Friday May 23, 2025 from 1:30 PM - 6:20 PM PST

In-Person at Broad Art Center, 240 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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Featuring musical performances by the Armenian Music Ensemble.

Registration and Opening Remarks: 1:30-2:00
Panel 1: Issues of Legacy and Impact in Armenia, and Artsakh, Then and Now,
Moderated by Areni Panosian
2:00-2:20 - Levon Alyanakian, “Lost Traces of the Armenian Royal Dynasty in
Central Anatolia”
2:20-2:40 - Areg Horoupian, “The Effect of the Soviet Union’s Collapse on
Armenia’s Democratization in the 1990s”
2:40-3:00 - Erik Saakyan, "Russian Interventionism and Strategic Power Politics:
A Full Political Analysis of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War"
3:00-3:30 - Discussion & Coffee Break
3:30-3:50 Recital by fellows of the Armenian Music Ensemble (Sons Nalbandian,
Alisa Gukasian, Mickey Hashim, Ali Shehadeh, Hayk Gargaloyan)
Panel 2: Factors Impacting Language Change in Armenia and the Diaspora,
Moderated by Edward Shanakian
3:50-4:10 - Alex Yeghikian, “Language over Time: Studies in the New Armenian
Corpus”
4:10-4:30 - Geghetsik Hovhannisyan, “Social Media Influence on the Lexicon of Different Age-groups”
4:30-4:50 - Erik Juharyan, “Study of the Popular Expressions that have Entered Armenian Usage from Comedy Routines in the Serial Kargin Haghordum”
4:50-5:10 - Nina Elmoyan and Benjamin Madoyan, “Voices of the Diaspora: How Language Heals Cultural Exclusion in the Armenian Diaspora.”
5:10-5:40 - Discussion and Awards

CO-SPONSORS:

Promise Armenian Institute

NAASR