This page lists events organized by other organizations. These are not ARISC events.
AANCS Inaugural Forum “The North Caucasus: Land, Peoples, Diasporas”
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026Time: 11:00 AM (Eastern Time)Location: Jones Hall, Room 202, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University (in person)Format: Hybrid format (in person and on Zoom)Please use this Zoom link if you plan to join the event online:https://kean-edu.zoom.us/j/93691831963?pwd=VtVSwVUuuqxGAHmMhni5Xk5bjctKhg.1 AANCS is a newly established scholarly organization dedicated to advancing research, teaching, collaboration and […]
Event: Online Talk on Early Soviet Azerbaijani Cinema — 23 June 2026 (BAFTSS Transnational Screens SIG)
“Screening National Realism: The Films of Azerbaijan in the Early Soviet Years”Prof Michael G. Smith (Purdue University) Tuesday 23 June 2026 at 5pm British Summer Time (noon Eastern / 11am Central) This talks is part of the BAFTSS Transnational Screens SIG online talk series “Transimperial Cinema: Film Geographies from Transcaucasus to Eurasia” The series brings […]
“Tiflis: An Illustrated History of Its Armenian Heritage” by Hayk Demoyan
Thursday, May 28, 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MAZoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pA3oi8OzTGi8q9GF6qaGTg#/registrationYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmenianStudies Please join NAASR for a special presentation by Dr. Hayk Demoyan drawing on his massive publication Тифлис: Иллюстрированная история Армянского наследия (Tiflis: An Illustrated History of Its Armenian Heritage, 2024). This volume presents previously unknown or […]
CfA: Global Caricatures, Cultural Misunderstandings, and the Visual Mediation of the World
Submission Deadline: June 10, 2026 Organized by Max Weber Foundation – Georgia Branch Office and the Global History of Caricatures Network The conference explores caricature and visual satire as central media of global interpretation. Moving beyond approaches that treat caricatures merely as illustrations of political opinion, the conference conceptualizes caricature as an epistemic medium that […]
Exhibition: The Ones Who Stayed: An Exhibition on Contemporary Armenian Life in Istanbul
Thursday, April 30, 20267:00pm PacificLos Angeles, CA 90039In-person event The USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies announces The Ones Who Stayed, a photography exhibition on the Armenian community of Istanbul. Presented as part of the Institute’s Armenian History Month programming series, the project poses a fundamental question: If we centered presence rather than absence, vitality […]
Symposium: “New Diasporas for an Old Diaspora: Armenian Hybrid Communities in the 21st Century”
Saturday, May 2, 2026Humanities Gateway 1030 on the UC Irvine campusIn-person event This one-day gathering, led by Dr. Talar Chahinian and Dr. Sossie Kasbarian, will bring together scholars from North America and Europe whose research explores the evolving and layered formations of Armenian diaspora life that have emerged over recent decades. More information at https://www.humanities.uci.edu/events/new-diasporas-old-diaspora-armenian-hybrid-communities-21st-century
Conference: Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus
The SHOC Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in association with the Medieval Caucasus Network and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, is happy to announce that registration for the international conference ‘Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus’ is open. The registration link can be found at https://www.vub.be/en/event/studying-non-elites-in-medieval-caucasus. All are welcome, including academics, students […]
CfP: An Interdisciplinary Workshop Titled “Medical Manuscripts: Translation and Transfer of Knowledge in Transimperial Contexts”
Venue & Date: Yerevan, Matenadaran, April 17, 2026The deadline for submissions is December 30, 2025 Matenadaran invites scholars and researchers to participate in an interdisciplinary workshoptitled “Medical Manuscripts, Translation and Transfer of knowledge in the TransimperialSettings”, dedicated to explore the transmission, adaptation/transadaptaion, andtransformation of medical knowledge across cultures and centuries through the study ofArmenian manuscript […]
Reading: Peter Balakian reads from his new book, New York Trilogy
October 27, 20254:00-5:30pmFaculty House at Columbia UniversityEntrance is on 116th St. between Amsterdam and Morningside Dr.Registration requiredReception to follow. An American long poem in three sections by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian that moves between decades of tumultuous life in New York City and the Middle East. In inventive, elliptical language, New York Trilogy explores […]
Writing History: An Evening with Ken Khachigian
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies and USC Center for the Political Future will host an evening with Ken Khachigian, presidential speechwriter and political strategist. In his new memoir, Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with Reagan & Nixon, Khachigian highlights the importance of communication and leadership under pressure, […]
Pamela and Edward Avedisian Graduate Symposium in Armenian Studies – October 2 & 3, 2025
About the Symposium As part of the celebration of its 70th Anniversary, on October 2 & 3, 2025, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host the Pamela and Edward Avedisian Graduate Symposium in Armenian Studies at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building. An international lineup of speakers will present papers on a […]
Seminar: The Perception and Meaning of Homeland and Identity Among Muslim Meskhetians in Diverse Cultural ContextsSeminar:
K031, Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA Thursday, March 27th 6-7:30 pm Ekaterine Pirtskhalava and Shota Bekadze will discuss their respective research projects that explore the perception and meaning of homeland and identity among Muslim Meskhetians across diverse cultural contexts, particularly in Central Asia and the United States. Following their forced deportation from Georgia in […]
CFA: Post-Soviet Transformations: Geopolitics, Nation-building and Development
9 – 10 October, 2025 The Faculty of International Relations at Yerevan State University organizes its second annual conference on politics and international affairs. The 2025 conference is titled “Post-Soviet Transformations: Geopolitics, Nation-building and Development”. The conference aims to bring together scholars specializing in post-Soviet studies. It will serve as a venue for academic discussions and a meeting point […]
American Councils Study & Research Abroad programming Summer 2025 information sessions
The deadline for the American Councils Study & Research Abroad programming in Summer 2025 is February 15, 2025 Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP) Armenian in Yerevan, Armenia Azerbaijani and Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan Georgian and Ukrainian in Tbilisi, Georgia Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan Kyrgyz in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Pashto, Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki), and Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan […]
Talk: Dr. Kate Franklin, “Silk Roads Through Armenia: A Story Told with Objects”
The second talk of the AMES-Silk Roads Lecture Series: For anyone interested in Theology, History, Art History, Eastern Christianity, Armenian Studies, and Silk Roads here is a fabulous talk by: Dr. Kate Franklin from Birkbeck, University of London,“Silk Roads Through Armenia: A Story Told with Objects”December 2nd, 2024 | 1:30–2:30 PM (CST)Adorjan Hall, Room 142, […]
Talk: “Untold Stories of Urban Armenia”
On November 21, 2024, at 6:30 PM, join the Armenian Institute in person or online for their event “Untold Stories of Urban Armenia”. Dr. Sarhat Petrosyan will provide a historical overview of urbanization in Armenia and share insights from fascinating research projects he’s been part of, particularly on the Soviet-style atomic city of Metsamor. Metsamor, […]
Webinar: A Brief History of Armenian Diplomacy
Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:30-2:00pm EST Register: https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/brief-history-armenian-diplomacy Hakob Gabrielyan, Speaker (Senior Lecturer, Russian-Armenian University; Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia)Vahan Hunanyan, Moderator (Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs) The history of Armenian diplomacy, understood as a set of policies, practices, and diplomatic activities of the Armenian nation, is vivid and eventful. […]
‘The Very Limit of Our Endurance’: Rev. Hovhannes Eskijian and His Network of Resisters during the Armenian Genocide
Speaker: Khatchig Mouradian, Ph.D., Columbia University and the U.S. Library of Congress Date & Time: Friday, October 18, 2024, at 7:00 PM (Pacific Time) Hybrid: Registration for this event is required and free. To learn more and register please visit bit.ly/kerrfamilylecture2024. “‘The Very Limit of Our Endurance’: Rev. Hovhannes Eskijian and his network of resisters during the Armenian Genocide” […]
Writing Against Stalin’s Western City: Mkrtich Armen’s Yerevan (1931) and the Specter of the “New East” (Nor Arevelk’)
Speaker: David Leupold, Ph.D, research fellow, the Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin Date & Time: Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Pacific Time) Hybrid: Registration for this event is required and free. To learn more and register please visit bit.ly/PAI10-09-24. “Writing Against Stalin’s Western City: Mkrtich Armen’s Yerevan (1931) and the Specter of the […]
CFA: Writing Across Boundaries Program
To integrate new research and perspectives from underrepresented regions and groups in English-language publishing outlets in Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies at Arizona State University, and University of Amsterdam are inviting applications for their Writing Across Boundaries Program. […]
CFP: International Conference <> (Joint Meeting CESS-ESCAS)
Lisbon, January 8/10, 2025 In-person onlyIn January 2025, Lisbon will host the Joint Meeting of the CESS (Central Eurasian Studies Society) and the ESCAS (European Society for Central Asian Studies) – an International Conference on «Geopolitics, Migrations and Identities in Central Eusasia». We hope that this initiative will help bringing Central Eurasian studies to the forefront of […]
CfP: 22nd Annual UCLA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Deadline: 1:59pm (PST) on September 10, 2024 The UCLA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies Committee invites current graduate students and recent graduates (MA or PhD within the last two years) to present their research at the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies on February 21, 2025. Research papers will be accepted on […]
Zoom Talk: Jeff Sahadeo: “Will the River Take Care of Itself? Economy, the Environment and the Everyday in Late Soviet Georgia”
On May 9, 2024, at 7 pm Tbilisi time, the biweekly research colloquium of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research will host Jeff Sahadeo, Associate Professor at Carleton University, with a talk on his current research project: “Will the River Take Care of Itself? Economy, the Environment and the Everyday in Late Soviet Georgia.” […]
13th Annual International Graduate Student Workshop in Armenian Studies: “Language Revitalization and Resurgence: The Case of Modern Armenian”
Date: March 8 and 9, 2024 Location: Campus Location: Weiser Hall 1010, Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91769254957 The Thirteenth Annual International Graduate Student Workshop will focus on various issues related to the modern Armenian language. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of Armenian independence, de-Russification processes have allowed Eastern Armenian to gain an increasing […]
Preliminary Program: Sergei Parajanov at One Hundred: Chimeras of Nation, Form, and Being
February 22 to 24, 2024, at USC Preliminary Program Thursday, February 22 5 pm – Reception, School of Cinematic Arts Lobby 7 pm – Introduction, Screening, and Discussion of The Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme and Hakob Hovnatanyan, Ray Stark Theater Friday, February 23 Location: SCI 108 11 am-11:15 am – Welcome remarks 11:15 am-1:00 […]
CFA: Rediscovering the Cultural Heritage of Upper Svaneti, Georgia. International Cultural Workshop
Date: 26 July – 4 August 2024 Destination: Mestia, Svaneti Deadline for applications: 15 March 2024 The International Cultural Workshop is organized by the Institute of Art History and Theory at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, in cooperation with the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University and the Art History Department at Rutgers, […]
Virtual Panel: From Dissertation to Monograph: Demystifying the Process
From Dissertation to Monograph: Demystifying the Process Saturday, November 18, 2023 1:00pm EST Register at https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SGwljuDOQqSttwUN7l7ELA Panelists: Talar Chahinian, Elyse Semerdjian, Stephen Riegg Organized by UC PPFP fellow Jennifer Manoukian Co-sponsored by NAASR and Society for Armenian Studies Hosted by UC Irvine Armenian Studies Program
The Return of the Kingdom: The Armenian Capital of Ani, c.1000
When: Friday, November 10, 2023, Reception 6:00pm/ Lecture 7:00pm Where: In-Person at the Columbia University Low Library Rotunda, New York, NY Inaugural Nina Garsoian Memorial Lecture Speaker: Prof. Christina Maranci, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University The event is cosponsored by: Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department (MESAAS)Columbia University Armenian Center, […]
CFA: NISPACee 32nd Conference: Public Administration in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) invites abstracts to the 32nd Conference! “Public Administration in Post-Conflict Reconstruction“ Abstract deadline: November 10, 2023 Conference will be held May 23-25, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia The present global scenario is a testament to nations’ inherent challenges to maintain peace […]
Workshop: From Dissertation to Manuscript Online Workshop
The Slavic Reference Service invites you to join us for our upcoming online workshop “From Dissertation to Book Manuscript,” taking place Friday, October 27, 2023, 11:30 am – 1 pm CST. This workshop is geared towards graduate students, recent graduates, early-career scholars, and those new to the publishing process. Topics covered will include book proposals, […]
‘Defectors’: Conversation with Erik Scott
Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 4:30 –6pm EDT CGIS South, S354, 1730 Cambridge St, Harvard University Speaker: Erik ScottAssociate Professor of History and Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas Moderator: Mark KramerDirector, Cold War Studies Project Defectors fleeing the Soviet Union seized the world’s attention during the Cold War. Their stories […]
Seminar: “Does Georgia Have a European Future and Why Does It Matter?”
Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 at 4:30-6:00 pm Giorgi Badridze, Georgia’s former ambassador to the UK, will address the impact that the war against Ukraine has had on Georgia’s relations with the European Union and Russia. The conversation will be moderated by Stephen Jones, director of the Program on Georgian Studies, and will be held at Harvard’s […]
CFA: Writing Across Boundaries Program
To integrate new research and perspectives from underrepresented regions and groups in English-language publishing outlets in Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies at Arizona State University, and University of Amsterdam are inviting applications for their Writing Across Boundaries Program. Doctoral […]
Remembering and Celebrating the Life and Work of Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023)
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 4:00pm Eastern/1:00pm Pacific Live on Zoom. Registration is required and free. https://bit.ly/NAASR-SAS-RGH Livestream on the NAASR YouTube channel Armenian Studies. https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmenianStudies Organized and hosted by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) with respect and gratitude for Prof. Hovannisian’s immeasurable contributions […]
Zoom workshop – Using archives and libraries to research histories of Eastern Europe and Eurasia
On Thursday 6th July, 2023, 14:00-16:00 UK time, the BASEES Eurasian Regions Study Group are co-hosting a postgraduate workshop on the practical side of conducting archival and library research in Eastern Europe & Eurasia. The event will feature presentations on the British Library and the Bridge Research Network, as well as breakout rooms with researchers who […]
Colloquium: “Russians, Go Home”: Towards Understanding Russian (Neo)Imperialism in Tbilisi / Sofia Gavrilova
On June 30, Friday, at 7:00 pm Tbilisi time, the Institute for Social and Cultural Research at Ilia State University invites you to the last biweekly research colloquium of this semester, which will host Dr. Sofia Gavrilova from the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig (Germany) with the following talk: “Russians, Go Home: Towards […]
Arts, Heritage, and Belonging: Armenian Transcultural Entanglements
June 14 – 15, 2023 | 2023 Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Co-organizers: Donna A. Buchanan (Professor, Music, Anthropology, Slavic Languages & Literatures); Maureen E. Marshall (Associate Director, REEEC; President, ARISC) Location: Levis Faculty Center, Room 210(919 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801) Forum Program Presenters and Abstracts Co-organized by […]
Lecture: “Narratives of Decline and Revival of Handicrafts in the South Caucasus, 1900-1930”
On April 19, 2023, at 7 pm Tbilisi time, the biweekly research colloquium of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research at Ilia State University will host Sohee Ryuk who will present about “Narratives of Decline and Revival of Handicrafts in the South Caucasus, 1900-1930.” Abstract: The end of the nineteenth century saw increased interest in […]
ASEEES Spring Career Webinar Series
ASEEES is offering their spring webinar series on non-academic careers for members. For more information and to register, visit the ASEEES Webinars page. You must be a current ASEEES member to register. Part I: Navigating Government Careers, March 23, 2023 – 4:30-5:45pm EST Join five panelists of ASEEES professionals as they discuss their transitions from the academic […]
Talk: “Dealing with Smallness in Habsburg Bohemia, Ottoman Albania and Tsarist Georgia in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”
The biweekly research colloquium of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research at Ilia State University will host Prof. Adrian Brisku’s online seminar on March 22, at 7 pm Tbilisi time. Adrian Brisku will give a talk under the title “Dealing with Smallness in Habsburg Bohemia, Ottoman Albania and Tsarist Georgia in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth […]