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Notice: This event is now available on Zoom through the registration link above. Attendees may choose to participate remotely or gather in Father O’Connell Hall. Please note that Dr. Evans is unable to attend in person and will deliver her lecture via Zoom, with the presentation streamed to the Hall audience through the AV system. Domed churches, intricate sculpted images, elaborately illuminated manuscripts, gilded reliquaries, richly decorated textiles — Armenian art is the multifaceted visual voice of the Armenian people. It defines how Armenians view themselves, as well as the important role they have played over the centuries, and still...

Notice: this event is now being held via Zoom. Registration has closed. A recording of the seminar will be posted here at a later date. Domed churches, intricate sculpted images, elaborately illuminated manuscripts, gilded reliquaries, richly decorated textiles - Armenian art is the multifaceted visual voice of the Armenian people. It defines how Armenians view themselves as well as the important role Armenians played, and still play in the larger world over the centuries. Once studied primarily as a national tradition, this talk shows that Armenian art is also evidence of Armenia's importance to the world and its art.

The psalmic architecture of the Armenian Žamagirk‘ (Book of Hours) reveals the central role of fixed and responsorial psalmody in shaping the Daily Hours. Within this structure are preserved archaic strands of Christian hymnody embedded in scriptural recitation. While elucidating these elements, Bishop Findikyan will focus on psalm refrains and early liturgical adaptations likely reflecting Jerusalemite and other early traditions.

This seminar uses the Armenian marriage rites—from betrothal to crowning to post-crowning rites—as a case study in the practice of Eastern liturgiology. The focus is methodological: how to read liturgical texts historically, how to discern ritual stratification across manuscript and printed traditions, and how to integrate textual criticism, comparative analysis, and sacramental theology into a coherent interpretive framework. By examining the Armenian evidence in conversation with broader Eastern Christian sources, we will explore how liturgical study moves from text to theology to ecclesial application. The session aims not only to analyze a rite, but to model a disciplined approach to studying and interpreting ancient liturgical traditions in the service...

The compendium of the Armenian Church's Daily Services, the Žamagirk' ("Book of Hours") amounts to a spiritual autobiography written in psalms, hymns, and heartfelt supplications. In its pages resound the Christian faith, repentance, grief and gratitude of the Armenian people, and their longing for mercy and eternal life. This presentation introduces a new, complete translation that invites English-speakers into this sacred rhythm of faith and prayer, inviting them to enter and share in Armenia's living Christian worship.

Join us for an afternoon of storytelling and games in Armenian led by Ardemis Megerdichian.

Dr. Zarouhi Pogossian focuses on the small, rural settlement of Yeghegis in the Vayots‘ Dzor region as an active node within the Silk Road(s). Yeghegis emerges as a key case study for understanding landscape, power, and mobility.

The Socially Relevant Film Festival highlights filmmakers with compelling, socially relevant, human-interest stories across social issues without resorting to violence or violent storytelling. See more for featured Armenian films.

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.

First International Conference of the Medieval Caucasus Network: “Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus,” features two days of papers on a variety of topics, from the Caucasian slave trade, to the place of women in medieval Armenian society, to the bioarchaeology of the medieval Caucasus.