Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years — Bedross Der Matossian

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)

Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations

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The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party: Politics, Ideology and Transnational History ~ Thursday, April 18, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR) and on Zoom

The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party: Politics, Ideology and Transnational History ~ Thursday, April 18, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR) and on Zoom

The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party: Politics, Ideology and Transnational History, edited by Bedross Der Matossian, sheds light on the history of the Social Democrat Hnchakian Party, a major Armenian revolutionary party that operated in the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Persia and throughout the global Armenian diaspora.

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THE BLOCKADE OF THE LACHIN CORRIDOR AND THE CONQUEST OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH ~ Tuesday, October 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE BLOCKADE OF THE LACHIN CORRIDOR AND THE CONQUEST OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH ~ Tuesday, October 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

This panel is based on the latest special issue of Genocide Studies International, “Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor Crisis,” and features contributors to that issue.

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THE FALL OF ARTSAKH: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future ~ Sunday, October 1, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE FALL OF ARTSAKH: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future ~ Sunday, October 1, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Join us on  for an online panel discussion, "The Fall of Artsakh: Refugee Crisis, Existential Threat, and Uncertain Future," with a distinguished panel including Vicken Cheterian, Bedross Der Matossian, Nerses Kopalyan, Anna Ohanyan, and David L. Phillips, moderated by Marc A. Mamigonian.

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Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century ~ Wednesday, September 20, 2023 ~ On Zoom

Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century ~ Wednesday, September 20, 2023 ~ On Zoom

In this program, there will be an overview of the book Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century, which encompasses cases ranging from the genocide of Indigenous People in the United States to the genocidal violence in Syria in the past decade, including three chapters on denial of the Armenian Genocide; and the conversation will also consider the key role of denial in the current crisis in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh), which is increasingly being recognized as a genocide in progress.

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