Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year

The United States and the Armenian Genocide: History, Memory, Politics ~ Wednesday, February 19, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

The United States and the Armenian Genocide: History, Memory, Politics ~ Wednesday, February 19, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

Hybrid book talk by Julien Zarifian, Ph.D, Professor in U.S. History and Civilization at the University of Poitiers, France, and fellow at the Institut Universitaire de France. 

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Literary Lights 2025 Launch: Featuring Wasafiri Armenian Issue Editors and Contributors ~ Saturday, February 15, 2025 ~ On Zoom

Literary Lights 2025 Launch: Featuring Wasafiri Armenian Issue Editors and Contributors ~ Saturday, February 15, 2025 ~ On Zoom

Join us for the launch of our reading series, Literary Lights 2025, featuring Wasafiri Magazine’s special “Armenia(n)s – Elevation” issue editors and contributors.

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Armenian Cultural Heritage: Past, Present, and Future ~ Saturday, February 8, 2025 ~ In-Person (Fowler Museum)

Armenian Cultural Heritage: Past, Present, and Future ~ Saturday, February 8, 2025 ~ In-Person (Fowler Museum)

Full-day conference that brings together a diverse group of experts to delve into the rich Armenian cultural heritage of the South Caucasus and Eastern Turkey.

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Nişo's Flute Documentary Screening ~ Thursday, February 6, 2025 ~ In-Person (St. Leon Armenian Church) and on Zoom

Nişo's Flute Documentary Screening ~ Thursday, February 6, 2025 ~ In-Person (St. Leon Armenian Church) and on Zoom

Nişo's Flute tells the moving story of two artists, Nishan Dikran (Master Nişo), an Armenian craftsman of wind instruments who returns to Diyarbakir after surviving the Armenian Genocide, and Zülfü Yokuş (Zilfo), a renowned Kurdish kaval player.

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ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES ETUDES ARMENIENNES ՀԱՅԿԱԿԱՆ ՈՒՍՈՒՄՆԵՐՈՒ ՄԻՋԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԸՆԿԵՐԱԿՑՈՒԹԻՒՆ XVIe Conférence générale 9-11 janvier 2025 Université de Genève et Université de Lausanne

ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES ETUDES ARMENIENNES ՀԱՅԿԱԿԱՆ ՈՒՍՈՒՄՆԵՐՈՒ ՄԻՋԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԸՆԿԵՐԱԿՑՈՒԹԻՒՆ XVIe Conférence générale 9-11 janvier 2025 Université de Genève et Université de Lausanne

Conférences publiques
Jost GIPPERT (Hambourg), Approaching the Early Centuries:
Palimpsests and Their Significance for the History of Armenian Literacy
9 janvier | 9h30 | Genève | Uni Mail, salle MR280
Vahé TOROSYAN (Erevan), The Catholicosate of Ałuank‘
in the Hierarchical Structure of the Armenian Church
10 janvier | 10h00 | Lausanne | Anthropole, salle 1129
Suzan Meryem KALAYCI (Oxford), Dark Times:
Reflections on the Armenian Genocide
11 janvier | 10h00 | Genève | Uni Mail, salle MR280

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