This two-day international conference, hosted by the Zoryan Institute in partnership with The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, will provide a platform to discuss and better understand gender-related problems in the present day Republic of Armenia. This conference is organized with the support of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, the UCLA Gender Studies Department, and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Friday, October 15, 2021 to Friday, October 15, 2021
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)

Registration for this conference is required. Please click here to register. 

Day 1

Panel 1: Armenia's Gender Trouble: Deconstructing "Anti-Genderism" From Historical, Linguistic, and Socio-Cultural Anthropological Perspectives.

Panel 2: Politics and Representation: Uprooting Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia in Education, Decision Making, and Public Discourse