On Sunday, 10/22, join us in celebrating a major new addition to our Holocaust & Genocide Studies Collection. The Vahakn Dadrian Armenian Genocide Book Collection is made possible by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center. RSVP: dadrian.eventbrite.com

The Tufenkian Travel Scholarship is now OPEN for applications. This exciting opportunity is open to all full-time enrolled USC undergraduate students. Applications are due on December 1, 2023. USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Learn more at: armenian.usc.edu/applications-o…

"This essay was going to be about Armenians and Azerbaijanis, about how a side that has lost all hope can neither make peace nor create stability with a sore winner. Then the carnage in Gaza and Israel hit the headlines and drove the point home..." msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

My edited volume 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 has just been published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Books UK. Nebraska CAS University of Nebraska-Lincoln

«Ի վերջո, կա պատճառ որ ոմանք ըղձում են գաղութացնել լուսինը, և ուրիշները պարում են նրա դիմաց՝ մի վաղնջական ընկերոջ պես։»

#ASHKHAR is now available on all streaming platforms. Go listen! #music #art #technology #duduk #Armenians open.spotify.com/track/7xI4t2v1…

This Wednesday at 6 PM PST, join All-ASA, USC Delta Phi Epsilon, USC Global Policy Institute, @glimpsefromtheglobe and USC Armenians for "Ethnic Cleansing in the 21st Century: A Panel Discussion on Artsakh," featuring panelists Simon Maghakyan, Anoush Baghdassarian & Gegham Mughnetsyan Գեղամ Մուղնեցյան. Zoom link: usc.zoom.us/j/95615735088

In order to understand more about the struggle of the Armenians in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem please read the following chapter from my co-edited volume Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem. Here is the link to the article: rb.gy/i55yi5

Books published between 2014-2023 with Stanford Press Routledge Books Univ Nebraska Press I.B. Tauris Bloomsbury Books UK The Press and İletişim Yayınları

A 1970s Soviet era mural in a former beer house in Gyumri. Today it serves as a restaurant and bar. The former beer house was very popular in the Soviet days some elders told me. The artist of the mural is Vart Paronyan.

The USC Institute of Armenian Studies and USC Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures co-organized a groundbreaking three-day conference at the USC School of Cinematic Arts about legendary filmmaker and visionary Sergei Parajanov in honor of what would have been his 100th birthday. bit.ly/3SYWDtx

Sunland Olives districtofgegham.com/2024/02/05/sun…

It's Armenian Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium!

Here my article that just appeared in The Christian Post on the historical importance of the Armenians of Jerusalem, the challenges that they are facing, and the threat posed by settlers that are endangering the presence of this historic community. shorturl.at/49ask

my debut album Remnants is out today on all digital + streaming vyd.co/Remnants Vinyl orders available below: btwnearthandsky.bandcamp.com/album/remnants 💚

NEW ESSAY — “A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer”, in which Jennifer Manoukian recovers the cunning exploits of Ambroise Calfa, a forgotten 19th-century conman who claimed to be a direct descendant of a 12th-century king — publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-prince…

Read Joseph Torigian on how Xi Jinping’s plans for China have been influenced by the life, career, and ideology of his father: foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-jinpi…

Grateful to International Armenian Literary Alliance for supporting my English translation of Անաւարտ դիմանկար, by a dear late mentor, Souren Chekijian. Thank you for helping carry a Toronto-set Western Armenian novel into English.

Armen Aroyan, who guided generations of diasporan Armenians on over 100 “pilgrimages” to their ancestral homelands, passed away this week. The Armenian Weekly extends its deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. armenianweekly.com/2026/01/17/arm…