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1955 June 11-12: NAASR holds its First Assembly of Members in Cambridge, formally adopts a Constitution, clarifies its objectives, and elects a fifteen-member Board of Directors. Symposium is held on “Armenian Studies and Research—Problems and Needs” with Prof. Richard Frye, Rev. A. A. Bedikian, Prof. Roman Jakobson, Abp. Tiran Nersoyan, Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, and Prof. H. H. Chakmakjian. |
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1955 March 2: NAASR holds first public meeting and announces its intention to raise $300,000 from the Armenian community for an endowed chair in Armenian Studies at Harvard University |
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1956 June 8-9: Second Annual Assembly of Members and Conference, “Searchlight on Armenian Studies—Problems and Areas of Research.” Speakers are Richard N. Frye, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Carleton S. Coon, Arthur Jeffrey, Joshua Whatmough, Paul Bedoukian, Arshag O. Sarkissian, Robert Minshall, Firuz Kazemzadeh, William L. Langer |
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1957 May 11-12: Third Annual Assembly of Members held at Waldorf-Astoria in New York City with keynote address by Dr. Avedis K. Sanjian. |
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1958 May 17-18: Fourth Annual Assembly of Members held at Harvard’s Memorial Hall and symposium is held on “The Fascination of Armenian History” with Nina Garsoian, Emmannuel Varandyan, and other scholars. |
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1958 November 21: NAASR sponsors lecture by Prof. E. F. Sekler of Harvard University on “Aspects of Armenian Architecture.” |
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1959 April 17: Lecture by Dr. Speros Vryonis on “The Byzantine Empire and the Armenians” at Harvard. |
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1959 June 30: NAASR sponsors lecture by Dr. Avedis K. Sanjian, “Sojourn in Armenia.” |
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1959 May 15-16: Fifth Annual Assembly of Members held at Harvard’s Memorial Hall and conference on “The Culture, Society, and Politics of Medieval Armenia.” |
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1959 October 23: Panel Discussion on “A Look Into the Future of Armenian Studies at Harvard,” with Sir Hamilton A. R. Gibb, Dr. J. P. Elder, Richard N. Frye, Dr. Richard E. Pipes, at Harvard. |
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1960 April 20: Lecture by Prof. Roderic Davison on “Armenian Influence on Ottoman Reforms in the Nineteenth Century” at Harvard. |
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1960 May 13-14: Sixth Annual Assembly of Members held with symposium on “The Armenians in America: Their Contributions and Problems.” |
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1960 November 25: NAASR sponsors forum on “Armenia Re-examined” at Harvard. |
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1960 September 15: Lecture at Harvard on “Armenian Educational Problems in the Middle East” by Dr. John Markarian, President, Haigazian College, Beirut. |
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1961 December 1: Illustrated lecture by Arra S. Avakian on “The Geography of Ancient Armenia” at Harvard. |
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1961 January: NAASR sponsors West Coast lecture tour by Avedis Sanjian. |
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1961 March 17: Lecture by Manasseh G. Sevag on “Armenian Men of Science: A Survey of Science in Armenia and the Diaspora Through the Ages” at Harvard. |
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1961 March 29: Lecture on “Problems of the Prehistory of the Armenian Language” by Prof. Werner Winter at Harvard. |
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1961 May 12-13: Seventh Annual Assembly of Members at Harvard’s Memorial Hall with symposium on “Armenian Art and Archaeology.” |
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1961 November 3: Program on the 1600th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Mesrob, with talks by Richard Frye, Rev. Arten Ashjian, and Dickran Boyajian at Harvard. |
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1962 February 16: Lecture by Hagop Nersoyan on “The Battle of Avarair and the Epic of Vartan” at Harvard.
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1962 March 16: Lecture by Dr. Samuel Van Valkenburg on “Geography: Armenia’s Greatest Enemy” at Harvard. |
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1962 May 12: Eighth Annual Assembly of Members with cultural program on “Armenian Folklore and Mythology” with Artin Shalian and Avedis Sanjian. |
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1963 April 20: Kick-Off Banquet and Reception at UCLA for Armenian Studies Fund featuring film director Rouben Mamoulian and others. |
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1963 December 6: NAASR sponsors lecture by Richard E. Pipes on “The Armenian Question in the Formation of the Soviet Union” at Harvard.
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1963 March 1: Lecture on “Armenia at the Crossroads: 1917-21” by Prof. Firuz Kazamzadeh |
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1963 May 18-19: Ninth Annual Assembly of Members with panel discussion “The Armenian Heritage—Why Should It Be Perpetuated?” |
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1964 April 17: Lecture by Roman Jakobson on “Slavic and Armenian Questions in the Middle Ages” at Harvard. |
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1964 December 4: Lecture by Ara Dostourian on “The Crusades and the Armenians” at Harvard.
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1964 June 11-14: Tenth Annual Assembly of Members, Tenth Anniversary Banquet, and International Conference on the Armenian Language with Robert W. Thomson, Hagop Nersoyan, Michael E. Stone, A. A. Bedikian, Robert Godel, Charles Dowsett, Frederic Feydit, Arra S. Avakian, Paul Bedoukian, Roman Jakobson, Paul Essabal, Richard N. Frye, M. G. Sevag, Nina Garsoian, James Etmekjian, Pergrouhi Svajian. |
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1964 March 20: Lecture by Michael E. Stone on “Armenian and Biblical Studies” at Harvard. |
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1964 May 15: Lecture by Prof. V. L. Parsegian on “Armenia Revisited by an American-Armenian Scientist” at Harvard. |
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1964 November 14: Tenth Anniversary Banquet, Bay Area Chapter, Oakland, CA. |
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1964 October 16: Lecture by Robert W. Thomson on “Influences on the Development of the Armenian Church” at Harvard. |
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1965 March 26: Tenth Anniversary Banquet at Harvard Club of New York City. Announcement of plans to create full-time Armenian Studies program at Columbia University. |
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1965 October 15-17 |
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1965 October 15-17: Eleventh Annual Assembly of Members and forum on “Preserving the Armenian Heritage and Cultural Values.” World premiere of film “Where Are My People?” by J. Michael Hagopian. |
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1966 June 20-24: NAASR Summer Institute on Armenian History and Culture at Harvard University, with sessions taught by Rev. Arten Ashjian, Michael J. Connolly, James Etmekjian, Richard N. Frye, Nina G. Garsoian, Cyrus Gordon, Ben Halpern, Helmut H. Koester, William L. Langer, Mary K. Matossian, Hagop Nersoyan, Avedis Sanjian, A. O. Sarkissian, Robert W. Thomson, George H. Williams. The Institute includes 25 daytime lectures and evening programs. |
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1966 June 25: Twelfth Annual Assembly of Members. |
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1966 November 21: Lecture by Robert Mirak on “Armenian Immigration to America: Problems and Lessons” at Harvard. |
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1967 April 21: Panel discussion on “What Is the Armenian Question Today?” with Dickran Boyajian, Setrak B. Minas, Charles A. Vertanes, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Manoog S. Young. |
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1967 June 10: Thirteenth Annual Assembly of Members. Dedication of new headquarters building at 175 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge.
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1968 December 6: Slide presentation on “Historic and Modern Armenia” by Manoog S. young and Mary T. Killelea. |
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1968 May 10: Forum on “What Is the Role of the Armenian Political Parties Today?” at Harvard. |
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1968 May 11: Fourteenth Annual Assembly of Members. |
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1968 October 25: Panel on “Dilemma of the American-Armenian” with Ara Dostourian, Robert Mirak, Leo Sarkisian, Murray Shapiro, Diana Zacarian, at Harvard. |
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1969 April 18: Lecture by Karlen Mooradian on “Arshile Gorky: A Biographical and Critical Presentation” at Harvard. |
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1969 June 12-14: Fifteenth Annual Assembly of Members and Conference on Armenian Studies in the United States, with Gia Aivazian, Vartan Artinian, Arten Ashjian, Arra Avakian, Walter Bandazian, Joseph C. Codsi, George A. Egan, Nina Garsoian, John Hanessian, Richard Hovannisian, Genevieve Jones, Hovhannes Kasparian, Onnig Keshishian, Krikor Maksoudian, Moses Manoushagian, William L. Moran, Louise Nalbandian, Tiran Nersoyan, Sirarpie Ohanessian, Hagop Pambookian, Avedis K. Sanjian, Edmond Schutz, Robert W. Thomson, Manoog S. Young, Ara Dostourian; Robert Mirak.
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1969 March 21: “An Evening with Emmanuel P. Varandyan: Readings from Armenian Literature and Their Interpretation” at Harvard.
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1970 December 10: Reception for Prof. Muhsin Sayyid Mahdi, Director of Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, at NAASR Headquarters.
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1970 November 20: Illustrated lecture by Prof. John Carswell on “The Armenian Community of New Julfa and Its Churches and Historical Shrines” at Harvard. |
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1970 October 29-30 |
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1970 October 29-30: Conference on Modern Armenian History (co-sponsored by Harvard’s Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies) with S. A. Essefian, Manoog S. Young, Alice O. Kasparian, Martin H. Halabian, James Etmekjian, Walter C. Bandazian, Richard G. Hovannisian, John P. Richardson, Joseph L. Grabill, Thomas A. Bryson, Vahakn. N. Dadrian, Edward Minasian, Robert Mirak, Jack Danielian, Winifred E. Morgan, A. O. Sarkissian, Aram Tolegian, Onnik Keshishian, Karlen Mooradian, Arra S. Avakian. |
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1971 April 29: Lecture by Prof. Clifford C. Lamberg-Kalovsky on “Recent Trends in Archaeology and Their Relevance To Armenian Studies” at Harvard. |
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1971 July 12: Discussion of “Armenian Life in the Middle East.”
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1971 May 10: Discussion of “Campus and Cultural Life in Armenia” with Robert Der Bedrosian, Philip and Sonia Ketchian, and Garabed Kassakhian. |
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1971 May 21: Lecture by Genevieve C. Jones on “How Armenian Words Are Formed” at Harvard. |
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1971 November 19-20 |
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1971 November 19-20: Seventeenth Annual Assembly with lecture by Dr. Stanley Kerr.
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1971 October 28-30 |
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1971 October 28-30: International Conference on Authority and Democracy (co-sponsored by Harvard’s Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies) in Armenian Society” at Harvard with Vartan H. Artinian, Vahakn N. Dadrian, Nina Garsoian, Richard G. Hovannisian, David M. Lang, Robert Mirak, Karlen Mooradian, Avedis K. Sanjian, Karekin Bp. Sarkissian, Robert W. Thomson. |
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1971 October 29-31 |
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1971 October 29-31: First Armenian Book Fair in Watertown.
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1971 September 13: Discussion of “Armenian Priorities” in the United States. |
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1972 December 8: Lecture by Vartan Gregorian on “The Armenian Question in the Early 20th Century” in Belmont.
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1972 June 17-18: Eighteenth Annual Assembly of Members and NAASR Banquet with lecture by Vartan Gregorian on “New Impetus for Armenian Studies” and Richard Norsigian on “Armenian Studies and Armenian Schools.” |
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1972 June 29: Book talk by Dickran Boyajian on “Armenia: The Case for a Forgotten Genocide. |
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1973 April 13: Forum on “The Recovery of Armenian Territories: An Impossible Dream or Realistic Possibility?” with Yervant Azadian, Leo Sarkisian, James B. Gidney, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Manoog S. Young, in Belmont.
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1973 December 7: Lecture by Nina Garsoian on “Armenia in World Trade” in at Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Cambridge. |
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1973 February 9: Lecture by Prof. Erich Goldhagen on “The Forgotten and Forgiven Genocides: The Massacres of the Armenians and the Jewish Holocaust—Some Comparative Reflections.” |
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1973 March 23: Lecture by Martin H. Halabian on “The Quest for an Armenian National Home” in Belmont. |
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1973 May 19: Nineteenth Annual Assembly of Members with talk by Richard Frye on “Armenian Studies—Past, Present, and Future.” |
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1973 November 18: NAASR presents First Annual Armenian Book Fair in Providence, RI. |
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1973 November 2-4: NAASR participates in Boston Globe Book Festival at Hynes Auditorium in Boston.
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1973 October 18-20 |
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1973 October 18-20: Conference on Armenian Studies and Armenian Texts and Teaching, with Robert W. Thomson, Calvert Watkins, Avedis K. Sanjian, Richard Hovannisian, Nina Garsoian, Krikor Maksoudian, Vartan Gregorian, Puzant Rubyan, Louise Nalbandian, Arra S. Avakian, Vartan Artinian, Michael J. Connolly, Robert Mirak, Armen Ovhanesian, Hovhannes Kasparian, Edward Minasian, Kevork Donabedian, Kevork Baghdjian, Dennis Papazian, Hagop Nersoyan, Yervant Azadian. |
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1974 December 2: Second Armenian Book Fair in Providence, RI, with author talks by Jacques Kayaloff (The Battle of Sardarabad), James Etmekjian (The French Influence on the Western Armenian Renaissance), and Arshag Merguerian (The Significance of Armenian Architecture). |
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1974 December 27: Lecture by Prof. Kevork Kherlopian on “The Place of Armenian Culture in World Civilization” at St. James Church, Watertown, co-sponsored by AGBU, St. James Armenian Church Cultural Committee, and Union of Armenians of Aintab in America. |
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1974 June 22: Twentieth Annual Assembly of Members, with lectures by Prof. Omeljan Pritsak, Director of Harvard Ukrainian Institute, on “Ethnic Studies, Armenian and Ukrainian,” and Hagop Nersoyan on “Armenian Studies in the Next Decade.” |
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1974 November 10: Twentieth Anniversary Banquet and Celebration |
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1974 November 15: Lecture by Dickran Kouymjian on “Miniature Painting from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the Art of Toros Roslin” at Harvard University. |
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1974 November 29-30 |
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1974 November 29-30: Institute on Armenian Civilization in Transition, daytime lectures at Harvard University |
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1975 April 4-5: Conference on “Armenian Studies in the 20th Century,” with Dennis Papazian, Avedis K. Sanjian, Richard G. Hovannisian, Nina G. Garsoian, Kevork Kherlopian, Richard N. Frye, Hagop Nersoyan, Robert W. Thomson, Manoog S. Young, Vartan Artinian. |
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1975 December 14: NAASR holds Third Armenian Book Fair in Providence, RI.
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1975 June 14: 21st Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Frank Stone on “Armenian Studies on the Secondary Level.” |
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1975 May 20: “Armenian Folk Dance: Its Origin and Development,” talk and demonstration by Vicki Dilsizian |
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1975 November 9: NAASR holds First Armenian Book Fair in Hartford, CT, with talks by Jacques Kayaloff, James Etmekjian, and Frank Stone. |
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1975 October 17-19 |
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1975 October 17-19: NAASR participates in Boston Globe Book festival. |
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1976 February 20: Lecture by Very Rev. Zaven Arzoumanian on “The Encounter of Ethnicity and Religion in the Armenian Community of America,” at Harvard. |
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1976 January 18: Lecture by Rouben Gregorian on “Foreign Influences on Armenian Music” at NAASR Headquarters. |
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1976 June 12: 22nd Annual Assembly of Members, with lectures by Abp. Tiran Nersoyan on “The Demands of the Community on NAASR” and John A. C. Greppin on “Armenian Studies and Research in Yerevan During the Soviet Period.” |
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1976 March 26: Lecture by Vahe Oshagan on “New Perspectives in Armenian Studies.” |
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1976 May 7: Lecture by Nona Balakian on “The World of William Saroyan: The Fact and the Fiction,” at Harvard. |
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1976 October 29: Panel Discussion on “Crisis in Lebanon and Cyprus: Armenian Communities Caught in the Crossfire,” with Boghos Garmirian, Puzant Yeghiayan, Juanita Soghikian, Assadour Devledian, and Dennis Papazian, moderator, at Harvard.
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1977 April 29: Lecture by John A. C. Greppin on “Recent Theories on the Origins of the Armenians,” at Harvard. |
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1977 December 2: Lecture by Dickran Kouymjian on “Armenian Manuscript Illumination: The Secular in the Religious.”
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1977 June 3-5: 23rd Annual Assembly of Members and Banquet, with lectures by Prof. Martin Luther Kilson of Harvard University on “Armenian Studies in a Pluralistic Society,” Oscar Handlin on “Ethnic Awareness, Harvard, and NAASR,” and Dennis Papazian on “NAASR’s Unique Services to the Armenian and Academic Communities.” |
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1978 April 13: Lecture by Ara Gelenian on “Teaching About the Armenian Genocide.” |
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1978 April 9: Film Screening, “Seven Songs of Armenia,” based on book by Gevorg Emin. |
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1978 December 10: Illustrated lecture by Lucy Der Manuelian on “Medieval Armenian Architectural Sculpture.”
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1978 February 2: Lecture by Omeljan Pritsak on “The Armenians in the Ukraine and Poland.” |
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1978 January 12: Lecture by Fr. Dajad Davidian on “The Historical Relationship of the Armenian Church with World Christianity.” |
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1978 January 8: Illustrated lecture by Esther Agabian on “Historic Armenia as Seen in 1977.” |
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1978 June 24: 24th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Margot Strom and William S. Parsons on “The Importance of Teaching About the Armenian Genocide in Public Schools.” |
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1978 June 6: Lecture and Demonstration by Leon Janikian on “Instruments and Performance Practice in Armenian Music.”
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1978 March 12: “The Promotion of Armenian Studies in the Public Schools,” with Robert Mirak and Mossik Hacobian. |
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1978 March 2: Illustrated Lecture by Arshag Merguerian on “The Development of Armenian Architecture Through the Ages.” |
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1978 May 12: Launch of NAASR Armenian Heritage Press publication The Armenian Holocaust, by Richard Hovannisian, with lecture by Hovannisian on “A New Chapter in the Revision of Armenian History.” |
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1979 April 16: NAASR holds first in a series of Oral History Workshops in conjunction with Massachusetts Department of Education. |
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1979 August 1 & 15 |
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1979 August 1 & 15: Lectures by Ara Dostourian on “Experiences on a Journey To Ararat.” |
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1979 December 9: Illustrated Lecture by James Magarian on “Jerusalem: An Armenian Perspective.”
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1979 February 4: Lecture and Slide Presentation by Michael Saparoff on “A Return to the Caucasus—The Tracing of Roots.” |
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1979 January 14: Lecture and Demonstration by Gary and Susan Lind-Sinanian on “Armenian Dance: Our Endangered Art.” |
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1979 January 26: Illustrated Lecture by Levon Armenius Mnazakanian on “Aivazovsky: Life and Works of a Great Artist |
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1979 March 4: Lecture by Diane Der Hovanessian, “Armenian Women Poets Through the Ages.” |
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1979 May 19: 25th Annual Assembly of Members.
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1979 May 20: Illustrated Lecture by Alice Odian Kasparian on “The Development of Armenian Handicrafts Through the Ages.” |
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1979 November 11: NAASR Book Fair in Longmeadow, MA, with lectures by Diana Der Hovanessian and Kerop Bedoukian |
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1979 October 21: Lecture by Mischa Kudian on “Narek: His Poetry and Music,” at Harvard. |
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1980 April 11-13: NAASR 25th Anniversary Celebration, with Forum on “Whither the Armenian – Politically, Socially, Economically, Intellectually, or Otherwise?”, with Set Momjian, Jack Danielian, Jenny Phillips, Khachig Tololyan, Emmanuel Varandyan, and Dennis Papazian, and Conference on “Armenian Studies in 25 Years” |
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1980 March 16: Illustrated lecture by Tom Vartabedian on “Life with the Mekhitarist Fathers.” |
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1980 March 27: Lecture by Dr. Kevork Bardakjian on “The Master of Armenian Satire: Hagop Baronian.” |
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1980 November 16: 26th Annual Assembly of Members. |
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1981 December 20: Author talk by Agnes Manuelian, “Unending Journey.” |
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1981 December 29: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Ara Dostourian, “Through Armenia and the Caucasus by Auto.”
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1981 February 15: Lecture and Exhibit by Armen John Esserian, “Armenia in Antique Maps.”
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1981 November 13-15 |
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1981 November 13-15: 27th Annual Assembly, with lectures by Lucy Der Manuelian and Krikor Maksoudian on “Armenian Art—Unexplored Source for History” and Jack Nusan Porter on “A Global Problem: Genocide and Human Rights.” |
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1982 December 15: Talk by Harold Dennis-Jones on “Armenian Liturgical and Christmas Music.” |
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1982 June 4-6: 28th Annual Assembly of Members and Banquet, with lecture by Ronald Suny on “The Importance, Needs, and Plans to Enhance the Study of Modern Armenian History.” |
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1982 May 13: Reception for Elise Hagopian Taft, author of Rebirth, and preview of television documentary “The Armenian Genocide, 1894-95 and 1915-19” by Thomas Ohanian. |
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1982 November 5: Illustrated talk by John M. Bradley, Jr., on “Climbing Mt. Ararat.” |
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1983 April 20: Lecture by Thomas T. Amirian on “The Epochal Defense of Van – 1915.” |
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1983 December 15: Reception and talk by Robert Mirak on “Torn Between Two Lands: Armenians in America, 1890 to World War I.” |
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1983 May 13: Lecture by Prof. Ronald Suny on “Soviet Armenia and the Diaspora: Their Roles and Mutual Responsibilities,” at Harvard. |
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1983 May 20: Lecture by Dr. James B. Gidney on “The Mandate for Armenia: America’s Responsibilities Then and Now,” at Harvard. These three lectures are the first of the Stephen P. Mugar Memorial Lectures on Modern Armenian History. |
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1983 May 6: Lecture by Prof. Frank Stone on “The Continuing Impact of the Armenian Genocide,” at Harvard. |
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1983 November 4: Lecture by Dr. Dennis Papazian on “The American Reaction to the Armenian Question,” at Harvard. Continuation of Mugar Memorial Lectures. |
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1983 November 5: 29th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Stephen Kurkjian.
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1984 June 14: Lecture by Aharon Aharonian on “Intermarriage and the Armenian Community.” |
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1984 June 27: Lecture by Dr. Kevork Kherlopian on “The International Significance of the Armenian Renaissance,” at Harvard.
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1984 May 3-6: Conference on “Identity and Assimilation: The Armenian Experience in America.” |
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1984 November 9-11 |
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1984 November 9-11: 30th Annual Assembly of Members, Banquet at Memorial Hall, Harvard, lectures by Richard N. Frye and Pergrouhi Svajian. |
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1985 April 18-20: National Conference on Genocide and Human Rights, at Bentley College. |
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1985 May 5: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahé on “The Cultural and Economic Impact of Early Armenian Printing.” |
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1985 November 1: Lecture by Kevork Kherlopian on “Critical Issues in Armenian Studies Today.” |
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1985 November 2: 31st Annual Assembly of Members with Lecture by Arra S. Avakian on “NAASR: A Thirty-Year Retrospective and Future Directions.” |
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1985 November 29: Benefit concert by Miriam Gargarian in memory of composer Arno Babajanian.
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1986 April 15: Lecture by Richard Hovannisian on “Facing History and Ourselves Programs and the Role of Local and National Scholars,” sponsored by NAASR and Facing History and Ourselves. |
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1986 April 9: NAASR sponsors informational program on Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City project. |
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1986 June 15: NAASR 30th Anniversary Banquet and Extravaganza at Memorial Hall and Sanders Theatre, Harvard University.
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1986 November 1: 32nd Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Richard N. Frye. |
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1986 September 28: NAASR sponsors progress report on Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City project. |
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1986 September 7: Lecture by Israel Charny on “The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust: Uniqueness Versus Universality.” |
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1987 April 3: Publication of second edition of Abraham Hartunian Neither To Laugh Nor To Weep by Armenian Heritage Press. Reception with Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Henry Morgenthau III, and translator Rev. Vartan Hartunian. |
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1987 December 23: Rev. Dr. Krikor Maksoudian appointed Director of Research at NAASR. |
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1987 December 6: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “The True Meaning of Narekatsi.” |
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1987 July 30: Farewell Dinner and Reception for Kevork Bardakjian at Harvard. |
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1987 June 30-July 20 |
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1987 June 30-July 20: NAASR Armenian Heritage Tour to Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Yugoslavia. |
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1987 November 18: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “Napoleon and the Armenians.” |
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1987 November 7: 33rd Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “The Importance of the Study of Medieval Armenian Literature.” |
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1988 December 29: Screening of documentary film Madenataran, to benefit Armenian earthquake victims. Co-sponsored by NAASR and AGBU.
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1988 January 10: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Mahe on “Armenian Village Life.” |
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1988 May 8: Author reception and lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “The Influence of Zoroastrianism in Armenia.” |
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1988 November 19: 34th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Michael Stone on “Pilgrims, Computers, and Bible Stories: Some Recent Directions in Armenian Studies” and talk by Dr. Thomas Samuelian on “The Armenian Scholar Between the University and the Community.” |
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1989 April 17: Lecture by Dr. Ruben Badalian, Dr. Zaal Kikodze, and Dr. Philip Kohl on “American/Armenian Collaborative Architectural Research.” |
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1989 April 26: Seminar on the Armenian Genocide conducted by William S. Parsons. |
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1989 April 27: 35th Annivesary Progress Report Dinner, honoring Dr. Nina Garsoian, with lecture by Dr. Ashot Galoyan on “The Contemporary Situation in Soviet Armenia.” |
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1989 December 11: Lecture by Dr. Hourig Sourouzian, “Preliminary Report on the Most Endangered Monuments in Armenia from the Earthquake of 1988.”
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1989 May 1: Lecture by Dr. Ashot Galoyan on “National Democratic Movements in the Soviet Union and Armenia: Impact of Glasnost and Perestroika.” |
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1989 November 4: 35th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Rouben Adalian on “Armenian Research and Contemporary Problems.” |
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1989 November 5: NAASR 35th Anniversary Gala Banquet, with lecture by Stephen Kurkjian on “The Media’s Role in American, Foreign, and Armenian Affairs.” |
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1990 April 4: Symposium on “Denial and Revisionism of the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust,” with Prof. Roger W. Smith, Prof. Andrei Markovits, and Rev. Vartan Hartunian, co-sponsored by NAASR and Bentley College. |
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1990 February 27: Reception for Susan K. Blair and Aristide D. Caratzas, editor and publisher of The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat’s Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917. |
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1990 March 18: Forum on “The Environmental Crisis in Armenia,” co-sponsored by NAASR and Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association. |
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1990 November 17: 36th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Kevork Bardakjian on “Glasnost, Perestroika, and Armenian Studies: Impact and Future Directions.” |
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1990 November 23: Lecture by Robert O. Krikorian on “Armenia Today: An Inside View—Life, Politics, and Culture as Observed by an American-Armenian.”
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1990 October 25: Lecture by Dr. Leon Hakhverdian on “Perestroika and the Arts in Armenia and the Soviet Union.” |
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1991 April 16: Forum highlighting “Women Survivors of the Armenian Genocide,” with Dirouhi Highgas, Alice Odian Kasparian, and Naomi Topalian. |
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1991 April 4: Lecture by Dr. Gerard J. Libaridian on “The Present Government of Armenia and Its Operations.” |
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1991 February 21: Lecture by Dr. Suzanne Moranian, “Witness to the Armenian Genocide: The American Missionary Archives as Evidence.” |
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1991 June 10: Lecture by Tamar Hajian and Karmit Zysman on “The Current Situation in Armenia, Karabagh, and Azerbaijan.”
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1991 June 27: Lecture by Dr. Hambartsum Galstian, Mayor of Yerevan, on “Democratic Armenia and the Future of Democracy in the USSR,” co-sponsored by NAASR, CYSCA, St. James Armenian Church, Tekeyan Cultural Association, and the Zoryan Institute. |
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1991 June 6: “An Update on Current Archaeological Discoveries in Armenia,” with Dr. Philip L. Kohl.
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1991 March 21: Lecture by Dr. Melor Sturua on “The Political Situation in the Soviet Union and Armenia at Present.” |
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1991 March 7: Lecture by Phillip Ketchian on “Environmental Crisis in Armenia.” |
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1991 May 16: Lecture by Dr. DeVallon Bolles on “The Future of Armenia: Turkey as a Strategic Power After the Gulf War.” |
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1991 May 21: Author reception for Alice Haig, translator and editor of Judgment Unto Truth: Witnessing the Armenian Genocide, co-sponsored by NAASR, the Zoryan Institute, and the Armenian Library and Museum of America. |
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1991 May 30: Author reception for Claire Mangassarian, author of Farewell Kharpert.
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1991 November 21: Report on Karabagh Conflict with Dr. Richard Wilson and Alexei Semyonov. |
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1991 November 23: 37th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. John Huehnergard on “The Future and Status of Armenian Studies at Harvard.”
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1991 October 20: Lecture by Armenian Minister of Culture Berj Zeytountsian on “Current Cultural Developments in Armenia.” |
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1992 April 2: Lecture by Dr. Edward V. Malcom on “M. Vartan Malcom: The Man Behind Woodrow Wilson.” |
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1992 December 3: Lecture by Stephen Kurkjian, “Return and Revival: An American-Armenian Journalist’s Journey to the Land of His Ancestors.” |
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1992 February 17: Lecture by Dr. Norair Arakelian and Dr. Raphael Matevossian, Vice-Rector and Rector of Yerevan State University, on “Education in Armenia: Today and in the Future.” |
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1992 July 16: Illustrated Lecture by Prof. Anahit Tsitsikian on “Armenian Musical Instruments and Their History as Revealed Through Archaeological Evidence.”
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1992 June 18: Report by Dr. Yuri Sarkisian on “Energy, Environment, and Economic Issues in Armenia and Artsakh.” |
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1992 June 4: Report on Archaeological Excavations in Armenia by Dr. Philip Kohl. |
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1992 March 19: Lecture by Dr. Robert W. Thomson on “The Relevance of Early Armenian Historians Today.” |
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1992 March 5: Reception and talk by Henry Morgenthau III. |
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1992 May 21: Lecture by Michael Manoog Kaprielian on “Armenian Women: The Invisible Strength.” |
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1992 May 29: Farewell Dinner and Reception in honor of Dr. Robert W. Thomson. |
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1992 May 7: Lecture by Khachig Tololyan on “Whither the Armenian Diaspora?” |
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1992 November 17: Lecture by Dr. Ian Bremmer on “The Post-Soviet Nationalities Crisis and Armenia.” |
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1992 November 21: 38th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Richard N. Frye on “The Importance of the Institute for Armenian Studies and Research.” |
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1992 October 8: “Spotlight on Armenia: Daily Life, Conditions, and Attitudes of People and Officials in Armenia Today.” |
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1992 September 17: Lecture by Jack Hashian on “Telling the Armenian Story.”
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1993 April 5: Panel Discussion on “Developments in Human Studies and Psychiatry in Armenia as a Consequence of the Earthquake of 1988,” with Dr. Koriun Azizian, Dr. Karina Tsaturian, and Dr. Elsa Ronningstam. |
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1993 December 9: Lecture by Philip Ketchian on “Environmental Concerns in Armenia Today: The Environment, Energy, and Earthquakes.” |
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1993 February 26: Video presentation by Armen Aroyan, “Pilgrimage to Historic Armenia: In Search of Our Ancestral Roots.” |
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1993 June 3: Spotlight on Armenia: “Secondary Education in Armenia—Developments, Innovations, Prospects for the Future,” with Dr. Robert Gabrielyan and Yury A. Gylavian. |
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1993 March 4: Lecture by Dr. Levon Abrahamian on “Armenian Identity: Preserving the Past and Creating the Future.” |
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1993 November 20: 39th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Avedis K. Sanjian on “Armenian Studies and Its Future Direction: A 35-Year Perspective.” |
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1993 November 21: Welcoming Banquet for new Mashtots Chairholder Dr. James R. Russell. |
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1993 October 14: Talk by Stina Katchadourian, author of Efronia: An Armenian Love Story. |
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1993 September 17: Lecture by Moorad Mooradian on “The Artsakh-Azerbaijan Situation.” |
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1993 September 9: Lecture by Dr. Ara Dostourian on “Armenia and the Crusades.” |
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1994 April 21: Illustrated lecture by Anoush Ter Taulian on “Life in Karabagh Today.” |
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1994 April 7: Lecture by Edward Alexander on “The Image of the Armenians.”
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1994 December 8: Talk by John Walsh on “Fate of the Animals in the Yerevan Zoo.” |
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1994 June 11: All-Day Seminar on “The Armenian Genocide: Denial and Documentation,” with Dr. Roger W. Smith and Dr. Vahakn N. Dadrian. |
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1994 June 17: Lecture by Dr. George Bournoutian on “Karabakh in Historical Perspective.” |
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1994 March 17: Lecture by Dr. Nelly Baratyan, “Overcoming Barriers to Understanding: Compiling an Armenian-English Dictionary.” |
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1994 March 24: Report by Edward Marootian, Jr., on “Socio-Economic Conditions in Armenia.” |
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1994 May 13: Lecture by Dr. Levon Avdoyan on “The History of Taron,” co-sponsored by NAASR and ALMA. |
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1994 May 26: Lecture by Dr. Levon Chookaszian on “Patrons of Armenian Art: Kings, Bishops, and Merchants.” |
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1994 May 31: Lecture by Dr. Boghos Levon Zekiyan on “Modernity and the Armenians.” |
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1994 May 5: Lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “Armenia Between East and West.” |
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1994 November 19: 40th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “Armenian Studies at Harvard: Past, Present, and Future.” |
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1994 October 1: All-Day Seminar by Moorad Mooradian on “Foreign Policy Formulation and Issues in Armenia.” |
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1994 October 27: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Levon Chookaszian on “Art Treasures Rescued from the Genocide.” |
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1995 April 27: “Spotlight on Karabagh”: Lecture by Jon Auerbach. |
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1995 April 6: “Spotlight on Karabagh”: Lecture by Dr. Levon Chorbajian |
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1995 February 19: Lecture by Dr. Radick Martirossian on “The Situation of Higher Education in Armenia Today.” |
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1995 June 8: Talk by Dr. H. Martin Deranian, translator of Hussenig: The Origin, History, and Destruction of an Armenian Town.” |
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1995 May 25: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. James R. Russell, “Pilgrimage to Vaspurakan |
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1995 November 18: 41st Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Moorad Mooradian on “Armenia, Karabagh, and Armenian Studies.”
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1995 November 3-4: International Conference: “Armenian Studies: Looking Towards the 21st Century” |
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1995 November 5: 40th Anniversary Celebration and Banquet, with a keynote address by Ben Bagdigian. |
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1995 November 7: Illustrated Lecture by Jacqueline Kazarian on “William Saroyan and His Legacy.” |
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1996 April 18: Lecture by Dr. Vahakn N. Dadrian on “The Armenian Genocide in Historical Perspective.” |
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1996 December 5: Lecture by Dr. Vahakn N. Dadrian on “Germany’s Role in the Armenian Genocide.” |
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1996 March 25: Lecture by Mark Arax, “In Search of My Roots and My Father’s Murderers.” |
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1996 May 16: Illustrated lecture by Dr. Levon Chookaszian on “Mongol Influences on Armenian Art.” |
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1996 May 2: Illustrated lecture by Nancy Kalajian, “Glimpses of Armenia.” |
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1996 November 16: 42nd Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Peter Balakian on “Mainstreaming the Armenian Discourse.” |
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1997 April 17: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Armand Bedikian, “Building a Stronger Armenia Through Education.” |
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1997 April 3: Illustrated Lecture by Joseph Dagdigian, “A Journey Through Eastern Turkey to Armenian Villages and Towns.” |
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1997 December 4: Lecture by Dr. Susan Pattie on “Diasporas within the Diaspora,” co-sponsored by NAASR and the Zoryan Institute.
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1997 February 20: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Levon Chookaszian on “The Image and Importance of Armenian Women in the Arts.” |
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1997 June 5: Illustrated Lecture by Donald Flumerfelt, “Armenian Life and Society as Observed by a Peace Corps Volunteer in Armenia.” |
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1997 March 20: Lecture by Mark Malkasian on “The National Democratic Movement in Armenia.” |
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1997 March 6: Lecture by Dr. Leon Janikian, “Remastering Our Musical Roots: Armenian Folkloric Music in the United States.”
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1997 May 15: Lecture by Bat Ye’or on “Jihad to Dhimmi: Christians and Jews Under Islam—The Armenian Experience.” |
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1997 May 22: Lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “Early Fame and Tragic Fate of Poet Eghishe Charents.” |
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1997 May 8: Lecture by Dr. Peter Balakian, “An American Son Discovers His Armenian Past.” |
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1997 November 15: 43rd Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Hagop J. Nersoyan on “Armenian Studies: A Look Back and a Look Ahead.” |
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1997 November 6: Lecture by Kevork Ajemian, “Genocide Can Never Be Forgiven: Is there a Time for Terror?” |
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1997 October 16: Group Presentation, “On the Road to Ararat: Experiences, Observations, and Reflections,” by Barbara Merguerian, Shushan Teager, and Sergio LaPorta. |
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1998 April 16: Lecture by Dr. Jack Porter, “Impaired Memories/Distorted Genocide: Denial and Revisionism of Genocides.” |
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1998 February 26: Lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “Armenian Christian Beliefs and Practice,” co-sponsored by NAASR and St. James Armenian Church Cultural Committee.
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1998 February 5: Lecture by Nancy Kricorian, “From Survival to the New World and Boston.” |
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1998 January 27: Panel Discussion on “Education in Armenia Today,” with educators from Gyumri, Armenia. Co-sponsored by NAASR and CYSCA. |
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1998 July 21: Lecture by Hilmar Kaiser on “The Armenian Genocide and Its Denial: New Evidence of German Complicity.”
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1998 June 4: Lecture by Lucine Kasbarian, “Armenia: A Rugged Land, An Enduring People.” |
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1998 March 17: Lecture by Dr. Ronald G. Suny, “The Fall of a President: Political Crisis in Armenia?” |
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1998 March 6: Illustrated Lecture by Dr. Levon Chookaszian on “The Heraldry of Armenian Princes and Kings.” |
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1998 May 7: Forum on “Armenia in Transition: Socio-Economic Conditions and Business Opportunities,” co-sponsored by NAASR and CYSCA. |
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1998 November 14: 44th Annual Assembly of Members, with lecture by Dr. Ina Baghdiantz McCabe on “From Orientalism to Present-Day Armenian Studies.”
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1998 November 5: Lecture by Dr. H. Martin Deranian on “Worcester Is America: The Story of the Worcester Armenians, the Early Years.” |
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1999 April 29: Lecture by Florence Soghoian on “Remembering the Armenian Genocide: Portrait of a Survivor” and video presentation by Roger K. Hagopian, “The Journey of an Armenian Family: The Struggle of a Nation.” |
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1999 April 9-10: Conference on “The Armenians of New England: Celebrating a Culture and Preserving a Heritage,” co-sponsored by NAASR and numerous other Boston-area Armenian groups. |
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1999 December 2: Lecture by Dr. Levon Chookaszian on “Armenian Miniatures and Their Relation to Crusader Art.”
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1999 January 21: Lecture by Dr. Carolann Najarian on “Missions for Survival in Armenia.” |
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1999 March 18: Lecture by Dr. Bert Vaux on “The Formation of Standard Western Armenian.” |
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1999 November 18: Launch of new edition of Neither To Laugh Nor To Weep and presentation by Rabbi Earl A. Grollman and Rev. Vartan Hartunian, “The Contemporary Message of Genocide: An Armenian-Jewish Outcry.” |
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1999 November 6: 45th Annual Assembly and dedication of NAASR’s Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian Reference and Research Library. Lecture by Dr. James R. Russell on “Jews and Armenians: The Inside Story.”
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1999 November 7: 45th Anniversary Banquet and Celebration, honoring Dr. Gregory H. Adamian, Dr. Richard N. Frye, Everett Berberian, and Armen Dohanian. |
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1999 October 13: Illustrated Lecture by Matthew Karanian, “Visual Journey To Armenia.” |
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1999 September 23: Lecture by Dr. Vahakn N. Dadrian on “Elements in Turko-Armenian Conflict and Its Culmination in Genocide.”
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