Current Year
Those Who Could Save Their World and Those Who Could Not: What Do Family Archives Tell Us? ~ Monday, May 19, 2025 ~ On YouTube and on Zoom
This talk will concentrate on multiple families’ archives kept in Philadelphia, Montreal, and New Jersey.
Material Afterlives of Genocide: Violence, Memory, and Landscapes of Ruins in Van ~ Monday, May 12, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom
This talk focuses on the overlapping histories of the Armenian and Kurdish communities in the region of Van in southeastern Turkey through an exploration of spaces of material ruination.
Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Gregory Djanikian ~ Saturday, May 10, 2025 ~ On Zoom
With Nostalgia for the Future: New and Selected Poems, 1984-2023, award-winning poet Gregory Djanikian returns to the literary scene with a collection that spans and celebrates his prolific career.
The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860-1979 ~ Thursday, May 8, 2025 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building)
With the newly published The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860-1979 (Stanford Univ. Press, 2025), Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor offer the first history of Armenian women in modern Iran.
ԱԲԳ for Children: The Sun and the Moon Children's Event with Teni Apelian ~ Saturday, May 3, 2025 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building)
Join us to celebrate the spring with traditional songs, stories, and games in Armenian with Teni Apelian.