Համարը բեռնելու համար խնդրում ենք սեղմել ներքևի հղման վրա.

“Мост” – ежемесячное научно-популярное приложение “Голоса Армении” – № 10, Четверг, 25 Апреля, 2013

Научно-популярное издание, знакомящее читателя с новинками в естественных и гуманитарных областях знания, в медицине, экономике, экологии, в общественном дискурсе. Среди авторов “Моста” – не только профессиональные журналисты, но и ученые, экономисты, медики, специалисты прочих  отраслей.В каждом номере представлен также дайджест из авторитетных зарубежных изданий. Издание рассчитано на широкий круг читателей.Присылайте Ваши отзыва и предложения на электронный адрес “Моста” mostga@mail.ru на имя редактора Гаянэ Сармакешян.

NB!  Все авторские материалы написаны специально для “Моста”. При  использовании части любого авторского материала ссылка на “Мост” обязательна. Для перепечатки авторского материала в полном объеме необходимо предварительное согласование с редактором издания.

Date: May 16, 2013, Thursday
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Room 348, UCLA, Humanities Building, Comparative Literature Seminar, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

ARMACAD member Ms. Sona Tajiryan, currently a PhD student at UCLA Department of History will open the meeting and shortly introduce the purpose of the gathering as well as a short introduction to each presentation.

The founder of ARMACAD Khachik Gevorgyan (Assistant Professor at the Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University, currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University) will introduce the Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support, the projects so far implemented by this association, its future plans as well as academic networks operating through it, such as ARMACAD, ArmenianStudies and ARTACAD. ARMACAD is an organization which operates without any financial support merely on voluntary basis. Thus Dr. Gevorgyan will particularly mention the organizations which never supported ARMACAD’s grant applications.

Merujan Karapetyan, the Head and Founder of the Digital Library of Armenian Literature (www.digilib.am) will present the Digital Library of Armenian Literature and will touch upon the enrichment of the global web and social networks with the Armenian content. He will join us via skype from Armenia. On the example of the Digilib Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/digilib) he will stress the crucial importance of the representation of the Armenian literature, arts and science in global web networks.

Armenian Entrepreneur Dr. Ruben Mirakyan, who is the Founder and Director of Armenian iBooks will join the gathering via Skype from Armenia and will introduce Armenian iBooks to the participants of the event (https://www.facebook.com/ArmenianeBooks).

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Dr. Ugur Ümit Üngör 

Start: May 2, 2013 6:30 pm; 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave, AUA, Yerevan, Armenia

The memory of the Armenian Genocide in Turkish identity will be the topic of this year’s annual commemorative lecture on the Armenian Genocide at the American University of Armenia (AUA).

Dr. Ugur Ümit Üngör, the director of Graduate Studies at the Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, will explore the topic in a live webcast from the Netherlands to be broadcast at AUA on Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 PM (Yerevan Time). The lecture will be broadcast live online here. A reception in the Akian Art Gallery will follow the lecture.

Dr. Üngör holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of History of Utrecht University focusing on mass violence and ethnic conflict.

“The Turkish state’s official policy towards the Armenian Genocide was and is indeed characterized by the “three M’s”: misrepresentation, mystification, and manipulation,” explains Dr. Üngör. “But when one gauges what place the genocide occupies in the social memory of Turkish society, a different picture emerges.”

Dr. Üngör’s talk will explore the clash between official state memory and popular social memory. “The Turkish government is denying a genocide that its own population remembers,” says Dr. Üngör. “Even after nearly a century, as most direct eyewitnesses to the crime have passed away, elderly Turks and Kurds in eastern Turkey often hold vivid memories on the genocide.”

His most recent publication, Confiscation and Destruction: The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property, is a detailed accounting of all the property seized from Armenians during the Genocide to create the modern state of Turkey. Dr. Üngör is also the author of the award-winning book The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950, which examines the process of social engineering, mass violence and genocide the Young Turks and their Republican successors utilized as they tried to create a homogeneous Turkey. He is currently working on a book on paramilitaries in comparative perspective.

Левон Абрамян

Oт «гвардий» к городским авторитетам: об организации социального пространства Eревана(с конца 1950-х по наши дни)

Четверг 16 мая, 2013, 18.00
Гагаринская ул., д. 3, 2 этаж
Конференц-зал Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, РФ

Организация городского социального пространства Еревана конца 1950-х прослеживается на основесозданных в эти годы так называемых «гвардий» (от «Молодой гвардии»), которые были призваны опорочить авторитет воров, особенно «воров в законе», которых стало значительно больше в городе после амнистии в связи со смертью Сталина. «Гвардии» были созданы властями по квартальному принципу, их составили местные хулиганы и драчуны. Справившись в целом с поставленной задачей, оттеснив воров на второй план, «гвардии» вскоре сами стали злом номер один, устраивая междоусобные битвы, закреплявшие зоны влияния в городе. Для борьбы с ними были организованы (комсомольскими лидерами в сотрудничестве с правоохранительными органами) специальные дружины, формально по типу общесоюзных, но на деле боевые отряды, которые вскоре стали конкурировать с милицией, превосходя их в оперативности и жесткости. Дружины, решив проблему с «гвардиями», тоже пытались расширить свои властные полномочия, однако, будучи контролируемой организацией, они постепенно сошли на нет.

Мы попытаемся рассмотреть также распределение сфер влияния в «холодные и темные годы» (начало 1990-х) — время карабахской войны и энергетического кризиса. Городскими авторитетами в этот период в некотором роде стали подростки, которые обеспечивали свои семьи «левым светом» — незаконными паразитическими кабелями, тайно отводимыми со стратегических энергоснабжаемых линий. С выходом из кризиса эти подростковые группы, как правило, не развились во взрослые группировки, подростки просто повзрослели. Однако часть подростков активно включилась в появившуюся в начале 1990-х мелкую «столиковую» торговлю, контролируемую квартальными авторитетами. Необходимость в покупателях сделала ранее труднодоступные для «чужих» кварталы города гораздо более прозрачными. Стали возможны перераспределения зон влияния вне зависимости от принадлежности к городской инфраструктуре. Специфика современного распределения власти по городским субструктурам — контроль квартальных авторитетов над выборами путем организации фальсификаций и беспорядков на местных окружных выборных участках.

Левон Абрамян — заведующий отделом антропологии современности в Институте археологии и этнографии Национальной Академии наук Армении. Автор более 180 публикаций, в числе которых книги «Первобытный праздник и мифология» (Ереван, 1983), «Беседы у дерева» (М., 2005), «Armenian Identity in a Changing World» (Costa Mesa, CA, 2006).

Гаяне Шагоян

«Первый» и «второй» в образах Гюмри: опыт анализа городского текста

Четверг 16 мая, 2013, 16.00
3 этаж, ауд. 92, Факультете антропологии,
Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге, РФ

Позиция города на иерархической лестнице советских городов во многом определяла не только его финансово-экономическое развитие, но и задавала некоторый «культурный» образ, который инерционно иногда всплывает и в постсоветский период. Гюмри (бывший Ленинакан) как второй по размеру город Армянской ССР в советское время часто сопоставлялся с Ленинградом. Некоторые параллели с Питером и сегодня всплывают в общественном дискурсе («северная столица», «культурная столица» и т.п.). Но сходство сконструированных образов этих городов во многом исходит от заданной им властями позиции «второго», тогда как обычные горожане могут видеть свое поселение совершенно в ином свете, выделять ему другую нишу и, в зависимости от ситуации, менять свое отношение, переосмысливать этот образ и приписывать ему новые черты.

Глубокая трансформация реального образа, повлиявшая на возникновение новых оценок и видений Гюмри, возникла в связи с разрушительным землетрясением 1988 г., когда руины и необходимость быстрой новой застройки сделали особенно актуальными проблему образа, поиски нового лица города, разработку концепции новых площадей, разметку и оформление публичного пространства.

Во время семинара будет представлен анализ «городского текста» на примере города Гюмри. С одной стороны, будут сравниваться оценка и восприятие города с точки зрения властей и горожан, а с другой, эти позиции будут рассмотрены в диахронном срезе, давая возможность проследить, как эти оценки влияют друг на друга, кочуют из площадного дускурса в тексты власти, заимствуются друг у друга или существуют автономно, не пересекаясь.

Гаяне Шагоян — старший научный сотрудник отдела антропологии современности Института археологии и этнографии Национальной Академии наук Армении. Автор монографии «“Семь дней, семь ночей”: панорама армянской свадьбы» (Ереван, 2011) и около 70 статей, в том числе «Очерки антропологии города, пережившего землетрясение», «Мемориализация землетрясения в Гюмри», «Оператор как новый персонаж армянской свадьбы» и др.

Aghasi Tadevosyan

Cosponsored by the Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
and the AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School

Thursday, 7:30 PM
May 2, 2013
Multipurpose Room
AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School
22001 Northwestern Highway.
Southfield, MI 48075, USA

Armenia is in transition from Soviet socialism to liberal democratic capitalism. After more than 20 years of independence, one of the important issues for the success of this transition remains the issue of Armenia’s Soviet legacy. There are different opinions among the social groups of the Republic of Armenia concerning this legacy. Some people consider the Soviet era as a positive turn for the Armenian nation. But during the last 5 years, especially after the presidential election of 2008 and the subsequent violent crackdown of March 1st, public opinion has changed significantly. There is a new assumption that the sovietization of Armenia could have halted the development of capitalism in the Republic of Armenia. Moreover, one of the widely debated themes in Armenia is the problem of Russian colonialism and its consequences. Today, Soviet totalitarianism and the sovietization of Armenia are viewed as an advancement of Russian colonialism. One of the suggested ways for overcoming the post-Soviet legacy of Russian colonialism is the formation of postcolonial discourse in Armenian civil society. This approach will assist various social groups in a reevaluation of the old approaches and to find new ways of transition and development.

Aghasi Tadevosyan was born in 1966 in Armenia. He graduated from the Department of History of Yerevan State University in 1991. In 1995, he obtained a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. His main research interests are social changes, cultural transition, value transformation, modernization, and migration processes of post-Soviet Armenia. He has authored or co-authored 11 monographs and more than 40 scientific articles published in the Armenian, English and Russian languages. He is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the Republic of Armenia, an Associate Professor at Yerevan State University, and currently a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley.

Light refreshments will be served.

The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse the speaker’s views.

Armenian Research Center
University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Rd.
Dearborn, MI 48128-2406

Rethinking Ottoman Cross-Cultural Encounters:
Turks and the Armenian Alphabet

A lecture by Murat Cankara
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Friday, April 26, 2013
4 – 6 PM
A18 Haines Hall
UCLA, USA

In recent decades there has been a renewed scholarly interest on literature produced by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in a hybrid language known as “Armeno-Turkish” or Ottoman Turkish written in Armenian letters. Some of this scholarship has claimed the literary corpus of printed works in this language, ranging from novels to newspapers, as primarily belonging to Armenian national history while others have claimed it as part of the Turkish national tradition.

Murat Cankara’s talk will provide a critical overview of the history and place ofArmeno-Turkish literature in both Ottoman history and historiography. Cankara will show how and why Armeno-Turkish, especially throughout the nineteenth century, was not merely an Armenian or Turkish phenomenon but rather a cultural reflection ofa larger Ottoman history. By presenting examples of Turkish statesmen, authors, and journalists who were either aware of or could read Armeno- Turkish, Cankara will explore how Armeno-Turkish might have served as a written lingua franca among the members of different ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups in the Ottoman Empire. His talk will thus contribute to the debate over the Ottoman millet system from the perspective of cross-cultural exchanges and encounters among the different peoples of the Ottoman empire.

“Shirvan, Arran, and Azerbaijan: Historical-Cultural Retrospective”

Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Enayatollah Reza
November 1-2, 2013, Yerevan, Armenia

Historical Shirvan, Arran, and Azerbaijan constitute an important contact zone, one of the marked areas of the South Caspian region, having concatenated the Iranian and Caucasian worlds. A multi-ethnic region with its archaic heritage and interpenetrating cultural traditions, has always preserved its geopolitical significance. It is obvious that a number of present-day problems are the results of contradictions of the past and in no way connected with the historical oppositions of autochthonous traditional cultures. An objective retrospective outlook over the history of the region, analysis of its prosperous eras and periods of peaceful coexistence of various ethnic and religious groups, could promote an intercultural dialogue and development of integration strategy.

Scholars and postgraduate students are invited to submit papers and panel proposals related to all aspects of history of the region, culture, linguistics, literature, religion, archaeology, as well as current political issues.

The Conference will be held on November 1-2, 2013, in Yerevan, Armenia.
The working languages of the Conference are English and Russian.

Abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) are to be emailed by July 15, 2013 to:

Dr. Khachik Gevorgian Khachik.gevorgyan@yahoo.co.uk

A brief CV, including contact details is to be included in the message.

A notification about acceptance of the abstracts will be sent by Aug 15, 2013.

The scheduled time for each paper is 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion.

The organizers will most probably offer a limited number of grants for participants from the Caucasian region, but will not be able to provide financial assistance to cover travel and accommodation costs for all those whose abstracts are accepted.  Participants will receive an official letter of invitation upon request.

You will be informed about further details – conference venue and near-by hotels, registration fee, cultural programme,  meals, etc. – in the 2^nd circular letter, after the acceptance notification.

Book  Exhibition
Publishers and individuals are invited to present their books during the days of the conference. A special place in the conference building will be provided for this exhibition. For more information please contact the organizers.

 For any further information do not hesitate to contact:

Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan,
Secretary of the Organising Committee
Khachik.gevorgyan@yahoo.co.uk

Or

Dr. Victoria Arakelova
caucasoiranica@gmail.com

In Search of a Post – 1991 New Armenian
9:30-10:00 Introduction & Opening Remarks:
- Talar Chahinian, Central Committee, ARF Western US
- Hrair Dekmejian, University of Southern California Institute of Armenian
Studies

10:00-11:30 Panel I: Revising the Narrative of Return
Houri Berberian, California State University at Long Beach
Presenters:

Chair:
- Sossie Kasbarian, University of Lancaster, UK
“Return” to “Homeland”: Challenging Concepts & Realities
- Viken Yacoubian, Woodbury University
Convergence through Diversity: Th e Diasporic Experience of Ethnoracial
Identity Development
- Talar Chahinian, California State University at Long Beach
The Real, the Imagined, and the In-Between: Homeland Revisited

11:30-11:45 Coffee Break

11:45-13:15 Panel II: Cultural Narratives, Subjectivity, and Language in an
Evolving Diaspora
Anahid Keshishian, University of California at Los Angeles
Presenters:
- Hagop Gulludjian, University of California at Los Angeles
(The Illusion of Survival: Whose Survival? What For?)
- Marc Nichanian, Sabanci University, Istanbul
(Subject or Sovereign?)
- Fr. Levon Zekiyan, Universita Ca’Foscari, Venice
(Endangered vs Enforced Identity)

13:15-14:15 Lunch Break

14:15-15:45 Panel III: Online Space & the Politics of Information Exchange
Moderator: Hayg Oshagan, Wayne State University
Panelists:
- Ara Khachatourian, Asbarez Newspaper
- Nanore Barsoumian, Armenian Weekly Newspaper
- Liana Aghajanian, Ianyan Magazine
- Asbed Bedrossian, Armenian News Network/Groong, University of Southern
California

15:45-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 Panel IV: (Re)Defining Diaspora & Nationalism
Moderator: Khachig Tölölyan, Wesleyan University
Panelists:
- Razmik Panossian, Director of Armenian Communities Department, Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
- Asbed Kotchikian, Bentley University
- Stephan Astourian, University of California, Berkeley
- Simon Payaslian, Boston University

Umit Kurt (Clark University),
“The Spirit of the Laws: Searching for the Traces of the Genocide in the Abandoned Properties Laws.”

Talin Suciyan (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich)
“Surviving in the Geography of Genocide.”

Ayda Erbal (New York University)
“Governmentalizing the Minorities: Political Economy Meets Foucault.”