Prior Years
Strangers in a Promised Land ~ Friday, November 15, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA James Bridges Theater)
A screening of the remastered 1984 documentary about the struggles of Armenian immigrants arriving in California in the early 1900s, followed by a discussion with prominent member of the Fresno Armenian community Mr. Bryan Bedrosian, and Carla Garapedian, Ph.D. of the Armenian Film Foundation.
Recreating Home in Exile: The Armenian Memory Book (Houshamadean) as Artifact and Road Map ~ Thursday, November 14, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building), on YouTube, and on Zoom
In this illustrated talk, Dr. Khatchig Mouradian will explore the memorial book as a literary genre, art, and artifact.
Ottoman Passports: Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908 ~ Monday, November 4, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA Bunche Hall) and on Zoom
İlkay Yılmaz reconsiders the history of two political issues, the Armenian and Macedonian questions, approaching both through the lens of mobility restrictions during the late Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1908 in her book Ottoman Passports.
Artsakh Uprooted: Aftermaths of Displacement ~ Saturday, November 2, 2024 ~ In-Person (USC Dornsife)
In light of the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of the Artsakh, the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies is hosting a daylong symposium featuring prominent figures from academia, the arts, and civil society, who will share their firsthand experiences of conflict, life under blockade, and dispossession.
Conversations on Photography: Images of Global Armenian Life ~ Tuesday, October 29, 2024 ~ In-Person (Project Save)
Erhan Arik will discuss his work from 'Gayan', a book featuring images of modern Armenian life around the world.
Book Talk: An Armenian Futūh Narrative ~ Monday, October 28, 2024 ~ In-Person (Columbia University)
Historians Sergio La Porta and Alison M. Vacca will discuss their English translation of Armenian priest Lewond’s chronicle of 8th century caliphal rule in Armenia.
Classifying the Cartozians: Visibility and Citizenship ~ Thursday, October 24, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building), on YouTube, and on Zoom
This lecture addresses the politics of visibility and legal belonging by following the Cartozian family—from their sitting for an Ottoman expatriation portrait to exit the Ottoman Empire in 1906 to the family’s own deft use of advertising and portrait photography in the United States.
The International Recognition of the Armenian Genocide: Memorial, Political, and Geopolitical Stakes of a Decades-Long Unfinished Struggle ~ October 23 - 25, 2024 ~ Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation (Yerevan, Armenia)
The central aim of this international conference is to study how and why, since the end of the Second World War and more significantly since the 1960s onwards, international actors have positioned themselves on the matter of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide—as well as how and why their respective positions have evolved over time.
'The Very Limit of Our Endurance': Rev. Hovhannes Eskijian and His Network of Resisters During the Armenian Genocide ~ Friday, October 18, 2024 ~ In-Person (UCLA Mong Learning Center) and on Zoom
This talk explores the role of Reverend Hovhannes Eskijian and his associates in the underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats who resisted the destruction of the Armenian people during World War I.
Gaslighting the World: How Azerbaijan Falsifies History and Denies Armenian Existence ~ Wednesday, October 16, 2024 ~ In-Person (NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building), on YouTube, and on Zoom
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)Presents the Fifth Annual Prof. Charles B. Garabedian Lecture