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  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 …

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 …

  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 – …

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 …

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 …

The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to announce the 2019-20 competition for the Manoogian Fellowships for post-doctoral fellows and visiting scholars to foster teaching and research in Armenian Studies. All applications must be received by 11:59 pm EST on January 15, 2019. Applicants will be notified of results in March 2019. https://ii.umich.edu/asp/manoogian-fellowships.html Application materials and questions should …

April 26 and 27, 2019 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday, November 30, 2018 Inspired by the interdisciplinary possibilities and the innovative scholarly avenues that the study of materiality can open in the field of Armenian Studies, the Tenth Annual International Graduate Student Workshop will focus on the theme of material objects. The exploration of culture, society …

University of California, Los Angeles, Friday, February 15, 2019 We enthusiastically invite graduate students and recent post-docs (Ph.D within the last two years) in fields associated with Armenian Studies (broadly defined) to present their recent research. Work in progress is encouraged. Research papers are accepted on all aspects of Armenian studies, including, but not limited to: literature, history, gender studies, …

The Department of Oriental Studies at the Yerevan State University (Armenia) invites you to the First Annual Armenian International Congress on Oriental Studies to be held on November 9-10, 2018 in Yerevan (Armenia) and dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Department. The Department of Oriental Studies was founded in 1968, based on the strong traditions and …

The Society for Armenian Studies announces the release of Volume 26 (2017) of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS), edited by Dr. Sergio La Porta. JSAS Volume 26 includes four articles, eight communications, and two book reviews. The articles in this issue address topics in Armenian religious practice, philology, the Armenian Genocide, contemporary literature and the transmission …