Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years — The Promise Armenian Institute

Past-Proofing the Future: Theorizing the Erasure of Djulfa, Twenty Years On - December 1, 2025

Past-Proofing the Future: Theorizing the Erasure of Djulfa, Twenty Years On -  December 1, 2025

Dr. Maghakyan examines the multilayered factors behind such security policies and identifying potential pathways for preempting similar outcomes in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh.

Book Talk: The Armenian Diaspora Quartet: Nancy Kricorian's Four Novels about Post-Genocide Experience - October 30, 2025

Book Talk: The Armenian Diaspora Quartet: Nancy Kricorian's Four Novels about Post-Genocide Experience - October 30, 2025

Attend in person at UCLA Bunche Hall, Room 10383 to see Nancy Kricorian present a book talk on Four Novels about Post-Genocide Experience.


22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies ~ Friday, February 21, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Royce Hall)

22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies ~ Friday, February 21, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Royce Hall)

Please join the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures for the upcoming 22nd annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies. 


The United States and the Armenian Genocide: History, Memory, Politics ~ Wednesday, February 19, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

The United States and the Armenian Genocide: History, Memory, Politics ~ Wednesday, February 19, 2025 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom

Hybrid book talk by Julien Zarifian, Ph.D, Professor in U.S. History and Civilization at the University of Poitiers, France, and fellow at the Institut Universitaire de France. 


“Medieval Knowledge” in Medieval Times in the Mediterranean: An Example of the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia ~ Thursday, May 23, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA) and On Zoom

“Medieval Knowledge” in Medieval Times in the Mediterranean: An Example of the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia ~ Thursday, May 23, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA) and On Zoom

The main focus of this research is the transformations of spatial and temporal perceptions, communications, and material capital in the Mediterranean environment during the 12th-14th centuries, which had a direct impact on the transformations of the societies of both Western European and Eastern Mediterranean countries.