Statement of the SAS on the Situation in Artsakh and Armenia

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SAS Holds 50th Anniversary Conference at Harvard and NAAASR

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) marked its 50th Anniversary with a three-day groundbreaking international conference at Harvard University and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR). Titled “Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations,” the conference took place September 13-15, 2024.

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Ari Şekeryan Awarded Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award

Ari Şekeryan’s "The Armenians and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire: After Genocide, 1918–1923" (Cambridge University Press, 2023) have been awarded this year’s Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award. Talar Chahinian was a co-winner.

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Talar Chahinian Awarded Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award

Talar Chahinian’s Stateless: "The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile" (Syracuse University Press, 2023) have been awarded this year’s Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award. Ari Şekeryan was a co-winner.

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SAS Holds 50th Anniversary Conference at Harvard and NAAASR

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Dr. Victoria Abrahamyan Awarded SAS Distinguished Dissertation Award (2020-2023)

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Victoria Abrahamyan has been chosen to receive the SAS Distinguished Dissertation Award (2020-2023) for “Between the Homeland and the Hostland: (Re)Claiming the Armenian Refugees in French Mandatory Syria, 1918-1946.”

Statement of the SAS on the Situation in Artsakh and Armenia

The Society for Armenian Studies condemns the large-scale military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh by the Republic of Azerbaijan which began in the morning of September 27 targeting civilian populations in the capital Stepanakert and other cities. This is the largest military assault since the ceasefire signed in 1994, dismissing once again the peace efforts brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group and the cardinal right of people’s self-determination. The involvement of the Republic of Turkey in the conflict has escalated the situation, posing serious danger to the security of the entire region and the physical existence of the Armenian people.

The Society for Armenian Studies believes that the only solution to the conflict is through diplomatic channels and by resuming peaceful negotiations. We call on the international community to exert their influence on Azerbaijan and Turkey to immediately halt all military activities and to stop the war.