The conference seeks to contribute to a longue durée approach to Near Eastern engagement with Europe with an emphasis on the early modern period (16th-18thcc.), which marked the heyday of Armenian communities as a crucial component of international trade hubs in eastern Europe, involving an interdisciplinary focus on the multifaceted role those communities played in...

The exhibition of thirty images illustrating the artistic achievement of the Armenian communities in the Crimea, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria over several centuries in sacred and secular architecture, painting, silverwork, stone and wood carving, and other media complements the analytical discourse of the conference panels in introducing viewers directly to the objects themselves and...

PROGRAM The first half includes sacred and secular music for chamber ensemble by composers from the Ukraine, Romania, and Poland, most of which is receiving its LA Premiere. The consort is directed by Morgan O’Shaughnessey (UCLA grad., Music Department) The second half features a series of Armenian sacred and secular music from the period performed...

Helen Evans is the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. She joined the Museum's staff in 1991 and is responsible for the acquisition, study, and interpretation of the Museum's collection of early Christian, early Jewish, and early-to-late East Christian and Byzantine art. Her exhibitions—including Byzantium and...