Event Videos (2020–2025)

Videos from 2026 onward will be posted to the primary event post on our Recent Events page.

Prof. Christina Maranci, the Mashtots Chair at Harvard University presented a special lecture at our Christmas Open House. Lecture Title: A Curious Connection: Worcestershire Sauce, Yeghishē T‘adēvosyan, and an Unpublished Armenian Hymnal [sharaknots‘] at Harvard Date and Time: Thursday, December 18, 20257:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT Location: NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building

Featured Speakers:Jesse ArlenSusan BarbaHagop GulludjianArthur Ipek Jesse Arlen, co-translator of the book, will be joined by Susan Barba, Hagop Gulludjian and Arthur Ipek. The virtual event is cosponsored by UCLA’s Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies, Promise Armenian Institute, Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History and University of Michigan’s Center for Armenian Studies. To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here? is a bilingual (Armenian and English) edition of Tenny Arlen’s poetry, an extraordinary body of work written in a language she began learning only a few years before her passing in 2015. The book brings together the full contents of the 2021...

Join Dr. Benjamin F. Alexander at NAASR for a discussion about Ararat in America, which examines the role of community leaders and other key community members who play a role in the sense of Armenian identity.  

Hybrid lecture by Dr. Anna Aleksanyan, a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Armenian Genocide Research Program within the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, with commentary by Dr. Taner Akcam.

Featured Speaker: Dr. Pietro A Shakarian Date: Sunday, November 16th Join Pietro A. Shakarian for a book talk on Anastas Mikoyan, a key figure in Soviet politics, from the Lenin to Brezhnev eras. Sponsored by:NAASR / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues and the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS)  

Peter Balakian reads from his new book, New York Trilogy, at NAASR.

Part one of "The Armenian Diaspora: Current Conditions, Future Prospects" panel. Part two of "The Armenian Diaspora: Current Conditions, Future Prospects" panel. Part three of "The Armenian Diaspora: Current Conditions, Future Prospects" panel. Featured presentersKhachig TölölyanHayg OshaganKhajag MgrdichianModerated by Antranig Kasbarian and Ara Araz Date and TimeSunday, November 2, 20251:30 PM ET Panelists Khachig Tölölyan, Emeritus Professor, Wesleyan University. Founder and editor, Diaspora: a journal of transnational studies (1991-2020). Hayg Oshagan, Associate Professor of Communications, Wayne State University. Founder and Chairman of New Michigan Media. Khajag Mgrdichian, member of the ARF Bureau. Former editor of Hairenik Weekly. Organized by:Armenian National...

A conversation with author Armen Der Kiureghian led by NAASR Director of Academic Affairs Marc A. Mamigonian. 

Featured Speaker: Nicole Haroutunian Olivia Katrandjian Date: October 19, 2025 Virtual event The October edition of Literary Lights 2025 featured Nicole Haroutunian, author of Choose This Now, in conversation with writer, journalist and IALA founder Olivia Katrandjian. Inseparable friends Val-and-Tal are used to making their decisions together. But what happens when their choices become their own? CHOOSE THIS NOW, a novel-in-stories, illuminates the small moments that shape their lives across nearly twenty years. On Val’s 21st birthday—which falls on Halloween—a sudden act of violence interrupts a longed-for kiss. This unfinished moment haunts Val year after year until she materializes in...