Prior Years — Dadourian Foundation
REVEALING THE MURALS OF AMENAPRKICH VANK OF NEW JULFA ~ Wednesday, December 13, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube
In this presentation, Ani Babaian will talk about S. Amenaprkich Vank’s murals — the artistic styles, the artists, the projects to conserve the murals, and new findings discovered during the conservation process.
WALL PAINTING in ANI, HOROMOS, and MREN: Findings and Remarks ~ Thursday, June 1, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube
Dr. Christina Maranci highlights the importance of combining technological innovations with knowledge of the conventions of Armenian art and texts, as well as traditional methods of visual and comparative analysis in her talk Wall Painting in Ani, Horomos, and Mren: Findings and Remarks.
MAPPING the ARMENIAN HIGHLAND with MATTHEW KARANIAN ~ Thursday, December 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Author and lawyer Matthew Karanian discusses how a series of maps that his great uncle Mardiros Kheranian produced one century ago encouraged Matthew's own research of ancient Armenia, and guided him along the way. Matthew has published several books about Armenia.
GAS BALLOONS, EMPERORS, and ARMENIAN MAPMAKERS: A Cartographic Journey through the Library of Congress' Collections ~ Thursday, December 15, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
With over 5.5 million maps, the Library of Congress holds the world’s largest cartographic collection. In this illustrated lecture, the Library’s Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist Dr. Khatchig Mouradian tells the stories behind a selection of maps of Armenia or by Armenian cartographers that have made their way into this collection, taking us through a journey across the globe and over the centuries.
EVER-CHANGING BORDERS OF ARMENIA IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES: The Cartographic Record ~ Saturday, March 26, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 12:00pm Eastern / 9:00am PacificLive on Zoom. Registration is required and free.Livestream on NAASR's YouTube channel Armenian Studies.This program is made possible through the generous support of the Dadourian Foundation.PRESENTERROUBEN GALICHIAN, Author of Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Heritage and other worksExploring maps of Armenia’s changing borders over time reveals significant aspects of Armenian history, culture, and geography from ancient times to the present and is critical to the current territorial debate. The 44-day war waged by Azerbaijan and Turkey against Armenia and Artsakh in the fall of 2020 and the ongoing clashes have...