Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Prior Years

THE BALAYANS: Ottoman Architecture and Balyan Archive ~ Thursday, May 18, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

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.

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LITERARY LIGHTS: American Wildflowers ~ Wednesday, May 17, 2023 ~ In-Person Event

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.

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INTERTWINED LEGACIES: Gomidas Vartabed (1869-1935) & Koharik Gazarossian (1907-1967) ~ Friday, May 12, 2023 ~ In-Person Event

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.

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MORGENTHAU: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty ~ Thursday, May 11, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

MORGENTHAU: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty ~ Thursday, May 11, 2023 ~ In-Person/On Zoom/YouTube

With unprecedented, exclusive access to family archives, award-winning journalist and biographer Andrew Meier vividly chronicles how the Morgenthaus amassed a fortune in Manhattan real estate, advised presidents, advanced the New Deal, exposed the Armenian Genocide, rescued victims of the Holocaust, waged war in the Mediterranean and Pacific, and, from a foundation of private wealth, built a dynasty of public service.

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Honoring Christina Maranci, Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, Harvard ~ Saturday, May 6, 2023 ~ In-Person Ticketed Event

Honoring Christina Maranci, Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, Harvard ~ Saturday, May 6, 2023 ~ In-Person Ticketed Event

Sponsorship Levels & Tickets for Honoring  Christina Maranci, Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, Harvard ~ Saturday, May 6, 2023. NAASR was launched in March 1955 to pursue a bold vision of promoting Armenian Studies by establishing endowed chairs at foremost universities in the United States. NAASR achieved this ambitious goal by establishing the first chair in Armenian Studies, at Harvard University. In 1959 we marked the successful conclusion of our Harvard Chair campaign at a gala in Memorial Hall. The Mashtots Chair was the first at Harvard to be endowed by a community organization.

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