Prior Years

Jan. 21: Dr. Dikran Kaligian: “The ARF Under Ottoman Rule, 1908-1914,” at the NAASR Center. Jan. 28: Dr. Arman Grigoryan: “The Rocky Road of Armenian-Turkish Normalization: Before and after the Protocols,” at Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Armenian Studies Program, the Armenian Center at Columbia University, the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and NAASR. Feb. 13-14, 2010: International Conference on the Armenian Diaspora, at Boston University. Co-sponsored by the Charles K. and Elisabeth M. Kenosian Chair of Modern Armenian History and Literature, Boston University, the International Institute for Diaspora Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute), and...

Jan. 13: Forum on “Armenians in the 21st Century” at Fordham Univ., New York City. Hosted by the Armenian Club of Fordham University and co-sponsored by NAASR, AAA (Armenian Assembly of America), AUA (American University of Armenia), AAHPO (Arm. Amer. Health Professional Org.), EFS (Everek Fenesse Educational Society), ABSA (Armenian Behavioral Science Assoc.), and AASSSG (Armenian-American Society for Studies of Stress & Genocide) Feb. 11: George Bournoutian: “The Archival Chamber of Etchmiadzin,” at the NAASR Center Feb. 17: Screening of the documentary Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin, at the NAASR Center. Feb, 19: George Bournoutian: “The Archival Chamber of Etchmiadzin,”...

January 25: “A Commemoration of the First Anniversary of the Assassination of Hrant Dink.” At the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, Burbank, CA. Featuring talks by Taner Akçam, Richard G. Hovannisian, and Stephen A. Kurkjian. Co-sponsored by the Organization of Istanbul Armenians of Los Angeles, the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA, and NAASR, under the auspices of the Western Diocese, His Eminence, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate. Feb. 3: Margaret Ajemian Ahnert, author of The Knock at the Door: A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide. At the Ararat-Eskijian Museum,...

Feburary 1.: Stephen Kurkjian, “Report from Istanbul: The Funeral of Hrant Dink and Its Aftermath.” At the First Armenian Church in Belmont. February 23: Richard G. Hovannisian, “The Changing Landscape of Historic Western Armenia: Reflections on a Journey Into the Past.” At the First Armenian Church in Belmont. March 4: Sona Zeitlian, “Armenian Pioneers and Statesmen of Egypt,” at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA. Co-sponsored by the AEM and NAASR. March 14: Taner Akcam, “A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility.” Co-sponsored by NAASR, the Zoryan Institute, the Harvard Armenian Society, and the Mashtots...

February 23: Lecture by Dr. Henry Theriault: “From Dehumanization to Imperial Dominance: Rethinking Genocidal Violence.” March 9: Lecture by Dr. Simon Payaslian on “U.S. Foreign Policy and the Armenian Question: An Historiographical Analysis.” March 23: Lecture by Dr. Ina Baghdiantz McCabe: “Armenians As a Global Diaspora Entrepreneurial Network.” April 9: An Afternoon with Andrew Goldberg, Producer and Director of the PBS Documentary The Armenian Genocide. The event is co-sponsored by NAASR, The Armenian Library and Museum of America, and Facing History and Ourselves. May 4: Launch of new NAASR Armenian Heritage Press and Harvard University’s Department of Near Eastern Languages...