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NAASR Holds 68th Annual Assembly and Welcomes Distinguished New Board Members
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) welcomes four highly accomplished new members to its 27-person Board of Directors.
New Armenian Community Projects Funded by Mass Humanities Grants
(Northampton, MA – Sept. 22, 2022) — Mass Humanities announced today it has awarded $713,876 in Expand Massachusetts Stories (EMS) grants to 42 cultural nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth, including to NAASR and the Armenians of Whitinsville. The funded projects will surface new narratives about the people and ideas that shape Massachusetts. The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) was awarded $9,570 for their project, Exploring Hybrid Identities of Armenian-Americans in Mass. The project will support a series of public programs on Armenian- American identities and how they interact with the diverse community of Massachusetts. The project will...
Armenians Together
The Greater Boston Armenian-American community strongly supports:- The inalienable right of the Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh to self-determination and a peaceful life in their ancestral homeland
- The inviolability of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia
NAASR Statement Regarding the September 13, 2022, Attack on Armenia
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) joins with many others around the world who have expressed their concern about and condemnation of the attack by the Republic of Azerbaijan on Armenia’s territory, including the civilian population, on September 13, 2022. ... As an organization dedicated to scholarship and education, we call on all parties to condemn this act of aggression and to seek diplomatic solutions to this conflict.
NAASR Receives NEH Preservation Assistance Grant
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is proud to announce that it is a recipient of a Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of its efforts to safeguard the important and rare holdings in its Edward and Helen Mardigian Library. The grant will support a general preservation assessment and the purchase of rehousing supplies.