Oriental Institute, University of Oxford - 5 March 2013

Lecture: Cultural Production and Preservation in Diaspora: What is "Armenian about Armenian Culture?

This final session of an eight-lecture seminar will tie together all the discussions in previous sessions and will attempt to outline the key elements of "Armenian culture". What is it that needst o be "preserved" in Armenian culture? What are the key "cultural components" in hayapahpanum? etc.

Hilary Term 2013 Seminars

Oriental Institute, University of Oxford - 19 February 2013

Lecture: Cultural Production and Preservation in Diaspora: "People of the book"

As part of a series of 8 lectures, this session will introduce a number of diaspora writers and present a sociological reading of their works in order to draw attention to some of the problems of language, literary production and readership in theDiaspora.

Hilary Term 2013 Seminars

Oriental Institute, University of Oxford - 22 January 2013

Lecture: Cultural Production and Preservation in Diaspora: Visual and Performing Arts

As part of a series of 8 lectures, this session will explore the works of a number of diaspora artists with roots in the Middle East, such as painters Paul Guiragossian, Krikor Norikian and Shant Avedissian and performing artists like Gerarld Avedissian, Krikor Satamian, and others. What is universal in their artistic creation and what is particularly Armenian?

Hilary Term 2013 Seminars

Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Russia and Eurasia Programme 

Invited Participant:  "Azerbaijan: External Relations, Internal Realities" - expert roundtable 

11 January 2013

Chatham House, London

Programme

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Lecture:  The Syrian Crisis: the Armenian Community

An assessment of the current situation, the security and institutional challenges facing the Armenians in particular and Christian communities in general, assistance and humanitarian efforts and future prospects

5 December 2012

Friends of Armenia Society at SOAS

Lecture_Syrian_Crisis_SOAS

Oxford Armenian Studies, University of Oxford

Lecture seminar: "Cultural Production and Preservation in the Diaspora: Methodological Problems and Conceptual Issues"

In addition to language, preservation of culture is a significant component in the discourse of hayapahpanum [‘preservation of Armenianness’ ] in the Diaspora. The seminar will raise some methodological and conceptual questions for further exploration and discussion. 

30 November 2012 

Oriental Institute, Lecture Room 1

Programme

World Council of Churches Armenia Round Table Foundation & United Nations Population Fund Armenia

International Conference on Diakonia Education

Paper:  "The Parish as Agency of Diakonia: Faith and Service in Praxis"

The main question that this paper dealt with is the following:  How could the church make the concept and practice of diakonia that comes from apostolic times relevant to faith communities living in the 21st century?  The example of an Armenian parish in the Diaspora was presented as a case study to illustrate the building blocks of diaskonia in the formation of church communities.

27-28 November 2012

Etchmiadzin, Armenia

Conference programme