Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year — Carla Garapedian

JACKIE IN THE NEAR EAST ~ Wednesday, November 1, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom

JACKIE IN THE NEAR EAST ~ Wednesday, November 1, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom

The world premiere of the recently discovered lost film, “Jackie in the Near East,” a 1924 short film produced by the Near East Relief (NER) and featuring child-star Jackie Coogan, who helped raise millions of dollars in America for orphans of the Armenian Genocide.

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REMEMBRANCES: The Assassination of Talaat Pasha ~ Wednesday, March 15, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

REMEMBRANCES: The Assassination of Talaat Pasha ~ Wednesday, March 15, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Dr. Carla Garapedian, who wrote the preface to this new edition of Remembrances: The Assassination of Talaat Pasha, will provide a general introduction and Bedo Demirdjian, translator of the memoir, will talk about the challenges of working with this manuscript.

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A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: Armenian Treasures of Artsakh, New Julfa, and Romania ~ Sunday, November 6, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: Armenian Treasures of Artsakh, New Julfa, and Romania ~ Sunday, November 6, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

Join us for an intimate photographic journey and conversation between Dr. Carla Garapedian of the Armenian Film Foundation and renowned photographer Hrair Hawk Khatcherian on his travels to four major Armenian landmarks.

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AFTERMATH: the Armenian Earthquake of 1988, A Photo Collection by Asadour Guzelian ~ Thursday, November 18, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

AFTERMATH: the Armenian Earthquake of 1988, A Photo Collection by Asadour Guzelian ~ Thursday, November 18, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

The webinar will include an introduction to the Armenian Image Archive (AIA) by Carla Garapedian, Ph.D., a survey by Joseph Malikian, Ph.D., of early Armenian photography which will be a focus of research in the AIA, and a presentation of Asadour Guzelian’s photographs, taken on his two trips to Armenia in 1988 and 1989.

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NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHOOTING OF TALAAT PASHA IN BERLIN 1921: AFTER 100 YEARS ~ Monday, March 15, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHOOTING OF TALAAT PASHA IN BERLIN 1921: AFTER 100 YEARS ~ Monday, March 15, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

On March 15, 1921, Soghomon Tehlirian shot and killed former Ottoman Grand Vizier and principal architect of the Armenian Genocide Talaat Pasha in Berlin, as part of a larger effort to exact justice for the destruction of the Armenian people by the Ottoman government

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