Agenda

8:00 AM Registration & Refreshments

Engineering VI Patio and Lobby

9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks

Ann Karagozian, Director of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute and Distinguished Professor in the UCLA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sebouh Aslanian, Richard Hovannisian Endowed Professor of Modern Armenian History at UCLA, Director of the Armenian Studies Center within the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute

9:15 AM Biographical Video and Reflections

Garin Hovannisian, Armenian American Writer, Filmmaker, and Producer

9:45 AM Armenian Genocide Research: Documentation, Denial, and Recognition

Speakers:
Taner Akcam, Inaugural director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA
Bedross Der Matossian, Professor of Modern Middle East History in the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Panelists:
Henry Theriault, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University
Rubina Peroomian, Independent scholar, author/researcher, former lecturer of Armenian Studies at UCLA
Levon Marashlian, Emeritus Professor of History, Glendale Community College
Moderator: Ann Karagozian

10:25 AM Armenian Genocide Research: Survivor Testimony Collection and Archiving

11:10 AM Coffee Break

Engineering VI Patio and Lobby

11:25 AM Modern Armenian History: First Armenian Republic, Historic Armenian Cities/Provinces Series

Speakers: 
Ronald Grigor Suny, William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Chicago
Jirair Libaridian, Retired Diplomat and Professor, Former Holder of Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (VIA VIDEO)
Panelists: 
Armen Baibourtian, Professor of Practice of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst, Two-Time Consul General of Armenia in Los Angeles
Fatma Muge Gocek, Professor of Sociology at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Armen Der Kiureghian, President Emeritus, American University of Armenia; Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Vahram Shemmassian, Professor and the Director of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Northridge
Moderator: 
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Director of the Armenian Lab at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA

12:10 PM Musical Performance of Historic Armenian Pieces 

Introductions: Melissa Bilal, Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture at UCLA, Director of the UCLA Armenian Music Program
Hasmik Harutyunyan, Voice 
Vardan Baghdasaryan, Kamancha

12:40 PM Lunch

Engineering VI Patio and Lobby

1:45 PM Reflections and Video

Ani Hovannisian, Documentary Filmmaker

2:15 PM Pioneering Armenian studies as a field: national and international organizations

Speakers: 
Houri Berberian, Professor of History & Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, Director of the Center for Armenian Studies at University of California, Irvine
Christina Maranci, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University, President of Society for Armenian Studies 
Panelists: 
Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies at UCLA
Hagop Kouloujian, Kachigian Family Lecturer in Armenian Language and Culture at UCLA
Marc Mamigonian, Director of Academic Affairs at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) 
Moderator: 
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Director of the Armenian Lab at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA

2:55 PM Coffee Break 

Engineering VI Patio and Lobby

3:15 PM Short Video

3:20 PM Professional Impact, Influence as a Teacher/Mentor (Session I)

4:05 PM Professional Impact, Influence as a Teacher/Mentor (Session II)

Speakers: 
Mary Papazian, Executive Vice President, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; Former President of San Jose State University and Southern Connecticut State University
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Professor and Director of the Armenian Studies Program at CSU Fresno 
Panelists: 
Ara Sohghomonian, 
Ardy Kassakhian, Glendale City Councilmember
Jano Boghossian, Doctor of Podiatric Medicine 
Raffi Kassabian, Attorney and Founding Partner at Bezdik Kassab Law Group
Anna Aleksanyan, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA
Moderator: 
Alina Dorian, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice as well as an Associate Professor in the Community Health Sciences at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health  

4:55 PM Closing Remarks 

Ann Karagozian, Director of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute and Distinguished Professor in the UCLA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

5:00 PM Closing reception

Engineering VI Patio and Lobby

This event will take place at the Mong Learning Center (Engineering VI Building)

Visitor parking available at UCLA Parking Structure 8.

1. Park on the roof of Parking Structure 8
2. Pay for parking at a Paystation
3. Take the stairs or the elevator to Level 1/Westwood Plaza
4. Cross the street diagonally, then turn slightly left, continuing north, past the bus stop
5. Engineering VI will be on your right as you walk north on Westwood Plaza

Please note: This event will be photographed and recorded for documentation and distribution. All audience members agree to the possibility of appearing in these photographs and recordings by virtue of attending the event or participating in the event.

Sponsor(s): The Promise Armenian Institute, Center for Near Eastern Studies, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, Fowler Museum at UCLA, UCLA Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History,UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies, UCLA Armenian Music Program, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research NAASR, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Society for Armenian Studies, UCI Center for Armenian Studies, CSU Fresno Armenian Studies Program, USC Institute of Armenian Studies, USC Shoah Foundation, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy