Prior Years
2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ottoman Passports: Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908 ~ Monday, November 4, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom
İlkay Yılmaz reconsiders the history of two political issues, the Armenian and Macedonian questions, approaching both through the lens of mobility restrictions during the late Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1908 in her book Ottoman Passports.
Artsakh Uprooted: Aftermaths of Displacement ~ Saturday, November 2, 2024 ~ In-Person (USC Dornsife)
In light of the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of the Artsakh, the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies is hosting a daylong symposium featuring prominent figures from academia, the arts, and civil society, who will share their firsthand experiences of conflict, life under blockade, and dispossession.
Conversations on Photography: Images of Global Armenian Life ~ Tuesday, October 29, 2024 ~ In-Person (Project Save)
Erhan Arik will discuss his work from 'Gayan', a book featuring images of modern Armenian life around the world.
Book Talk: An Armenian Futūh Narrative ~ Monday, October 28, 2024 ~ In-Person (Columbia University)
Historians Sergio La Porta and Alison M. Vacca will discuss their English translation of Armenian priest Lewond’s chronicle of 8th century caliphal rule in Armenia.
Classifying the Cartozians: Visibility and Citizenship ~ Thursday, October 24, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building), on YouTube, and on Zoom
This lecture addresses the politics of visibility and legal belonging by following the Cartozian family—from their sitting for an Ottoman expatriation portrait to exit the Ottoman Empire in 1906 to the family’s own deft use of advertising and portrait photography in the United States.