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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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SAS Spring 2024 Graduate Research and Conference Grants Available for M.A. and Ph.D. Students

The Society for Armenian Studies invites applicants to apply for the Spring 2024 SAS Graduate Research and Conference Grants for M.A. and Ph.D. students. The deadline is June 15, 2024. Grants of up to $1000.00 per applicant will be awarded. Applicants must be current members of the Society for Armenian Studies. The grants will be on a competitive basis.

Funding will also be available for research-related materials that might be purchased from archives and libraries, as well as other research-related expenses.

Grants:

  1. Graduate and Conference Grants for M.A. and Ph.D. students
  2. The Nina G. Garsoïan Grant for Ancient and Early Mediaeval Armenian History for M.A., Ph.D. students, and above.

For the Application Forms and more info please go to:

2024-Society-for-Armenian-Studies-Grants-Spring-2024-Application

Nina-Garsoian-Grant Award 2024

The SAS Graduate Research and Conference Grants was made possible through the generous institutional support of: Dr. Levon Avdoyan, The Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, University of California, Irvine; the Hovannisian Chair of Modern Armenian History, University of California, Los Angeles; the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art & Architecture, Tufts University; the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR); the Armenian Communities Department, Gulbenkian Foundation; the Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno, the Institute of Armenian Studies, University of Southern California, and AGBU Nubar Library, Paris.