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Current Year

21st Annual GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM in ARMENIAN STUDIES ~ Friday, February 16, 2024 ~ In-Person

21st Annual GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM in ARMENIAN STUDIES  ~ Friday, February 16, 2024 ~ In-Person

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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LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF OTTOMAN ARMENIANS ~ Thursday, February 15, 2024 ~ In-Person

LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF OTTOMAN ARMENIANS ~ Thursday, February 15, 2024 ~ In-Person

“Either save us from this misery, or order our death” (“Ya derdimize derman, ya katlimize ferman”)

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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LOOTED ART & RESTITUTION ~ Saturday, February 10, 2024 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LOOTED ART & RESTITUTION ~ Saturday, February 10, 2024 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

The Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP) leadership team is planning the project’s second phase and will shed light on recent and upcoming efforts during this conference at UCLA on Saturday, February 10, 2024. This exciting and critical event will consist of a documentary screening about the March conference, discussions of the AGLARP’s summer research findings, and a roundtable on how this conversation applies to past and current events, as well as what lies next for the AGLARP.

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LITERARY LIGHTS: All the Ways We Lied ~ Saturday 27, 2024 ~ On Zoom

LITERARY LIGHTS: All the Ways We Lied ~ Saturday 27, 2024 ~ On Zoom

Literary Lights is a monthly reading series organized by the IALA, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center. The series features new works of literature by Armenian authors. Each event—held online—will feature a writer reading from their work, followed by a discussion with an interviewer and audience members.

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RECREATING KHARPERT IN MASSACHUSETTS ~ Thursday, January 25, 2024 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

RECREATING KHARPERT IN MASSACHUSETTS ~ Thursday, January 25, 2024 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Having lost everything in their homeland—family members, homes, farms and businesses—they did their best to recreate Kharpert in Massachusetts as a coping mechanism for the trauma they endured in addition to helping them adjust to a strange new land and society.

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