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Prior Years — AGBU Ararat

OUCASTING ARMENIANS:Tanzimat of the Provinces - A Conversation with Talin Suciyan ~ Wednesday, March 13, 2024 ~ In Person: NJ

OUCASTING ARMENIANS:Tanzimat of the Provinces - A Conversation with Talin Suciyan ~ Wednesday, March 13, 2024 ~ In Person: NJ

Join Dr. Talin Suciyan for compelling insights and to explore the pivotal Ottoman era of Tanzimat, which has a reputation for reform and equality. 

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DEBUNKING MYTHS ON THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE ARMENIA ~ Wednesday, June 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

DEBUNKING MYTHS ON THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE ARMENIA ~ Wednesday, June 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Join Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan, author of Post-Soviet Armenia: the New National Elite and the New National Narrative, for a discussion about leadership, cynicism, and priorities.

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RESTITUTION OF PROPERTIES IN TURKEY AFTER 100 YEARS ~ Thursday, April 7, 2022 ~ In Person / On Zoom/YouTube

RESTITUTION OF PROPERTIES IN TURKEY AFTER 100 YEARS ~ Thursday, April 7, 2022 ~ In Person / On Zoom/YouTube

Turkish authorities have confiscated assets belonging to non-Muslim foundations and individuals—from the beginning of the 20th Century until the 2000s—thereby eroding their capacity to serve and support their communities. There have been some positive developments since 2000.

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Gate to Heaven: New York/New Jersey Film Screening & Discussion ~ Friday, October 8, 2021 ~ In Person Event

Gate to Heaven: New York/New Jersey Film Screening & Discussion ~ Friday, October 8, 2021 ~ In Person Event

Gate to Heaven Synopsis
Haunted by his past, German journalist Robert Sternvall returns to Artsakh, in 2016, after 22 years when the Nagorno-Karabakh war reignites to cover the conflict. As a result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia Marti, a young opera singer, who happens to be the daughter of missing photojournalist Edgar Martirosyan, whom Robert abandoned in captivity during the fall of the village of Talish of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992. As their romance develops, Robert’s guilty conscience catches up…

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A CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIANS ÜMIT KURT AND DIRK MOSES ~ Tuesday, May 11, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

A CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIANS ÜMIT KURT AND DIRK MOSES ~ Tuesday, May 11, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

“If genocide, as a practice that includes murder and plunder, is orchestrated by a central authority but implemented at the local level,” Ümit Kurt asks, “what is the relationship between local and central authorities?” What are the incentives and motives that lead to mass participation?

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