Event Videos — Promise Armenian Institute
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
Material Afterlives of Genocide: Violence, Memory, and Landscapes of Ruins in Van ~ Monday, May 12, 2025
This talk focuses on the overlapping histories of the Armenian and Kurdish communities in the region of Van in southeastern Turkey through an exploration of spaces of material ruination.
Construction of the Armenian Genocide Denial Narrative ~ Monday, April 14, 2025
This lecture explores the roots of Armenian genocide denialist discourse and its construction as part of the official Ottoman state narrative.
The Library and the Survivor: Aram Andonian in Paris ~ Saturday, March 1, 2025
The history of the Nubar Library, founded in Paris in 1927, is inextricably linked to that of its first librarian, Aram Andonian.
The United States and the Armenian Genocide: History, Memory, Politics ~ Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Hybrid book talk by Julien Zarifian, Ph.D, Professor in U.S. History and Civilization at the University of Poitiers, France, and fellow at the Institut Universitaire de France.
The Right of the First Night and Sexual Violence Against Armenian Women in the 19th Century ~ Monday, April 29, 2024
In this lecture, Dr. Anna Aleksanyan discussed how different types of sexual violence, including the right of the first night, affected provincial Armenian life in the 19th century and what was done to prevent these acts of violence.
8th Annual UCLA Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies ~ Friday, May 24, 2024
The 8th annual UCLA Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies, originally postponed, took place on May 31, 2024 in association with UCLA Undergraduate Research Week.
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.