Prior Years — #NAASR
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
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.
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.
THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED MY JOURNEY: A Conversation with Dr. Khatchig Mouradian ~ A Youth Program ~ Thursday, December 15, 2022 ~ In Person
Students from middle school through graduate school, please join us for what promises to be a most interesting discussion.
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE at NAASR ~ Thursday, December 15, 2022
All are welcome to join the Board and staff at NAASR in celebrating the holiday season.
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.
Պոչատ Աղուէսը / Bochad Aghvesě Storytelling in Armenian ~ Saturday, November 12, 2022 ~ In Person Event
Meghri Dervartanian will tell the story of Hovhannes Tumanyan’s Պոչատ Աղուէսը / Bochad Aghvesě / "The Fox That Lost It's Tail" in Armenian, followed by a fun activity. An adult must accompany the children. All are welcome. Admission is free.
"'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
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.