Prior Years
BARBARA + 2: Staged Readings of 2 Award-Winning Plays by Barbara Bejoian ~ Sunday, November 7, 2021 ~ In Person Event
CELEBRATING THE LIFE & TALENT OF BARBARA BEJOIAN
PRESENTING 2 AWARD-WINNING PLAYS: THE PORCH and DANCE, MAMA, DANCE
67th Annual Assembly of Members ~ Saturday, November 6, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDTFeatured Speaker: Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist in the African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress talk: From Illumination to Digitization: The Armenian Collections at the Library of Congress
The general public is invited to attend via NAASR's YouTube channel. NAASR Members, please register on Zoom in order to vote.
BLACK GARDEN AFLAME: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press ~ Thursday, November 4, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
The present collection of articles in Black Garden Aflame—carefully translated, edited, and culled from a vast repository of Russian-language press curated by Artyom Tonoyan—presents in book form for the first time in English some of the most important material that has appeared from 1988 to the present
EVERYDAY COSMOPOLITANISMS: Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia ~ Sunday, October 31, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
With innovative focus on the far-reaching implications of local practices, Everyday Cosmopolitanisms brings the study of medieval Eurasia into relation with contemporary discussions of cosmopolitanism and globalization, and challenges persistent divisions between modern and medieval, global and local.
VAHE OSHAGAN: Between Acts ~ Wednesday, October 20, 2021 ~ Live Discussion on Zoom/YouTube
Vahé Oshagan: Between Acts is a literary biography of the pre-eminent writer and public intellectual of the modern Armenian diaspora. The film infuses the traditional documentary with visual, sound-text, and scholarly interpretations of Oshagan's poetry and prose.
Gender & Intersectionality in Post-Soviet Armenia ~ Friday/Saturday, October 15-16, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Friday / Saturday, October 15-16, 2021, at 11am EDT / 8am PDT / 7pm AMTLive on Zoom. Registration is required and free.Livestream on the Zoryan Institute YouTube channel ZI e-Chronicles. This two-day conference, held virtually over Zoom, will provide a platform to discuss and better understand gender-related issues in the present-day Republic of Armenia. PANELS October 15, 2021 ARMENIA'S GENDER TROUBLE: Deconstructing "Anti-Genderism" from Historical, Linguistic, and Socio-Cultural Anthroplogical Perspectives POLITICS AND REPRESENTATION: Uprooting Secism, Racism, and Homophobia in Education, Decision Making, and Public Discourse PANELS October 16, 2021 EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT: Creating and Distributing Resources Beyond the Gap WAR, TRAUMA,...
Gate to Heaven ~ Boston Area Film Screening & Discussion ~ Sunday, October 10, 2021 ~ In Person Event
Please join us and support yet another brilliant film by Director Jivan Avetisyan with a storyline set during the 2016 four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh. You will have the opportunity to view the film, meet the film director in person, and learn more about the film and Avetisyan's upcoming projects.
ROUBEN MAMOULIAN: An American-Armenian Theater and Film Director and Artist ~ Friday, October 8, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Please join us for this work-in-progress presentation, marking the 124th birth anniversary of American-Armenian stage and screen director Rouben Mamoulian.
Gate to Heaven: New York/New Jersey Film Screening & Discussion ~ Friday, October 8, 2021 ~ In Person Event
Gate to Heaven SynopsisHaunted by his past, German journalist Robert Sternvall returns to Artsakh, in 2016, after 22 years when the Nagorno-Karabakh war reignites to cover the conflict. As a result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia Marti, a young opera singer, who happens to be the daughter of missing photojournalist Edgar Martirosyan, whom Robert abandoned in captivity during the fall of the village of Talish of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992. As their romance develops, Robert’s guilty conscience catches up…
LAWYERS BEYOND BORDERS: Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts ~ Wednesday, October 6, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Dr. Maria Armoudian discusses her book Lawyers Beyond Borders: Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts.