Prior Years

February 27: Reception for Susan K. Blair and Aristide D. Caratzas, editor and publisher of The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat’s Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917. March 18: Forum on “The Environmental Crisis in Armenia,” co-sponsored by NAASR and Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association. April 4: Symposium on “Denial and Revisionism of the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust,” with Prof. Roger W. Smith, Prof. Andrei Markovits, and Rev. Vartan Hartunian, co-sponsored by NAASR and Bentley College. October 25: Lecture by Dr. Leon Hakhverdian on “Perestroika and the Arts in Armenia and the Soviet Union.” November 17: 36th Annual Assembly...

April 17: Lecture by Dr. Ruben Badalian, Dr. Zaal Kikodze, and Dr. Philip Kohl on “American/Armenian Collaborative Architectural Research.” April 26: Seminar on the Armenian Genocide conducted by William S. Parsons. April 27: 35th Anniversary Progress Report Dinner, honoring Dr. Nina Garsoian, with lecture by Dr. Ashot Galoyan on “The Contemporary Situation in Soviet Armenia.” May 1: Lecture by Dr. Ashot Galoyan on “National Democratic Movements in the Soviet Union and Armenia: Impact of Glasnost and Perestroika.” November 4: 35th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Rouben Adalian on “Armenian Research and Contemporary Problems.” November 5: NAASR 35th...

January 10: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “Armenian Village Life.” May 8: Author reception and lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “The Influence of Zoroastrianism in Armenia.” November 19: 34th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Michael Stone on “Pilgrims, Computers, and Bible Stories: Some Recent Directions in Armenian Studies” and talk by Dr. Thomas Samuelian on “The Armenian Scholar Between the University and the Community.” December 29: Screening of documentary film Madenataran, to benefit Armenian earthquake victims. Co-sponsored by NAASR and AGBU.

April 3: Publication of second edition of Abraham Hartunian Neither To Laugh Nor To Weep by Armenian Heritage Press. Reception with Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Henry Morgenthau III, and translator Rev. Vartan Hartunian. June 30-July 20: NAASR Armenian Heritage Tour to Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Yugoslavia. July 30: Farewell Dinner and Reception for Kevork Bardakjian at Harvard. November 7: 33rd Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “The Importance of the Study of Medieval Armenian Literature.” November 18: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “Napoleon and the Armenians.” December 6: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “The True Meaning of...

April 9: NAASR sponsors informational program on Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City project. April 15: Lecture by Richard Hovannisian on “Facing History and Ourselves Programs and the Role of Local and National Scholars,” sponsored by NAASR and Facing History and Ourselves. June 15: NAASR 30th Anniversary Banquet and Extravaganza at Memorial Hall and Sanders Theatre, Harvard University. September 7: Lecture by Israel Charny on “The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust: Uniqueness Versus Universality.” September 28: NAASR sponsors progress report on Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City project. November 1: 32nd Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Richard N. Frye.

April 18-20: National Conference on Genocide and Human Rights, at Bentley College. May 5: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahé on “The Cultural and Economic Impact of Early Armenian Printing.” November 1: Lecture by Kevork Kherlopian on “Critical Issues in Armenian Studies Today.” November 2: 31st Annual Assembly of Members with Lecture by Arra S. Avakian on “NAASR: A Thirty-Year Retrospective and Future Directions.” November 29: Benefit concert by Miriam Gargarian in memory of composer Arno Babajanian.

May 3-6: Conference on “Identity and Assimilation: The Armenian Experience in America.” June 14: Lecture by Aharon Aharonian on “Intermarriage and the Armenian Community.” June 27: Lecture by Dr. Kevork Kherlopian on “The International Significance of the Armenian Renaissance,” at Harvard. November 9-11: 30th Annual Assembly of Members, Banquet at Memorial Hall, Harvard, lectures by Richard N. Frye and Pergrouhi Svajian.

April 20: Lecture by Thomas T. Amirian on “The Epochal Defense of Van – 1915.” May 6: Lecture by Prof. Frank Stone on “The Continuing Impact of the Armenian Genocide,” at Harvard. First Stephen P. Mugar Memorial Lecture. May 13: Lecture by Prof. Ronald Suny on “Soviet Armenia and the Diaspora: Their Roles and Mutual Responsibilities,” at Harvard. Second Stephen P. Mugar Memorial Lecture. May 20: Lecture by Dr. James B. Gidney on “The Mandate for Armenia: America’s Responsibilities Then and Now,” at Harvard. These three lectures are the first of the Stephen P. Mugar Memorial Lectures on Modern Armenian...

May 13: Reception for Elise Hagopian Taft, author of Rebirth, and preview of television documentary “The Armenian Genocide, 1894-95 and 1915-19” by Thomas Ohanian. June 4-6: 28th Annual Assembly of Members and Banquet, with lecture by Ronald Suny on “The Importance, Needs, and Plans to Enhance the Study of Modern Armenian History.” November 5: Illustrated talk by John M. Bradley, Jr., on “Climbing Mt. Ararat.” December 15: Talk by Harold Dennis-Jones on “Armenian Liturgical and Christmas Music.”

February 15: Lecture and Exhibit by Armen John Esserian, “Armenia in Antique Maps.” November 13-15: 27th Annual Assembly, with lectures by Lucy Der Manuelian and Krikor Maksoudian on “Armenian Art—Unexplored Source for History” and Jack Nusan Porter on “A Global Problem: Genocide and Human Rights.” December 20: Author talk by Agnes Manuelian, “Unending Journey.” December 29: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Ara Dostourian, “Through Armenia and the Caucasus by Auto.”