Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years

2024

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Yekaterina Bahaturian: A Forgotten Writer and Dramatist from Artsakh ~ Thursday, December 5, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR), on Zoom, and on YouTube

Yekaterina Bahaturian: A Forgotten Writer and Dramatist from Artsakh ~ Thursday, December 5, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR), on Zoom, and on YouTube

This talk will present ongoing research on the life and work of Yekaterina Bahaturian (1870-1944) who grew up in Shushi, then a provincial center of the Russian Empire.

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An Analytical-Discursive Tripod: The Armenian 'Mahmet', Pax Islamica, and 'Ghuran' ~ Thursday, November 21, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

An Analytical-Discursive Tripod: The Armenian 'Mahmet', Pax Islamica, and 'Ghuran' ~ Thursday, November 21, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

These are documented accounts of the known, less known and hitherto unknown authors and texts – such as translations of the Qur'ān and polemical side-scripts – about Islam, the Prophet, the Muslims, also terms of relations with the Muslim state and peoples, from the seventh century to the present. 

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Strangers in a Promised Land ~ Friday, November 15, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA James Bridges Theater)

Strangers in a Promised Land ~ Friday, November 15, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA James Bridges Theater)

A screening of the remastered 1984 documentary about the struggles of Armenian immigrants arriving in California in the early 1900s, followed by a discussion with prominent member of the Fresno Armenian community Mr. Bryan Bedrosian, and Carla Garapedian, Ph.D. of the Armenian Film Foundation.

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Recreating Home in Exile: The Armenian Memory Book (Houshamadean) as Artifact and Road Map ~ Thursday, November 14, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building), on YouTube, and on Zoom

Recreating Home in Exile: The Armenian Memory Book (Houshamadean) as Artifact and Road Map ~ 	Thursday, November 14, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building), on YouTube, and on Zoom

In this illustrated talk, Dr. Khatchig Mouradian will explore the memorial book as a literary genre, art, and artifact.

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