Prior Years

April 11-13: NAASR 25th Anniversary Celebration, with Forum on “Whither the Armenian – Politically, Socially, Economically, Intellectually, or Otherwise?”, with Set Momjian, Jack Danielian, Jenny Phillips, Khachig Tololyan, Emmanuel Varandyan, and Dennis Papazian, and Conference on “Armenian Studies in 25 Years” March 16: Illustrated lecture by Tom Vartabedian on “Life with the Mekhitarist Fathers.” March 27: Lecture by Dr. Kevork Bardakjian on “The Master of Armenian Satire: Hagop Baronian.” November 16: 26th Annual Assembly of Members.

January 14: Lecture and Demonstration by Gary and Susan Lind-Sinanian on “Armenian Dance: Our Endangered Art.” January 26: Illustrated Lecture by Levon Armenius Mnazakanian on “Aivazovsky: Life and Works of a Great Artist February 4: Lecture and Slide Presentation by Michael Saparoff on “A Return to the Caucasus—The Tracing of Roots.” March 4: Lecture by Diane Der Hovanessian, “Armenian Women Poets Through the Ages.” April 16: NAASR holds first in a series of Oral History Workshops in conjunction with Massachusetts Department of Education. May 19: 25th Annual Assembly of Members. May 20: Illustrated Lecture by Alice Odian Kasparian on “The...

January 8: Illustrated lecture by Esther Agabian on “Historic Armenia as Seen in 1977.” January 12: Lecture by Fr. Dajad Davidian on “The Historical Relationship of the Armenian Church with World Christianity.” February 2: Lecture by Omeljan Pritsak on “The Armenians in the Ukraine and Poland.” March 2: Illustrated Lecture by Arshag Merguerian on “The Development of Armenian Architecture Through the Ages.” March 12: “The Promotion of Armenian Studies in the Public Schools,” with Robert Mirak and Mossik Hacobian. April 9: Film Screening, “Seven Songs of Armenia,” based on book by Gevorg Emin. April 13: Lecture by Ara Gelenian on...

January 18: Lecture by Rouben Gregorian on “Foreign Influences on Armenian Music” at NAASR Headquarters. February 20: Lecture by Very Rev. Zaven Arzoumanian on “The Encounter of Ethnicity and Religion in the Armenian Community of America,” at Harvard. March 26: Lecture by Vahe Oshagan on “New Perspectives in Armenian Studies.” May 7: Lecture by Nona Balakian on “The World of William Saroyan: The Fact and the Fiction,” at Harvard. June 12: 22nd Annual Assembly of Members, with lectures by Abp. Tiran Nersoyan on “The Demands of the Community on NAASR” and John A. C. Greppin on “Armenian Studies and Research...

April 4-5: Conference on “Armenian Studies in the 20th Century,” with Dennis Papazian, Avedis K. Sanjian, Richard G. Hovannisian, Nina G. Garsoian, Kevork Kherlopian, Richard N. Frye, Hagop Nersoyan, Robert W. Thomson, Manoog S. Young, Vartan Artinian. May 20: “Armenian Folk Dance: Its Origin and Development,” talk and demonstration by Vicki Dilsizian June 14: 21st Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Frank Stone on “Armenian Studies on the Secondary Level.” October 17-19: NAASR participates in Boston Globe Book festival. November 9: NAASR holds First Armenian Book Fair in Hartford, CT, with talks by Jacques Kayaloff, James Etmekjian, and Frank...

June 22: Twentieth Annual Assembly of Members, with lectures by Prof. Omeljan Pritsak, Director of Harvard Ukrainian Institute, on “Ethnic Studies, Armenian and Ukrainian,” and Hagop Nersoyan on “Armenian Studies in the Next Decade.” November 10: Twentieth Anniversary Banquet and Celebration November 15: Lecture by Dickran Kouymjian on “Miniature Painting from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the Art of Toros Roslin” at Harvard University. November 29-30: Institute on Armenian Civilization in Transition, daytime lectures at Harvard University December 2: Second Armenian Book Fair in Providence, RI, with author talks by Jacques Kayaloff (The Battle of Sardarabad), James Etmekjian (The...

February 9: Lecture by Prof. Erich Goldhagen on “The Forgotten and Forgiven Genocides: The Massacres of the Armenians and the Jewish Holocaust—Some Comparative Reflections.”  Read the press release. March 23: Lecture by Martin H. Halabian on “The Quest for an Armenian National Home” in Belmont.  Read the press release. April 13: Forum on “The Recovery of Armenian Territories: An Impossible Dream or Realistic Possibility?” with Yervant Azadian, Leo Sarkisian, James B. Gidney, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Manoog S. Young, in Belmont.  Read the press release. May 19: Nineteenth Annual Assembly of Members with talk by Richard Frye on “Armenian Studies—Past, Present, and...

January 14: Lecture by Prof. Michael E. Stone on “Recent Trends in Armenological Studies.” June 3: “Forum on the Armenian Press in America: Its Purpose and Relevance,” with Edward K. Boghosian, Robert Nakashian, Varoujan Samuelian, and James H. Tashjian; moderated by Rev. Vartan Hartunian. Presented by the Greater Boston Chapter of NAASR at the Hosmer School, Watertown, MA. June 17-18: Eighteenth Annual Assembly of Members and NAASR Banquet with lecture by Vartan Gregorian on “New Impetus for Armenian Studies” and Richard Norsigian on “Armenian Studies and Armenian Schools.” June 29: Book talk by Dickran Boyajian on “Armenia: The Case for...

April 29: Lecture by Prof. Clifford C. Lamberg-Kalovsky on “Recent Trends in Archaeology and Their Relevance to Armenian Studies” at Harvard.  Read the press release. May 10: Discussion of “Campus and Cultural Life in Armenia” with Robert Der Bedrosian, Philip and Sonia Ketchian, and Garabed Kassakhian. May 21: Lecture by Genevieve C. Jones on “How Armenian Words Are Formed” at Harvard. July 12: Discussion of “Armenian Life in the Middle East.” September 13: Discussion of “Armenian Priorities” in the United States. October 28-30: International Conference on Authority and Democracy (co-sponsored by Harvard’s Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and...

October 29-30: Conference on Modern Armenian History (co-sponsored by Harvard’s Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies) with S. A. Essefian, Manoog S. Young, Alice O. Kasparian, Martin H. Halabian, James Etmekjian, Walter C. Bandazian, Richard G. Hovannisian, John P. Richardson, Joseph L. Grabill, Thomas A. Bryson, Vahakn. N. Dadrian, Edward Minasian, Robert Mirak, Jack Danielian, Winifred E. Morgan, A. O. Sarkissian, Aram Tolegian, Onnik Keshishian, Karlen Mooradian, Arra S. Avakian. November 20: Illustrated lecture by Prof. John Carswell on “The Armenian Community of New Julfa and Its Churches and Historical Shrines” at...