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Ararat in America: Armenian-American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century - November 19, 2025

Ararat in America: Armenian-American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century - November 19, 2025

Join Dr. Benjamin F. Alexander at NAASR for a discussion about Ararat in America, which examines the role of community leaders and other key community members who play a role in the sense of Armenian identity.


The Library and the Survivor: Aram Andonian in Paris ~ Saturday, March 1, 2025 ~ In-Person (Ararat-Eskijian Museum) and on YouTube

The Library and the Survivor: Aram Andonian in Paris ~ Saturday, March 1, 2025 ~ In-Person (Ararat-Eskijian Museum) and on YouTube

The history of the Nubar Library, founded in Paris in 1927, is inextricably linked to that of its first librarian, Aram Andonian.


Azerbaijan and the Destruction of Armenian Civilization ~ Saturday, September 28, 2024 ~ On Zoom and on YouTube

Azerbaijan and the Destruction of Armenian Civilization ~ Saturday, September 28, 2024 ~ On Zoom and on YouTube

Azerbaijan and the Destruction of Armenian Civilization by Samvel Karapetian and published by Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) exposes the cultural genocide perpetrated against historical Armenian heritage by Azerbaijan.

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)

Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations

Armenian Manuscripts of the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection ~ Thursday, May 23, 2024 ~ On Zoom and On YouTube

Armenian Manuscripts of the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection ~ Thursday, May 23, 2024 ~ On Zoom and On YouTube

Armenian Manuscripts of the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection is devoted to the five Armenian codices in the Jeselsohn collection in Zurich.

SAS Webinar Series We are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora ~ Friday, May 18, 2024 ~ On Zoom

SAS Webinar Series We are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora ~ Friday, May 18, 2024 ~ On Zoom

The webinar will feature brief readings from the book's contributors and a roundtable discussion.

REMEMBERING PROFESSOR RICHARD G. HOVANNISIAN: Looking Back, Moving Forward ~ Saturday, April 6, 2024 ~ In-Person, UCLA/On Zoom + Youtube

REMEMBERING PROFESSOR RICHARD G. HOVANNISIAN: Looking Back, Moving Forward ~ Saturday, April 6, 2024 ~ In-Person, UCLA/On Zoom + Youtube

This all day symposium is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of UCLA Professor Richard G. Hovannisian who was a faculty member at UCLA for over 50 years and was the first holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Professorial Chair in Modern Armenian History, now named in his honor. 

FROM DISSERTATION to MONOGRAPH: Demystifying the Process ~ Saturday, November 18, 2023 ~ On Zoom

FROM DISSERTATION to MONOGRAPH: Demystifying the Process ~ Saturday, November 18, 2023 ~ On Zoom

This panel brings together four scholars in Armenian Studies and an audience of recent PhDs to discuss the process of revising a dissertation, finding a publisher, and preparing a manuscript.

DECLINE AND FALL: The End of the Parthian at the 'Tongues' of the Armenians ~ Tuesday, November 7, 2023 ~ In-Person Event

DECLINE AND FALL: The End of the Parthian at the 'Tongues' of the Armenians ~ Tuesday, November 7, 2023 ~ In-Person Event

For almost four centuries, the Parthians served as the rulers of the Armenian kingdom, even after their own kingdom had fallen to the Sasanians in 223 CE. Yet, as far as the documents from this period attest, it was not Parthian, the language of the ruling class, but Armenian that served as the main language of the kingdom. Parthian, shortly after the fall of the Arsacid Parthian Empire, effectively ceases to exist, it would appear.

EARLY MODERNITY & MOBILITY: Port Cities and Printers Across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800 ~ Tuesday, October 31, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

EARLY MODERNITY & MOBILITY: Port Cities and Printers Across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800 ~ Tuesday, October 31, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

Early Modernity & Mobility explores the disparate yet connected histories of Armenian printing establishments in early modern Europe and Asia. From 1512, when the first Armenian printed codex appeared in Venice, to the end of the early modern period in 1800, Armenian presses operated in nineteen locations across the Armenian diaspora.