Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years

BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Dr. Artyom Tonoyan's talk will focus on some of the most interesting and critical themes emerging from the decades-long Soviet and Russian press coverage of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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THE BLOCKADE of ARTSAKH and GLOBAL INDIFFERENCE ~ Saturday, January 21, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE BLOCKADE of ARTSAKH and GLOBAL INDIFFERENCE ~ Saturday, January 21, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Online panel discussion of the current blockade of Artsakh and apparent global indifference.

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PICTURING THE OTTOMAN ARMENIAN WORLD: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond ~Thursday, January 19, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

PICTURING THE OTTOMAN ARMENIAN WORLD: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond ~Thursday, January 19, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

The Armenian contribution to Ottoman photography is supposedly well known, with histories documenting the famous studios of the imperial capital, Ottoman Armenian-run establishments that produced Orientalist visions for tourists and images of modernity for a domestic elite.

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JERUSALEM AND THE ARMENIANS: Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516) ~ January 13, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

JERUSALEM AND THE ARMENIANS: Until the Ottoman Conquest (1516) ~ January 13, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Claude Mutafian’s most recent book, Jérusalem et les Arméniens: Jusqu’à la conquête ottomane (1516), presents the relations between Armenia and Jerusalem in their historical and artistic context with an abundance of maps, genealogical charts, and images.

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MAPPING the ARMENIAN HIGHLAND with MATTHEW KARANIAN ~ Thursday, December 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

MAPPING the ARMENIAN HIGHLAND with MATTHEW KARANIAN ~ Thursday, December 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Author and lawyer Matthew Karanian discusses how a series of maps that his great uncle Mardiros Kheranian produced one century ago encouraged Matthew's own research of ancient Armenia, and guided him along the way. Matthew has published several books about Armenia.

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