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ARTSAKH (Nagorno-Karabakh): The Ceasefire and What Comes Next ~ Sunday, November 22, 2020 ~ Live on Zoom/YouTube

ARTSAKH (Nagorno-Karabakh): The Ceasefire and What Comes Next ~ Sunday, November 22, 2020 ~ Live on Zoom/YouTube

FEATURING
MR. ROBERT AVETISYAN, Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to the United States
DR. ANTRANIG KASBARIAN, Director of Development, Tufenkian Foundation
DR. ANNA OHANYAN, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill College

MODERATOR
MARC A. MAMIGONIAN, Director of Academic Affairs, NAASR

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A Conversation w/Bestselling Authors of Stories from Suffragette City ~ Thursday, November 19, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube

A Conversation w/Bestselling Authors of Stories from Suffragette City ~ Thursday, November 19, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube

Join us for a conversation with the bestselling authors of Stories from Suffragette City, featuring Fiona Davis, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Chris Bohjalian, Jamie Ford, and M.J. Rose. Bohjalian's story deals with an Armenian woman who was a survivor of the 1909 Adana massacres and participated in the great Suffragette March in New York City in 1915.

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THE PRINCE OF WENTWORTH STREET: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide ~ Tuesday, November 17, 2020 ~ LIVE on Ring Central

THE PRINCE OF WENTWORTH STREET: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide ~ Tuesday, November 17, 2020 ~ LIVE on Ring Central

John Christie will present his memoir, The Prince of Wentworth Street: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide, about growing up in Dover, NH, in the 1950s and 1960s. John grew up next door to his grandmother, Rose Banaian, who was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century in which 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire.

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THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ARTSAKH (NAGORNO-KARABAKH) ~ Saturday, November 14, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube

THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ARTSAKH (NAGORNO-KARABAKH) ~ Saturday, November 14, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
CHRISTINA MARANCI, Dadian-Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architecture, Tufts University

PRESENTERS
PATRICK DONABEDIAN, Faculty Member, Histoire de l'art et archéologie, Aix-Marseille Université
TAMARA MINASYAN, Matenadaran/Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (with translation by Sona Baloyan)
HAMLET PETROSYAN, Head of the Department of Cultural Studies of Yerevan State University and Head of Artsakh Archaeological Expedition

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RESCHEDULED! NAGORNO-KARABAKH/ ARTSAKH IN THE MEDIA: Perspectives from Around the Globe

RESCHEDULED! NAGORNO-KARABAKH/ ARTSAKH IN THE MEDIA: Perspectives from Around the Globe

Join scholars Maria Armoudian, Stephan Astourian, Ayda Erbal, Ohannes Geukjian, and Emil Sanamyan for a discussion moderated by Marc Mamigonian on the coverage of the war on Artsakh in the international media from Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, the Middle East, and the West.

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