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Event Videos

Rouben Mamoulian: An American-Armenian Theater and Film Director and Artist

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.

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The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province

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.

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Lawyers Beyond Borders: Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts

Lawyers Beyond Borders: Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts

Dr. Maria Armoudian discusses her book Lawyers Beyond Borders: Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts.

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THE POLITCAL MADEMOISELLE OF THE WOMEN'S WARD: Vartouhie Calantar-Nalbandian at Istanbul’s Central Prison (1915-18)

THE POLITCAL MADEMOISELLE OF THE WOMEN'S WARD: Vartouhie Calantar-Nalbandian at Istanbul’s Central Prison (1915-18)

This talk provides a biography of Vartouhie Calantar-Nalbandian and analyze her prison memoirs. It will also briefly discuss her partnership with husband Zaven Nalbandian in taking up the “Zarevand” penname in the mid-1920s in the U.S. for the writing of the book United and Inde-pendent Turania (Միացեալ, Անկախ Թուրանիա).

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Seismic Histories in Nadia Owusu's Aftershocks

Seismic Histories in Nadia Owusu's Aftershocks

Join Nadia Owusu and Laure Astourian for a conversation on the reverberations of history in Owusu's widely praised memoir Aftershocks (2021).

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