Prior Years — #NAASRevents
SAS Conference: Diaspora and 'Stateless Power' ~ October 12-13, 2019
Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13, 2019 ~ Rolfe Hall 1200, UCLA Society for Armenian Studies 45th Anniversary Conference Diaspora and 'Stateless Power': Social Discipline and Identity Formation Across the Armenian Diaspora during the Long Twentieth Century ~ A Conference in Honor of Khachig Tololyan Click here for the full program
Rosemary Hartounian Cohen on Voices from the Hidden Genocide 1918 ~ October 6, 2019
Rosemary Hartounian Cohen, "Voices from the Hidden Genocide of 1918: Stories of the Turkish Massacre of Armenians in Persia–Iran" Sunday, October 6, 2019, at 4:00 pm, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Sheen Chapel, 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 The lecture is dedicated to the memory of Janet Samuelian The massacre of Armenians that occurred in northern Persia in 1918 was a continuation of the Armenian Genocide which began in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.This book contains the words and the stories of the survivors of the massacre.The author’s grandmother, Arousiak, and mother, Liana, were the sole survivors of the massacre that took...
The Stateless Diplomat - A Film Screening ~ September 29, 2019
"The Stateless Diplomat: Diana Apcar's Heroic Life," a Documentary by Mimi Malayan Sunday, September 29, 2019, 6:00-8:30 pm, at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472Please join us for this special screening of a unique documentary on the extraordinary life of Diana Apcar, Armenain activist, humanitarian, and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia to Japan in 1920. Reception and opportunity to meet the Director after the screening.Tickets are on sale from the Mosesian Center for the Arts: $10 in advance or $20 at the door.ORGANIZED BY: THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATIONCO-SPONSORSAmaras Art AllianceArlington International Film FestivalArmenian...
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh on The Missing Pages ~ September 12, 2019
Heghnar Z. Watenpaugh, "The Missing Pages" Moderated by Harout EkmanianThursday, September 12, 2019 at 7:45 pm at St. Leon Armenian Church, Charles & Grace Pinajian Youth Center, 12-61 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 The event is free. A reception will follow the discussion and book signing. For more information call 201-791-2862. The Missing Pages is the biography of the Zeytun Gospels, a manuscript illuminated by the greatest medieval Armenian artist, Toros Roslin, which is at once art, sacred object, and cultural heritage. Join Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh as she traces the manuscript’s footsteps through seven centuries, from medieval Armenia to the killing fields of...