Current Year — Columbia Middle Eastern South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS)
Book Talk: An Armenian Futūh Narrative ~ Monday, October 28, 2024 ~ In-Person (Columbia University)
Historians Sergio La Porta and Alison M. Vacca will discuss their English translation of Armenian priest Lewond’s chronicle of 8th century caliphal rule in Armenia.
STATELESS IN POST-WWII BEIRUT ~ Monday, April 8, 2024 ~ In-Person (New York)
Stateless focuses on two key moments and places of Western Armenian literary history, post-WWI Paris and post-WW II Beirut, to examine how a stateless language sustained itself in a diasporic setting.