Prior Years

March 21: “An Evening with Emmanuel P. Varandyan: Readings from Armenian Literature and Their Interpretation” at Harvard. April 18: Lecture by Karlen Mooradian on “Arshile Gorky: A Biographical and Critical Presentation” at Harvard. June 12-14: Fifteenth Annual Assembly of Members and Conference on Armenian Studies in the United States, with Gia Aivazian, Vartan Artinian, Arten Ashjian, Arra Avakian, Walter Bandazian, Joseph C. Codsi, George A. Egan, Nina Garsoian, John Hanessian, Richard Hovannisian, Genevieve Jones, Hovhannes Kasparian, Onnig Keshishian, Krikor Maksoudian, Moses Manoushagian, William L. Moran, Louise Nalbandian, Tiran Nersoyan, Sirarpie Ohanessian, Hagop Pambookian, Avedis K. Sanjian, Edmond Schutz, Robert W....

May 10: Forum on “What Is the Role of the Armenian Political Parties Today?” at Harvard. May 11: Fourteenth Annual Assembly of Members. October 25: Panel on “Dilemma of the American-Armenian” with Ara Dostourian, Robert Mirak, Leo Sarkisian, Murray Shapiro, Diana Zacarian, at Harvard. December 6: Slide presentation on “Historic and Modern Armenia” by Manoog S. Young and Mary T. Killelea.

April 21: Panel discussion on “What Is the Armenian Question Today?” with Dickran Boyajian, Setrak B. Minas, Charles A. Vertanes, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Manoog S. Young. June 10: Thirteenth Annual Assembly of Members. Dedication of new headquarters building at 175 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge.

June 20-24: NAASR Summer Institute on Armenian History and Culture at Harvard University, with sessions taught by Rev. Arten Ashjian, Michael J. Connolly, James Etmekjian, Richard N. Frye, Nina G. Garsoian, Cyrus Gordon, Ben Halpern, Helmut H. Koester, William L. Langer, Mary K. Matossian, Hagop Nersoyan, Avedis Sanjian, A. O. Sarkissian, Robert W. Thomson, George H. Williams. The Institute includes 25 daytime lectures and evening programs. June 25: Twelfth Annual Assembly of Members. November 21: Lecture by Robert Mirak on “Armenian Immigration to America: Problems and Lessons” at Harvard.

March 26: Tenth Anniversary Banquet at Harvard Club of New York City. Announcement of plans to create full-time Armenian Studies program at Columbia University. October 15-17: Eleventh Annual Assembly of Members and forum on “Preserving the Armenian Heritage and Cultural Values.” World premiere of film “Where Are My People?” by J. Michael Hagopian.

March 20: Lecture by Michael E. Stone on “Armenian and Biblical Studies” at Harvard. April 17: Lecture by Roman Jakobson on “Slavic and Armenian Questions in the Middle Ages” at Harvard. May 15: Lecture by Prof. V. L. Parsegian on “Armenia Revisited by an American-Armenian Scientist” at Harvard. June 11-14: Tenth Annual Assembly of Members, Tenth Anniversary Banquet, and International Conference on the Armenian Language with Robert W. Thomson, Hagop Nersoyan, Michael E. Stone, A. A. Bedikian, Robert Godel, Charles Dowsett, Frederic Feydit, Arra S. Avakian, Paul Bedoukian, Roman Jakobson, Paul Essabal, Richard N. Frye, M. G. Sevag, Nina Garsoian,...

March 1: Lecture on “Armenia at the Crossroads: 1917-21” by Prof. Firuz Kazamzadeh. April 20: Kick-Off Banquet and Reception at UCLA for Armenian Studies Fund featuring film director Rouben Mamoulian and others. May 18-19: Ninth Annual Assembly of Members with panel discussion “The Armenian Heritage—Why Should It Be Perpetuated?” With Hagop Nersoyan, Robert Mirak, Marjorie Housepian, Max Boudakian, Vernon Aspaturian, Emmanuel Varandyan, and Lionel Galstaun, moderator. December 6: NAASR sponsors lecture by Richard E. Pipes on “The Armenian Question in the Formation of the Soviet Union” at Harvard.

February 16: Lecture by Hagop Nersoyan on “The Battle of Avarair and the Epic of Vartan” at Harvard. March 16: Lecture by Dr. Samuel Van Valkenburg on “Geography: Armenia’s Greatest Enemy” at Harvard. May 12: Eighth Annual Assembly of Members with cultural program on “Armenian Folklore and Mythology” with Artin Shalian and Avedis Sanjian. October 19: Lecture by Richard G. Hovannisian on “"Armenian Communities of the Far East,” for Los Angeles Chapter of NAASR.

January: NAASR sponsors West Coast lecture tour by Avedis Sanjian. March 17: Lecture by Manasseh G. Sevag on “Armenian Men of Science: A Survey of Science in Armenia and the Diaspora Through the Ages” at Harvard. March 29: Lecture on “Problems of the Prehistory of the Armenian Language” by Prof. Werner Winter at Harvard. April 21: Lecture by James Etmekjian on “The Armenian Renaissance” for NAASR Los Angeles Section. May 12-13: Seventh Annual Assembly of Members at Harvard’s Memorial Hall with symposium on “Armenian Art and Archaeology.” June 4: Lecture by Paul Essabal, “The Efforts of Sahag and Mashtotz in...

April 20: Lecture by Prof. Roderic Davison on “Armenian Influence on Ottoman Reforms in the Nineteenth Century” at Harvard. May 13-14: Sixth Annual Assembly of Members held with symposium on “The Armenians in America: Their History, Contributions, and Problems," featuring Nona Balakian, Siranoosh Der Manuelian, James Etmekjian, Oscar Handlin, V. L. Parsegian, Zareh Thomajan, and Emmanuel P. Varandyan. Listen to "The Armenians in America: Their History, Contributions, and Problems." View the program for the Assembly and symposium. September 15: Lecture at Harvard on “Armenian Educational Problems in the Middle East” by Dr. John Markarian, President, Haigazian College, Beirut. November 25:...