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NAASR Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Successful Endowment Launch On Saturday, October 4, the National Association of Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) held its 70th Anniversary Gala, “Building the Future of Armenian Studies,” at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston.  An enthusiastic crowd of over 350 attendees came to celebrate the organization’s decades of work to shape the academic landscape of Armenian Studies in the United States and abroad.  The distinguished audience included supporters and academic leaders from across the country as well as students and special guests. The John Baboian Trio entertained the guests with their lovely Armenian melodies during...

On Friday, October 24, 2025, NAASR welcomed Dr. Anna Chulyan, the Director of the National Library of Armenia (NLA) at its Vartan Gregorian Building in Belmont, MA. Dr. Chulyan toured the NAASR building, with a particular focus on NAASR’s Mardigian Library, and gave a short presentation to a group of NAASR Board Members, supporters and dedicated volunteers, and colleagues from sister organizations such as the Armenian Museum of America and Armenian Cultural Foundation. NAASR Mardigian Library Director Ani Babaian with National Library of Armenia Director Dr. Anna Chulyan, with NAASR Board Members, supporters, volunteers, and colleagues. Dr. Chulyan’s visit built...

The Mardigian Library of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) recently became a part of WorldCat, the world’s largest bibliographic database, operated by OCLC, Inc.  

NAASR is excited to announce an unforgettable journey across Cilicia and Western Armenia, a highlight of our year-long 70th Anniversary Celebration.

On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of Haigazian University, Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian, President of Haigazian University, delivered a thought-provoking lecture titled “Education, Peace, & the Bridge-Building Role of Middle East Christianity” on March 3, 2025, at Columbia University’s Faculty House. The event was organized by the Columbia University Armenian Center and was co-sponsored by the NAASR / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues, the Columbia University Armenian Society, and the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA).

NAASR’s Aronian Book Prizes were established in 2014 by the late Dr. Aronian and Dr. Geoffrey Gibbs, to be awarded annually to outstanding scholarly works in the English language in the field of Armenian Studies and translations from Armenian into English.