Call for Papers: Recollecting a Shared Polyphony: Popular Culture, Media Technologies and Heritagization of Music across the Mediterranean
A two-day workshop held on January 23-24, 2020 at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, Germany The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of media technologies of mechanical reproduction as well as popular culture and new patterns of consumption. Photography, sound recording and cinema revolutionized society, aesthetics, culture and politics throughout the 20th century. Common to these emergent technologies was the possible replication, …
Read MoreCall for Papers: Medicine, Madness, and Maladies of the Mind in Armenian Studies Past and Present
Eleventh Annual International Graduate Student Workshop April 10-11, 2020 In recent years, the history of medicine, mental illness, and the literary, anthropological, and sociological studies of madness have gained a remarkable momentum internationally. Still, there have been virtually no substantial studies of a premodern and modern understanding of medicine, madness, and maladies of the mind in Armenia and its Diaspora. …
Read MoreThe Society for Armenian Studies Launches e-SAS (Entries of the Society for Armenian Studies)
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce e-SAS (Entries of the Society for Armenian Studies) an online open access, peer-reviewed platform for the publication of short, scholarly pieces pertaining to Armenian Studies. In line with its name, Entries, e-SAS aims to provide “entry points”—for the international academic community, as well as the general public—into Armenian-related topics and …
Read MoreMajor International Conference on the Armenian Diaspora Will Mark the Society for Armenian Studies 45th Anniversary
UCLA, October 12-13, 2019 Scholars from Italy, Mexico, France, Armenia, England, Portugal, Holland, Germany, and the United States will gather on October 12-13 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to participate in a major conference, “Diaspora and ‘Stateless Power’: Social Discipline and Identity Formation across the Armenian Diaspora during the Long Twentieth Century,” marking the 45th anniversary of …
Read MoreSociety for Armenian Studies to Hold 45th Anniversary Banquet October 12
SAS Banquet invitation 2019-pdf
Read MoreSociety for Armenian Studies (SAS) Establishes the Nina G. Garsoïan Graduate Research Grant
The Society for Armenian Studies is pleased to announce the establishment of “The Nina G. Garsoïan Graduate Research Grant for Ancient and Early Mediaeval Armenian History.” The grant of $500.00 will be awarded on an annual basis to a graduate student in the field of Ancient and Medieval Armenian History. The grant is funded by Dr. Levon Avdoyan, who recently …
Read MoreSAS Podcast Series now on Various Streaming Sites
The Society for Armenian Studies is pleased to announce that SAS Podcast Series is now available on a new podcast hosting site found here, where you may listen online and follow to receive automatic updates on new episodes. It is also now available for streaming on a number of the most popular podcast streaming sites. You may click the following links …
Read MoreSociety for Armenian Studies to Mark its 45th Anniversary with an International Conference on the Armenian Diaspora at UCLA in Honor of Khachig Tölölyan
October 12-13, 2019 The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is marking the 45th anniversary of its founding by holding a two-day International Conference in honor of Khachig Tölölyan at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on October 12-13, 2019. The SAS was established in 1974 by a group of scholars including Richard Hovannisian, Robert Thomson, Nina Garsoian, Dickran …
Read MoreDr. Levon Avdoyan Receives Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Life-Time Achievement Award
On Thursday, May 16, 2019, the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) co-sponsored a special evening honoring Dr. Levon Avdoyan, longtime Area Specialist for Armenia and Georgia at the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress. Dr. Avdoyan was recognized by the SAS for his outstanding service and contribution to the field of Armenian Studies during his more …
Read MoreSociety for Armenian Studies Awards Travel/Research Grants to Five Graduate Students
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) established the “Graduate Research and Conference Grants Program for M.A. and Ph.D. Students” in 2019. The aim of the grant program is to provide resources for graduate students to conduct research and present papers at conferences. Grants of up to $500.00 are awarded semi-annually to eligible graduate students. The inaugural group of applicants …
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