Conf/Prog - 2nd Annual Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies Program UCLA, February 11 2016, USA

2nd Annual Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies Program UCLA, Royce Hall, Room 314, Thursday, February 11, 2016

Welcome

3:00PM–4:00PM

4:10PM-4:30PM

Guest Lecture

Zara Pogossian

Center for Religious Studies at RuhrUniversitätBochum

Coffee/Tea Break

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

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

	Chair: Ani Gurdogluyan • Department of Sociology and Armenian Studies University of California at Los Angeles
4:50PM-5:10PM	Anoush Baghdassarian • Department of Psychology and Spanish Claremont- McKenna College “Threats, Fear, and Genocide”
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”
5:30PM–5:40PM	Discussion

PANEL 2 • Gender and Sexuality: Armenian Experiences from the Past to the Present

	Chair: Areni Der Grigorian• Department of Anthropology and Gender Studies University of California at Los Angeles
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”
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”
6:20PM–6:30PM	Discussion
6:30PM–6:45PM	Coffee/Tea Break

PANEL 3• Contemporary Realities From the Republic of Armenia to Los Angeles

Chair: Mariam Hovhannisyan•

Department of Cognitive Science

University of California at Los Angeles

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”

7:05–7:25PM

Mikael Matossian•

Department of Environmental Science

University of California at Los Angeles

“Clean Energy in Armenia”

7:25PM–7:45PM

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