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Media Framing and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage: News Narratives about Artsakh and Gaza - September 18, 2025

Media Framing and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage: News Narratives about Artsakh and Gaza - September 18, 2025

Author Mischa Geracoulis will discuss how the role of journalism and the media during times of conflict is to report information from the front lines and war zones with integrity, and report accurately when states or other combatants engage in human rights violations.

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Demography, Politics, Resettlement: Artsakh’s Refugees in Armenia Today ~ Friday, August 22, 2025 ~ Zoom

Demography, Politics, Resettlement:  Artsakh’s Refugees in Armenia Today ~ Friday, August 22, 2025 ~ Zoom

The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues Presents Demography, Politics, Resettlement: Artsakh’s Refugees in Armenia Today A Webinar with Antranig Kasbarian and Gegham Stepanyan Friday, August 22, 2025 12:00 p.m. (Eastern) / 9:00 a.m. (Pacific)  For some 30 years, significant efforts and resources were devoted to assisting the Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) to build secure and prosperous lives. The violent expulsion in 2023 of all Armenians from the region, however, resulted in a massive exodus to the Republic of Armenia and the dissolution of the Artsakh Republic. The...

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Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian ~ Saturday, June 28, 2025

Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian ~ Saturday, June 28, 2025

Our June edition of Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, professor, curator and author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, in conversation with award-winning writer Nancy Kricorian. 

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The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke ~ Monday, June 16, 2025

The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke ~ Monday, June 16, 2025

Watch this special webinar, organized by the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, presenting groundbreaking research on the fate of Armenian properties confiscated during and after the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

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9th Annual Undergraduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies at UCLA ~ Friday, May 23, 2025

9th Annual Undergraduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies at UCLA ~ Friday, May 23, 2025

Watch undergraduate students presenting in Undergraduate Research Week, May 23-29, 2025

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