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Haigazian University Press has issued the 37th volume of the Haigazian Armenological Review. The 724-page volume includes 39 research and investigative articles, unpublished documents, briefings, book reviews and obituaries. The articles touch upon various current and past issues and topics all related to Armenian studies, like Armenian identity, language, traditions and beliefs, religion, medieval literature and music, toponyms, trade, party …

Miss Harnack with a group of (Armenian) orphans. Photo credit: Der Christliche Orient (Vol.15, 1914) Ninth Annual International Graduate Student Workshop April 20-21, 2018 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 455 Weiser Hall 500 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1042 Abstracts are due on November 15, 2017. In recent years, the study of childhood and youth has gained increasing attention that …

Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Postgasse 7/1/3, 1010 Vienna, Austria Call for Papers Graduate and Early Career Workshop: ‘Armenia & Byzantium without Borders’ University of Vienna, 20–22 April 2018 Within the framework of ‘Moving Byzantium: Mobility, Microstructure and Personal Agency,’ a five-year project begun at the University of Vienna in 2016 and funded through the Wittgenstein-Prize (http://rapp.univie.ac.at), ‘Armenia …

The Armenian Studies Program of Fresno State will hold an international conference exploring the topic of “Armenians, Greeks, and Kurds: A People’s History of the Ottoman Empire” to be held on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23, 2017. Ottoman history is often studied through the lens of Ottoman Turkish archives, sometime neglecting the important contribution of Armenian and other …

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks applications for a part-time lecturer in Armenian language. The appointment is expected to begin on September 1, 2017. The lecturer will be responsible for teaching three courses: in elementary (one in Fall and one Spring) Western Armenian, and one in some aspect of Armenian civilization (in English). The position is for …

The Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections is currently accepting applications for a $2500 Archival Fellowship, in conjunction with the closing year of University of Kansas’ World War I Commemoration.  The Archival Fellow will work with Dole Archives staff to evaluate relevant archival holdings and develop a topic guide and online teaching module based on Senator Bob Dole’s …

Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Postgasse 7/1/3, 1010 Vienna, Austria Call for Papers Graduate and Early Career Workshop: ‘Armenia & Byzantium without Borders’ University of Vienna, 20–22 April 2018   Within the framework of ‘Moving Byzantium: Mobility, Microstructure and Personal Agency,’ a five-year project begun at the University of Vienna in 2016 and funded through the Wittgenstein-Prize (http://rapp.univie.ac.at), …

University of California, Los Angeles, Friday, February 2, 2018 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, …

Association for Iranian Studies 12th Biennial Conference Call for Papers UC Irvine, at the Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture August 14th-17th-2018 The submission deadline for the conference is September 15th, 2017.  Paper and panel proposals should be submitted via the Association for Iranian Studies website (http://associationforiranianstudies.org).  Your membership dues must be up-to-date and your pre-registration fee paid in …

Dear colleagues, We are glad to announce that the 5th International Conference “Armenian Epic and World Epic Heritage” will be held on October 12-13, 2017, in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. The conference is organized by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Acadamy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian-Armenian Institute University (Yerevan). You are invited to present …