Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient
Lecture

Tiflis: An Illustrated History of Its Armenian Heritage

Hayk Demoyan
Date & Time
Thursday, May 28, 2026 | 7:30 PM ET
Location
NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA
Format
Hybrid
Tiflis: An Illustrated History of Its Armenian Heritage
Featured Presenter
  • Hayk Demoyan
Date & Time
Thursday, May 28, 2026 | 7:30 PM ET
Location
NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA
Format
Hybrid
Sponsors
  • National Association of Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Description

Please join us for a special presentation by Dr. Hayk Demoyan drawing on his massive publication Тифлис: Иллюстрированная история Армянского наследия (Tiflis: An Illustrated History of Its Armenian Heritage, 2024). This volume presents previously unknown or little-known pages of the history of Tiflis (Tbilisi)-the center of Armenian intellectual, economic, and cultural activity in the South Caucasus before and after the region's annexation by the Russian Empire. Historically, the capital of Georgia developed into a unique micro-civilization where the heritages of many peoples and confessions intertwined. The Armenian presence in old Tiflis is an impressive and valuable legacy of both the Georgian and Armenian peoples, who for centuries endured together the trials and hardships of a shared destiny.

Although Dr. Demoyan's book on Tiflis is not yet available from NAASR, many of his other publications are and there are many other new titles in stock! We invite you to come to NAASR, visit the bookstore, and enjoy the good company and a great lecture!

This event is free and open to all. Following the program there will be a reception.

Dr. Hayk Demoyan is an independent researcher who has been a U.S. Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University (2017-18), where he researched identity transformation processes in the South Caucasus. He served as the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute in Yerevan from 2006 to 2017 and as chief editor of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies. Among his publications are Western Media Coverage of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict 1988-1990 (2010), Armenian Sports and Athletics in the Ottoman Empire (2015), Armenian Legacy in America: A 400-Year Heritage (2018), and Armenian Entrepreneurship: A Visual History (2023).


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