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From Tabriz to St. Petersburg: Iran's Mission of Apology to Russia in 1829, a talk and book signing by Dr. George Bournoutian

Please join us on Tuesday January 26th, 2016, 6-8 pm in Humanities Gateway HG 1010 for a talk and book signing by Dr. George Bournoutian about his new book titled From Tabriz to St. Petersburg: Iran's Mission of Apology to Russia in 1829.

Dr. George A. Bournoutian was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1943 and immigrated in 1964 to the US. He is a senior professor of history at Iona College and the author of over 28 books, particularly focusing on Armenian history. He has taught Iranian history at UCLA, and Armenian history at Columbia University, Tufts University, New York University, Rutgers University, the University of Connecticut, Ramapo College, and Glendale Community College. Bournoutian is one of the 40 editors of the Encyclopaedia Iranica as well.

He received his M.A degree in 1971 and his Ph.D. in History (Armenian and Iranian studies) in 1976 at UCLA (Eastern Armenia on the Eve of the Russian Conquest, also published as a book in 1982, and 1992).

He is a member of the Middle Eastern Studies Association, Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Iranian Studies Association, Armenian Studies Association and Association for Armenian Studies. George Bournoutian is also an avid world traveler. He is fluent in Armenian, Persian, Russian, and Polish, and has a reading command of French and Azeri. He also accompanies his senior and graduate students on annual trips to Armenia and Transcaucasia, the Middle East (mostly Iran), Africa, Southeast Asia.

This talk should be of interest to those in Russian, Iranian, and Armenian history.

Reception to follow after the event.

This event is free and open to the public.