Speaker: Elise E. Schlecht, MARS-REEERS, Doctoral Candidate, and ARISC Member Date & Time: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 7pm Yerevan, 11am US EDT (Registration required) How does a city come to terms with its near total destruction? How does the image of…
Planning a trip to the South Caucasus or want to visit virtually? ARISC is offering a series of sessions on food in the region. Join us! Travelers to the South Caucasus return with wonderful tales of amazing foods, from simple…
We are celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2026! We will be updating this page through the year with various events and programs. Be sure to check back regularly! Our goal this year is to raise $20,000. You can help us…
Talin Lindsay American Research Institute of the South Caucasus Thursday, September 18, 2025 10:00am EDT; 6:00pm South Caucasus time Registration required: (you will be sent a link after registering) This lecture is developed for people interested in completing a…
Speaker: Dr. Peter Cobb, Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 7pm Yerevan, 11am US EDT Zoom: (Registration required) During the summer of 2025, the Ararat Plain Southeast Archaeological Project (APSAP)…
Speaker: Timothy B. Sailors, Mitarbeiter, Asien-Orient-Institut & Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Friday, October 4, at 7pm Yerevan, 11am US EDT Zoom: (Registration required) Over 130 years of research by Armenologists and biblical scholars…
Speaker: Hasmik Petrosyan, PhD student, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of RA, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Friday, September 27, at 7pm Yerevan, 11:00am US EDT Zoom: (Registration required) The presentation…
Speakers: Caitlin Curtis Whitaker, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, ARISC Fellow Gohar Hovakimyan, Director of Projects, Armenian Heritage Development Foundation (AHDF), ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Thursday, August 29, 2024, at 7pm Yerevan time, 11am US EDT Through collaboration between the…
Speaker: V. Armineh Babikian, PhD candidate, University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Tuesday, August 27, at 7pm Yerevan, 11:00am US EDT This presentation explores the speaker’s experiences leading disability-inclusive and accessible qualitative research in Armenia.…
Speaker: Sydney Hunter, Graduate Candidate, Ohio State University, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Monday, August 26, 2024, at 7pm Yerevan, 11:00am US EDT Zoom: (Registration required) New archaeobotanical research – the study of ancient plant remains (carbonized seeds and plant…
Speaker: Henry Shapiro, Assistant Professor, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Monday, August 19, 2024, at 7pm Yerevan, 11:00am US EDT Zoom: (Registration required) Until the seventeenth century, the center of gravity of Armenian intellectual and cultural…
Speaker: Lori Pirinjian, PhD candidate, University of California, Los Angeles, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Friday, August 16, 2024, at 8pm Yerevan, 12:00pm EDT, 9:00am PDT Zoom: (Registration required) Lori Pirinjian was able to spend three-months in Armenia from…
Speaker: Dr. Anna Ohanyan, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of International Relations, Stonehill College, Massachusetts, ARISC Fellow Date & Time: Monday, June 3, 2024, at 11am Yerevan/Tbilisi time The talk will take place in hybrid format: Address: Yerevan: 1 Alex…
co-led by Dr. Kate Franklin (Birkbeck, University of London)Dr. Julie George (Graduate Center, City University of New York) ARISC is organizing an online workshop for participants to learn about the publication process and to prepare a piece for submission. The…