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Secrets of Armenia in Fresno

Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall 2770 E. International Ave., Fresno, CA, United States

Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back to the Middle Ages and beyond, with its origins in popular folk-songs. Mikael Ayrapetyan is an acclaimed Armenian pianist, composer, researcher and producer with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. Mikael and Yulia Ayrapetyan revives the forgotten names… Continue reading Secrets of Armenia in Fresno

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Break the Silence: A Reading for Artsakh

The International Armenian Literary Alliance, in partnership with AGBU and the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN International, presents Break the Silence, a reading hosted by Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian, featuring besieged journalists from the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh and award-winning writers in solidarity around the globe, including Ilya Kaminsky—named by the BBC as one… Continue reading Break the Silence: A Reading for Artsakh

Eradicating Cultures, Erasing Lives: Children and the Armenian and Native American Genocides

University Business Center 5245 N. Backer Ave., Fresno State, United States

In this talk, Keith David Watenpaugh, Professor and Director at UC Davis Human Rights Studies, draws the genocide of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire into the comparative study of indigenous genocide. He focuses on the erasure of indigenous children's identity by state authorities through boarding schools to argue that the ideology and practice of… Continue reading Eradicating Cultures, Erasing Lives: Children and the Armenian and Native American Genocides

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Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

This presentation outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert. It is there that Armenians interacted with the remains of Armenians murdered during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) in acts of remembrance. Semerdjian discusses the origins of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide Memorial in Dayr al-Zur and… Continue reading Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

This presentation outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert. It is there that Armenians interacted with the remains of Armenians murdered during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) in acts of remembrance. Semerdjian discusses the origins of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide Memorial in Dayr al-Zur and… Continue reading Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZUntitled

Ararat Home & Museum 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

This presentation outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert. It is there that Armenians interacted with the remains of Armenians murdered during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) in acts of remembrance. Semerdjian discusses the origins of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide Memorial in Dayr al-Zur and… Continue reading Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZUntitled

Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

This presentation outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert. It is there that Armenians interacted with the remains of Armenians murdered during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) in acts of remembrance. Semerdjian discusses the origins of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide Memorial in Dayr al-Zur and… Continue reading Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

This presentation outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert. It is there that Armenians interacted with the remains of Armenians murdered during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) in acts of remembrance. Semerdjian discusses the origins of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide Memorial in Dayr al-Zur and… Continue reading Bone Memory: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-ZurUntitled

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Arch Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

Ararat Home & Museum 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

This volume provides for the first time a detailed list of the 634 documents (written in Armenian, Ottoman, French, English, German, Russian), contained in Box 1 of the Patriarchate’s “Archives of the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide,” with extensive description and annotations. The “Archives” was founded by the Information Bureau affiliated with the Armenian Patriarchate… Continue reading The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Arch Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

Ararat Home & Museum 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and the Genocide: Annotated Detailed Summary of Documents, Vol. I, prepared by Lusine Sahakyan, Ani Voskanyan, and Ani Sahakyan, is a newly released book by Lusakn Publishers, Yerevan, with the endorsement of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian Studies Program at the California… Continue reading The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

Ararat Home & Museum 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and the Genocide: Annotated Detailed Summary of Documents, Vol. I, prepared by Lusine Sahakyan, Ani Voskanyan, and Ani Sahakyan, is a newly released book by Lusakn Publishers, Yerevan, with the endorsement of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian Studies Program at the California… Continue reading The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

Ararat Home & Museum 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and the Genocide: Annotated Detailed Summary of Documents, Vol. I, prepared by Lusine Sahakyan, Ani Voskanyan, and Ani Sahakyan, is a newly released book by Lusakn Publishers, Yerevan, with the endorsement of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian Studies Program at the California… Continue reading The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide

Ararat Home & Museum 15105 Mission Hills Rd., Mission Hills, CA, United States

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and the Genocide: Annotated Detailed Summary of Documents, Vol. I, prepared by Lusine Sahakyan, Ani Voskanyan, and Ani Sahakyan, is a newly released book by Lusakn Publishers, Yerevan, with the endorsement of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian Studies Program at the California… Continue reading The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide