Welcome Remarks at NAASR’s “Honoring Christina Maranci” Gala
Honoring Christina Maranci, Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, Harvard University
Saturday, May 6, 2023
6 pm Cocktail Reception ~ 7 pm Seated Dinner
The Charles Hotel, One Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us as we honor:
Professor Christina Maranci
The newest holder of the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, Harvard University
Yervant Chekijian
Chairman of the Board of NAASR 2016 – 2022
Marc A. Mamigonian
Director of Academic Affairs at NAASR – 25th Anniversary
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor on Armenian, Harvard University
With Distinguished Speakers from Harvard University
and
Master of Ceremonies: Adi Ignatius, Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Business Review
NAASR was launched in March 1955 to pursue a bold vision of promoting Armenian Studies by establishing endowed chairs at foremost universities in the United States. NAASR achieved this ambitious goal by establishing the first chair in Armenian Studies, at Harvard University. In 1959 we marked the successful conclusion of our Harvard Chair campaign at a gala in Memorial Hall. The Mashtots Chair was the first at Harvard to be endowed by a community organization.