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LITERARY LIGHTS: Lory Bedikian and Brian Turner ~ Saturday, September 21, 2024 ~ On Zoom

LITERARY LIGHTS: Lory Bedikian and Brian Turner ~ Saturday, September 21, 2024 ~ On Zoom

The final installment of our reading series, Literary Lights 2024, features Lory Bedikian, author of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry winner, Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body. Bedikian will be joined by award-winning poet, essayist and professor, Brian Turner. 

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The Fresno Premiere Screening of “Strangers in a Promised Land Remastered” ~ Friday, September 20, 2024 ~ In-Person (Fresno State)

The Fresno Premiere Screening of “Strangers in a Promised Land Remastered” ~ Friday, September 20, 2024 ~ In-Person (Fresno State)

A movie screening on the Armenian community in Fresno, California.

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Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)

Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations

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“Fighting Misinformation Amid a Security Crisis: The Armenian Media Landscape” ~ Thursday, September 5, 2024 ~ In-Person (Baikar Building)

“Fighting Misinformation Amid a Security Crisis: The Armenian Media Landscape” ~ Thursday, September 5, 2024 ~ In-Person (Baikar Building)

A Fletcher Russia & Eurasia program event with Maria Titizian from EVN Report. The event will focus on fighting misinformation within the Armenian landscape. 

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An Evening of Tribute in Honor of the Late Professor Vahakn Dadrian ~ Sunday, August 25, 2024 ~ In-Person (OIA Center) and Online

An Evening of Tribute in Honor of the Late Professor Vahakn Dadrian ~ Sunday, August 25, 2024 ~ In-Person (OIA Center) and Online

Presenting the annual OIA Vahakn Dadrian Genocide Scholar Award to Dr. Lusine Sahakyan, Head of the Department of Armenian-Ottoman Relations, Institute for Armenian Studies, Yerevan State University.

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