Prior Years

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:...

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.

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.”