Prior Years — #NAASR

Featured Speaker: Peter Balakian Location:  In-person at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA, 02478 Date and Time: Thursday November 6th 7:30 PM EST  Join Peter Balakian at NAASR for a reading from his new book New York Trilogy. An American long poem in three sections by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian that moves between decades of tumultuous life in New York City and the Middle East. In inventive, elliptical language, New York Trilogy explores one man's journey from the late 1960's to the twenty-first century as he moves through a series of experiences centered in New York...

The Armenian National Committee of NJ and St. Leon Armenian Church invite you to a panel discussion on the Armenian Diaspora.

Join us in an event full of storytelling, games, and art with children's author Meghri Dervartanian. Children up to 10 are welcome accompanied by an adult!

Attend in person at UCLA Bunche Hall, Room 10383 to see Nancy Kricorian present a book talk on Four Novels about Post-Genocide Experience.

Join Peter Balakian at Columbia University for a reading from his new book New York Trilogy.

   Book Launch and Concert Featured Performers:  Sylvie Zakarian (marimba) Daniela Tošić (vocal) Karine Bagdasarian (piano)   Location: Armenian Cultural Foundation441 Mystic Street (Route 3), Arlington, MA Date and Time:Sunday, October 19, 2025 4:00 PM ET     Organized by Armenian Cultural Foundation (ACF)   Co-sponsored by Amaras Art Alliance (AAA) and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)

Join us in an event full of storytelling, games, and art with children's author and illustrator Alik Arzoumanian. Children up to 10 are welcome accompanied by an adult!

Join Muriel Mirak-Weissbach at the Armenian Cultural Foundation in Arlington for the launch of her book A German General and the Armenian Genocide.

For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland, Artsakh, is like a paradise–that is until his life takes a sudden turn when war erupts, and he is forced to flee with his family. Please join for a meet-and-greet with Directory Sareen Hairabedian at 6pm with a talkback to follow the film.

Alison Vacca reveals what rejecting any single organizational schema of history can offer to the field of Armenian studies, moving past the liminality implied in the “between Byzantium and Islam” or “between Rome and Iran” paradigms.