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Prior Years

Rosemary Hartounian Cohen on Voices from the Hidden Genocide 1918 ~ October 6, 2019

Rosemary Hartounian Cohen on Voices from the Hidden Genocide 1918 ~ October 6, 2019

Rosemary Hartounian Cohen, "Voices from the Hidden Genocide of 1918: Stories of the Turkish Massacre of Armenians in Persia–Iran" Sunday, October 6, 2019, at 4:00 pm, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Sheen Chapel, 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 The lecture is dedicated to the memory of Janet Samuelian The massacre of Armenians that occurred in northern Persia in 1918 was a continuation of the Armenian Genocide which began in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.This book contains the words and the stories of the survivors of the massacre.The author’s grandmother, Arousiak, and mother, Liana, were the sole survivors of the massacre that took...


The Stateless Diplomat ~ New York Screening ~ October 2, 2019

The Stateless Diplomat ~ New York Screening ~ October 2, 2019

"The Stateless Diplomat: Diana Apcar's Heroic Life," a Documentary by Mimi Malayan   Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm, at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, 420 West 118th Street  Conference Room 918 (9th floor), New York, NY 10027 Join us for a screening of The Stateless Diplomat, which tells the story of Diana Apcar, a 19th century Armenian writer living in Japan who became the de facto ambassador of the short-lived First Armenian Republic. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Apcar's great granddaughter Mimi Malayan. Mimi Malayan was born and raised in San Francisco for the first decade of her...


The Stateless Diplomat - A Film Screening ~ September 29, 2019

The Stateless Diplomat - A Film Screening ~ September 29, 2019

"The Stateless Diplomat: Diana Apcar's Heroic Life," a Documentary by Mimi Malayan Sunday, September 29, 2019, 6:00-8:30 pm, at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472Please join us for this special screening of a unique documentary on the extraordinary life of Diana Apcar, Armenain activist, humanitarian, and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia to Japan in 1920. Reception and opportunity to meet the Director after the screening.Tickets are on sale from the Mosesian Center for the Arts: $10 in advance or $20 at the door.ORGANIZED BY: THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATIONCO-SPONSORSAmaras Art AllianceArlington International Film FestivalArmenian...


Raffi Bedrosyan on Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey ~ September 25, 2019

Raffi Bedrosyan on Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey ~ September 25, 2019

Raffi Bedrosyan, "Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey - Hidden, Not Hidden and No Longer Hidden," moderated by George AghjayanWednesday, September 25, 2019, 7:30 pm, at the AGBU New England District Center, 247 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472Doors open at 7:00 pm to purchase books at NAASR on the second floor of the AGBU NE Center. Trauma and Resilience will be available for purchase and signing by the author. A reception will take place before and after the program and book signing.Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey — Hidden, Not Hidden and No Longer Hidden by Raffi Bedrosyan is a collection of articles about...


Sato Moughalian on Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian ~ September 21, 2019

Sato Moughalian on Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian ~ September 21, 2019

Sato Moughalian, "Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art David Ohannessian" Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 4:00 pm, at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum Sheen Chapel, 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 Copies of Feast of Ashes will be available for purchase at the event.Feast of Ashes tells the story of David Ohannessian, the renowned ceramicist who in 1919 founded the art of Armenian pottery in Jerusalem, where his work and that of his followers is now celebrated as a local treasure. Ohannessian’s life story is revealed by his granddaughter Sato Moughalian, weaving together family narratives with newly unearthed archival findings. Witnessing her...


Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh on The Missing Pages ~ September 12, 2019

Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh on The Missing Pages ~ September 12, 2019

Heghnar Z. Watenpaugh, "The Missing Pages" Moderated by Harout EkmanianThursday, September 12, 2019 at 7:45 pm at St. Leon Armenian Church, Charles & Grace Pinajian Youth Center, 12-61 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 The event is free. A reception will follow the discussion and book signing. For more information call 201-791-2862. The Missing Pages is the biography of the Zeytun Gospels, a manuscript illuminated by the greatest medieval Armenian artist, Toros Roslin, which is at once art, sacred object, and cultural heritage. Join Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh as she traces the manuscript’s footsteps through seven centuries, from medieval Armenia to the killing fields of...


Susan Pattie, "The Armenian Legionnaires" ~ Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Susan Pattie, "The Armenian Legionnaires" ~ Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:00 pm at AHARI (Armenian Historical Association of Rhode Island) 245 Waterman Street, 5th floor conference room, Providence, RI 02906  Click here for flyer.


Reading of "Zabel In Exile" in Watertown

Reading of "Zabel In Exile" in Watertown

Thursday, June 27, 7:00 p.m. (6 p.m. reception and gallery viewing) Reading of Zabel In Exile, by R. N. Sandberg, Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, at the Armenian Museum of America, 65 Main St., Watertown, MA  Co-sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association, the Armenian Museum of America. the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives.  Click here to view flyer.


Taner Akcam, "Oppression to Extermination: Revisiting the Final Decision"

Taner Akcam, "Oppression to Extermination: Revisiting the Final Decision"

Monday, June 17, 7:45 p.m. St. Leon Armenian at St. Leon Armenian Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ  Co-sponsored by AGBU Ararat, Armenian Assembly of America, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party-Ramgavars, Armenian Network of America-Greater NY,  Daughters of Vartan-Sahaganoush Otyag, Knights of Vartan-Bakradouny Lodge, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), Tibrevank Alumni Inc., and St. Leon Armenian Church.   Click here to view flyer.


Kemal Yalcin, "Armenians and Assyrians: Shared Catastrophe, 1914 to 2019"

Kemal Yalcin, "Armenians and Assyrians: Shared Catastrophe, 1914 to 2019"

Thursday, June 6, 7:45 p.m. St. Leon Armenian at St. Leon Armenian Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ Co-sponsored by AGBU Ararat, Armenian-American Support and Educational Center, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party-Ramgavars, Armenian Network of America-Greater NY, Constantinople Armenian Relief Society, Esayan-Getronagan Alumni Inc., Daughters of Vartan-Sahaganoush Otyag, Knights of Vartan-Bakradouny Lodge, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues, Tibrevank Alumni Inc., and St. Leon Armenian Church. Click here to view flyer.