Prior Years

Constructions of Gender that Tolerate Violence Against Armenian Women is the 2nd Panel of UCLA Armenian Studies Graduate Student Colloquium

Professor Ronald Grigor Suny explores the benefits and the wages of nationalism, its costs to a small nation, and how it has contributed to the tragic moment the country faces today. Sossie Kasbarian is discussant.

This lecture is part of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute Distinguished Lecture Series, which is co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).

From the Kur to the Aras A Military History of Russias Move into the South Caucasus and the First Russo-Iranian War, 1801-1813 Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time / 4:30pm Pacific TimeLive on Zoom. Registration required and free.In From the Kur to the Aras, George A. Bournoutian presents the first military history of the Russian advance into the South Caucasus in 1801 and the ensuing First Russo-Iran War (1804-1813) that was a crucial step in the Russian Empire’s eventual expansion into the Caucasus region. Using both Iranian and Russian primary sources, the work vividly describes the strategies, military capabilities...