Society for Armenian Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award (2017-2020)

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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.”

Society for Armenian Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award (2017-2020)

The Society for Armenian Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award was established in 2004 to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing for/of dissertations in Armenian studies. It is awarded every three years.

Competition Guidelines

All students completing their dissertations between July 2017 and May 2020 are eligible to submit entries for the Society for Armenian Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award. Dissertations can be nominated by the author or the author’s sponsor or advisor, and should be accompanied by a letter of acceptance for the degree and a 250-word abstract of the dissertation’s subject matter. Only nominated dissertations will be considered for the prize.

Entries will be read by a five-member committee. We ask that the author or the author’s department or institution provide a pdf of the dissertation. These will be solely for the use of the committee and will not be circulated further. Winners will be announced at the 2021 SAS Annual Meeting.

There is a $1,000 award for the winning dissertation.

Dissertations and accompanying materials must be received by February 20, 2021 to be considered. Materials should be sent to Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian barlowd@csufresno.edu.