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CAS Webinar | The Lebanonization of Armenians
Tsolin Nalbantian, Assistant Professor of Modern Middle East History, Leiden University.Initial Registration is needed. For more information, please visit here
CAS Webinar | Life Extempore: Trials of Ruination in Armenia’s Soviet Factories Lori Khatchadourian, Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University
Lori Khatchadourian, Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University For more information about the event, please visit here:
The Gods of Urartu: The Religious beliefs of the Urartian Empire
Miqayel Badalyan Director of the “Erebuni” Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.Friday, October 23, 2020 – 12:00pm PT (contingent on the developing situation in Armenia)Register here The religious belief system of the Urartian Empire, the first empire of…
Archaeology of Armenia: Early Settlement, Dragon Stones, and the Gods of Urartu
Arsen BobokhyanPhD, Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences Republic of ArmeniaFriday, October 16th, 12:00pm PT (contingent on the developing situation in Armenia)Register here
Online lecture on “The Khakhuli Dome Decoration: Eschatological and Historical Context”
On October 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm in Rome (CEST), The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz organizes an online lecture by Dr. Ekaterine Gedevanishvili on “The Khakhuli Dome Decoration: Eschatological and Historical Context.” For registration, please follow the URL: This…
The Earliest Farmers of the Caucasus: A View from Masis Blur
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Postdoctoral Scholar, CIoA, UCLAAlan Farahani, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UNLVSeptember 16, 2020, 1:00pm – 2:00pm PSTVirtual Pizza Talk Series – UCLA This talk is a summary of research conducted at the archaeological site of Masis Blur, an early farming…
SOUTH CAUCASUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FORUM S.C.A.R.F. 2020
29th February, Ertegun House, University of Oxford 9.30 Introductions Session 1 9.45 Developing Georgian Cultural Heritage Database Management Systems: challenges and future goalsGiorgi Khaburzania (National Agency for Cult. Herit. Pres. of Georgia) 10.10 Recent archaeological excavations on the Salbir Plateau…
Lecture: David Ohannessian and the Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem
In 1919, David Ohannessian founded the art of Armenian ceramics in Jerusalem, where his work and that of his followers is now celebrated as a local treasure. Born in an isolated Anatolian mountain village, Ohannessian mastered a centuries-old art form…
Workshop: Afterlives of Catastrophes: “Western Armenia” in Comparative Perspective
Organizers: Karen Jallatyan, Anoush Suni, 2019-20 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellows, U-M, and Hakem Al-Rustom, Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History, U-M. As a geography and a concept, Western Armenia is a contested category. The same territory is at once imagined…
An Armenian Odyssey: Tribute to Rouben Mamoulian: Love Me Tonight followed by excerpts from Porgy and Bess
March 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. East Building AuditoriumNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Armenian Rouben Mamoulian was born in the Georgian capital of Tiflis and trained at the Moscow Art Theater under Eugene Vakhtangov. Arriving in New York after…
An Armenian Odyssey: Zangezur
In collaboration with the Freer Gallery of Art, Post-Classical Ensemble, the Embassy of Armenia, and the National Cinema Center of Armenia, this cycle of short and feature-length films is presented as part of a celebration of Armenian music, art, and…
An Armenian Odyssey: Kevork Mourad’s Four Acts for Syria followed by Hakob Hovnatanyan and Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme
In collaboration with the Freer Gallery of Art, Post-Classical Ensemble, the Embassy of Armenia, and the National Cinema Center of Armenia, this cycle of short and feature-length films is presented as part of a celebration of Armenian music, art, and…
An Armenian Odyssey: The Color of Pomegranates preceded by Kiev Frescoes
In collaboration with the Freer Gallery of Art, Post-Classical Ensemble, the Embassy of Armenia, and the National Cinema Center of Armenia, this cycle of short and feature-length films is presented as part of a celebration of Armenian music, art, and…
Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile
January 22, 20206:30 PM-8:30 PM Location: HG 1030, University of California, Irvine The Vahe & Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series present, “Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile” by Sylvia Alajaji, Associate Professor of Music, Department Chair of…
Lecture: Migration, Family, and Health: Insights from Central Eurasia and Sub-Saharan Africa
USC Sociology Speaker Series Victor AgadjanianProfessor of Sociology, UCLA Friday, November 8, 201912:30 – 2:00pmHSH 201, University of Southern California The talk will provide an overview of Mr. Agadjanian’s recent and current research projects focused on the association of international migration…
The Thirty Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
May 13, 2020 | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM Location: HG 1030, University of California, Irvine The Vahe & Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series present, “The Thirty Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924” by Benny Morris, Historian and Journalist. Benny…
Sultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks: Writing Ottoman Jewish History, Denying the Armenian Genocide
April 15, 2020 | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM Location: HG 1030, University of California, Irvine The Vahe & Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series present, “Sultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks: Writing Ottoman Jewish History, Denying the Armenian Genocide” by Marc Baer,London School of…
Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile
January 22, 2020 | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM Location: HG 1030, University of California, Irvine The Vahe & Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series present, “Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile” by Sylvia Alajaji, Associate Professor of Music, Department…
Book Signing: “Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds”
December 4, 2019 | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM Location: HG 1030, University of California, Irvine The UCI Armenian Studies Program presents a book signing of “Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds” by Professor…
Light the Beacons: Investigating the Fortress Landscapes of Armenia
Tiffany Earley-SpadoniUniversity of Central Florida October 29, 2019 @ 7:30 pm Burpee Museum of Natural History, Auditorium 737 North Main Street Rockford, IL 61103 United States AIA Society: RockfordVartan Gregorian Lecture Fire beacon communication is not simply an artistic invention…
Lecture: Who Spoke for Russia’s Muslims? Turkic Sources on Russian Empire in the Caucasus
Sean Pollock, Wright State University Oct 8, 2019 12:00 pm 101 International Studies BuildingUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The archives of post-Soviet Eurasia are filled with documents concerning relations between tsarist officials and “Russia’s Muslims” between the 15th and 20th centuries (here…
CFP: Armenia & Byzantium Without Borders III
Graduate and Early Career WorkshopAustrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 8–10 May 2020 Deadline: 31 October 2019 Within the framework of ‘Moving Byzantium: Mobility, Microstructure and Personal Agency,’ a five-year project funded through the Wittgenstein-Prize (), ‘Armenia & Byzantium without…
Conference “Modern Problems of Ecology”
On September 26-27-28, 2020, an international scientific conference on Modern Problems of Economy will be held at the assembly hall of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences and in Ikalto Academy (Monastery Complex). The conference is dedicated to the 180th…
“Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds.”
WEDNESDAY, NOV 20 | 5—6:30 PMLecture: “Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds.”Houri Berberian, Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies; Director, Armenian Studies Program, University of California, Irvine. Room 555, Weiser Hall, 500…
“Head of State” (Directed by Hrant Yeritskinyan; 2016).
WEDNESDAY, NOV 13 | 7—9 PMFilm Screening: “Head of State” (Directed by Hrant Yeritskinyan; 2016).Room 555, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. More information is available here.
“Palimpsests of Ruins: Between Armenian and Kurdish Histories in Anatolia.”
WEDNESDAY, OCT 9 | 5—6:30 PM Lecture: “Palimpsests of Ruins: Between Armenian and Kurdish Histories in Anatolia.”Anoush Tamar Suni, 2019-20 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M. Room 555, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. More information is available here.
“Pluricentric Armenian in a Diasporic Context: Reflections on Second Dialect Acquisition.”
Shushan Karapetian, Deputy Director of the Institute of Armenian Studies, University of Southern California; Tamar Boyadjian, Associate Professor of Medieval Literature, Michigan State University; and Vahe Sahakyan, Research Scholar, Senior Information Resources Specialist, U-M-Dearborn. Room 555, Weiser Hall, 500 Church…
“Generations and Legacies: Louise Manoogian Simone’s Vision for Armenian Studies.”
FRIDAY, SEPT 13 | 7—9 PM & SATURDAY SEPT 14 | 9 AM—6 PM Conference: “Generations and Legacies: Louise Manoogian Simone’s Vision for Armenian Studies.” Room 1010, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. More information is available…
Workshop at The 3rd Crete Summer School of Linguistics — July 24, 2019
THE CAUCASUS is often called “the mountain of tongues”; this relatively small landmass between the Black and the Caspian Sea is home to almost a hundred languages, with three families indigenous to the area: Kartvelian, Nakh-Dagestanian, and Northwest Caucasian. The…
Innovate Armenia! Through Old Routes to New Roots
In a one-of-its-kind festival, listen to talks on ancestral roots, meet post-revolution leaders from Armenia, enjoy art and music - all with a glass of beer from Armenia. More details to come.
Lecture: Historians in Action: How and Why We Reclaim an Armenian Feminist Past
Professor Bilal will first provide an overall introduction to Feminism in Armenian: An Interpretive Anthology and Digital Archive, a collaborative project with Lerna Ekmekçioğlu (MIT) that aims to end the ever-present invisibility of activist women in Armenian historiography and collective memory.
Entangled Encounters: Antiquity and Modernity in Armenian Studies
Armenian Studies means different things to different people. This conference aims to bring scholars of diverse time periods in this field into conversation with one another for reciprocal enrichment
Lecture: “Digital Storytelling in Archaeology”
Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni will be joining the Stanford AIA Chapter on Friday, February 8, 2019, at 8:00pm, Packard Bldg., Room 101
Reception to follow.
Armeno-Iranica Conference: A Shared History
January 26, 2019 – January 27, 2019Armenian Studies ProgramUniversity of California, Irvine, USA co-organized by the Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, the Center for Persian Studies (UCI), Richard Hovannisian Chair in Modern Armenian History (UCLA), and Pourdavoud Center…
Lecture and Concert: “An Evening of Georgian Chant”
Graham is a leading authority in the history and practice of Georgian chant, and is joined in this lecture and concert by 12 singers from the Republic of Georgia. This vibrant tradition of sacred and secular music features three-voice polyphonic settings with close exploration of a single band of sound. SMND students who traveled to Georgia on Alice A. Martin Fellowships will host the musicians from Georgia.