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The Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP) leadership team is planning the project’s second phase and will shed light on recent and upcoming efforts during this conference at UCLA on Saturday, February 10, 2024. This exciting and critical event will consist of a documentary screening about the March conference, discussions of the AGLARP’s summer research findings, and a roundtable on how this conversation applies to past and current events, as well as what lies next for the AGLARP.

What is the Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP)?
In the summer of 2023, the Armenian Genocide Research Program (AGRP) spearheaded the Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP), a multidisciplinary, collaborative research project aimed at (1) fostering research on Armenian art, cultural heritage, and other cultural objects that were looted, destroyed, or transferred in conjunction with the Armenian Genocide by using several disciplinary methods; and (2) engaging in critical thinking and action on the many dimensions of justice, dialogue, restitution, and repair regarding the losses of Armenian culture arising from the Armenian Genocide. The project is a follow-up to the AGRP’s March 2023 conference at UCLA, What's Next?: Armenian Genocide Restitution in the Post-Recognition Era.

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PROGRAM Schedule
09:30 - 10:00am Registration + Coffee

10:00 - 10:15am Welcoming Remarks

• Ann Karagozian: Executive Director, Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA
• Marc A. Mamigonian: Director of Academic Affairs, National Assoication for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
• Amy Landau: Director of Education and Interpretation, Fowler Museum

10:15 - 10:25am Introduction of Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP)
Taner Akçam: Director, Armenian Genocide Research Program at the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA

10:25 - 11:30am AGLA Documentary Screening
Carla Garapedian: Filmmaker

11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch Break

12:30 - 12:45pm Message from Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

12:45 - 01:10pm Reflective Remarks from E. Randol Schoenberg

1:10 - 1:35pm Reflective Remarks from Lauren Fielder

1:35 - 2:00pm AGLARP Final Report Presentation
Michael Bazyler and Heghnar Watenpaugh

02:00 - 02:20pm AGLARP Student Presentations, Moderator: Serena Pelenghian
Students: Dickran Khodanian, Gregory Mikhanjian, Ani Parnagian, and Angie Sophonpanich

2:20 - 2:40pm AGLARP Q&A
Taner Akçam, Michael Bazyler, Dickran Khodanian, Gregory Mikhanjian, Ani Parnagian, Angie Sophonpanich, Heghnar Watenpaugh, Lauren Fielder

02:40 - 02:55pm Coffee Break

02:55 - 03:20pm Remarks from Simon Maghakyan

03:20 - 05:00pm “What’s Next” Roundtable + Q&A
Moderator: Marc A. Mamigonian
Discussants: Taner Akçam, Michael Bazyler, Heather Ferguson, Lauren Fielder, Hannah Garry, Armen Hovannisian, Amy Landau, Simon Maghakyan, Justin Walsh, Heghnar Watenpaugh

ORGANIZER
Armenian Genocide Research Program (AGRP) at the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute

CO-SPONSORS
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Institute for Transnational Law at University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at Claremont McKenna College
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law