Prior Years — #NAASR
REPRODUCING THE RESURRECTION: From European Prints to Armenian Manuscripts ~ Thursday, May 12, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
In this illustrated talk, Sylvie L. Merian, Ph.D., will explain the reasons for the late usage in Armenian artistic traditions of Resurrection iconography in which Christ is shown emerging from the tomb, demonstrate what inspired the artists, and show how this iconography became common in numerous other artistic media for centuries
PERSONALIZING THE MAP OF HOMELAND ~ Wednesday, May 11, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
In this talk, Dr. Carel Bertram discusses how travelers came to experience these two landscapes (hostland/diasporic home and homeland) not merely together, but as mirrors, or as parallel or overlapping maps. She uses their conversations and their memories of homeland-related recipes and music to show how, during their travels, this sensibility was activated and nurtured in ways that impacted their understanding and experiences of homeland in powerful ways.
THE HORRORS OF ADANA: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century ~ Saturday, May 7, 2022 ~ On Zoom
Dr. Bedross Der Matossian presents his latest book The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century.
ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES OF PERSIA / IRAN: History, Trade, Culture ~ Friday, May 6, 2022 ~ In Person / Zoom/YouTube
The boundaries between the Iranian and Armenian worlds were porous in many ways. The Armenian presence in Iran is attested from the Achaemenid centuries to the present. Although the Armenian Iranian community has decreased significantly since the nineteenth century, it still constitutes the most significant Christian element in Iran, finding means to preserve in large measure its religion, language, and traditions and to navigate between Armenian and Iranian identities.
FROM BOGEYMAN TO HAY KIN: Representations of Armenian Women in Modern Iran ~ Thursday, April 28, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
First Annual Vartan Gregorian Memorial LectureThis talk is part of a larger book project that explores the history of Iran’s Armenian women from the beginning of Naser al-Din Shah’s reign in 1848 to the 1979 fall of the Pahlavi dynasty.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF US: Film screening/Discussion~ Wednesday, April 27, 2022 ~ In Person Event
IN PERSON EVENT: Watertown Free Public Library (Watertown Savings Bank Room) 123 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472, (617) 972-6431 Wednesday, April 27, 2022 6:00pm Eastern/Film screening, 5:45pm Eastern/PizzaPRESENTERSTEPHANIE AYANIAN, Producer/Director, What Will Become of Us“Their struggle speaks to the many immigrant communities who have experienced trauma. 100 years ago, Armenians were nearly annihilated by genocide. Today, often unrecognized, it remains defining – while the long shadow of the Genocide creates a burden for young Armenian Americans, discouraging them from taking up their culture."“Genocide always casts a long shadow. The greatest challenge for any community that has gone through genocide is to...
A HOUSE IN THE HOMELAND: Armenian Pilgrimages to Places of Ancestral Memory ~ Friday, April 22, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Between 2007 and 2015, Carel Bertram traveled with many self-described pilgrims on dozens of homecoming trips led by Armen Aroyan, and A House in the Homeland chronicles what she saw.
SHOULD THE WIND DROP: Film screening/Discussion ~ Wednesday, April 20, 2022 ~ In Person/On Zoom
After viewing Should the Wind Drop, film's director, Nora Martirosyan, and producer, Julie Paratian, will participate in a discussion about the film, moderated by Laure Astourian, Professor of Modern Languages.
THE END OF ARMENIAN SIVAS: The Extermination of Deportees ~ Monday, April 18, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
The deportation stations of Kötü Hanand Hasançelebi will form the focus of the presentation.
KINDRED VOICES: A Literary History of Medieval Anatolia ~ Thursday, April 14, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Kindred Voices explores how the region’s Muslim and Christian poets grappled with the multilingual and multi-religious worlds they inhabited, attempting to impart resonant forms of instruction to their intermingled communities.