Prior Years — #NAASR
Khachkars as Worldwide Witnesses of Armenian History, Spirituality, and Art ~ Sunday, December 6, 2020 ~ Live on Zoom/YouTube
This program will be the second in a series to mark the 15-year commemoration of the final destruction by Azerbaijan of the khachkars of Jugha (Old Julfa) in Nakhichevan. This event will focus on the khachkar as it is used by diaspora communities, their representation in the work of Armenian artist Vardges Sureniants’ (1860-1921), and what can be learned from inscriptions on khachkars, including those that once stood in Jugha.
CONFLICT, DISPLACEMENT and COVID-19 ~ Thursday, December 3, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube
Join a discussion of Conflict, Displacement and COVID-19 on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on regions affected by war, conflict, and displacement in the Middle East, Africa, and the South Caucasus. The speakers will explore the issue from a historical, human rights, and public health perspective.
ARTSAKH (Nagorno-Karabakh): The Ceasefire and What Comes Next ~ Sunday, November 22, 2020 ~ Live on Zoom/YouTube
FEATURINGMR. ROBERT AVETISYAN, Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to the United States
DR. ANTRANIG KASBARIAN, Director of Development, Tufenkian Foundation
DR. ANNA OHANYAN, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill College
MODERATOR
MARC A. MAMIGONIAN, Director of Academic Affairs, NAASR
A Conversation w/Bestselling Authors of Stories from Suffragette City ~ Thursday, November 19, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube
Join us for a conversation with the bestselling authors of Stories from Suffragette City, featuring Fiona Davis, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Chris Bohjalian, Jamie Ford, and M.J. Rose. Bohjalian's story deals with an Armenian woman who was a survivor of the 1909 Adana massacres and participated in the great Suffragette March in New York City in 1915.
THE PRINCE OF WENTWORTH STREET: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide ~ Tuesday, November 17, 2020 ~ LIVE on Ring Central
John Christie will present his memoir, The Prince of Wentworth Street: An American Boyhood in the Shadow of Genocide, about growing up in Dover, NH, in the 1950s and 1960s. John grew up next door to his grandmother, Rose Banaian, who was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century in which 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire.