NAASR NewsSept. 2009

Dear Friends:
NAASR will co-sponsor the fourth in a series of forums at Fordham University, "Eastern Turkey Today: Armenian Views," on Tuesday, September 15, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at Fordham's Manhattan campus, 113 West 60 Street, South Lounge.

Businessman and community leader Hirant Gulian will discuss and show images from his visit to Historic Armenia on NAASR's Armenian Heritage Tour in 2009 and Haig and Mary Sarajian will cover their travels across 30 cities in Anatolia and Armenia, 1996-2003. Professor Samvel Jeshmaridian,originally from Yerevan, and now on the faculty of CUNY, will serve as discussant for the evening.

6:00 p.m.:Welcoming remarks
Symposium Chair: Bryan Ardouny, JD, Executive Director, Armenian Assembly of America
Artur Sedrakyan, President, Fordham Armenian Club
Karen Tonoyan, AGBU Armenian Students' Forum
Natalie Gabrelian, AGBU of America
Daniel Adamian, NAASR Board of Directors
6:15: PowerPoint presentations
7:15: Discussion and Question-Answer

This is the fourth bimonthly public forum hosted by the Armenian Club of Fordham University, co-sponsored by the AGBU (Armenian General Benevolent Union). Participating groups: AAA (Armenian Assembly of America), NAASR (National Association for Armenian Studies & Research), Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center, ABSA (Armenian Behavioral Science Assoc.), FIRST (Fordham Institute for Research, Service, Teaching), AASSSG (Armenian American Society for Studies on Stress & Genocide), and Compatriotic Unions (Marash, www.evereg-fenesse.org).

Details: asedrakyan@gmail.com or 212-636-6393.

NAASR