Belmont to host lecture on “Armenia and the Crusades”October 8, 2014 - 12:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dr. Ara Dostourian will give a lecture on Thursday, Oct 16, entitled, “Armenia and the Crusades: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa,” at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center in Belmont, CA. The lecture is co-sponsored by NAASR and the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies at Harvard University; Dr. James R. Russell, the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, will offer introductory remarks, the Armenian Weekly reported. The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa has long been recognized as an invaluable source of information concerning the dramatic events taking place in the Near East between the years 952 and 1162 A.D. Byzantine emperors, Crusader knights, Arab potentates, and Turkish invaders march across the pages of this eye-witness account. Dostourian translated this crucial primary source into English for the first time for his doctoral work at Rutgers University. It was published in 1993 as Armenia and the Crusades: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa by NAASR and the University Press of America; NAASR’s Armenian Heritage Press has just issued the second, revised edition in paperback, incorporating corrections by the translator as well as additions to the notes and bibliography. Dostourian is professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia and a former research fellow in Armenian Studies at Harvard University. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and language from the City University of New York, a master of arts in medieval history from Fordham University, and a master of divinity degree from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., as well as a doctorate in Byzantine history from Rutgers University. 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 | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |