Prior Years
POST-ELECTION TURKEY: Implications for Armenia(ns) ~ Thursday, July 6, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Online panel discussion "Post-Election Turkey: Implications for Armenia(ns)", featuring panelists Ayda Erbal, Varuzhan Geghamyan, Ohannes Kılıçdağı, and moderated by Lerna Ekmekcioglu.
Armenians Like You: Exploring Obligation and Desire to Contribute to the Armenian Community
Support a focus group interview research project in your age group on the Armenian community.
LITERARY LIGHTS: The Book of Redacted Paintings ~ Saturday, June 17, 2023 ~ On Zoom
In Arthur Kayzakian's The Book of Redacted Paintings, the narrative arc follows a boy in search of his father’s painting, but it is unclear whether the painting exists or not. The book, a poetry collection, is also populated by a series of paintings. Some are real, incomplete, and/or missing, while most are redacted from reality.
WALL PAINTING in ANI, HOROMOS, and MREN: Findings and Remarks ~ Thursday, June 1, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube
Dr. Christina Maranci highlights the importance of combining technological innovations with knowledge of the conventions of Armenian art and texts, as well as traditional methods of visual and comparative analysis in her talk Wall Painting in Ani, Horomos, and Mren: Findings and Remarks.
12th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN LINGUISTICS ~ Wednesday - Friday, May 31-June 2, 2023 ~ On Zoom
The 12th International Conference on Armenian Linguistics (ICAL XII) will feature scholars from around the world participating in person and via Zoom. This conference offers an opportunity to researchers working on various aspects of the Armenian language to share their work and thoughts, whatever their theoretical or methodological approaches may be.
THE HAMIDIAN MASSACRES OF 1894-97: Challenging Traditional Perspectives ~ Wednesday, May 31, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Dr. Owen Miller, the author of a thesis and several research articles on the Sasun massacre of 1894 and its background, will discuss with Dr. Jelle Verheij his findings and the need for revision of the traditional perspectives, touching on many of the key issues and players: the death toll, characteristics and motivation of the perpetrators, the roles of the Ottoman authorities, foreign powers and Armenian revolutionary parties.
Hampartsoum / Համբարձում ~ A NAASR Youth / Family Event ages 12+ ~ Thursday, May 18, 2023 ~ In-Person Event
Hampartsoum / Համբարձում ~ A NAASR Youth / Family Event ages 12+
THE BALAYANS: Ottoman Architecture and Balyan Archive ~ Thursday, May 18, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
In 2021, Büke Uras published his most comprehensive publication to date, “Balyans, Ottoman Architecture and Balyan Archive.” The Mayor of Istanbul financed the 3rd and 4th editions of the book and decided it to be the official diplomatic gift of Istanbul Municipality, a first in Republic’s history for an item of Armenian subject.
LITERARY LIGHTS: American Wildflowers ~ Wednesday, May 17, 2023 ~ In-Person Event
Literary Lights is a monthly reading series organized by the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), NAASR, and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center. The series, which launched in February 2023, will be held through November 2023, in a mixed online and in-person format.
INTERTWINED LEGACIES: Gomidas Vartabed (1869-1935) & Koharik Gazarossian (1907-1967) ~ Friday, May 12, 2023 ~ In-Person Event
In-Person talk by Dr. Melissa Bilal and performance by the VEM Ensemble, at MIT.