The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS) Invites Applications for 2022 Graduate Student Fellowships

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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.”

The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS) Invites Applications for 2022 Graduate Student Fellowships

The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS) invites applications for the 2022 Graduate Student Fellowships for M.A. and Ph.D. students. Two fellows will be selected for 2022: one graduate student attending institutions across Europe and the Americas; and one graduate student attending institutions in Armenia, throughout the Middle East, throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania.

The JSAS is the foremost periodical dedicated to Armenian Studies in the Western Hemisphere. The journal publishes bi-annually, peer-reviewed scholarship from all disciplinary and comparative perspectives relating to Armenians and the field of Armenian Studies. The JSAS is committed to fostering new directions in the field, encouraging global, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary submissions that align with cutting-edge scholarly research across all periods and research areas. The journal also features shorter pieces in the Reviews and Reconsiderations section (R&R) that inform us of new discoveries and engage in conversations around art, literature, and theory.

Selected graduate students will each help curate a contribution to the Reviews and Reconsiderations (R&R) section of the JSAS related to the interests of graduate students in their field of study. Please include with your application:

(1) A letter of interest
(2) A curriculum vitae
(3) A one-page description of your proposed project

Thanks to the support of the Society for Armenian Studies, each fellow will also receive a $500 monetary compensation. Applicants must make their membership to the SAS current before applying.

Submissions and questions should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Tamar M. Boyadjian at: editorinchief.jsas@gmail.com

Extended Submission Deadline: 1 September 2021

2021 JSAS Fellows:
Nora Lessersohn, University College London
Erin Piñon, Princeton University