme-nian had been inserted into thisgroup, not bcause of the geogra-

and engineers have to dissect sys-tems because they have no accessto the latest programming tools.They have written entire opera-ting systems in Armenian so tocreate better work environments.From: Intemet: dervaz.@sain.org! amdahl. com ! sain ! dervaz

phical site of Armenia, the closeneighbourhood of Near Easternpeoples, but because Armenian, aseparate branch of the Indo-Euro-pean languages at the same timewas connected with several Ori-ental studies, practised at Buda-pest University.Armenian historical literature un-derwent an amazing progress, ve-ry soon after Mesrop Mashtotsconstructed the unique Armenianscript. The fifth and the followingcenturies already brought a veryrich development in Armenian li-terature. The sequence of Armeni-an chronicles besides the historyof the Armenians also gave a fullpicture of the neighbouring peo-ples and countries. These Arme-nian historical sources along theline of Armenian ecclesiastic cul-ture extended also to the Cis-cau-casian area, and herewith presen-ted fundamental historical sourcematerial also to the Turkic peoplesurrounding the Hungarians: theOnogurs, Sabirs and Khazars. Be-cause of the considerable gap inByzantine historical sources fromthe 7th-8ttr centuries, the Armeni-

an sources are of inestimablevalue for the early history of theHungarians, who in these centu-ries were living in the Ciscauca-sian area.Although our countries were athousand miles apart, all throughthe centuries invasions of EasternTatar nomad hordes inundatedthem, both along a northern linestretching as far as Hungary, âswell as in the Southeast, to Arme-nia. In the North there were thetroops of Khan Batu, while in theSouth the armies of Chormaghanand Baiju occupied all of Arme-nia.Because of the unexpected deathof Grand Khan ÔgôOei in l24lthe numerous hordes of the Tatarsleft Hungary very briskly. In 1256the Ilkhanid Dynasty, a separateTatar power, established its domi-nation over the Near East.But the Tatars were not the firstAltaic people to intrude into theSoutheast, into Armenia. At thebeginnning of the llth century itwas the tribal confederation of theSeljuqs which rushed along thesouthern routes and in less than acentury occupied all Asia Minor.However, the desintegration ofthis Seljuq Empire did not bringabout the liberation of the (for-mer) Eastern Roman Empire. Se-veral parts of the Seljuq Empiredeveloped into independent emi-rates, and after that into the Kha-nate of lkonium. In the l4th andl5th centuries, in the North-Eastern area of Asia Minor, thesmall emirate of the Ottomans de-veloped into a huge, mighty em-pire extending their might to theBalkan peninsula. In this period

the Ottomans occupied all theBalkan states, and after the defeatof the Hungarian armies at Mo-hach (1526) the Ottoman armiesbegan to inundate the whole teni-tory of Hungary.So Hungary and Armenia under-went the same catastrophe. In thellth century the Ottoman tribe\ ras a tiny fraction of the SeljuqEmpire, but after the invasion ofEgypt and the Near East, comple-ted in 1517, Armenia had alsobeen incorporated into the Otto-man Empire.During the invasions of the Sel-juqs and the Tatars the people ofArmenia had to flee. In the earlyllth-l2th centuries the Armeni-ans fled to ttre South, to Cappado-cia, and later to Cilicia, and ha-ving passed the Taurus mountainrange established the small princi-pality, and later kingdom of Les-ser Armenia in Cilicia (1080-1375). But in the l3th century,due to the repeated invasions ofthe Tatars they escaped by hun-dred thousands to the Volga estu-ary and the Crimean penin$ula.Later on, after L475, when the Ot-tomans extended their way intothe peninsula, they fled furtherNorth: to Podolia, Moldavia,Roumania, Transylvania.And here, because of their similarill fate the two nations met eachother. By their particular skill intrade and industry the Armeniansvery soon became the most .im-portant commercial power inTransylvania. Especially by theirinvolvement in cattle-export toAustria they succeeded to acquirea great wealth. The emperor ofthe Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

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bestowed several privileges uponthem, and the dignity of nobles.The younger generations acquireda special attachment to an intel-lectual career and developed aspecial layer of Armenian literaryintellectuals. After the dictate ofTrianon (1921), which broughtabout the dismemberment ofHungary, the majority of theTransylvanian Armenians floodedto the small mother country andamalgamated into the Hungarianliterary layer. The Armenians hadbeen settling down in the countryfor centuries and therefore, by a1994 decrée of the Hungarian go-vernment they established theautonomous Armenian Communi-ty, and thus the Armenians did gettheir members in each organisa-tion of the state and of the capital.Though Hungary and Armeniaare a thousand miles apart, for theWestern world, all through theirhistory they served as a safeguardagainst the Eastem invaders.Following the Seljuq and Tatarinvasions those Armenians whofled from their homeland settleddown mostly in the Southeasternborderland of Europe: in the Cri-mea, in Podolia, Moldovia, Rou-mania and Transylvania, and du-ring the 11th-17th centuries theyexerted a succesful activity in

home-industry and trade all overthis wide territory.The research projects organised incooperation between the Acade-mies of Armenia, Ukraine, Mol-davia, Roumania and Hungarymake it ttreir aim to elucidate thehistory of this commercial acti-vity of the local Armenian mino-rities.The Delegation of the ArmenianAcademy of Sciences paid a visitto the relevant Institutes of theHungarian Academy: ttre Histori-cal Institute and the Caucasologi-cal Research Group of the ELTEUniversity of Budapest in order toget the necessary information a-bout the work the abovemen-tioned research groups carried outduring the last decades, and in or-der to compose a plan for furtheractivities in this field.At the conclusion of their excur-sion to Budapest the Delegationof the Armenian Academy paid avisit to the Center of the Armeni-an Community. Here, of course,the main aim of their conversa-tion was to get information aboutthe activities of the ArmenianCenter in the field of teaching Ar-menian to the younger generation,and the editorial activities in thefield of Armenian literature.

Professor Edmond Schi.itz.

BLASING, Uwe Kurdische undZaza Elemente im tilrkischetiirkïschen Dialektlexicon. Etymolo gi-sche Betrachtungen ausgehendvom Nordwestiranischen. DS-NELL, [Dutch Studies on NearEastern Languages and Litera-turesl Nr.2 (1995), 173-218.

BURCHARD,. Christoph Zur alt-armenischen Ubersetzung des Ja-l<obusbriefes, in: Michael Kohlba-cher und Markus l-esinski [Hrsg.]Horizonte der Christenheit. Fest-schrift fiir Friedrich Heyer zu sei-nem 85. Geburtstag. Oikonomia.Quellen und Studien zur ortho-doxen Theologie, 34, Erlangen1994. [List of MSS Corrections ofZohrab's text - Greek Vorlage -Translation techniques - Transla-tion as commentary].

CHRZAS ZCZEW SK I, Jacek ÉIis-toria koscila ormianskiego p.w.C hwalebne go W niebowziec ia B o-gurodzicy Marii Panny w Zamo-sciz. Biuletyn Ormianskiego To-warzystwa Kulturalnego 3, L994,pp. 28-39. [Arméniens en Polog-ne, histoire de l'église, l'église aZamosc, architecture].

DANIELEWICZ, Anna O Ormia-nach i Polaknch zamordowanychw Banilowie nad Czernomoszemna Bukowinie. Biuletyn Ormians-kiego Towarzystwa Kulturalnego2,1994, pp. 11-18. [Arméniens enPologne, Bukowina, la guerre1939-19451.

HAMBARCUMIAN, Rafael Po-czatek powastania kolonii or-mianskich wedlug Sadoka Bara-cza Biuletyn Ormianskiego To-

warzystwa Kulturalnego 3, L994,pp. 1-25 [histoire, Arméniens enPologne, colonisationJ.

HAMBARCUMIAN, Rafael Cza-sy i etapy osiedlanio sie Ormianna Rusi Kijowskiej i w Polscewedlug Sadoka Baracza. BiuletynOrmianskiego Towanzyst\ila Kul-nrralnego 2,1994, pp. 1-10. [his-toire, Arméniens en Pologne, co-lonisationl.JANOYfSKI, Toma sz W spomnie-nie o Ks. FranciszkttJahùowiczuBiuletyn Ormianskiego Towa-rzystwa Kulturalnego l, 1993, pp.2-7. [histoire de l'église, prêtrc ar-ménien, I'occupation nazi, I'occu-pation soviétiquel.

KRZYSTOFOWICZ, .v:rna & PI-SO\UCZ, Andrzej Niech zabrzminasz posepny glos. Biuletyn Or-mianskiego Towarzystwa Kultu-ralnego 4, 1995, pp. 10-14. tGé-nocide en 1915, poésie, histoire,Turquiel.

MARCINIAK, Tomasz Ormianiepolsq- wczoraj i dris Mniejszoscinarodowe i religijne w EuropieSrodkowo - Wschodniej w swiet-le statystyk, Lublin 1995. [Armé-niens en Pologne, histoire, letemps moderneJ.

MICOCKI, V/ojciech Owidiusznie zapomnr Biuletyn Ormianski-ego Towarzystwa Kulturalnego 4,1995, pp. 22-29. lArménie.ns aKuty, occupation nazi, occupa-tion soviétiquel.

Fu ûu1ntg* huù, c|. I n t 2u tunb-

uù Unryp Afltl,t Z,upg àfuuh-

Publications by Members

AMIROWICZ, Ant oni P orozma-wiajmy o Armenil. Biuletyn Or-mianskiego Towarzystwa Kultu-ralnego l, 1993, pp. 16-24 [Ar-ménie d'aujourd'hui, politique,traditionl.

AMIROVûCZ, Antoni Nad maparozlanej Krwi Biuletyn Or-mianskiego Towarzystwa Kultu-ralnego 4, 1995, pp. 5-9. [Géno-cide en 1915, histoire, Turquiel.

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\tpuùngt\ Fntgftu, 1995, Uu1ftu,fg'6-8.

Fuûu1nrytbuù, '1. 0F. ulultunSu$uù b, lrt, Çftûhut lry 0pft-ntt+utg dbtfuputp, 6nqulup,1995, t2' 107-124.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. HiIâI.i Ah-mer Kurucusu Dr. Dikran Paça[I-e fondateur du Croissant RougeDr. Dicran Pachal, Tarih ve Top-lum, 1995, Fév., No. 134,p. 19-22.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. Osmanh Im-paratorluSu' nda E rmeni Nrifusu[La population arménienne dansI'empire ottomanl Tarih ve Top-lum, 1995, Oct., No. 142, 16-18.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. Izmit SaatKulesinin Mimart Kmdri? [Quiest I'architecte de la tour d'horloged'Izmit?l Tarih ve Toplum, 1995,Nov., No. 143, p. 4.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. CamciogluErmeni Terciimanlar Ailesi [Lafamille arménienne Djamdjioghlude drogmansl Tarih ve Toplum,1995, Nov., No. 143, p.23-27.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. Eremya Çe-lebi Kômiirciyan'n (1637-1695)Diirtytiz Ytlltk Osmanh Padi-çahlarh Tarihi [L'histoire de 400ans des empereurs Osmanlisd'Eremya Tchelebi Keumurdjian(1637 -1695)l Mtiteferrika, 1995,No. 5, p.147-156.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. rî9* Nira-nî'den bir destan [Une épopée du

troubadour Niranîl Miiteferrika,1995, No. 6, p 105-112.

PAMUKCIYAN, K. EngtirtiliiRahip Apralam'im (Istanbul) Fetiluamæi [Iæ récit de la conquêtede Constantinople d'Aprahamd'Ancyrel, Istanbul, 1995, No 15,p.32-37 .

PELCZYNSKI, Grzegorz Or-miane w nauce polskiej ZycieUniwersyteckie, 7-8-9, 1994, p.l8 [histoire, culture, science enPologne, savants, la vie scientifi-quel.

PELCZYNSKI, Grzegorz Kab-zanie w Kutach i gdzie indriejLiteratura Ludowa 6, 1995, pp.19-29. [Arméniens à Kuty,folklore, histoirel

PELCUNSKI, Grzegorz Od dez-integracji do renesansu etniczne-go. Ormianie polscy w latachI 939 -l 989. Literatura Ludowa, 5,1995, pp. 43-56. [Arméniens enPologne (1939-1989), assimila-tion, renaissance ethniquel.

PISOWICZ, Andrzej Erewan czyJerewan? A moze lepiej Erywan?(Uwagii j ezy lcoznawcy ). B iuletynOrmianskiego Towarzystwa Kul-turalnego 2, 1994, pp. 19-21 [Lin-guistique, capitale, Arménie,nom, langue polonaisel.

PISOWICZ, Andrzej MasakryOrmian w Turcii w l9I5 roku.Biuletyn Ormianskiego Towa-rzystwa Kulturalnego 4, 1995, pp.2-4.IGénocide en 1915, histoire,Turquiel.

Bibliographie de Claire Mouradian

ThèseL'Arménie soviétique depuis lamort de Staline, thèse de 3èmecycle en histoirp, sous la directionde Roger Portal, EHESS, 1982,

Ouvragesl- Sowjetarmenien nach demTode Stalins, rapport du Bundes-institut fi,ir ostwissenschaftlicheund internationale Studien, Kôln,11, 1985, ll5 p. (traduit en alle-mand par H.W. Poll).

2- L'URSS depuis 1945, Docu-ment Photographique no 6076,Paris, La Documentation Fran-çaise, avril 1985

3- De Staline à Gorbatchev, l'his-toire d'une république soviétique :I'Arménie, Paris, Ramsay, 1990,475 p (traduction anglaise à par-aître chez Cambridge UniversityPress).

4- Le Caucase des indépendances- la nouvelle donne, collection"Problèmes Politiques et Sociaux,série Russie", Paris, La Documen-tat ion Française, ro 713, 31.I2.1993.

5- L'Arménie collection Que-Sais-Je No S5l, PUF, Paris, 1995.

6- La CEI, un nouvel acteur surla scène internationale, collection"Problèmes Politiques et Soci-aux", série "Russie", no. 760, Pa-ris, La Documentation Française,janvier 1996.

Articles dans ouvrages ourevues Spécialisés

l- L'immigration des Arméniensde la diaspora en Arménie sovié-tique, 1946-62, Catriers du Mon-de Russe et Soviétique, XX-I,1979, pp.79-110. Réédité in Lastruttura negata : cultura annenanella diaspora, Convegno-semina-rio internazionale, Université deParis I- Panthéon/Sorbonne, sep-tembre 1979, ICOM, Venise,1981, pp.57-70.

2- L'Arménie soviétique, 1920-1980, in Histoire des Arméniens,sous la direction de G. Dedeyan,Privat, Toulouse,1982 (2ème ed.,1986, 3ème ed. sous presse, ed.anglaise en préparation), pp.525-566 (en collaboration avec MarcFerro).

3- Problèmes linguistiques et cul-turels en Arménie depuis Staline:résistance nationale ou intégra-tion soviétique?, in Slovo, INAL-CO, Paris, no 5, 1984, pp. 111-138.

4- Les relations soviéto-turques etla question arménienne, Esprit,avril 1984, pp. I 14-127.

5- Le problème du Haut Kara-bagh ou les difficultés de l"'amitiéentre les peuples" enTranscauca-sie, Slovo, INALCO, Paris, tf 7,1985, pp. 53-82.

6- Conflits nationau.x en Trans-caucasie, L'Autre Europe, no 10,octobre 1986, pp. 98-109, rêéditê

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in Tsarisme, bolchévisme, stali-nisme. Vingt regards dhistoriens,Institut d'Etudes Slaves, 1959.

7- L'Eglise apostolique armé-nienne, Plamia, revue du Centred'Etudes russes St Georges), no73, décembre 1987, pp. 3-40.

8- Permanence de Ia famillearménienne, in Evolution desmodèles familiaux dans les paysde I'est européen en URSS, B.Kerblay (ed.), collection "Cul-tures et Sociétés de I'Est" IMSE-CO, Paris, 1983, pp. 59-84 (encollaboration avec Anahide TerMinassian).

9- Statut des langues, statut desnationalités en URSS - le casarménien, in Raison Présente, nu-méro spécial: la nation, réalités etfantasmes, Paris, mars 1983, pp.I 17-130.

l0- The Armenian ApostolicChurch, in Eastern Christianityand Politics in the Twentieth cen-tury, vol. I, Pedro Ramet (ed.),Duke University Press, Durham& London, 1988, pp.353-374.

ll- La question du Karabagh hieret aujourd'hui in [æs Temps Mo-demes, dossier "Arménie-diaspo-ra, mémoire et modernité", [o504-506 juillet-août-septembre1988, Paris, Gall imard, pp.l33-151.

12- L'Arménie soviétique et ladiaspora, in I-es Temps Moder-nes, dossier "Arménie-diaspora,mémoire et modemité", no 504-

506 juillet-août-septembre 1988,Paris, Gallimard, pp. 255-304.

L3- l'Artnénie, pourquoi et com-ment? (Table ronde avec Wadi-mir Berelowitch, Claire Moura-dian, Aleksander Smolar, Ana-hide Ter Minassian, FrançoiseThom), in l'Autre Europe. no 20,1989, pp.3l-a+4.

14- Souveraineté des nations in50 Idées qui ébranlent le monde -Dictionnaire de la Glasnost, dirigéet préfacé par Youri Afanassiev etMarc Ferro, Payot, 1989, pp.473-477. En co-édition avec les Edi-tions Progress, Moscou. (en fran-çais et en russe).

15- Les étudiants du Caucase enAllemagne, I 900 -I 9 I 4, in Russes,Slaves, Soviétiques: études d'his-toire offertes à Roger Portal, IES-Publications de la Sorbonne,L992, pp. 369-392 (en collabora-tion avec Charles Urjewicz etClaudie V/eill).

16- La presse arménienne enFrance, in France des Etrangers,France des libertés. médias etcommunautés dans I'histoire na-tionale, Catalogue de I'expositionorganisée par I'association "Géné-riques", dans le cadre du Bicente-naire de la Révolution (Mar-seille, Orléans, Paris), 1990, pp.35-45. Traduction en arménien inLraber hassarakakan Guitou-tiounneri (Bulletin des Sciencessociales), Académie des Sciencesd'Arménie, Erevan, 3, 1991, pp.43-54.

17- La revue ethnographique ar-ménienne, Azgakrakan Hantès,1895-1916, actes du colloque Re-gards sur l'anthropologie sovié-tique, Paris, EHESS, 16-19 mars1989, in Cahiers du monde Russeet Soviétique, XXXI(2-3), avril-sept. 1990, pp. 295-314.

L8- Arméniens d'URSS.' le natio-nalisme au service de la dénwcra-tie, in Politique Internationale,no45, automne 1989, pp.324-343.

19- The Mountainous KarabaghQuestion. an inter-ethnic conflictor decolonization crisis? the Ar-menian Review, vol. 43, no 213-L70-171, special issue The pro-blem of nationalism in the SovietUnion, Boston, 1990, pp. 1-34.

20- La caricature dans la pressearménienne du Canrcase, d'un em-pire à l'anttre, in Wladimir Bere-lowitch et Laurent Gervereau(eds.), L'image politique, Russie-URSS, 1914-1991, catalogue del'exposition du Musée d'Histoirecontemporaine, Paris, octobre-dé-cembre 1991, pp.40-47. Traduiten anglais, in The Armenian Re-view, vol. 44, n"41L76, winterl99l ,pp.1-35.

2l- La Transcaucasie: une pou-drière, in RAMSES 1991, Paris,IFRI-Dun od, 1992, pp. 99- 1 09.

22- Autour du Karabagh et dum.ouvement national arménien, inactes du colloque Underdevelop-ment, Ethnic conflict and Natio-nalism in the USSR, Cortona,organisé par the Association forthe Study of Nationalities, The

Central Asian Research Center(londres) et la Fondation Gian-giacomo Feltrinelli (Milan), 16-18 mai 1991, Milan, FondazioneG. Feltrinelli, 1993, pp. ?.03-217 .

23- L'Arménie, in I'Etat de tout€sles Russies - Les Etats et les na-tions de lbx-URSS, sous la dircc-tion de Marc Ferro avec la coll,a-boration de Marie-Hélène Man-drillon, Paris, La Découverte,1993, pp.27l-280.

24- Articl es Arménie, Biélorus sie,Estonie, Géorgie, Lettonie, Litw-nie, Moldavie, in Encyclopédie deI'Europe, ouvrage collectif sous ladirection de François Joyaux,Paris, [æ Seuil, 1993.

25- Tableau synoptique: Cinéma,culture et société, in Iæ Cinémaarménien, Paris, Centre GeorgesPompidou, 1993, pp. 13-44 (encollaboration avec Jean Radva-nvi).

26- Les peuples dans l'empirerusse et soviétique à travers lescaricatures: des nations en quèted'image, in De Russie et d'ail-leurs, Feux Croisés sur I'histoire,Mélanges offerts à Marc Ferro,Paris, Institut d'Etudes Slaves,1995, pp.83-96.

27- Introduction + Sélection detextes littéraires et historiques surl'Arménie, période soviétique, àparaitre dans une Anthologie(usA)

28- Entrées Armênie, Azerbaidj-an, Géorgie, Biélorussie, Molda-vie, U kraine, U RSS -CEI,Rrssie,

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in La Mémoire du siècle, Bordas,Paris, 1995.

29- Die armenische National-bewegung im Osmanischen undRussischen Reich bis zum ErstenWeltkrieg, in Krisenherd Kauka-sus, U. Halbach-4. Kappeler(ed. ), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft,Baden-Baden, 1995, pp. 80-93.

30- Nobles et anoblis du Catrcase,(communication au colloque. Lanoblesse russe XVIe-XIXe s.:identité, fonctions, culture, EH-ESS, dec. 1991), à paraitre.

Articles dans encyclopédies,ouvrages ou revues pour publicnon spécialiséLes Arméniens,in Etat du Monde-1986, Paris, La Découverte, 1986,pp.464465.

Sur le fil de l'histoire, CahiersAni, no 4, CRDA, Paris, juin1988, pp. 8-17.

Les Arméniens au XIXème s., inArménie: 3000 ans d'histoire,R.H. Kevorkian et J.P. Mahé(ed.), MJCA, Marseille-Venise,pp.759-770.

L'Arménie soviétique, in Armé-nie: 3000 ans d'histoire, R.H. Ke-vorkian et J.P. Mahé (ed.), MJ-CA, Marseille-Venise, pp. 361-368.

La diaspora face au séisme, encollaboration avec A. Ter Minas-sian, in I-e Monde,24.12.1988.

Collaboration au Grand Diction-naire Encyclopédique Larousse,

17 volumes, avec environ 60 en-trées sur lhistoire de l'Arménie etdu Caucase chrétien (1980) +supplément de mise à jour 1991.

Les Arméniens, in Encyclopédieen cinq volumes THEMA, Paris,Larousse, 1990, rééd. 1991.D'une république à I'autre, inDossiers de I'Archéologie, numé-ro spécial Arménie: 3000 ansd'histoire, novembre 1992, pp.26-3r.

Entrées Arménie, Azerbàidjan,B iélorus sie, Estonie, G éor gie,Kaz akhs tan, Kir g hiz stan, Le lto-nie, Lituanie, Moldavie, Ouzbeki-s tan, Rus sie, Tadj iki s tan, Tur kme -nistan, Ukraine, pour le MEMO,Paris, Larousse, 1993.

L'ex-empire soviétique, in L'Etatdu Monde-cadet, Paris, La Dé-couverte/ Syros, 1993, pp. 104-109.

Entrées Arménie, Géorgie, Azer-baidj an, B iélorus si e, M o I dav i e,Ukraine, URSS-CE/, Rrssie inEncyclopédie La mémoire du siè-cle, Bordas, 1995.

EditionTribunal perrnanent des Peuples,Le crime de silence - le génocidedes Arméniens, préface de PieneVidal-Naquet, édition en collabo-ration avec Gérard Chaliand etAlice Aslanian-Samuelian, Flam-marion, col l . Champs, Paris,1984,381 p.

PréfacePrésentation de Yeghiche Tcha-rents, La maison de rééducation

de Erevan - Souvenirc 1926-1927,traduit par Pierre Ter Sarkissian,Parenthèses, Marseille, I 992.

Compte-rendusPeter J. Grandstaff , Intercegionalrnigration in the USSR; Ecornmicaspects, 1959-1970, Duke Uni-versity Press, 1980, C.-r. in TheArmenian Review, vol. 38, ro 3,fall 1985, pp. 58-61.Le premier colloque intertntionalsur I' Arménie soviétique, h Gamk(quotidien arménien, Paris),février 1989.Esther Benbassa, Un grand rab-bin sépharade en politique,Presses du CNRS, Paris, 1990,C.-r. in Revue Historique,1992.

FilmsArménie 88, enquète pour unmontage vidéo à partir de docu-ments des télévisions soviétique

Natalia Kozintseva, Modern Eas-tern Armenian (= Languages ofthe World - Materials 22) 1995Miinchen-Newcastle (LincomEuropa), ISBN 3 89586 035 2,57pp.From the introduction: A shortsketch comprising "a general in-troductory information on Mo-dern East Armenian phoneticsand grammar. Verbs forms andconstructions are discussed inmore detail. The sketch is sup-plemented with an original Mo-dern East Armenian text and abibliography listing the most es-sential publications on ModernEastern Armenian".

Publications Received by the Secretary

et occidentales et de documentsnon officiels sur les évènementsde l'année 1988, en Arménie so-viétique, Éalisateur Kérope Bag-la, coproduction A2-AAA-CD-CA, 52 minutes.

Cantcase, Chaos d'empire, con-seiller historique de ce documen-taire écrit et réalisé par Jean-Mi-chel Meurice et Sæphane Dudoig-non, produit par MéditerranéeFilm Production - diffusé surFR3, le23 mars 1993, dans la sé-rie "Planète Chaude" de BemardRapp. 56 minutes.

Metzamor, traduction et cornmen-taire de ce documentaire réalisépar Kérope Bagla, sur les pro-blèmes d'énergie et la réouverturede la centrale nucléaire de Metza-mor en Arménie, 57- minutes,1995.

Alice Taylor, Book Arts of Isfa-han. Diversity and ldentity in Se-v e nt e e nt h-C e ntury P er s ia, MalibuCa. The J. Paul Getty Museum,1995.This volume was published on theOccasion of an Exposition at TheJ. Paul Getty Museum, Oct. 241995 - Jan.14, 1996. It deals alsoextensively with Armenian Manu-scripts and Early Armenian Prin-ting; with many illustrations)Available from the Bookstore ofthe Museum or contact GêttyTrust Publication DistributionCenter, POBox 2112, Santa Mo-nica CA 90407. Tel. +1-800-223.343L FAX + 1 -3 10453.7 966.

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HASK

The Secretary received the fol-lowing information from I. Chif-tojian, editor of the joumal HASK(Antelias, Lebanon): "The arme-nological yearbook HASK is thescientific publication of the Ca-tholicossate of the Great House ofCilicia; it was founded in 1948 bythe scholar and philologist Catho-licos Garegin I Yovsep'eanc'. Itappearcd in 1948, 1949-50, 1957.The 'New Series'started in 1980on the initiative of Catholicos Ga-regin II Sargisean (now GareginI.) and appeared in 1980, 1981-1982, 1983-1984. This year rhe1994 issue appeared. The redac-tion of the Old Series was headedby Garegin I Yovsep'eanc', assis-ted by Simon Simonean. The re-daction of the New Series ischaired by Garegin II Sargisean.Redactor was the scholar Arta5êsTêr Xaèâturean. The most recentvolume was published under re-daction of I. C'iftojian."

Journal of the Society for Arme-nian Studies, Vol. 6 1992,1993treesl.

Sion 1995, 4-5-6:7-8-9;1996, 1-2-3.

Nor Ghiank, Bucarest 1995, 9;1995, 12; 1996, l; 1996, 2; 1996,3; 1996,4.

B anber, [Panpere] Jan-Fevr. 1996,1-2; Mars 1996, 3; Avril 1996,No. 4; Mai 1996, No. 5; Juin1996, No.6

Armenisc h- D eut s che Korr espon-denz, No.90, Dez. 1995; No. 91,Mârz 1996.

Hye Sharzhoom. Armenian Ac-tion. T\e Newspaper of the CSU,Fresno Armenian Students Orga-nization & Armenian Studies Pro-gram. Fresno, CA. March 1996,Vol. 17, No. 3 (53); May 1996,VoL 17, No. 4 (54)

Armenian VoiceCentre for Armenian Informationand AdviceFree Newsletter for the LondonArmenian Comunityv/inter 1996, No.27.

Society for the Study of CaucasiaNewsletter, Vol. VIII No.3 (24)December 1995.

SSILA Newsletter XIV:4, Jan1996; XV:1, April 1996.)

GLOSSES The Bulletin of theScriptorium [Center for ChristianAntiquities, Grand Haven, MIl.1996, first quarter, vol. 1, no. 1.

Hrand P'ap'azean Anu5i ner-Icayac'u mnerc Vawergrer patmu-t 'ean hamar Istanbul 1995(l6pp.).

Hrand P'ap'azean Ant'ologiaCalkak'al ew husk banJ<'Istan-bul, 1996.

Translations by Artashes Abeghian published.

In Newsletter No. 4 (1984) wepublished a bibliography of Arta-sches Abeghian (1878-1955).Among his activities was thetranslation of Goethe's literaryworks, intended to be publishedin six volumes. One volume ap-peared in Cairo (1953). Memberswill be interesæd to hear that nowin Erevan a new part of thesetranslations has appeared. Ttrissecond volume has been printedby the Museum for Literature andArt, where Abeghian's archive ispreserved:Gëôt'ê T'atergowt'iwnner (t'arg.A.A. Abelean), Goethe Schau-spiele Ûbersetzt und erlâutert vonArtasches Abeghian 1995 (Verlag

The Proceedings of the DetroitSymposium on the ArmenianNew Testament:M.E. Stone, and Ajamian, S.,eds. Text and Context: Studies inthe Armenian New Testament.University of Pennsylvania Ar-menian Texts and Studies, 13.Atlanta: Scholars, 1994.Articles by: S. Ajamian, J. Ale-xanian, B. Coulie, S.P. Cowe, C.Cox, D. Kouymjian, M.E. Stone,R.W. Thomson, J.J.S. Weiten-brg, A,7æyt'unian.

Thamar Dasnabedian, La Mèrede Dieu: Etudes sw l'Assomptionet sur I'image de la très sainteMère de Dieu. Antelias, 1995.French translations of three pa-pers with publication of textsrelating to the Theotokos.

New and Not-So-New Publications

des Museums fûr Literatur undKunst /Grakanowt'ean ew arow-esti t'angarani hrtr.), 288pp.ISBN 5-8079 10826.A copy of this book was donatedto AIEA by Mrs. Rusa Abeghian,daughter of Artasches, who livesin the USA.Amongst others, the volume con-tains: Clavigo, Egmond, Iphige-nien in Tauris.A biographical sketch of Abeghi-an Oy Henrik Baxë'inean) is ad-ded at the end of the volume (p.n2-28s).

JJ.S. Vfeitenberg

M.E. Stone

***C'utik Halleakan. KleineSammlung annenologischer Un-tersuchungen.Herausgegeben von V/alter Beltzund Armenuhi Drost-Agbaryan(=Hallesche Beitrâge zur Orient-wissenschaft 20), Halle (Saale)1995 (Martin Luther Univ.), 194pp.Contents:Vorwort 5.Chatschik R. l.asadan, Ganjasar.Ein neues theolo gis ch-philolo gi's c he s P ub I i katio nsz e ntr wn. 7 -20.Jiirgen Tubach, Johannes Urta-yas Muttersprache. 2l -26.

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Manfred Zimmer, Zum arme-nisch-lateinischen Lexikon, U LBSacltsen-Anhalt Yb 2 * 4,27 -88.Armenuhi Drost-Abgary an, P er-sonen- und Ortsnamen im Theo-phanie-Zyklus des armenischenSaraknoc' ( Kanones I -XI I I ). 89-l0 l .Hermann Goltz, Zwt System derIlluminierung des Saraknoc'.102-152.V/alter Beltz, Religionswissen-schaftliche Aspekte der armeni-

schen Kirchen- und Frômmig-læitsgeschichte. I 53- I 60.Heiko Conrad, Die "Schrift desG Ia ub e nsbe ke n nt nis " d e s NetsêsSnorhali im Geschichtswerk desKirakos GanjakecT I 6 I - I 80.Anhang: deutsche tlbersetzung.r81-194.

J.J.S. Weiænberg

lVorkshops and Conferences Organized under Auspices of AIEA

IVorkshops

La place de I'arménien dans les langues indo+uropéennesBruxelles, March 21, 1985

Les Arméniens face à I'occident et la question de ta modernitéParis, June 19-21, 1986

Chrysostyomica and pseudo'chrysostomicaAarhus, April 1987

Priorities, Problems and Techniques of Text EditionsSandbjerg, July 16-20, 1989

The Armenian BibleHeidelberg, July 16-19, 1990

The Hellenizing SchoolMilano, September 7 -9,1992

New Approaches to Middle Armenian Language andLiteratureI-eiden, March 25-n J993

Translation TechniquesNeuchâtel, September 8-10, 1995

AIEA General Conferences

Leiden August 29-31,19E3

Trier September 26-?Â1 1984

Bruxelles September 22-241 1986

Fribourg October 12-161 198E

Bologna October 10-14' 1990

London September 1-5' 1993

Louvain-la-Neuve September,4'7 1996

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Mr.David BrakkeYale UniversityDpt. of Religious Studies320 Temple StreetNew Haven, CT 06510USA

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