Event Videos — #NAASR
Khachkars as Worldwide Witnesses of Armenian History, Spirituality, and Art
Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 1:00pm EST/6:00pm GMTOn Zoom and the NAASR YouTube channel Armenian StudiesFEATURINGPATRICK DONABEDIAN, Associate Professor Emeritus of Armenian Studies, Aix-Marseille University, Small Wall Khachkars: A Type Proper to Diaspora CommunitiesDAVID ZAKARIAN, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, The Inscriptions of Armenian KhachkarsCHRISTINA MARANCI, Arthur H. Dadian and Ara T. Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architecture, Tufts University, The Painted Khachkars of Vardges SureniantsMODERATORTHEO van LINT, Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Pembroke College, University of OxfordThis program will be the second in a series to mark the 15-year commemoration of...
Conflict, Displacement, and COVID-19
Join a discussion of Conflict, Displacement and COVID-19 on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on regions affected by war, conflict, and displacement in the Middle East, Africa, and the South Caucasus. The speakers will explore the issue from a historical, human rights, and public health perspective.
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): The Ceasefire and What Happens Next
Sunday, November 22, 2020, 1:00pm (Eastern) On Zoom and the NAASR YouTube channel Armenian Studies.FEATURINGMR. ROBERT AVETISYAN, Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to the United StatesDR. ANTRANIG KASBARIAN, Director of Development, Tufenkian FoundationDR. ANNA OHANYAN, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill CollegeMODERATORMARC A. MAMIGONIAN, Director of Academic Affairs, NAASRCO-SPONSORSNational Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)/ Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian IssuesSociety for Armenian Studies (SAS)
A Conversation with the Bestselling Authors of Suffragette City
Join us for a conversation with the bestselling authors of Stories from Suffragette City, featuring Fiona Davis, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Chris Bohjalian, Jamie Ford, and M.J. Rose. Bohjalian's story deals with an Armenian woman who was a survivor of the 1909 Adana massacres and participated in the great Suffragette March in New York City in 1915.
THE PRINCE OF WENTWORTH STREET: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide
John Christie will present his memoir, The Prince of Wentworth Street: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide, about growing up in Dover, NH, in the 1950s and 1960s. John grew up next door to his grandmother, Rose Banaian, who was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century in which 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire.