Current Year
Unknown Land: Armenian Studies in the Context of Acentric Medieval History - September 24, 2025
Alison Vacca reveals what rejecting any single organizational schema of history can offer to the field of Armenian studies, moving past the liminality implied in the “between Byzantium and Islam” or “between Rome and Iran” paradigms.
Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Aram Mrjoian - September 20, 2025
AILA's Literary Lights 2025 reading series returns with an event featuring Aram Mrjoian, editor and author of Waterline, in conversation with award-winning writer Chris McCormick.
Bir Arşiv: Emval-i Metrukelerin Açık Artırma ile Satış İlanları (The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke) - September 18, 2025
Sait Çetinoğlu and Taner Akçam present an archive of digitized advertisements from the 1920s and 1930s of the confiscated properties of Armenian Genocide victims.
Media Framing and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage: News Narratives about Artsakh and Gaza - September 18, 2025
Author Mischa Geracoulis will discuss how the role of journalism and the media during times of conflict is to report information from the front lines and war zones with integrity, and report accurately when states or other combatants engage in human rights violations.
Demography, Politics, Resettlement: Artsakh’s Refugees in Armenia Today ~ Friday, August 22, 2025 ~ Zoom
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues Present Demography, Politics, Resettlement: Artsakh’s Refugees in Armenia Today A Webinar with Antranig Kasbarian and Gegham Stepanyan Friday, August 22, 2025 12:00 p.m. (Eastern) / 9:00 a.m. (Pacific) LIVE ON ZOOM AND YOUTUBE Zoom Registration Link: http://bit.ly/45rWhSD NAASR YouTube Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmenianStudies For some 30 years, significant efforts and resources were devoted to assisting the Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) to build secure and prosperous lives. The violent expulsion in 2023 of all Armenians from the region, however, resulted in a massive...