Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years — Ararat Eskijian Museum

Past-Proofing the Future: Theorizing the Erasure of Djulfa, Twenty Years On - December 1, 2025

Past-Proofing the Future: Theorizing the Erasure of Djulfa, Twenty Years On -  December 1, 2025

Dr. Maghakyan examines the multilayered factors behind such security policies and identifying potential pathways for preempting similar outcomes in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh.

Bir Arşiv: Emval-i Metrukelerin Açık Artırma ile Satış İlanları (The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke) - September 18, 2025

Bir Arşiv: Emval-i Metrukelerin Açık Artırma ile Satış İlanları (The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke) - September 18, 2025

Sait Çetinoğlu and Taner Akçam present an archive of digitized advertisements from the 1920s and 1930s of the confiscated properties of Armenian Genocide victims.


The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke ~ Monday, June 16, 2025 ~ On Zoom

The Auctioning of Stolen Armenian Properties: Emval-i Metruke ~ Monday, June 16, 2025 ~ On Zoom

Join us for a special webinar, organized by the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, presenting groundbreaking research on the fate of Armenian properties confiscated during and after the Armenian Genocide of 1915.


Oor Eir Asdvadz? (Where Were You, God?): Armenian Identity Formation, Religious Belief, and Mental Health Amongst Ethnic Armenians in Turkey ~ Tuesday, May 27, 2025 ~ On Zoom

Oor Eir Asdvadz? (Where Were You, God?): Armenian Identity Formation, Religious Belief, and Mental Health Amongst Ethnic Armenians in Turkey ~ Tuesday, May 27, 2025 ~ On Zoom

This talk explores the intersection of Armenian ethnic identity, religious belief, and mental health among ethnic Armenians, particularly in Turkey and the USA.


Film Screening: "Coming Full Circle" ~ Thursday, May 22, 2025 ~ In-Person (Ararat-Eskijian Museum)

Film Screening: "Coming Full Circle" ~ Thursday, May 22, 2025 ~ In-Person (Ararat-Eskijian Museum)

Telling the Story of the 1946-49 Great Repatriation as a State-Orchestrated Migration.


Those Who Could Save Their World and Those Who Could Not: What Do Family Archives Tell Us? ~ Monday, May 19, 2025 ~ On YouTube and on Zoom

Those Who Could Save Their World and Those Who Could Not: What Do Family Archives Tell Us? ~ Monday, May 19, 2025 ~ On YouTube and on Zoom

This talk will concentrate on multiple families’ archives kept in Philadelphia, Montreal, and New Jersey.


Material Afterlives of Genocide: Violence, Memory, and Landscapes of Ruins in Van ~ Monday, May 12, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

Material Afterlives of Genocide: Violence, Memory, and Landscapes of Ruins in Van ~ Monday, May 12, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

This talk focuses on the overlapping histories of the Armenian and Kurdish communities in the region of Van in southeastern Turkey through an exploration of spaces of material ruination.


Armenia Through 30 Objects: Stories from the History Museum of Armenia ~ Saturday, May 3, 2025 ~ On YouTube and on Zoom

Armenia Through 30 Objects: Stories from the History Museum of Armenia ~ Saturday, May 3, 2025 ~ On YouTube and on Zoom

This lecture will explore key episodes of Armenian history and culture through 30 selected objects, each revealing a unique and compelling story.


Construction of the Armenian Genocide Denial Narrative ~ Monday, April 14, 2025 ~ On Zoom

Construction of the Armenian Genocide Denial Narrative ~ Monday, April 14, 2025 ~ On Zoom

This lecture explores the roots of Armenian genocide denialist discourse and its construction as part of the official Ottoman state narrative.


The Genocide of the Armenians of Trabzon ~ Saturday, April 12, 2025 ~ In-Person (Ararat-Eskijian Museum) and on YouTube

The Genocide of the Armenians of Trabzon ~ Saturday, April 12, 2025 ~ In-Person (Ararat-Eskijian Museum) and on YouTube

This lecture will discuss the anatomy of the Trabzon Armenian genocide and how sexual violence was one of the main components of it.