To celebrate the centenary of legendary Armenian director Sergei Parajanov and Armenian cinema, we present an evening of early Armenian films featuring Parajanov’s 1967 short Hakob Hovnatanyan, and Hamo Beknazarian’s 1927 silent comedy Shor & Shorshor. Artyom Manukyan’s genre-defying approach to electric cello performance combines classical and jazz genres, adding further energy to these early […]

Ilkay Yilmaz, Freie Universität Berlin Abstract: İlkay Yılmaz reconsiders the history of two political issues, the Armenian and Macedonian questions, approaching both through the lens of mobility restrictions during the late Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1908 in her book Ottoman Passports. Yılmaz investigates how Ottoman security perceptions and travel regulations were directly linked to […]

To celebrate the centenary of legendary Armenian director Sergei Parajanov and Armenian cinema, we present an evening of early Armenian films featuring Parajanov’s 1967 short Hakob Hovnatanyan, and Hamo Beknazarian’s 1927 silent comedy Shor & Shorshor. Artyom Manukyan’s genre-defying approach to cello performance combines classical and jazz genres, adding further energy to these early films. […]

Hazal Özdemir, 2024-25 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow in Armenian Studies Abstract: This lecture reconstructs late Ottoman policies of denaturalization and shows how a photographic archive devised to control the mobility of a population was a crucial part of a broad repertoire of state efforts aiming at shaping Armenian transatlantic mobility at the end of the Ottoman […]

Thomas Simsarian Dolan, Lead Historian, Armenian General Benevolent Union Abstract: This year, the White House unexpectedly announced major revisions to its race and ethnicity standards – the first in 27 years – most notably including a Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) category. These standards are already being rolled out in federal policy, and have […]

AMAA Boston Child Care Committee presents a special evening with joy and laughter at the Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley, MA featuring comedian Kev Orkian to benefit Khoren & Shooshanig Avedisian School in Yerevan. For more info and RSVP visit: https://amaa.org/bostonchildcare2024/

Watertown, MA (10/26/2024) .- The Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC) will be unveiling the statue of renowned Armenian musician, teacher and choirmaster Komitas Vartabed on Saturday, November 9th, at 1pm. This year marks the 155th birth anniversary of Komitas, who was an Armenian priest, composer, choirmaster, singer, music ethnologist, music teacher and musicologist, known […]

Arthur Atanessian, Yerevan State University, Armenia Abstract: This lecture will present findings from field research conducted at the Karekin I Educational Center, Holy Etchmiadzin, between March and August 2024. The study focused on assessing the needs of Armenian Apostolic Church communities, both within Armenia and in the diaspora, in close collaboration with Church leaders. Employing […]