ARMENIAN INSTITUTE - WHO ARE THE ARMENIANS?

BOOK LAUNCH

By Susan Pattie

Saturday, 5 February 2011 from 3.00 – 5.00

Nevart Gulbenkian Hall, Iverna Gardens, W8 6TP

(Tube: High Street Kensington)

The Armenian Institute is happy to invite you to a party to help celebrate our latest publication.

• Music, dance and art activities for all ages
• Refreshments
• Meet the author and contributors

Who Are the Armenians? By Susan Pattie

with Gagik Stepan–Sarkissian and Maral Kerovpyan.

Book and CD of music and spoken word

This is a fascinating guide for both children and adults to learn about the Armenian people. Aimed at children aged 5 – 12, the book brings the 3000-year-old Armenian history and culture to life through folktales, language, food, religion, music, dance, art, poetry, sports and games. The book includes information about the Republicof Armenia and also explains how Armenians have made homes all over the world. Who are the Armenians?presents the lives of children in Armenia and diaspora countries showing how they live today. A CD is included with songs, poems, dancing music and spoken words.

Copies can be ordered through the Armenian Institute at £12 each plus postage and handling.

Dr Susan Pattie is a Senior Research Fellow at University College London (anthropology), teaches for the Syracuse University London Program and is director of the Armenian Institute. She was a Visiting Scholar in the Armenian Studies Program and Anthropology Department at the University of Michigan where she taught two courses for the autumn 2009 term. Author of Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community (Smithsonian Institution Press) and numerous other publications, Dr Pattie’s research has focused on Armenians in diaspora, beginning with fieldwork in Cyprus.

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