Event Videos (2020–2025) — #NAASR
Aftermath: the Armenian Earthquake of 1988, A Photo Collection by Asadour Guzelian
This webinar includes an introduction to the Armenian Image Archive (AIA) by Carla Garapedian, Ph.D., a survey by Joseph Malikian, Ph.D., of early Armenian photography which will be a focus of research in the AIA, and a presentation of Asadour Guzelian’s photographs, taken on his two trips to Armenia in 1988 and 1989.
The Ancient Archaeological Landscape of Lernakert in the Shirak Region
The investigation of fortress-settlements, necropoli, and their infrastructure is of key importance for the study of the archaeological landscape of the Bronze and Iron Age Armenia.
The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’
Join featured discussants for a roundtable discussion of Vartan Matiossian's book The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’.
Everyday Cosmopolitanisms: Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia
Discussion of Dr. Kate Franklin’s groundbreaking study Everyday Cosmopolitanisms: Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia with Dr. Franklin and Dr. Nik Matheou.
Vahé Oshagan: Between Acts
Screen the film first, then join us on Zoom for a panel discussion consisting of filmmaker Hrayr Eulmessekian, Taline Voskeritchian, and Karen Jallatyan who offer reflections on Oshagan’s work and the challenges of making it accessible—in image, sound, and translated text—to a wide audience.
Gender & Intersectionality in Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Saturday, October 16, 2021 Panels
PANELS October 16, 2021- EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT: Creating and Distributing Resources Beyond the Gap
- WAR, TRAUMA, AND DISPLACEMENT: Gender and Building Peace
Gender & Intersectionality in Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Friday, October 15, 2021 Panels
PANELS October 15, 2021
- ARMENIA'S GENDER TROUBLE: Deconstructing "Anti-Genderism" from Historical, Linguistic, and Socio-Cultural Anthroplogical Perspectives
- POLITICS AND REPRESENTATION: Uprooting Secism, Racism, and Homophobia in Education, Decision Making, and Public Discourse
The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province
One cornerstone of the wartime campaign against Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was the confiscation of their properties and wealth, which were subsequently transferred to Muslim elites and used in reshaping the domestic economy as well as covering wartime expenses.
THE POLITCAL MADEMOISELLE OF THE WOMEN'S WARD: Vartouhie Calantar-Nalbandian at Istanbul’s Central Prison (1915-18)
This talk provides a biography of Vartouhie Calantar-Nalbandian and analyze her prison memoirs. It will also briefly discuss her partnership with husband Zaven Nalbandian in taking up the “Zarevand” penname in the mid-1920s in the U.S. for the writing of the book United and Inde-pendent Turania (Միացեալ, Անկախ Թուրանիա).
Seismic Histories in Nadia Owusu's Aftershocks
Join Nadia Owusu and Laure Astourian for a conversation on the reverberations of history in Owusu's widely praised memoir Aftershocks (2021).