The membership of ASOF's first council on cultural heritage preservation will consist of:
Levon Abrahamian
Head of the Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies, Institute of
Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Armenia
Antonia Arslan (to be confirmed)
Writer
Italy
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer prize winning poet
New York, USA
Gaianè Casnati
Europa Nostra Council member
Italy
Levon Chookaszian
Director of the Chair of Art History and Theory at Yerevan State University
Armenia
Jasmine Dum-Tragut
U. of Salzburg, Armenian Studies Division (head); Center for the Study of the Christian East (director); Senior scientist in Biblical Studies and Church History; Docent in General and Applied Linguistics; Blue Shield Armenia & Austria; Adjunct Prof. in Interdisciplinary Armenian Cultural Heritage Studies, Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography; Etchmiadzin's Office for Artsakh Cultural and Spiritual Heritage Issues.
Austria
Atom Egoyan
Oscar-nominated writer and director (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Ontario, Canada
Eva Aroutunian
Head of the Geneva Music Conservatory, President of Association Ensemble Paul Klee (Bern), Vice-president of Foundation SIGG (Geneva), Board Member of Geneva Music High School, Board Member of FODAC Foundation (Geneva)
Switzerland
Nina Hovnanian (chair)
Hovnanian International
Armenia
Christina Maranci
Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Massachusetts, USA
Marina Djabbarzade
Heritage Management Consultant
Washington DC, USA
Charles Personnaz
Director of the Institut national du patrimoine (National Institute for Heritage) under the French ministry of culture in Paris
France
Andrea Peto
Professor in the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University; Doctor Honoris Causa of Södertörn University; Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Austria
Lisa Siraganian
J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in Humanities and Professor, Department of Comparative Thought and Literature, Johns Hopkins University
Maryland, USA
The Council is a new committee established by the ASOF Board with executive powers to manage all matters and initiatives pertaining to Armenian cultural heritage preservation, and the promotion of Armenian Art and the Humanities internationally, reflecting also the regional cultural dimension. More information on the Council and its focus will be published on the Bulletin by the end February.
