Prior Years

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.