SAS Donates Books to Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute

As part of its ongoing cooperation with the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI), the SAS donated some 130 books to the Museum.. The academic books included topics on the Armenian Genocide, late Ottoman history, comparative genocide, and the Holocaust. The collection, worth $2,000, included the latest scholarship published within fields which would otherwise not be accessible to scholars in Armenia.

Dr. Vazken Khatchig Davidian Receives SAS Distinguished Dissertation Award (2017-2020)

Dr. Vazken Khatchig Davidian was chosen to receive the SAS Distinguished Dissertation Award (2017-2020) for his dissertation “The Figure of the Bantoukhd Hamal of Constantinople: Late Nineteenth-Century Representations of Migrant Workers from Ottoman Armenia.” The SAS Award is accompanied by a $1,000 prize.

Prof. Armen Sargsyan, President of Artsakh State University (ArSU) Delivers Lecture

On Saturday, November 20, the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) sponsored a talk via ZOOM by Prof. Armen Sargsyan, President of Artsakh State University (ArSU), on the past, present, and future of the university. The SAS and Artsakh State University recently signed a memorandum of understanding that deepens the links with the Republic of Artsakh.

SAS Launches International Association of Armenian Librarians and Archivists

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce the creation of the International Association of Armenian Librarians and Archivists (IAALA), a new organization operating under the umbrella of the SAS, with the goal to provide an international forum for information specialists working broadly with Armenian topics and materials.

SAS Awards Grants for Research in Fall 2021

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) has selected its awardees for its Graduate Research and Conference Grants Program for M.A. and Ph.D. Students. Daniel Ohanian, Haley Zovickian, Aram Ghoogasian, Hazal Ozdemir, and Ruben Davtyan were awarded grants for their research.

Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies Published by Brill

The Society for Armenian Studies announced the release of Volume 27, Issue 1 (Spring 2020) of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS), edited by Dr. Tamar M. Boyadjian at Michigan State University. This volume of the JSAS includes four articles, and five book reviews.

Aims

The aims of the Society for Armenian Studies are to promote the study of Armenian culture and society, including history, language, literature, and social, political, and economic questions; to facilitate the exchange of scholarly information pertaining to Armenian studies around the world; and to sponsor panels and conferences on Armenian studies. The programs of the Society include publication of a Newsletter on the Society’s activities and on current research on Armenia; publication of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, encouragement, sponsorship and publication of research on all facets of Armenian culture and society; and such other activities as the SAS council may from time to time determine.

History

The Society for Armenian Studies was founded in 1974 by a group of scholars from the universities of California, Columbia and Harvard on the initiative of Richard G. Hovannisian, Dickran Kouymjian, Nina Garsoian, Avedis Sanjian, and Robert Thomson. It is dedicated to the development of Armenian Studies as an academic discipline.

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The Society for Armenian Studies is a 501c3 tax exempt organization.