Prior Years — #SAS
KNOWING ABOUT GENOCIDE: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles ~ Friday, April 23, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
How do victims and perpetrators generate conflicting knowledge about genocide? Using a sociology of knowledge approach, Joachim Savelsberg answers this question for the Armenian Genocide committed in the context of the First World War.
The Tensions and Complexities of Diasporic Experiences ~ Saturday, February 27, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom
Panel 4 of the 2021 UCLA Armenian Studies Graduate Student Colloquium ~ The Tensions and Complexities of Diasporic Experiences
ARMENIA in 3D: DEMOCRACY, SECURITY, AND SOVEREIGNTY IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD ~ Sunday, February 21, 2021 ~ Live on Zooom/YouTube
The distinguished panel of Laurence Broer, Anna Ohanyan, Kristin Cavoukian, and Richard Giragosian will present the publication Armenia's Velvet Revolution as well as discuss the promise and the peril facing Armenia’s democratic consolidation, in light of the new post-war realities in the country and the region.
Constructions of Gender that Tolerate Violence Against Armenian Women ~Saturday, February 13, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom
Constructions of Gender that Tolerate Violence Against Armenian Women is the 2nd Panel of UCLA Armenian Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
FROM THE KUR TO THE ARAS ~ Wednesday, February 10, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom
From the Kur to the Aras A Military History of Russias Move into the South Caucasus and the First Russo-Iranian War, 1801-1813 Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time / 4:30pm Pacific TimeLive on Zoom. Registration required and free.In From the Kur to the Aras, George A. Bournoutian presents the first military history of the Russian advance into the South Caucasus in 1801 and the ensuing First Russo-Iran War (1804-1813) that was a crucial step in the Russian Empire’s eventual expansion into the Caucasus region. Using both Iranian and Russian primary sources, the work vividly describes the strategies, military capabilities...
THE ARMENIANS of MUSA DAGH: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915 ~ Saturday, February 6, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom
The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915 is a comprehensive history of the people of Musa Dagh, who rose to prominence with their resistance the Genocide in 1915. Dr. Vahram Shemmassian has presented a thorough analysis of the social, cultural, religious, educational, political, and economic history of the six villages which constitute Musa Dagh.
THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ARTSAKH (NAGORNO-KARABAKH) ~ Saturday, November 14, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube
INTRODUCTORY REMARKSCHRISTINA MARANCI, Dadian-Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architecture, Tufts University
PRESENTERS
PATRICK DONABEDIAN, Faculty Member, Histoire de l'art et archéologie, Aix-Marseille Université
TAMARA MINASYAN, Matenadaran/Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (with translation by Sona Baloyan)
HAMLET PETROSYAN, Head of the Department of Cultural Studies of Yerevan State University and Head of Artsakh Archaeological Expedition
BEDROS KELJIK'S ARMENIAN-AMERICAN SKETCHES: Stories of Armenians in the Early 20th Century~ Sunday, September 27, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube
Bedros Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches, originally published in Armenian in 1944 as Amerigahay Badgerner, is the work of a member of the pioneer generation of Armenian immigrants, and is of both literary and historical significance. Now fully translated into English for the first time and recently published as volume 8 in the Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno, these stories retain their vitality, humor, pathos, and relevance.
THE ARMENIAN EXPERIENCE: Between Memory and History with Dr. Gaïdz Minassian ~ Saturday, September 19, 2020 ~ LIVE on Zoom/YouTube
An international expert at CERI-Sciences Po, Dr. Gaïdz Minassian has been a journalist at Le Monde since 2001. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and teaches International Relations at SciencesPo, Paris and is the author of several books on international relations, the South, Caucasus and Armenia.
TRANSITION TREMORS: Armenia Two Years After the Velvet Revolution
In 2018, a democratic breakthrough via mass-scale nonviolent disobedience campaign brought down Armenia’s competitive, soft authoritarian system headed by then President-turned-Prime Minister Serj Sargsyan. Since then, the country continues to face challenges to consolidate its still fragile democracy.