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).
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 world premiere of the recently discovered lost film, “Jackie in the Near East,” a 1924 short film produced by the Near East Relief (NER) and featuring child-star Jackie Coogan, who helped raise millions of dollars in America for orphans of the Armenian Genocide.
An evening with Garo Paylan, a leading opposition voice and a human rights defender in Turkey, as he addresses the recent blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the military attack by Azerbaijan, and resulting ethnic cleansing of the entirety of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, ongoing acts of genocide, and potential steps moving forward.
This presentation by Jennifer Manoukian explores the emergence of the standard language known today as Western Armenian. In particular, it examines the intellectual labor that led to the acceptance of this language as the dominant written medium among Ottoman Armenians by 1915.