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Event Videos — #NAASR

Getting the Truth Out: Academia, Advocacy, and the War on Armenia(ns)

Getting the Truth Out: Academia, Advocacy, and the War on Armenia(ns)

Academics and advocates each contribute to the effort to promoting the truth about Armenian history as well as present day issues. Each brings a set of strengths and limitations, each speaks to particular (if overlapping) constituencies, and each faces the challenge of being proactive rather than merely reactive when it comes to facing aggressive and unending denial and distortion.

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Feminism, Theology, and Liberation in Mari Beylerian's Writings

Feminism, Theology, and Liberation in Mari Beylerian's Writings

In this lecture, Dr. Melissa Bilal talks about Mari Beylerian’s legacy as a staunch feminist writer, an activist committed to social justice, and a devoted pedagogue who disappeared amidst the horrors of the genocide.

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NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHOOTING OF TALAAT PASHA IN BERLIN 1921: AFTER 100 YEARS

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHOOTING OF TALAAT PASHA IN BERLIN 1921: AFTER 100 YEARS

On March 15, 1921, Soghomon Tehlirian shot and killed former Ottoman Grand Vizier and principal architect of the Armenian Genocide Talaat Pasha in Berlin, as part of a larger effort to exact justice for the destruction of the Armenian people by the Ottoman government

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VISHAPAKARS: Dragon Stones of Armenia’s Mountains

VISHAPAKARS: Dragon Stones of Armenia’s Mountains

The mountains of Armenia are home to unique monuments traditionally called by the people vishapakar (dragon stone). The main centers of their distribution are Mount Aragats and the Geghama mountains.

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What Does A Small Nation Know? Armenians and the Wages of Nationalism

What Does A Small Nation Know? Armenians and the Wages of Nationalism

Professor Ronald Grigor Suny explores the benefits and the wages of nationalism, its costs to a small nation, and how it has contributed to the tragic moment the country faces today.

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