Prior Years — #NAASR
UNPACKING THE HATE AND PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARTSAKH ARMENIANS ~ February 20, 2024 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Please join us for a panel discussion on "Unpacking the Hate and Pressure Campaign Against Artsakh Armenians."
21st Annual GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM in ARMENIAN STUDIES ~ Friday, February 16, 2024 ~ In-Person
This Colloquium is an annual international conference for graduate students in the Humanities/Social Sciences to present research pertaining to all aspects of Armenian studies, including but not limited to language, literature, history, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, and art history.
LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF OTTOMAN ARMENIANS ~ Thursday, February 15, 2024 ~ In-Person
“Either save us from this misery, or order our death” (“Ya derdimize derman, ya katlimize ferman”)
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LOOTED ART & RESTITUTION ~ Saturday, February 10, 2024 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube
The Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP) leadership team is planning the project’s second phase and will shed light on recent and upcoming efforts during this conference at UCLA on Saturday, February 10, 2024. This exciting and critical event will consist of a documentary screening about the March conference, discussions of the AGLARP’s summer research findings, and a roundtable on how this conversation applies to past and current events, as well as what lies next for the AGLARP.
LITERARY LIGHTS: All the Ways We Lied ~ Saturday 27, 2024 ~ On Zoom
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. Each event—held online—will feature a writer reading from their work, followed by a discussion with an interviewer and audience members.
RECREATING KHARPERT IN MASSACHUSETTS ~ Thursday, January 25, 2024 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Having lost everything in their homeland—family members, homes, farms and businesses—they did their best to recreate Kharpert in Massachusetts as a coping mechanism for the trauma they endured in addition to helping them adjust to a strange new land and society.
TEACHING WITH TESTIMONY: Denial and the Armenian Genocide ~ Tuesday, December 12, 2023 ~ Webinar
In this webinar, educators will learn about the impact of genocide denial and distortion on Armenian Genocide education as well as strategies on how to integrate testimony into the classroom to develop students' agency and resilience to misinformtaion.
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.
NAASR HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE ~ Wednesday, December 13, 2023 ~ In Person
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 4:00pm EasternIn-Person at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478Bring family and friends. All are welcome!FEATURINGAll-day Booksale - 20% off all items in the Bookstore. For online book orders enter the PromoCode: Holiday 2023 at check-out.7:30pm Illustrated lecture by Ani Babaian, "Revealing the Murals of Amenaprkich Vank of New Julfa." This talk will also be on Zoom and the NAASR YouTube Channel.Light refreshments prior to the lecture. Click here for the flyer.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE...Film Screening and Discussion ~ Saturday, December 9, 2023 ~ In-Person
The screening will be followed by refreshments and discussion with writer/director Ophelia Harutyunyan and Yvette Amirian, Adjunct Assistant Professor within the Division of Film & Television Production at USC, moderated by Zareh Arevshatian of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.