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Armenians in Massachusetts, 1870-1924: Establishing a Community, Building Institutions

Armenians in Massachusetts, 1870-1924: Establishing a Community, Building Institutions

In the under-studied area of Armenian-American history, the decades prior to the 1890s are especially murky, as a tiny number of Armenians began to form the basis for what would become a more substantial and established community; although the post-1890s decades are hardly well-documented either.

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Literary Lights: The Prospectors

Literary Lights: The Prospectors

Selected by Barnes & Noble as their book-of-the-month for October 2023, Ariel Djanikian’s newly-released The Prospectors is a sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival and greed across American history following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush.

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Unpacking the Hate and Pressure Campaign Against Artsakh Armenians

Unpacking the Hate and Pressure Campaign Against Artsakh Armenians

Join us for a panel discussion on "Unpacking the Hate and Pressure Campaign Against Artsakh Armenians."

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Armenian Genocide Looted Art and Restitution

Armenian Genocide Looted Art and Restitution

The Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP) leadership team is planning the project’s second phase and will shed light on recent and upcoming efforts during this conference at UCLA on Saturday, February 10, 2024. This exciting and critical event will consist of a documentary screening about the March conference, discussions of the AGLARP’s summer research findings, and a roundtable on how this conversation applies to past and current events, as well as what lies next for the AGLARP.

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Literary Lights: All the Ways We Lied

Literary Lights: All the Ways We Lied

Literary Lights is a monthly reading series organized by the IALA, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center. The series features new works of literature by Armenian authors. Each event—held online—will feature a writer reading from their work, followed by a discussion with an interviewer and audience members.

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