Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient
Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient
Lecture

A Culture of Books

Jesse Arlen
Date & Time
Friday, Nov 13, 2026
Location
William L. Harkness Hall and Beinecke Library, New Haven, CT (details below)
Format
In Person
RSVP for Beinecke Visit
A Culture of Books flyer
A Culture of Books
The Dazzling World of Armenian Manuscripts
Featured Presenter
  • Jesse Arlen
Date & Time
Friday, Nov 13, 2026
Location
William L. Harkness Hall and Beinecke Library, New Haven, CT (details below)
Format
In Person
Sponsors
  • Yale Armenian Network
  • National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Description

Location Information:

  1. Dr. Arlen's lecture will be held in William L. Harkness Hall, Room 116, 100 Wall St, New Haven, CT at 11:30 AM.
  2. After the lecture, there will be a visit to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St, New Haven, CT at 1:30 PM (RSVP required).

Join the Yale Armenian Network in exploring the world of Armenian illuminated manuscripts, both through a lecture by Dr. Jesse Arlen and via a visit to the Study Room of Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The lecture is open to all, but due to the Library's capacity limitations, please fill out the above RSVP form if you are interested in attending the Beinecke Study Room visit.

Dr. Jesse S. Arlen is Lecturer in Armenian Studies at Harvard University. Before joining Harvard in 2026, Dr. Arlen was the director of the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center at the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America and a postdoctoral research fellow in Armenian Christian Studies at Fordham University. He earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages & Cultures from UCLA in 2021, and his primary research area is premodern Armenian religious literature. He has taught Classical Armenian and Modern Armenian in various settings, from universities and seminaries to Armenian community organizations. He is also a published author of poetry and critical and creative prose in Western Armenian. In 2024 with Matthew Sarkisian, he co-founded Tarkmaneal Press, which to date has published 3 books: a bilingual edition of an early–eighteenth-century Armenian prayer scroll (2024), Odes of Saint Nersess the Graceful (2024), and Tenny Arlen’s To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here? (2025). His forthcoming book concerns the life and literary works of the 10th-century abbot Anania of Narek monastery.

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