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Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa, 1875-2022: A Photographic and Archaeological Journey

Launching a new exhibit from the Armenian Image Archive, the panelists will explore the fourteen...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Armenian Language Workshop

The UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies and the UCLA Department ...

Friday, June 3, 2022

Day of Armenian Music at UCLA

The UCLA Armenian Music Program invites you to a Day of Armenian Music...

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Armenian Communities of Persia/Iran: History, Trade, Culture

The Ararat-Eskijian Museum, in collaboration with the Armenian Film Foundation, ...

Saturday, May 21, 2022

To Say With Passion: Why Am I Here?

Book release and reading of Tenny Arlen's book of Armenian poetry....

Friday, May 20, 2022

Doing Science in Armenia: From a Personal Outlook to Nanoscale Thermoelectric Photodetectors

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "Doing Science in Armenia: From a Personal Outlook...

Friday, May 20, 2022

The Vishap: From Fairy Tale to Reality

The Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies presents "The Vishap: From Fairy Tale to Reality,"...

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Folklore of the Silicon Mountains: Music, Tech, and the Future in 21st-Century Armenia

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "Folklore of the Silicon Mountains: Music, Tech, and...

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Unearthing, Discovering, Unlearning: Armenian Indigeneity in Turkey

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA and the Political Violence in ...

Friday, May 6, 2022

Heim Memorial Lecture: “Translating Erased Histories”

The UCLA Department of Comparative Literature presents the 2022 Michael Henry Heim Memorial...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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The Life of Eliza Binemeciyan: The Armenian Genocide's Impact on Performing Arts in Turkey

The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law presents "The Life of...

Monday, April 25, 2022

A House in the Homeland: Armenian Pilgrimages to Places of Ancestral Memory

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "A House in the Homeland: Armenian Pilgrimages to...

Friday, April 22, 2022

[Non-PAI Event] Armenian Women in Focus: A Celebration of Their Success

The UCLA Library presents a two-day webinar, celebrating the incredible resilience and achievements...

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

[Hammer Museum Concert] Treasures of Armenian Music

The UCLA Armenian Music Program and the Hammer Museum present...

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The End of Armenian Sivas: The Extermination of Deportees

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "The End of Armenian Sivas: The Extermination of...

Monday, April 18, 2022

Spotlight on Rouben Mamoulian

Free at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum...

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Discussion with Author Sato Moughalian

UCLA Hillel and the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute present a discussion...

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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The Stateless Diplomat: Diana Apcar's Heroic Life

In celebration of International Women's Day, the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents...

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Women's History through the Colophons of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts

The UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies presents "Women's History through the Colophons...

Friday, February 25, 2022

1860 Gesaria (Kayseri) to Los Angeles 2022 “Mapping Culture & Sharing Stories”

The Ararat-Eskijian Museum (AEM) and The Armenian Dress and Textile Project (ADTP)...

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Vital Matters: Stories of Belief: Traces of Humanity–The Armenian Cultural Legacy in Los Angeles

Join the Fowler Museum for an exploration of Armenian devotional works preserved at...

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Survivor Object: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA and the Political Violence in ...

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Christian, Muslim, and Alevi Armenians in Turkey: Parallel Regimes of Exclusion and Multilateral Boundary Making

CULTURE | POWER | SOCIAL CHANGE in the UCLA Department of Anthropology presents...

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Is the Pen Mightier than the Sword?

The Armenian Studies Center of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute presents "Is the Pen Mightier...

Friday, January 28, 2022

[PBS & KCET Screening] The Hidden Map

The documentary film, “The Hidden Map,” will be broadcast on PBS SoCal and KCET....

Thursday, December 9, 2021

[Non-PAI Event] Lunch & Learn: The Life and Times of the Gladzor Gospels

Join the Fowler Museum and Gassia Armenian on a journey tracing the history of...

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Justice and Accountability After the Artsakh War

To mark the 10th anniversary of the ANCA Grassroots Conference initiative, the Armenian ...

Monday, November 22, 2021

[Non-PAI Event] Vital Matters: Stories of Belief–The Astonishing Survival of the Gladzor Gospel

Join the Fowler Museum for a discussion about the context, content and materials...

Monday, November 22, 2021

Operation Armenia, A year in Review: International Humanitarian Aid to Long-term Infrastructure Support

As part of UCLA's 2021 International Education Week, The Promise Armenian Institute at...

Friday, November 19, 2021

Aftermath: the Armenian Earthquake of 1988

The UCLA Promise Armenian Institute and the Armenian Film Foundation present "Aftermath: the...

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Gender and Intersectionality in Post-Soviet Armenia

This two-day international conference, hosted by the Zoryan Institute in partnership with ...

Friday, October 15, 2021

The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA and The Promise Institute for Human Rights ...

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Uncommon Genealogies: Violence, Belonging and Memory in the Eastern Frontier

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "Uncommon Genealogies: Violence, Belonging and Memory in the...

Friday, September 10, 2021

Indian Diamonds for Mediterranean Coral

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "Indian Diamonds for Mediterranean Coral: A Global Armenian...

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Seventh Annual UCLA Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian Studies

In association with UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, the seventh annual UCLA Undergraduate Colloquium in Armenian...

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

A Day of Armenian Music

The UCLA Armenian Music Program and Director Movses Pogossian invite you to a virtual event...

Friday, May 21, 2021

Internment and Destruction: Concentration Camps During the Armenian Genocide

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "Internment and Destruction: Concentration Camps During the Armenian...

Friday, May 7, 2021

Self-Determination, Remedial Secession and International Law: The Artsakh Crisis in Comparative Perspective

Remedial secession, a process whereby a people can declare independence, is a nebulous concept in...

Thursday, April 29, 2021

The Unspoken as Heritage: The Armenian Genocide and Its Unaccounted Lives

The UCLA Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History presents the inaugural ...

Thursday, April 22, 2021

[Hammer Museum Concert] In Remembrance: Treasures of Armenian Classical, Contemporary & Folk Music

The UCLA Armenian Music Program and the Hammer Museum present...

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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Paging through Photos and Songs: Hayganush Mark and Koharig Ghazarosian's Friendship in Post-Genocide Istanbul

The Promise Institute for Human Rights and The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, in partnership...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The Treatment of Prisoners of War: New Legal Developments and the Example of the Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh Conflict

The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law presents a panel discussion examining the...

Friday, April 16, 2021

Armenia: How Did We End Up Here? Where Can We Go? What Can We Do?

A conversation between Dr. Libaridian and UCLA's Armenian community....

Friday, April 9, 2021

After the Second Karabakh War: Reenvisioning the Diaspora

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA and the Armenian Students' Association ...

Monday, March 29, 2021

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Feminism, Theology, and Liberation in Mari Baylerian's Writings

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA presents "Feminism, Theology, and Liberation in Mari Beylerian's Writings"...

Friday, March 19, 2021

What Does a Small Nation Know? Armenians and the Wages of Nationalism

The UCLA Promise Armenian Institute presents the third in its Distinguished Lecture Series, "What Does...

Friday, February 12, 2021

2021 UCLA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies

This Colloquium is an annual international conference for graduate students in the Humanities/Social Sciences to...

Saturday, February 6, 2021

Addressing the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA and the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Special Screening of "Songs Of Solomon"

Please join us for a special screening of Songs Of Solomon, featuring a conversation with...

Friday, January 22, 2021

[Non-PAI Event] Truth and Accountability: Ethnic Cleansing in the Modern Age

In recognition of Human Rights Day and the United Nations International Day of Commemoration and...

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Songs of Gratitude

Organized by UCLA professor of violin and director of the Armenian Music Program, Movses Pogossian,...

Sunday, November 29, 2020

A Foe of Injustice and Prejudice: Srpuhi Dussap and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Armenian Feminist Thought

Lecture with Melissa Bilal (UCLA)...

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh and the Palimpsests of Conflict, Violence, and Memory

The Armenian Studies Center of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute presents "Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh and the...

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Cemal Pasha's Role in the Armenian Genocide

The UCLA Promise Armenian Institute presents the second in its Distinguished Lecture Series, "Cemal Pasha's...

Thursday, October 22, 2020

[Cotsen Institute: Virtual Pizza Talk] The Earliest Farmers of The Caucasus: A View From Masis Blur

Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Postdoctoral Scholar, CIoA, UCLA, and Alan Farahani, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UNLV.

Virtual Pizza...

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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