Prior Years — Armenian Bar Association

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.

Literary Lights is a monthly reading series organized by the IALA, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center. The series features new works of literature by Armenian authors. Audience members are invited to read along with the series.

In 2019, both houses of U.S. Congress recognized the Armenian Genocide, followed by President Biden’s official recognition on April 24, 2021. Their goal achieved, Armenian activists and organizations were now faced with the question: “What’s next?” This question has yet to be fully examined—much less answered by Armenian communities in the U.S. and elsewhere, and there remains an incomplete awareness and understanding of the possible steps that should follow recognition.

Part IV: Armenia on the Brink: Strategies in a Diminishing Landscape, the fourth in the What’s Next series on the post-war Armenian reality.

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.

Join Lilit Gevorgyan and Armen Kharazian for A Master Plan? Russo-Azeri Strategy for Armenian Pacification, the first in the What’s Next series of discussions on the post-war Armenian reality.