New Perspectives on Photography in the Ottoman Empire: A Symposium
When:
Saturday, Mar 25, 2017 2:00p -
5:00p
Saturday, Mar 25, 2017 2:00p -
5:00p
Where:
Armenian Museum of America
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good, University
Event website:
http://www.armenianmuseum.org/calendar/event/?event_id1=52
Armenians played a major role in the development and expansion of photography across Ottoman lands. Held in conjunction with the Museum's Reimagining A Lost Homeland exhibit in the Adele & Haig Der Manuelian Galleries, this symposium will present the wealth of research being done in this particular vein of photography studies and will also highlight the rich resources and activities of Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives. The event will be moderated by exhibit creator Armen T. Marsoobian,, who is a Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University.
Symposium Itinerary:
2:00 - Welcome: Berj Chekijian, Executive Director, Armenian Museum of America; Marc A. Mamigonian, Director of Academic Affairs, NAASR; and Ruth Thomasian, Founder and CEO, Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives
2:10 - Ruth Thomasian, Founder and CEO of Project SAVE : "Reading Photographs: Finding Meaning in the Details"
2:40 - Edhem Eldem, Professor of History, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul: "Staging, Posing, Self-fashioning: Ottoman Subjects Before the Camera"
3:25 - Coffee Break
3:35 - Suzanne K. Adams, Archivist, Project SAVE Archives: "In and Out of Context: Preserving Stories and Creating Access in Photograph Collections"
4:00 - David Low, Manoogian Post-doctoral Fellow, Armenian Studies Program, University of Michigan: "A Keepsake of Those You Love and Those Who Love You: The Soursourians, Kharpert and the Shifting World"
4:45 - Reception
