2nd Annual Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies Program UCLA, Royce Hall, Room 314, Thursday, February 11, 2016
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Welcome |
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3:00PM–4:00PM
4:10PM-4:30PM |
Guest Lecture Zara Pogossian Center for Religious Studies at RuhrUniversitätBochum Coffee/Tea Break |
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4:35PM–4:50PM |
Opening Remarks Ani Der Grigorian • Directorof 2016 Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies Department of Anthropology and International Development Studies University of California at Los Angeles |
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Dr. S. Peter Cowe • Armenian Studies Professor &Narekatsi Chair University of California at Los Angeles |
PANEL 1• Psychology of Genocide and the Hyphenated Armenian Identity
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Chair: Ani Gurdogluyan • Department of Sociology and Armenian Studies University of California at Los Angeles |
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4:50PM-5:10PM |
Anoush Baghdassarian • Department of Psychology and Spanish Claremont- McKenna College “Threats, Fear, and Genocide” |
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5:10PM–5:30PM |
Aram Ghoogasian• Department of English and History University of California at Los Angeles "My Heart’s in the Highlands: William Saroyan and the Diasporic Condition” |
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5:30PM–5:40PM |
Discussion |
PANEL 2 • Gender and Sexuality: Armenian Experiences from the Past to the Present
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Chair: Areni Der Grigorian• Department of Anthropology and Gender Studies University of California at Los Angeles |
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5:40 PM-6:00PM |
Carla Kekejian• Department of English and Education University of California at Irvine “Armenian Women’s Sign Language: How Silenced Women came to Speak” |
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6:00PM-6:20PM |
Kristine Jermakian• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Women’s Studies University of California at Irvine “Defining the Futurity of the Queer Armenian Subaltern” |
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6:20PM–6:30PM |
Discussion |
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6:30PM–6:45PM |
Coffee/Tea Break |
PANEL 3• Contemporary Realities From the Republic of Armenia to Los Angeles
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Chair: Mariam Hovhannisyan• Department of Cognitive Science University of California at Los Angeles |
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6:45PM–7:05PM |
Margarita Baghdasarian• Department of Political Science and Armenian Studies University of California at Los Angles “Social Media as a Resource for Mobilization in Electric Yerevan Protests” |
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7:05–7:25PM |
Mikael Matossian• Department of Environmental Science University of California at Los Angeles “Clean Energy in Armenia” |
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7:25PM–7:45PM
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Maral Sakayan • Department of Molecular, Cell, and Development Biology and Civic Engagement University of California at Los Angeles “Health and Literacy Disparities in the Newly Immigrant Armenian Population” |
7:45PM–8:00PM Discussion