Prior Years
1960
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:...
1959
April 17: Lecture by Dr. Speros Vryonis on “The Byzantine Empire and the Armenians” at Harvard. May 15-16: Fifth Annual Assembly of Members held at Harvard’s Memorial Hall and conference on “The Culture, Society, and Politics of Medieval Armenia.” June 30: NAASR sponsors lecture by Dr. Avedis K. Sanjian, “Sojourn in Armenia.” October 23: Panel Discussion on “A Look Into the Future of Armenian Studies at Harvard,” with Sir Hamilton A. R. Gibb, Dr. J. P. Elder, Richard N. Frye, Dr. Richard E. Pipes, at Harvard.
1958
February 28: Lecture by Prof. William Yale, “The Armenian Role in the Intellectual Awakening of the Middle East,” at Brown University. Sponsored by the Providence Section of NAASR. April 8: Lecture by Prof. William Yale, “The Armenian Role in the Intellectual Awakening of the Middle East,” at Cilician Armenian Memorial Church, Watertown. May 17-18: Fourth Annual Assembly of Members held at Harvard’s Memorial Hall and symposium is held on “The Fascination of Armenian History” with Nina Garsoian, Emmannuel Varandyan, and other scholars. November 21: NAASR sponsors lecture by Prof. E. F. Sekler of Harvard University on “Aspects of Armenian Architecture.”
1957
May 11-12: Third Annual Assembly of Members held at Waldorf-Astoria in New York City with keynote address by Dr. Avedis K. Sanjian.
1956
June 8-9: Second Annual Assembly of Members and Conference, “Searchlight on Armenian Studies—Problems and Areas of Research.” Speakers are Richard N. Frye, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Carleton S. Coon, Arthur Jeffrey, Joshua Whatmough, Paul Bedoukian, Arshag O. Sarkissian, Robert Minshall, Firuz Kazemzadeh, William L. Langer