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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

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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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.”

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Part-Time Lecturer Position in Armenian History at UC Irvine (Winter 2022)

Department of History                                                                       

200 Murray Krieger Hall

Irvine, California 92697 – 3275
tel: (949) 824-6521

fax: (949) 824-2865

The Department of History at the University of California, Irvine announces part time, non-tenure-track lecturer positions for the 2021-2022 academic year. We are seeking candidates with strong teaching credentials who can contribute to our undergraduate program in the following area:

• History 132D: Armenians and Armenia in Ancient to Early Modern World History
(Winter 2022)

A history of Armenia and Armenians from ethnogenesis to the early modern period at the end of the 1700’s within a regional and global context. Takes into account interactions and encounters with the empires, and the peoples that encompassed their orbit.

The department will create a pool of candidates and will make selections when the final budget is approved. The salary is $7047.63 per course (based on an annual 9-month salary of $56,381.00).

Applications must be submitted online at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF06753

Interested applicants must provide a Letter of Application indicating the course(s) you are applying for, CV, Sample syllabus of your proposed course(s), Teaching Statement, Evidence of Teaching Excellence (i.e., course evaluations or teaching evaluation), Statement of Contributions to Diversity (statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity will advance UCI’s Commitment to Inclusive Excellence), and one Letter of Recommendation.

Requirements: Ph.D. strongly preferred in a field appropriate to the course and teaching experience at the college level. Flexibility and ability to lecture in-person or in a hybrid fashion, as department and university protocol require. Familiarity with CANVAS and Zoom or willingness to take UCI training modules prior to the beginning of the course.

To ensure full consideration please apply before June 1, 2021.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Please direct questions to Marc Kanda, Department Manager, at mhkanda@uci.edu.