6:30 p.m.-7:00 Refreshments

7:00-7:10 Opening Remarks

Ara Mandjikian – Director of the 2019 Undergraduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies                  Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA

Dr. S. Peter Cowe – Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies Near Eastern Languages and                Cultures, UCLA

Panel 1: Contemporary Issues of Armenian Language Acquisition

Chair: Ani Setian (Anthropology, UCLA)

7:10-7:30

Gevick Safarians, “An Assessment of Armenian-American Language Anxiety” (Neuroscience,         UCLA)

7:30-7:50

Irene Baghdasaryan, “The Taguhi Summeer Day Camp and Armenian Language Pedagogy”                             (English, UCLA)

7:50-8:05 Discussion

8:05-8:20 Coffee Break

Panel 2: Medieval History and Architecture

Chair: Arti Kassarjian (Mechanical Engineering, UCLA)

8:20-8:40

Atineh Movsesian, “The Medieval City of Ani: Above and Underground” (B.A. in Art History and   Minors in English and French, California State Pomona)

8:40-8:50 Discussion

9:00 Reception

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