Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years — Ararat Eskijian Museum

BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Dr. Artyom Tonoyan's talk will focus on some of the most interesting and critical themes emerging from the decades-long Soviet and Russian press coverage of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

PICTURING THE OTTOMAN ARMENIAN WORLD: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond ~Thursday, January 19, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

PICTURING THE OTTOMAN ARMENIAN WORLD: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond ~Thursday, January 19, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

The Armenian contribution to Ottoman photography is supposedly well known, with histories documenting the famous studios of the imperial capital, Ottoman Armenian-run establishments that produced Orientalist visions for tourists and images of modernity for a domestic elite.

JERUSALEM AND THE ARMENIANS: Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516) ~ January 13, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

JERUSALEM AND THE ARMENIANS: Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516) ~ January 13, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Claude Mutafian’s most recent book, Jérusalem et les Arméniens: Jusqu’à la conquête ottomane (1516), presents the relations between Armenia and Jerusalem in their historical and artistic context with an abundance of maps, genealogical charts, and images.

TALAT PASHA’S GENOCIDE TECHNOCRAT: A Biography of Mustafa Reşat Mimaroğlu ~ Tuesday, December 13, 2022 ~ On ZOOM/YouTube

TALAT PASHA’S GENOCIDE TECHNOCRAT: A Biography of Mustafa Reşat Mimaroğlu ~ Tuesday, December 13, 2022 ~ On ZOOM/YouTube

In this talk, Dr. Ümit Kurt will explore Mimaroğlu’s biography including his relationship with the Armenian journalist and professor Diran Kelekian, who was arrested by his former student Mimaroğlu in April 1915 and killed; examine the continuation of a genocidal regime in the modern Turkish Republic and how genocidaires such as Mimaroğlu constituted core elements of the new state; and explore what kinds of administrative/bureaucratic mechanisms made the Armenian Genocide possible and how technocrats like Mustafa Reşat, taking charge of these mechanisms, facilitated the genocide for political decision-makers.

"'Victims' and 'Executioners' of the Stalin Era Repressions in the Multidirectional Memory of Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Wednesday November 9, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

"'Victims' and 'Executioners' of the Stalin Era Repressions in the Multidirectional Memory of Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Wednesday November 9, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

The presentation will focus on the problem of how the memory of trauma, survivors of genocide and repression interact. In some cases, they can develop in parallel, independently of each other. In others, the memory of repressions is formed according to the model of memory of the genocide, when the memory of repressions repeats some of the mechanisms developed in connection with the memory of the genocide, both at the individual and institutional levels (compare with the multidirectional memory according to M. Rothberg). And thirdly, the memory of repression can be contrasted with the memory of genocide.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: Armenian Treasures of Artsakh, New Julfa, and Romania ~ Sunday, November 6, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: Armenian Treasures of Artsakh, New Julfa, and Romania ~ Sunday, November 6, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

Join us for an intimate photographic journey and conversation between Dr. Carla Garapedian of the Armenian Film Foundation and renowned photographer Hrair Hawk Khatcherian on his travels to four major Armenian landmarks.

'A WEDDING of ARMENIAN TYPES, ARMENIAN CUSTOMS:' Revisiting Garabed Nichanian’s Provincial Wedding in Moush (1890) ~ Sunday, October 30, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

'A WEDDING of ARMENIAN TYPES, ARMENIAN CUSTOMS:' Revisiting Garabed Nichanian’s Provincial Wedding in Moush (1890) ~ Sunday, October 30, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

The presentation undertakes a close reading of a major painting – Provincial Wedding in Moush – by the notable, but now forgotten, Constantinople artist Garabed ‘Charles’ Nichanian (1861-1950).

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS at USC SHOAH FOUNDATION: An Overview ~ Friday, October 28, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS at USC SHOAH FOUNDATION: An Overview ~ Friday, October 28, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

The presentation will provide an overview of the collections and a demonstration on how to use the Visual History Archive by Manuk Avedikyan, former program officer (Armenian Genocide collections) at USC Shoah Foundation.

FRIDTJOF NANSEN: Humanitarianism and the Armenian Question in the Interwar Period ~ Sunday, October 2, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

FRIDTJOF NANSEN: Humanitarianism and the Armenian Question in the Interwar Period ~ Sunday, October 2, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event

Dr. Roy Knocke sheds light on Nansen humanitarian merits during the interwar period, especially on his commitment for the Armenians, a people to whom he admiringly dedicated one of his last books Gjennem Armenia in 1927 (translated as Armenia and the Near East in 1928).

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. DENNIS PAPAZIAN: Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future ~ Monday, September 26, 2022 ~ On Zoom

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. DENNIS PAPAZIAN: Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future ~ Monday, September 26, 2022 ~ On Zoom

Dennis Papazian's journey is a classic American immigrant tale. Through it all, he shares his wit, resilience, keen sense of perception, and vision, as well as the memorable characters he meets along the way, as he reflects on his consequential, eventful, and at times surprising life. It is a story that will inspire and give hope to all who join him on his journey.