Prior Years

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...