Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration
Istanbul, TurkeyApril 24, 2015 will mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a concerted campaign by Ottoman leaders that resulted in the deaths and exile of the vast majority of […]
Events for April 1, 2015 - March 7, 2014
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UCLA to Host Important Conference to Mark 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
LOS ANGELES—From April 10-11, 2015. The Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA will hold a conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The event […]
Between Historical Explanation and Narrative Understanding: The Story of Menk and the Burden of Representation
Haines A25A lecture by Dr. Talar Chahinian California State University, Long Beach Event Flyer Dr. Chahinian’s presentation will overview the work of a group of orphans, who, in 1931, launched a short-lived, […]
Ottoman (Dis)Placements, Geographies and Spatialities in the World of a Seventeenth-Century Armenian Author in Kefe (Feodosia)
118 Haines HallA lecture by Professor Rachel Goshgarian Lafayette College This paper strives to reconsider seventeenth-century Armenian conceptions of space in the Ottoman Empire, specifically through the lens of a unique manuscript composed […]
Armenian Genocide Studies: A Historiographic Appraisal and the Road Ahead
Haines A25A lecture by Professor Stephan Astourian William Saroyan Director of the Armenian Studies Program University of California, Berkeley Event Flyer Professor Stephan Astourian’s talk will provide a survey of the field […]
All The Light There Was – A Novel About Armenians in Nazi-Occupied Paris
Haines A25A lecture by Nancy Kricorian Acclaimed Novelist February 25, 2015 Event Flyer While doing research on the uses of political violence by “non-state actors” for her second novel Dreams of Bread and […]
Intimacy, Testimony, Protest: Armenian Lullaby as a Genre of History
Haines A25A lecture by Dr. Melissa Bilal Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow Columbia University Event Flyer The history accumulated on the Armenian lullaby represents a resource for remembrance, story telling, and the transmission […]
Shattered Dreams of Revolution: From Liberty to Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire
A lecture by Bedross Der Mattosian Department of History University of Nebraska-Lincoln Event Flyer Podcast of Event Summarizing the main findings of his recently published book, Bedross Der Matossian will explore […]
Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present and Violence against Armenians, 1789-2009
2209A Bunche HallA lecture by Fatma Muge Gocek Professor of Sociology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Event Flyer Event Podcast While much of the international community regards the forced deportation of Armenian subjects […]
Networks of Circulation and Exchange
UCLA Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThis conference explored the symbiotic and often unexamined relationship between paper instruments, commodities, and long-distance trading networks through the experience of Armenian, Portuguese, Jewish, and Muslim communities across the worlds […]