Dr Levon Avdoyan: Robert Thomson and the Quiet Revolutionaries of Armenian Studies
PAST EVENT | 16 June 2016 17:30 - 16 June 2016 19:00
In this last lecture in the AGBU sponsored series Armenia Life and Study of an Enduring Culture, Dr Levon Avdoyan (Library of Congress, Washington DC) will be speaking on the topic of ' Robert Thomson and the Quiet Revolutionaries of Armenian Studies'.
5:30 Reception
6:15 Oxford Armenian Choir performs Komitas & Shnorhali
7:00 Lecture
All are cordially invited
Robert Thomson is a Supernumerary Fellow of Pembroke College and was Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies from 1992 to 2001.
Fifty years ago the Gulbenkian Professorhsip of Armenian Studies was created at Pembroke College during a turbulent decade that led to many social and cultural developments we now take for granted. During that decade Robert Thomson and a group of dedicated scholars took the study of things Armenian in the English-speaking world from where they resided - as a subset of other accepted disciplines - and created the programs and chairs and literature that have led to the study of Armenia as a discipline in its own right.
This lecture will be a personal account of this growth and Robert Thomson's indispensable role in it.
Dr Levon Avdoyan: Robert Thomson and the Quiet Revolutionaries of Armenian Studies
PAST EVENT | 16 June 2016 17:30 - 16 June 2016 19:00
In this last lecture in the AGBU sponsored series Armenia Life and Study of an Enduring Culture, Dr Levon Avdoyan (Library of Congress, Washington DC) will be speaking on the topic of ' Robert Thomson and the Quiet Revolutionaries of Armenian Studies'.
5:30 Reception
6:15 Oxford Armenian Choir performs Komitas & Shnorhali
7:00 Lecture
All are cordially invited
Robert Thomson is a Supernumerary Fellow of Pembroke College and was Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies from 1992 to 2001.
Fifty years ago the Gulbenkian Professorhsip of Armenian Studies was created at Pembroke College during a turbulent decade that led to many social and cultural developments we now take for granted. During that decade Robert Thomson and a group of dedicated scholars took the study of things Armenian in the English-speaking world from where they resided - as a subset of other accepted disciplines - and created the programs and chairs and literature that have led to the study of Armenia as a discipline in its own right.
This lecture will be a personal account of this growth and Robert Thomson's indispensable role in it.