From Aram Arkun

Aram Arkun

Aram Arkun is managing editor of the Armenian Mirror-Spectator, as well as executive director of the Tekeyan Cultural Association of the US and Canada, which supports the Mirror. Journalist/editor, historian and translator, he is the author of numerous academic articles on modern Armenian history, including on the Armenian Genocide.

YEREVAN – Prof. Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the world-famous State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg for almost three decades, was in Armenia in mid-October to explore projects of museum[...]

YEREVAN — Despite the tragic nature of its focus, this year’s Aurora Forum had many uplifting and even joyful moments. One took place on October 16 at the bright and[...]

YEREVAN – As the first Armenian serving in the British parliament, Lord Ara Darzi expressed his joy at the vote on the Armenian Genocide resolution in the US House of[...]

YEREVAN — Mirza Dinnayi received the fourth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity on October 20 in a large public ceremony in Freedom Square in Yerevan as part of the[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The atmosphere was giddy at the 65th anniversary gala of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) at the Royal Sonesta Boston hotel’s Grand Ballroom.[...]

FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Historian of the Armenian Genocide Taner Akçam was honored at a banquet organized by the Knights and Daughters of Vartan Times Square Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zhanna Andreasyan was in Boston at the end of September on a week-long working visit sponsored by the Women’s Support[...]

NEW YORK — At the annual Armenian Teachers Symposium of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America on September 7, various presentations and workshops were organized by the[...]

NEW YORK — An exhibition of the works of award-winning Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Güler (1928-2018), given the epithet of the “eye of Istanbul,” was inaugurated on September 23 at the[...]

NEW YORK — Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a public meeting for the New York Armenian community at the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America on September[...]

LA CAÑADA, Calif. – In Armenian circles, many know Armen Edgarian as a graphic designer. He has done freelance designing for various departments of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church[...]