From Earthquake Tragedy to Beacon of Light: The Story of the American University of Armenia

Featured Presenter: Armen Der Kiureghian

IN-PERSON

Location: 
NAASR VARTAN GREGORIAN BUILDING

395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA

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

Armen Der Kiureghian is President Emeritus of the American University of Armenia and Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley. Among other awards, he is a recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, and George Winter Medal. For his efforts in advancing education in Armenia, he was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal by the Government of Armenia and the Saint Sahak-Saint Mesrob Medal by His Holiness Garegin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. Der Kiureghian is an elected foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, and an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

Organized by 

The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) 

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues.