Join us for an intimate evening discussion about Srpuhi Dussap and Zabel Yessayan. Well known during their lifetimes, Srpuhi Dussap and Zabel Yessayan wrote books about women’s rights, human rights, and Armenian life during the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian International Women’s Association, AIWA, recently published the translations of Yessayan’s The Gardens of… Continue reading An Evening with Srpuhi Dussap and Zabel Yessayan
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Mayda Book Launch Party
Join us for an intimate discussion about the first Armenian feminist novel. Srpuhi Dussap’s 1883 novel calling for the equal rights of women and social justice for everyone entertains the reader with criticisms of 19th century Armenian society in Istanbul and relevant themes of work and motherhood, religion and ignorance, love and marriage. Don’t miss… Continue reading Mayda Book Launch Party
Creative Writing in Armenian: Poetry Workshop
I am leading a two-day creative writing workshop for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation at NAASR in Belmont, MA. Participants will be introduced to the poetic language, the haiku poetic form, and old and new examples of haiku poems. By the end of the workshop, students will produce Instagram-able short poems in the haiku form in… Continue reading Creative Writing in Armenian: Poetry Workshop
neMLA: Regional Wounds, Universal Traumas, and the Possibility of Empathy
Regional Wounds, Universal Traumas, and the Possibility of Empathy (Part 2) Roundtable with: Chair: Maryam Ghodrati, University of Massachusetts Amherst Chair: Rachel Dale, Brandeis University Location: ORLEANS (Media Equipped) Comparative Literature & Interdisciplinary Humanities “Chang-rae Lee and the Traumatic Affect of the Gesture” Susan Moynihan, Tennessee Technological University “Narrativizing Empathy in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry… Continue reading neMLA: Regional Wounds, Universal Traumas, and the Possibility of Empathy
Bilingualism: The Challenges and Benefits of Learning and Living in Multiple Worlds
Join us for a discussion on: BILINGUALISM: THE CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF LEARNING AND LIVING IN MULTIPLE WORLDS MODERATED by Dr. Anna Ohanyan, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill College FEATURING Dr. Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor on Armenian Language and Culture, Harvard University Dr. Vartan Matiossian, Executive Director, Armenian Prelacy of the Eastern United… Continue reading Bilingualism: The Challenges and Benefits of Learning and Living in Multiple Worlds
Creative Writing in Armenian: Poetry Workshop
I led a two-day creative writing workshop for Hamazkayin ArtLinks 2019 in Paris, Ontario, Canada. Participants were introduced to the poetic language, the Հայրէն (“hayren”) poetic form, and old and new examples of Հայրէն poems. By the end of the workshop, students produced Instagram-able short poems in the hayren form in the language of their… Continue reading Creative Writing in Armenian: Poetry Workshop
Armenia’s Velvet Revolution After Six Months: Beyond the Headlines
Panel Discussion Moderated by Dr. Lisa Gulesserian Lecturer on Armenian, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University PANELISTS: Anush Hambaryan (Harvard Kennedy School, Master in Public Policy Candidate) Harout S. Manougian (Harvard Kennedy School, Master in Public Administration Candidate) Dr. Anna Ohanyan (Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations,… Continue reading Armenia’s Velvet Revolution After Six Months: Beyond the Headlines
Emcee: St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School 35th Anniversary Celebration
St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School 35th Anniversary Celebration Emcee: Dr. Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor on Armenian Language and Culture, Harvard University
Ahead of Time: Exploring the Relationship Between Ancient and Modern Armenian Studies
Chair: Lisa Gulesserian, Lecturer on Armenian Language & Culture, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University Graduate Student Co-chair: Julia Hintlian, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund presents a panel discussion on Armenian Studies featuring Christina Maranci, Tufts University David Zakarian, Oxford University Marie-Aude Baronian, University of Michigan Sylvia Alajaji, Franklin & Marshall College… Continue reading Ahead of Time: Exploring the Relationship Between Ancient and Modern Armenian Studies
A Trend or an Exception?: Democratization in Armenia and Authoritarianism Worldwide
Panel Discussion Moderated by Dr. Lisa Gulesserian Lecturer on Armenian, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University PANELISTS Dr. Anna Ohanyan: Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill College Dr. Dimitri Sotiropoulos: Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies at Harvard University Dr. Valerie Sperling: Dept. of Political Science,… Continue reading A Trend or an Exception?: Democratization in Armenia and Authoritarianism Worldwide