On a recent warm spring afternoon, Azniv Guiragossian sat quietly in a wheelchair between her daughter Arpi and son Shahen in the living room of the New York Armenian Home in Flushing, Queens. Dressed in […]
NEW MILFORD, N.J.—Dikranagerdtsis present a benefit evening to raise funds for the restoration efforts of the St. Giragos Church in Dikranagerd (Diyarbakir), Turkey, on May 17 at the Hovnanian Banquet Hall in New Milford. The […]
Five authors will be honored at the Anahid Literary Awards celebration on Friday evening, April 4, 2014 at Columbia University. Hosted by the Armenian Center at Columbia University, recipients Arthur Nercessian, (Chinese Take-Out); Patricia Saraffian […]
NEW YORK—On Wed., Dec. 4, the Armenian Center at Columbia University hosted a symposium on survivor meaning featuring reputable leaders in the field of study, including Peter Balakian, Jay Lifton, and Marianne Hirsch. Titled “Survivor […]
NEW YORK—On Wed., Dec. 4, the Armenian Center at Columbia University will host “Survivor Meaning: After the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, and Hiroshima: A Symposium with Robert Jay Lifton, Peter Balakian, and moderator Marianne Hirsch,” […]
NEW YORK—Dr. Donna-Lee Frieze delivered a lecture on Oct. 2 titled, “Raphael Lemkin: The Armenian Genocide and the Autobiography of the Insistent Prophet,” at Columbia University’s Butler Library, at an event hosted by the Armenian […]
When Raffi Wartanian had to decide on his next step post-college, the choice was clear for the Johns Hopkins graduate: He wanted to spend a year in Armenia as a Fulbright Research Fellow focusing on […]
On Wed., Sept. 25, Professor Peter Balakian, the Rebar Professor of the Humanities at Colgate University and the Visiting Ordjanian Professor of Armenian Studies at Columbia University, will deliver a talk titled “Terror and Taboo: Going to Turkey” […]
ASBURY PARK, N.J.—While decades have passed since the original Asbury Park “kef” events, which were geared towards the Armenian community in the 1950’s and 1960’s, one important element of that generation has withstood the test […]
Ten bold, black letters of the Armenian alphabet are etched across Razmik Tchakmakian’s left upper arm, the letters comprising a powerful word that has been central to the plight of Armenians and significant to our […]
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