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NAASR Statement on Armenian Genocide Recognition by President Joseph Biden
We applaud President Biden’s willingness to speak the truth about the Armenian Genocide and to strike a blow against the denial of historical facts. This recognition is a long time in coming from a U.S. President. Historians, scholars, eye-witnesses and survivors, religious figures, and even the U.S. Congress have already recognized the Armenian Genocide as an established fact.
Genocide Survivor Memoirs in Armenian & English, 1918-1955 ~Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library
In this feature we highlight a group, by no means exhaustive, of memoirs by survivors of the Armenian Genocide published in Armenian and English between the years 1918 and 1955. In these memoirs we hear the voices of women and men, clergymen and political activists, natives of the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire and of western Asia Minor, Protestant and Apostolic, intellectuals and “average” women and men, as well as one non-Armenian, an Assyrian whose people suffered largely the same fate as the Armenians.
IN MEMORIAM: Vartan Gregorian, 1934 -2021
With great sadness and profound respect, we mourn the passing of Vartan Gregorian, brilliant educator, generous-hearted humanitarian, and friend after whom NAASR’s beautiful new headquarters is named. May his legacy continue to inspire generations to come.
Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library ~ Khrimian Hayrik (1820-1907)
He is a figure which steps straight out from the Old Testament with all the fire and all the poetry. H. F. B. Lynch (Travels and Studies in Armenia)In 1820 two prominent Armenians were born who devoted their lives to Armenia and the Armenian people and were venerated by their contemporaries. Khrimian Hayrik (1820-1907) was an Armenian Apostolic Church leader, educator, and publisher who became the Patriarch of Constantinople and later Catholicos of All Armenians. Ghevond Alishan (1820-1901) was a philologist, historian, geographer, translator, a member of the Mkhitarist Congregation in Venice.
NAASR ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2020 SONA ARONIAN ARMENIAN STUDIES BOOK PRIZES
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prizes for Excellence in Armenian Studies.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ~ Շնորհաւոր Նոր Տարի եւ Սուրբ Ծնունդ
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ~ Շնորհաւոր Նոր Տարի եւ Սուրբ ծնունդ
Annual Appeal 2020~ Your support is appreciated!
Let us find the strength and courage to move forward as a worldwide Armenian community, even as we mourn the loss of friends and loved ones from the war and the pandemic. In this most challenging time, we also ask for your support. Your contribution will help NAASR continue to bring you essential live, online programming on Artsakh and Armenia as well as further preservation and enrichment of Armenian heritage for future generations.
(Photo: bronze Eternity sculpture created by Michael Aram as a gift of the artist for NAASR’s new headquarters)
#GivingTuesday
In this exceedingly challenging time for Armenians everywhere, we thank you for your support and ask for your help to ensure continuation of our work bringing live, online programming to an international audience focusing on Artsakh and Armenia as well as enduring aspects of Armenian art, culture, and history.
GIVING THANKS
We are eternally grateful for your friendship and support in these challenging times.
NAASR RAISES OVER $314,000 FOR THE ARMENIA FUND FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) has raised $314,625 for the Armenia Fund to address the overwhelming need for humanitarian and educational relief in Artsakh and Armenia arising from the devastation of the all-out war launched against Artsakh on September 27, 2020. NAASR reached this total through a generous matching campaign from the NAASR Board of Directors.