Translating a Stateless Language: Workshop II
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 10AM – 3PM
UCI Krieger Hall 200E
9:30 AM / Morning Refreshments
10:00 AM / Welcome Remarks, Prof. Houri Berberian, Director, UCI Center for Armenian Studies
10:05 AM / Introductory Remarks, Dr. Talar Chahinian, UCI Center for Armenian Studies
10:10 AM / Session 1: Translations from Armenian
Arthur Ipek, Shahan Shahnour’s 1935 essay, “Komidas Liberated”
Alec Ekmekji, Zareh Melkonian’s selected poems
Discussants: Dr. Jennifer Manoukian, Simon Beugekian
12:00 PM/ Lunch
1:00 PM/ Session 2: Translations into Armenian
Hrayr Varaz, Larry Mitchell’s Faggots and Friends Between Revolutions (1977)
Alexia Hatun, Nietzsche's "The Three Metamorphoses" from Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883)
Discussants: Dr. Myrna Douzjian, Dr. Tamar M. Boyadjian
