Event Videos — UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies

These are documented accounts of the known, less known and hitherto unknown authors and texts – such as translations of the Qur'ān and polemical side-scripts – about Islam, the Prophet, the Muslims, also terms of relations with the Muslim state and peoples, from the seventh century to the present. 

We offer this symposium, featuring a distinguished and diverse group of researchers, in recognition of Armen Aroyan’s tireless dedication to (re)connecting the descendants and survivors of the Armenian Genocide as well as other interested individuals to these lands.

This all day symposium is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of UCLA Professor Richard G. Hovannisian who was a faculty member at UCLA for over 50 years and was the first holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Professorial Chair in Modern Armenian History, now named in his honor. 

This presentation by Jennifer Manoukian explores the emergence of the standard language known today as Western Armenian. In particular, it examines the intellectual labor that led to the acceptance of this language as the dominant written medium among Ottoman Armenians by 1915.