UCI to host conference on “Armenian Identity Through the Ages”April 4, 2015 - 10:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The University of California, Irvine will host a conference on “Armenian Identity Through the Ages” featuring international scholars involved in the field of Armenian studies. According to Asbarez, the two-day event will take place on April 6 and 7. The purpose of the conference is to explore Armenian identity from the remote past to the present. The conference will touch upon issues that have faced Armenians and how they have affected Armenian identity through the ages — how a small kingdom and people have been able to keep their cultural independence and survive. Armenian identity has gone through many changes, and the conference’s discussions will touch upon not only elements of continuity, but also rupture. The papers from the conference will be edited by Touraj Daryaee and published by Mazda Publishers, an academic publisher since the 1980s which deals with the Iranian and Armenian world. The scheduled publication is in 2016. The conference is supported by the Vahe and Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series and the UCI School of Humanities. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |