Event Videos (2020–2025)
The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’
Join featured discussants for a roundtable discussion of Vartan Matiossian's book The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’.
Artak Beglaryan in Conversation with Anna Ohanyan
Artak Beglaryan, State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the former Artsakh Human Rights Ombudsman, engages in a conversation with Anna Ohanyan, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College in Massachusetts.
BARBARA + 2: Staged Readings of Two of Barbara Bejoian's award-winning plays ~ Part I
The Porch is the story of a 91-year-old man named George Porter who escapes from the nursing home where he lives. His family and friends react differently when George expresses his desire to attend a Red Sox game that day at Fenway Park.
Black Garden Aflame: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press
The present collection of articles in Black Garden Aflame: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press—carefully translated, edited, and culled from a vast repository of Russian-language press curated by Artyom Tonoyan—presents in book form for the first time in English some of the most important material that has appeared from 1988 to the present.
Everyday Cosmopolitanisms: Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia
Discussion of Dr. Kate Franklin’s groundbreaking study Everyday Cosmopolitanisms: Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia with Dr. Franklin and Dr. Nik Matheou.
Vahé Oshagan: Between Acts
Screen the film first, then join us on Zoom for a panel discussion consisting of filmmaker Hrayr Eulmessekian, Taline Voskeritchian, and Karen Jallatyan who offer reflections on Oshagan’s work and the challenges of making it accessible—in image, sound, and translated text—to a wide audience.
Gender & Intersectionality in Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Saturday, October 16, 2021 Panels
PANELS October 16, 2021- EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT: Creating and Distributing Resources Beyond the Gap
- WAR, TRAUMA, AND DISPLACEMENT: Gender and Building Peace
Gender & Intersectionality in Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Friday, October 15, 2021 Panels
PANELS October 15, 2021
- ARMENIA'S GENDER TROUBLE: Deconstructing "Anti-Genderism" from Historical, Linguistic, and Socio-Cultural Anthroplogical Perspectives
- POLITICS AND REPRESENTATION: Uprooting Secism, Racism, and Homophobia in Education, Decision Making, and Public Discourse
Rouben Mamoulian: An American-Armenian Theater and Film Director and Artist
This work-in-progress presentation marks the 124th birth anniversary of American-Armenian stage and screen director Rouben Mamoulian.
The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province
One cornerstone of the wartime campaign against Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was the confiscation of their properties and wealth, which were subsequently transferred to Muslim elites and used in reshaping the domestic economy as well as covering wartime expenses.