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Heritage Forensics: Culture on the Front Lines of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Heritage Forensics: Culture on the Front Lines of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Lori Khatchadourian
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 • University of Michigan • Hybrid

This talk introduces the concept of heritage forensics, a framework for studying abuses of cultural heritage in contexts of conflict, genocide, and ethnic cleansing.


The Role and Current Condition of the Media in Armenia

The Role and Current Condition of the Media in Armenia

Edik Baghdasaryan • Aram Arkun • Ara Khatchatourian
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 • NAASR

Hetq will visit Boston, Massachusetts, for a panel discussion exploring the state of media in Armenia and the vital role independent media—particularly investigative journalism—plays in strengthening democracy and the rule of law


ԱԲԳ for Children: Storytelling, Games, and Art in Armenian

ԱԲԳ for Children: Storytelling, Games, and Art in Armenian

Alik Arzoumanian
Saturday, October 24, 2026 • NAASR • In Person
Join us in an event full of storytelling and art with children's author and illustrator Alik Arzoumanian. Children up to 6 are welcome accompanied by an adult!

Official Book Launch: "The Great Crime" by Aram Andonian

Official Book Launch: "The Great Crime" by Aram Andonian

Taner Akcam
Thursday, October 22, 2026 • UCLA

Join us for the official launch of the long-awaited English publication of Aram Andonian's landmark work, "The Great Crime: Talaat Pasha's Orders on the Armenian Genocide and Naim Bey's Testimony."


History Embodied: Biography and Armenian American Studies

History Embodied: Biography and Armenian American Studies

Nora Lessersohn • Julien Zarifian
October 22–23, 2026 • NAASR • In Person

In recent years, scholarship on Armenian communities in the United States has expanded significantly, deepening our understanding of their history and experience. Much of this work has focused on major events that shaped these immigrant communities; their political, religious, or cultural characteristics; questions of assimilation; and the evolving practices of their members. By contrast, biography has been less frequently employed as a methodological lens for studying Armenian Americans. While not absent from the field, biographical studies have often remained marginal and have not always sought to illuminate Armenian American history in a systematic way. Unlike memoirs—which make their own important...


Catalogue of Armenian Manuscripts Sold by London Auction Houses

Catalogue of Armenian Manuscripts Sold by London Auction Houses

Helen Evans • Christina Maranci • Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh • Tatev Manukyan • Michael Bazyler
Sunday, October 18, 2026 • Ararat-Eskijian Museum • Hybrid

Presentation on newly published Catalogue of Armenian Manuscripts Sold by London Auction Houses, by V. Rev. Dr. Vrej Nerses Nersessian, featuring Dr. Helen Evans, Dr. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, Tatev Manukyan, Dr. Michael Bazyler. 


Armenian Refugees in French Mandate Syria

Armenian Refugees in French Mandate Syria

Victoria Abrahamyan
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 • NAASR • Hybrid

Dr. Victoria Abrahamian explores how the Armenian refugee community responded to the rise of Arab nationalism in Syria, complicating simplistic sectarian interpretations of their place and reception in interwar Syria.


From Rescue to Resettlement

From Rescue to Resettlement

Edita Gzoyan
Sunday, October 11, 2026 • UCLA • Hybrid

A hybrid lecture by Dr. Edita Gzoyan, lecturer at the American University of Armenia and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, followed by a discussion with Dr. Taner Akcam, director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the PAI.


The Making of Armenian America

The Making of Armenian America

October 9–11, 2026 • Columbia University • Hybrid

The international conference The Making of Armenian America will take place at Columbia University, October 9-11. 

 


Purist Pursuits: Language, Global Ideas, and the Creation of Western Armenian in the Ottoman Empire.”

Purist Pursuits: Language, Global Ideas, and the Creation of Western Armenian in the Ottoman Empire.”

Jennifer Manoukian
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • University of Michigan, Room 555 Weiser Hall • Hybrid

This lecture follows Armenians in the Ottoman Empire through a dramatic linguistic transformation, the aftershocks of which are still being felt today throughout the Armenian diaspora.