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Notice: This event is now available on Zoom through the registration link above. Attendees may choose to participate remotely or gather in Father O’Connell Hall. Please note that Dr. Evans is unable to attend in person and will deliver her lecture via Zoom, with the presentation streamed to the Hall audience through the AV system. Domed churches, intricate sculpted images, elaborately illuminated manuscripts, gilded reliquaries, richly decorated textiles — Armenian art is the multifaceted visual voice of the Armenian people. It defines how Armenians view themselves, as well as the important role they have played over the centuries, and still...

This Colloquium is an annual international conference for graduate students in the Humanities/Social Sciences to present research pertaining to all aspects of Armenian studies, including but not limited to language, literature, history, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, and art history.

Join us for an online book talk of Small States, Russia and the West: Geopolitics and the South Caucasus. Dr. Eduard Abrahamyan investigates the contemporary geopolitics of the Caucasus through a multi-level analysis of regional political transformations.

Alice Ketabgian and Dr. Tamara Ketabgian discuss their historical novel The Mayor of Inebolu. The novel explores complex questions surrounding intermarriage, religious tolerance, wartime trauma, and the historical legacy of Armenian and Turkish relations, asking what does it mean to remember the pain of the past while still looking toward the future?

Arakel Minassian discusses the growing and complicated interactions between Eastern and Western Armenian as it stages a discussion on diaspora, home, and the various meanings of Armenianness. This event will feature readings in both Armenian and the English translation.