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Community and Public Outreach by Oxford Armenian Studies Academics OXFORD (03.03.14)  In addition to offering a wide array of courses, lectures and seminars at Oxford, Armenian Studies academics have been active in bringing educational opportunities to the wider Armenian community.  Last Sunday, two lectures were presented in Manchester and London.  Prof. Theo van Lint, Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies, gave a lecture to the Armenian community in Manchester at the Holy Trinity Church.  Prof. van Lint discussed the connections of the themes of death and grace in Grigor Narekatsi's (11th c.) Book of Lamentation and John Donne's  (17th c.) Devotions upon Emergent Occasions.  The lecture was chaired by the parish's visiting pastor Fr Garegin Hambardzumyan. In London, Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, Associate Faculty, gave a lecture on the issue of cultural production and maintenance in the Diaspora and used Armenian music from Komitas to contemporary rabiz as case study.  The lecture took place at "Hayashen" and was sponsored by the Centre for Armenian Information and Advice.  The previous week, Dr Tchilingirian gave a talk on "Armenians in the Middle East Today" at the Faculty of Divinity in Cambridge.  On the same day, Dr Özlem Galip, Faculty Associate in Kurdish and Armenian Studies, was guest commentator on Med Nuce TV's "Medya Gundemi" (Media Agenda) programme, which provided analysis of current affairs in Turkey. Dr Galip's (PhD Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, 2013) current research focuses on the origin and development of the Kurdish novel in Armenia. She teaches Kurmanji and convenes, together with Professor Theo van Lint,  the Kurdish Studies Seminar at Oxford. Her book Imagining Kurdistan: Identity, Culture, and Society will be published by I.B. Tauris (London and New York) later this year. She regularly gives interviews on Turkish and Kurdish television and in the press. She contributes a weekly column to the Kurdish newspaperYeni Özgür Politika, published in Frankfurt am Main."  In late February, David Zakarian, a PhD Candidate in Armenian Studies at Oxford, gave the second of a three-lecture series sponsored by the Armenian Institute. On 20 February Mr Zakarian spoke about "Women and the Christianisation of Armenia" at Armenian House in London. The lecture expounded on the role of women in the received tradition of the Christianisation of Armenian people as preserved in Agathangelos’ History of Armenia.  Oxford Armenian Studies is based in the Oriental Institute and at Pembroke college. While Oxford has long history of interest in Armenia and Armenians, a Chair of Armenian Studies was formally established in 1965 by the Gulbenkian Foundation. __________________________________ In LEEDS    Exhibits and Performances at The Tetley Karen Babayan Image>Archive 7-23 March 2014 - The Tetley, Leeds This is part of PAGES 2014 and the 17th International Contemporary Artists Book Fair. The exhibition is the work created by artist Karen Babayan for practice-based PhD - Fashion, Form & Foundation:  Iran, Armenia, Britain, Canada: An exploration of Armenian identity across cultural boundaries, manifested through contemporary art practice. "Packing" performance by Shakeh Major Tchilingirian.  Devised and directed by Karen Babayan, Saturday, 8 March, 11am, 1pm & 3pm in the Image>Archive exhibition. A ‘playlet’ from the artists’ book, Blood Oranges Dipped in Salt, performed by Karen Babayan and Persia Babayan-Taylor, Saturday, 8 March, 12 noon, in the Image>Archive exhibition and on Sunday, 1 pm, 9 March, for ‘Book Acts’. Leeds Art Gallery Transforming Topographies PERSE (ANCIENNE) Dressé, a portfolio of digital print by Karen Babayan, acquired for Leeds Museums and Galleries, with the aid of a grant from Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, until 9 March 2014. The Tetley, Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ http://thetetley.org/visit-the-tetley/ Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries /Pages/leedsartgallery/Visiting-Leeds-Art-Gallery.aspx