PHILADELPHIA — From Horror to Hope, a collection of stories of Armenian Genocide survivors, was named a Finalist by the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the memoir category[...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The new literary journal Pangyrus includes several pieces by the Armenian feminist writer Zabel Yessayan in its recently-released third issue. Originally published in 2015 as an online[...]
BERLIN — If the Armenians were the ones who suffered the greatest losses in the 1915 genocide, they were not alone. Other Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire were targeted,[...]
SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature passed AB 97, the Budget Act of 2017 on June 15, which allocates $10 million to support the History-Social Science curriculum framework, as well as[...]
VALENCIA, Spain — On June 9, the Valencia City Council adopted a motion on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide, reports the Armenian Embassy in Spain. The municipal[...]
WATERTOWN — Adrienne Alexanian presented the memoirs of her father, Yervant Edward Alexanian, at the Armenian Museum of America (ALMA) on May 18. The event was sponsored, in addition to[...]
By Meredith Dowling HAMILTON, N.Y. (Colgate News) — When filmmaker Joe Berlinger, Colgate Class of ’83 appeared at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25 for the premiere of his latest[...]
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The City Council of Myrtle Beach adopted a proclamation on May 23 signed by Mayor John T. Rhodes reaffirming the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. The proclamation,[...]
WATERTOWN — Prof. Taner Akçam presented a lecture with slides on the legacy of the work of Rev. Krikor Guerguerian on the Armenian Genocide, and announced the digitalization of the[...]
CANNES (Public Radio of Armenia) — Indian film director Shekhar Kapur will direct the movie version of Three Apples Fell From Heaven, based on the Micheline Aharonian Marcom novel adapted by Motorcycle Diaries writer José[...]
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution affirming the Armenian Genocide by a vote of 137 to 0, on May 19. Spearheaded by Texas state[...]
