Event Videos (2020–2025) — #NAASR
Women Up Front: The Struggle for Social Justice in Armenia ~ Thursday, May 2, 2024
A panel discussion on women's social justice struggles in contemporary Armenia.
MONUMENTS AND IDENTITIES IN THE CAUCASUS: Book Launch ~ Friday, April 26, 2024 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Join Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus co-editors Dr. Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev (Sofia University) and Haroutioun Khatchadourian (independent researcher) with Dr. Marcello Flores (Università di Siena), who wrote the volume’s Preface and Introduction, respectively. Introductory remarks will be given by Dr. Sebouh D. Aslanian (University of California, Los Angeles).
BONE MEMORY: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-Zur ~ Sunday, April 21, 2024 ~ In Person: LA / On YouTube
This presentation by Dr. Elyse Semerdjian outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert.
The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party: Politics, Ideology and Transnational History ~ Thursday, April 18, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR) and on Zoom
The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party: Politics, Ideology and Transnational History, edited by Bedross Der Matossian, sheds light on the history of the Social Democrat Hnchakian Party, a major Armenian revolutionary party that operated in the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Persia and throughout the global Armenian diaspora.
LITERARY LIGHTS: Children's Authors Astrid Kamalyan and Leila Boukarim ~ Saturday, April 13, 2024 ~ On Zoom
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.
REMEMBERING PROFESSOR RICHARD G. HOVANNISIAN: Looking Back, Moving Forward ~ Saturday, April 6, 2024
This all day symposium is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of UCLA Professor Richard G. Hovannisian who was a faculty member at UCLA for over 50 years and was the first holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Professorial Chair in Modern Armenian History, now named in his honor.
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.
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.
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."
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.