Porter Square Books is excited to welcome writer Nancy Kricorian to celebrate the release of her novel, The Burning Heart of the World. Lisa Gulesserian will join Kricorian in conversation. This event will take place on Thursday, April 17 at 7 pm at Porter Square Books (1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140).
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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
NeMLA: Narratives of Displaced Lives
NeMLA 2024 Convention: SURPLUS is the keyword for 2024 NeMLA convention for critical and creative work that, in addition to the commonly associated meanings of profit and value, can be more broadly construed as excess or excessive, as surfeit, or what is leftover, or unwanted: an excess of emotions (anger, fear, passion, desire), for example;… Continue reading NeMLA: Narratives of Displaced Lives
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.