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Current Year — UCLA Promise Armenian Institute

POSTPONED: THE HAMIDIAN MASSACRES OF 1894-97: Challenging Traditional Perspectives

POSTPONED: THE HAMIDIAN MASSACRES OF 1894-97: Challenging Traditional Perspectives

Dr. Owen Miller, the author of a thesis and several research articles on the Sasun massacre of 1894 and its background, will discuss with Jelle Verheij his findings and the need for revision of the traditional perspectives, touching on many of the key issues and players: the death toll, characteristics and motivation of the perpetrators, the roles of the Ottoman authorities, foreign powers and Armenian revolutionary parties.

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20th UCLA GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM in ARMENIAN STUDIES ~ Saturdays, February 18 & 25, 2023 ~ On Zoom

20th UCLA GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM in ARMENIAN STUDIES ~ Saturdays, February 18 & 25, 2023 ~ On Zoom

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.

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BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Dr. Artyom Tonoyan's talk will focus on some of the most interesting and critical themes emerging from the decades-long Soviet and Russian press coverage of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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PICTURING THE OTTOMAN ARMENIAN WORLD: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond ~Thursday, January 19, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

PICTURING THE OTTOMAN ARMENIAN WORLD: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond ~Thursday, January 19, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

The Armenian contribution to Ottoman photography is supposedly well known, with histories documenting the famous studios of the imperial capital, Ottoman Armenian-run establishments that produced Orientalist visions for tourists and images of modernity for a domestic elite.

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JERUSALEM AND THE ARMENIANS: Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516) ~ January 13, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

JERUSALEM AND THE ARMENIANS: Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516) ~ January 13, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Claude Mutafian’s most recent book, Jérusalem et les Arméniens: Jusqu’à la conquête ottomane (1516), presents the relations between Armenia and Jerusalem in their historical and artistic context with an abundance of maps, genealogical charts, and images.

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