Prior Years — #NAASRBatmasianHall

POSTPONED NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, Batmasian Hall (3rd Floor) 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478 Featured Forum: TBD All are invited to attend. Luncheon: $18 per person PROGRAM 11:30 am      Registration / Check-in 12:00 noon   Welcoming Remarks, Yervant Chekijian, Chairman of the Board                        Presentations to 25-year Members                         Presentations to 50-year Members 12:30 pm     Luncheon 1:00 pm       Featured Forum TBD 2:30 pm       Break 2:45 pm       Business Meeting of Members Presentation of Rules Vote on Minutes of Prior Assembly Report of Nominating Committee Election of Board Members Auditing Committee Report Constitution & Rules Committee Report New Business Committee Report Election Results New Business 3:45...

POSTPONED NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, Batmasian Hall (3rd Floor) 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478 Join us for the screening of the film Vahe Oshagan: Between Acts, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Hrayr Eulmessekian, Taline Voskeritchian, and Karen Jallatyan. Vahé Oshagan: Between Acts is a literary biography of the pre-eminent writer and public intellectual of the modern Armenian diaspora. The film infuses the traditional documentary with visual, sound-text, and scholarly interpretations of Oshagan's poetry and prose. It features readings and commentary by Oshagan of his own poetry, as well as analyses by well-known literary critics Krikor Beledian, Krikor Chahinian, and...

POSTPONED NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, Batmasian Hall (3rd Floor) 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478 Join us for a panel discussion on the Adventures With/In the Armenian Language. FEATURING Nancy Kricorian, Kristy Rendahl, and Dahlia Elsayed MODERATED BY: Dr. Lisa Gulesserian SPONSOR National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)

POSTPONEDNAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, Batmasian Hall (3rd Floor), 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478Join us for a report by the Armenia Tree Project on the outcomes of the October 2019 "Forest Summit Global Action and Armenia," which brought local and international experts together for the first time for networking and dialogues about the challenges and opportunities of Armenia's ambitious pledge to double its forest cover by 2050 as part of its commitment to the Paris Agreement. And, hear about next steps for Armenia's future forests. Moderated by: Anna Ohanyan Featuring Panelists Guy Hydrick and Jeanmarie Papelian CO-SPONSORSArmenia Tree ProjectAYF Greater Boston...

Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, Batmasian Hall 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478 Please join us for the first lecture as we move into our new building. A reception will take place after the program in the Shahinian Solarium. Located at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East, the Armenian Highland (Historic Armenia) served as a transition corridor for major waves of prehistoric and historic migrations. The genetic history of Armenians as an indigenous population of the region attracts keen scientific interest to resolve the puzzle of ancient Middle Eastern populations’ expansion and...