KZV Armenian School Presents:
A Discussion with Journalist and Author Tatul Hakobyan
Join conflict specialist Tatul Hakobyan for an insightful presentation on the events leading up to April’s mass protests as well as critical developments since the formation of the new government, including its impact on Armenia’s foreign policy challenges. The presentations and Q & A’s will be conducted in Armenian and English.
Tuesday August 28, San Francisco
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Speaker: Tatul Hakobyan (Yerevan-based reporter and political analyst)
Title: “New April, New Armenia”
Moderator: to be announced later
Location: Khachaturian Armenian Center, Saroyan Hall
825 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA, 94132
Time: 7:30 p.m
The Armenian Studies Program at U.C. Berkeley
Wednesday August 29, Berkeley
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Speaker: Tatul Hakobyan (Yerevan-based reporter and political analyst)
Title: “New April, New Armenia”
Moderator: Dr. Stephan Astourian (Director of the Armenian Studies Program at U.C. Berkeley; Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of History)
Location: 370/371 Dwinelle Hall, U.C. Berkeley (the hall where the gathering will take place to be announced later)
Time: 6 p.m.
Abstract: This talk, followed by a discussion, will analyze the latest political developments in Armenia that resulted in the so-called “Velvet Revolution” led by NigolPashinyan. This revolution brought about the resignation of newly-elected Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, who had already served two terms as Armenia’s President, and his replacement by Pashinyan. Some of the questions to be addressed include the following:
-What were the causes of this unexpected revolution?
-What has been achieved over the past hundred, or so, days?
-What are the prospects for Pashinyan’s success in the coming legislative elections?
-Is a counter-revolution that would bring back the kleptocratic, authoritarian leadership of the previous regimes still possible.
Lecture organized by the Armenian Studies Program at U.C. Berkeley and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES).
Thursday, August 30, Cupertino
St Andrew Armenian Church
Date: Thusday, August 30, 2018
Speaker: Tatul Hakobyan (Yerevan-based reporter and political analyst)
Title: “New April, New Armenia”
Moderator: Dr.Shahe Yenikomshian
Location: 11370 S. Stelling Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014, (408) 257-6743
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Bio: Tatul Hakobyan graduated from the Department of Journalism in Yerevan State University and from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi. He has formerly worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Ankakhutyun (1991-1995), Yerkir (1998-2000), Azg (2000-2005), Aztag (2005-2016), The Armenian Reporter (2008-2009) and as a political observer on regional issues of the Radiolur news program of the Public Radio of Armenia (2004-2008).
Since 2009 he has been an analyst at the independent Civilitas Foundation. Hakobyan is currently a reporter with CivilNet online TV and the coordinator of the ANI Armenian Research Center.
In 2005 he received the Yerevan Press Club’s Annual Award for the coverage of regional issues in Azg daily. In 2009, Yerevan Press Club awarded him for his first book, Karabakh Diary; Green and Black.
Hakobyan is also the 2014 recipient of the Haigashen Ouzounian Literary Award for his second book, Armenians and Turks.
