Prior Years
"'Victims' and 'Executioners' of the Stalin Era Repressions in the Multidirectional Memory of Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Wednesday November 9, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
The presentation will focus on the problem of how the memory of trauma, survivors of genocide and repression interact. In some cases, they can develop in parallel, independently of each other. In others, the memory of repressions is formed according to the model of memory of the genocide, when the memory of repressions repeats some of the mechanisms developed in connection with the memory of the genocide, both at the individual and institutional levels (compare with the multidirectional memory according to M. Rothberg). And thirdly, the memory of repression can be contrasted with the memory of genocide.
THE ARMENIANS OF ABKHAZIA: Identification & Self-Identification in the Early 21st Century ~ Tuesday, November 8, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
Thirty years after the war in Abkhazia (1992-1993), the Armenians of Abkhazia are embedded in the fragile process of Abkhazian national construction. Within this young ethnic democracy, they are thus regularly questioned on several aspects of their identity: Are they Abkhazians or Armenians? Are the Hamshen and Armenian identities contradictory? How do they identify themselves and how are they identified by the Abkhazian State? Finally, what might their relationship to the Republic of Armenia be?
A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: Armenian Treasures of Artsakh, New Julfa, and Romania ~ Sunday, November 6, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
Join us for an intimate photographic journey and conversation between Dr. Carla Garapedian of the Armenian Film Foundation and renowned photographer Hrair Hawk Khatcherian on his travels to four major Armenian landmarks.
NAASR 68th Annual Assembly of Members ~ Saturday, November 5, 2022 ~ On Zoom
Featured Speaker: Dr. Asya Darbinyan, Visiting Professor in Armenian Genocide Studies, Strassler Center, Clark University, presents “The Russian Empire and Armenian Refugees (1914-1917): New Insights from the Archives”The general public is invited to attend via NAASR's YouTube channel Armenian Studies. NAASR Members, please register on Zoom in order to vote.
THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE in ARMENIA and ITS LEGACY: A Panel Discussion ~ Monday, October 31, 2022 ~ IN Person Event NY/NJ
This panel discussion features two scholars from Armenia and two from the Columbia University community.
'A WEDDING of ARMENIAN TYPES, ARMENIAN CUSTOMS:' Revisiting Garabed Nichanian’s Provincial Wedding in Moush (1890) ~ Sunday, October 30, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
The presentation undertakes a close reading of a major painting – Provincial Wedding in Moush – by the notable, but now forgotten, Constantinople artist Garabed ‘Charles’ Nichanian (1861-1950).
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS at USC SHOAH FOUNDATION: An Overview ~ Friday, October 28, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
The presentation will provide an overview of the collections and a demonstration on how to use the Visual History Archive by Manuk Avedikyan, former program officer (Armenian Genocide collections) at USC Shoah Foundation.
POSTPONED ~ A HAWK'S-EYE VIEW of ARMENIA and ARTSAKH with MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER HRAIR HAWK KHATCHERIAN ~ TBD ~ In Person Event
POSTPONED ~ Hrair Hawk Khatcherian has spent almost three decades presenting exhibitions, conferences, and photographic lectures around the globe. His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, books and publications. Khatcherian has published more than a dozen photography books.
NAASR MARDIGIAN LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE: Part of One Book/One Belmont ~ Friday, October 14, 2022 ~ In Person Only
The NAASR Mardigian Library Open House is being held in conjunction with the One Book/One Belmont month-long program of the Belmont Public Library celebrating books, libraries, and the community.
FRIDTJOF NANSEN: Humanitarianism and the Armenian Question in the Interwar Period ~ Sunday, October 2, 2022 ~ Hybrid Event
Dr. Roy Knocke sheds light on Nansen humanitarian merits during the interwar period, especially on his commitment for the Armenians, a people to whom he admiringly dedicated one of his last books Gjennem Armenia in 1927 (translated as Armenia and the Near East in 1928).