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Event Videos — #NAASRevents

The Historic Armenian Presence in Nagorno-Karabagh: Documentation and Falsification

The Historic Armenian Presence in Nagorno-Karabagh: Documentation and Falsification

Lecture given in memory of Dr. Moorad Mooradian, NAASR Board Member, 1991-2004 at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478

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Adana Massacres of 1909: Legacy and Perspectives

Adana Massacres of 1909: Legacy and Perspectives

The Adana Massacres of April 1909 took the lives of more than 20,000 Armenians in the province of Adana and elsewhere in Armenian-inhabited areas of the Ottoman Empire. In addition to the appalling loss of life and property, the massacres were a bitter blow to the Armenians who had expressed such optimism at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. Many see in these massacres an indication of what was to come in the genocide of 1915.

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The Armenian Genocide: Writing the "Complete History"

The Armenian Genocide: Writing the "Complete History"

Renowned historian Raymond Kévorkian has written an exhaustive and authoritative account of the origins, events, and consequences of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and 1916. Originally published in French in 2006 as Le Génocide des ArméniensThe Armenian Genocide: A Complete History presents a detailed and meticulous record of the genocidal process, providing an authoritative analysis of the events and their impact upon the Armenian community itself, as well as the development of the Turkish state.

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THE RUINS OF ANI: From Sacred Landscape to Political Soil

THE RUINS OF ANI: From Sacred Landscape to Political Soil

National Association for Armenian Studies and Research NAASR event video of talk by Peter Balakian and Aram Arkun, “The Ruins of Ani: From Sacred Landscape to Political Soil,” at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA Co-sponsored by Tekeyan Cultural Association Greater Boston and NAASR/Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues. Video by Jirair Hovsepian

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ARMENIAN-AMERICAN PRESS IN PERSPECTIVE: Challenges, Future, Relevancy

ARMENIAN-AMERICAN PRESS IN PERSPECTIVE: Challenges, Future, Relevancy

What role does the Armenian-American press serve today? Whom does it serve? What does its future look like? Moderated by Stepan Piligian. Panelists Armenian Mirror Spectator Editor Alin Gregorian, Armenian Weekly Assistant Editor Leeza Arakelian, Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe journalist (retired) Stephen Kurkjian.

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