AUA and AGBU to Co-Host Lecture Series on Armenian Independence Centennial

YEREVAN—The American University of Armenia and the Armenian General Benevolent UnionArmenia will co-host a lecture series by renowned historian Dr. Richard Hovannisian dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. The lectures will be delivered in AUA’s Manoogian Hall on April 16, 18, and 20, 2018.

Dr. Hovannisian is an Armenian-American historian and professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. His works include an inimitable four-volume history of the First Republic of Armenia, a series of books on the regions of Western Armenia, and an oral history project to record the eyewitness accounts of Armenian Genocide survivors.

The first lecture, taking place on April 16 and titled “May 28: The Uncharted Course Toward Independence,â€