Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year — #Society for Armenian Studies

THE FALL OF ARTSAKH: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future ~ Sunday, October 1, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE FALL OF ARTSAKH: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future ~ Sunday, October 1, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Join us on  for an online panel discussion, "The Fall of Artsakh: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future," with a distinguished panel including Vicken Cheterian, Bedross Der Matossian, Nerses Kopalyan, Anna Ohanyan, and David L. Phillips, moderated by Marc A. Mamigonian.

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THEY VOWED NEVER TO RETURN: Armenian Transatlantic Mobility and ‘Undesirable Subjects’ at the end of the Ottoman Empire ~ Tuesday, March 28, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THEY VOWED NEVER TO RETURN: Armenian Transatlantic Mobility and ‘Undesirable Subjects’ at the end of the Ottoman Empire ~ Tuesday, March 28, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

This talk will expand the category of anti-Armenian violence in the Hamidian era to contain the denaturalization of targeted populations and methods devised to control their movements, such as photo registers. It will focus on the Armenian mobility between the Ottoman Empire and the United States between 1896-1908. 

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THE SULTAN of NEW YORK and the INVENTION of ARMENIAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY (1834-1895) ~ Tuesday, February 21, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE SULTAN of NEW YORK and the INVENTION of ARMENIAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY (1834-1895) ~ Tuesday, February 21, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

This talk by Nora Lessersohn will introduce the life and work of Christopher Oscanyan (1818-1895), one of the first known Armenian-Americans, and his efforts to connect the U.S. with the Ottoman Empire—especially its Armenian Christian population.

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THE BLOCKADE of ARTSAKH and GLOBAL INDIFFERENCE ~ Saturday, January 21, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE BLOCKADE of ARTSAKH and GLOBAL INDIFFERENCE ~ Saturday, January 21, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Online panel discussion of the current blockade of Artsakh and apparent global indifference.

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TALAT PASHA’S GENOCIDE TECHNOCRAT: A Biography of Mustafa Reşat Mimaroğlu ~ Tuesday, December 13, 2022 ~ On ZOOM/YouTube

TALAT PASHA’S GENOCIDE TECHNOCRAT: A Biography of Mustafa Reşat Mimaroğlu ~ Tuesday, December 13, 2022 ~ On ZOOM/YouTube

In this talk, Dr. Ümit Kurt will explore Mimaroğlu’s biography including his relationship with the Armenian journalist and professor Diran Kelekian, who was arrested by his former student Mimaroğlu in April 1915 and killed; examine the continuation of a genocidal regime in the modern Turkish Republic and how genocidaires such as Mimaroğlu constituted core elements of the new state; and explore what kinds of administrative/bureaucratic mechanisms made the Armenian Genocide possible and how technocrats like Mustafa Reşat, taking charge of these mechanisms, facilitated the genocide for political decision-makers.

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