Institute for Armenian Studies at USC Seeks Deputy Director
Below you will find a new job opening at the Institute of Armenian Studies at USC https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/program-manager/1209/10990439 The Institute of Armenian Studies is seeking a Deputy Director who will work with the Institute director to deepen the Institute’s engagement in strengthening the field of Armenian Studies, to help shape policies by and about Armenians and Armenia. Primary responsibilities include: Expand …
Read MoreSAS Graduate Research and Conference Grants
The Society for Armenian Studies is announcing the availability of Graduate Research and Conference Grants for M.A. and Ph.D. students. Grants of up to $500 per applicant will be awarded. Applicants must be current members of the Society for Armenian Studies. Society for Armenian Studies Grant Application Form-2019 Deadline: April 6, 2019. For more information contact SAS President Bedross Der …
Read MoreEkmekçioğlu’s and Suciyan’s Books Chosen as Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award
The Society for Armenian Studies announced that Lerna Ekmekçioğlu’s Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2016) and Talin Suciyan’s The Armenians in Modern Turkey: Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History (London: I.B.Tauris, 2015) have been chosen as the recipients of the Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award for 2015-2017. An honorable mention has …
Read MoreSAS Recognizes “Best Conference Paper Award” Recipients
The Society for Armenian Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2017 “Best Conference Paper Award.” Recognized are co-winners Erin Piñon for her paper “‘Get My Good Side’: Triumphant Images of Defeat in Early Modern Armenia,” Earnestine Qiu for her paper “Is White Divine? A Reevaluation of the ‘Armeno-Crimean’ Lives of the Desert Fathers (Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate, MS …
Read MoreSAS Award for Distinguished Dissertation Conferred on Dr. Mehmet Polatel
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) announced that Dr. Mehmet Polatel has been chosen to receive the SAS Distinguished Dissertation Award for 2015-2017 for his dissertation “Armenians and the Land Question in the Ottoman Empire, 1870-1914.” The SAS Award is accompanied by a $1,000 prize. Mehmet Polatel received a Ph.D. in Modern Turkish History from Bogazici University (Istanbul) in 2017. …
Read MoreWinner of SAS Prizes for 2017
The Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award for 2015-17 Co-Winners Lerna Ekmecioğlu, Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2016) Talin Suciyan, The Armenians in Modern Turkey: Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History (London: I.B.Tauris, 2015) Honorable Mention Tara Andrews, Matt‘ēos Uṙhayec‘i and His Chronicle: History as Apocalyse in a …
Read MoreCall for Applications-Henry S. Khanzadian Visiting Professorship
College of Arts and Humanities Armenian Studies Vacancy #13623 http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/ Armenian Studies – Visiting Professor Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professorship http://jobs.csufresno.edu California State University, Fresno is an engaged University. We focus on broadening students’ intellectual horizons, fostering lifelong learning skills, developing the leaders of tomorrow, promoting community involvement, and instilling an appreciation of world cultures. We nurture cultural competence …
Read MoreArmenian Studies Chairs and Directors Meet at the University of California-Irvine to Discuss the Future of the Field
Orange County-On September 29, the majority of current Armenian Studies Chairs and Directors in the United States, along with representatives of the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS), National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation met for an “Armenian Studies Chairs and Directors Workshop: Current Challenges & Future Prospects” at the University of California – …
Read MoreSociety for Armenian Studies to Hold an International Conference on the First Armenian Republic (1918-1920)
An international conference, “Innovative Approaches to the History of the First Republic of Armenia, 1918-1920” will take place from noon-3:00PM on Thursday, November 15, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. The conference, co-sponsored by the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) and the Armenian Communities Department of the Gulbenkian Foundation, will be held in the Travis D (3) room of the Grand …
Read MoreConference-Hidden Treasures Unearthed: Armenian Arts and Culture of Eastern Europe
November 16-18, 2018 Royce Hall 314-UCLA The conference seeks to contribute to a longue durée approach to Near Eastern engagement with Europe with an emphasis on the early modern period (16th-18thcc.), which marked the heyday of Armenian communities as a crucial component of international trade hubs in eastern Europe, involving an interdisciplinary focus on the multifaceted role those communities played …
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