Who Is an Armenian American? Panel

Panel Discussion, “Who Is an Armenian American?” Monday, October 16, 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) In-person event at NAASR’s Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA Presented by NAASR through a grant from Mass Humanities under their Expand Massachusetts Stories Initiative. Panelists: Dr. Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor on Armenian Language and Culture, Department of Near Eastern Languages… Continue reading Who Is an Armenian American? Panel

Language OER Conference: Presentation

The fourth annual University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center’s Language OER Conference was held online on Saturday, February 17, 2024 and highlighted materials in American Sign Language, Armenian, Chinese, English as a Second Language, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Tibetan, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Saturday February 17, 2024, 2:10–2:30 PM CST Ես ու դուն (You and… Continue reading Language OER Conference: Presentation

NECTFL: Tech Lab Presentation

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages TechLab Presentation: “Built to Endure: Lasting Impact with an OER Made Using Free Tech Tools” Saturday February 24, 2024, 2:15–3:15 PM Presentation about the technological tools for an online open educational resource for Western Armenian that I developed in collaboration with my colleague at Columbia University with… Continue reading NECTFL: Tech Lab Presentation

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… Continue reading Welcome Remarks at NAASR’s “Honoring Christina Maranci” Gala

Literary Lights: In Conversation with Deanna Cachoian-Schanz

Join us for the second event of our reading series, Literary Lights, featuring Deanna Cachoian-Schanz, translator of A Book, Untitled, written by Shushan Avagyan. Cachoian-Schanz will be joined by Dr. Lisa Gulesserian, Harvard University Preceptor on Armenian Language and Culture. The event will take place on March 29, 2023 at 7:00 PM Eastern, at the Guild Hall… Continue reading Literary Lights: In Conversation with Deanna Cachoian-Schanz

Water Finds its Way: Challenges and Resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages

“Water Finds its Way: Challenges and Resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages” A talk by Dr. Lisa Gulesserian Tuesday, April 11, 2023 4:00–5:30 pm ET Harvard Language Center (Science Center B06) The less commonly taught language (LCTL) classroom is a unique space on campus with special challenges for language instructors. At times, these numerous challenges… Continue reading Water Finds its Way: Challenges and Resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages

Emcee: NELC Poetry Night

Join students from the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations as they recite their favorite poems in more than a dozen languages taught in NELC! The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations presents Poetry Night Sponsored by the Aga Khan Foundation Open to the Harvard community only March 28, 2023 | 5:30 pm… Continue reading Emcee: NELC Poetry Night

Poetry Lecture and Workshop on “Hayrens: An Armenian Poetic Form”

I presented a lecture on hayrens—an Armenian poetic form—and led a poetry-writing workshop for Hamazkayin Canada’s Levon Shant Armenological Course on Saturday, 28 January 2023. In my lecture and workshop, participants were introduced to the hayren poetic form, collaboratively produced Armenian-language hayrens, and presented their poems.

Remarks at NAASR’s “Expanding Horizons” Gala

Please join us in celebrating NAASR’s “Expanding Horizons” at our annual gala. Remarks: Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor on Armenian, Harvard University Keynote: Ani Hovannisian, director, producer, and filmmaker of The Hidden Map