Event Videos (2020–2025) — #Society for Armenian Studies
Ararat in America: Armenian-American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century - November 19, 2025
Join Dr. Benjamin F. Alexander at NAASR for a discussion about Ararat in America, which examines the role of community leaders and other key community members who play a role in the sense of Armenian identity.
Shattered Heritage: Museums and Cultural Loss in the Artsakh War ~ Thursday, March 20, 2025
This presentation will highlight the deliberate targeting of cultural and educational institutions during the conflict, emphasizing that such actions constitute war crimes under international law.
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.
Azerbaijan and the Destruction of Armenian Civilization ~ Saturday, September 28, 2024
Azerbaijan and the Destruction of Armenian Civilization by Samvel Karapetian and published by Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) exposes the cultural genocide perpetrated against historical Armenian heritage by Azerbaijan.
SAS Webinar Series We are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora ~ Friday, May 18, 2024
The webinar featured brief readings from the book's contributors and a roundtable discussion.
Armenian Manuscripts of the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection ~ Thursday, May 23, 2024
Armenian Manuscripts of the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection is devoted to the five Armenian codices in the Jeselsohn collection in Zurich.
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.
Early Modernity & Mobility: Port Cities and Printers Across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800
Early Modernity & Mobility explores the disparate yet connected histories of Armenian printing establishments in early modern Europe and Asia. From 1512, when the first Armenian printed codex appeared in Venice, to the end of the early modern period in 1800, Armenian presses operated in nineteen locations across the Armenian diaspora.
The Fall of Artsakh: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future
October 1, 2023 online panel discussion, "The Fall of Artsakh: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future," with a distinguished panel including Vicken Cheterian, Bedross Der Matossian, Nerses Kopalyan, Anna Ohanyan, and David L. Phillips, moderated by Marc A. Mamigonian.
Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century
Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2023), edited by Bedross Der Matossian, brings together leading scholars from across disciplines to add to the body of genocide scholarship that is challenged by denialist literature and provides insights into how genocide denial is becoming a fact of daily life in the twenty-first century.