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Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Tenny Arlen’s To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here? - December 6, 2025
Dr. Jesse Arlen presents To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here?, a bilingual collection of Tenny Arlen’s poetry, joined by Susan Barba, Hagop Gulludjian, and Arthur Ipek.
Seminar: An Overview of Shared Artistic Traditions Between Armenia and Byzantium - December 6, 2025
Dr. Zaruhi Hakobyan’s seminar explores shared Armenian–Byzantine artistic traditions through case studies on St. Thecla imagery, the Gospel of Queen Mlk’e, and altar sculpture, building on themes from her lecture....
Simone Zoppellaro - Tracking Influence: Unpacking Azerbaijan’s Clout Across the Vatican and Italy - December 4, 2025
Join Italian investigative journalist Simone Zoppellaro on Azerbaijan’s influence campaigns across Italy and the Vatican, and how these efforts fit into Baku’s broader geopolitical strategy vis-à-vis Europe.
Cultural, Artistic, and Linguistic Expressions of the Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Armenians: The Case of Monumental Painting - December 4, 2025
Dr. Zaruhi Hakobyan’s lecture examines the cultural legacy of the Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Armenian community, introducing themes that will continue in her December 6 seminar on Armenian–Byzantine artistic traditions.
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