Wishing everyone a relaxing and rejuvenating summer!
The new executive board would love to hear your event ideas for the upcoming year. We have created a Google Form to make sure that we’re planning events everyone will be interested in. Please fill it out at your convenience.
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Also, please make sure that you have joined our Facebook group as well as this page! The link is here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CU.Armenian.Society/
We also have a Facebook group chat. If anyone is interested in joining, please email us at [email protected]. Here’s to an amazing year!
Best Regards,
Danielle Mikaelian
The Armenian Center at Columbia University and the Anahid Literary Award Committee invite you to join us for an evening of literature and celebration to honor the recent recipients of the Anahid Literary Award. The recent winners are Arthur Nercessian, author of Chinese Take-Out among other novels; Patricia Saraffian Ward, author of The Bullet Collection among other works, Michael Zadoorian, author of Second Hand among other novels; Aris Janigian, author of Blood-Vine among other novels; and Lydia Peele (in abesentia) author of Reasons For and Advantages of Breathing.
This event will take place on Friday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Columbia University Faculty House.
The event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is strongly advised. Please follow the link to RVSP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/anahid-literary-award-ceremony-at-columbia-university-tickets-10819997905?aff=eorg
From Armenia to New York: Five Short Films Screening
Please join us for an evening screening and discussion films by young Armenian filmmakers from Columbia University. (Moderated by Raffi Asdourian, A&E, Sundance Channel).
ORDER OF FILMS –
Ophelia Harutyunyan: The Frame (10:47)
Jesse Soursourian: No Overtime (8:17)
Viktorya Aleksanyan: Caregivers (17:41)
Eric Shahinian: Justine (6:25)
Anahid Yahjian: Levon: A Wondrous Life (6:49)
This event will take place on Friday, March 28 at 7 p.m. at Columbia University Schermerhorn Hall Room 501.
For more information please visit the event page.
Russian-Armenian and Armenian-American Relations Today
Please join us for the discussion on Armenian-American and Russian-Armenian relations in the context of current developments. Mr. Van Krikorian, member of the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Assembly of America and Dr. Andranik Migranyan, the director of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, will discuss the following topics:
- Armenian government’s decision to join the Customs Union with Russia
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the current stage
- Armenian Diaspora in the US and Russia: differences and similarities
- Armenian Genocide: recognition in process
- The effectiveness of economic relations with the US and Russia
- Is the Armenian foreign policy still complementary?
- Ukrainian crisis: will it change the conjuncture of interests in South Caucasus?
The event will take place on Thursday, March 27, 7:00PM at Columbia University, Kent Hall room 413 (The entrance of the building is from inside the campus: see the map). For more details, please see the flyer.
Andranik Migranyan is a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy of the Russian Federation, member of the Valdai Discussion Club, Chairman of the Research Council of the CIS Institute, Chairman of the commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (first convocation), and Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (second convocation). He previously served as member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation (1993–2000); Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations – MGIMO; Senior Adviser to the Committee on Foreign Relations, Supreme Council of the Russian Federation (1992–1993); Chief Advisor to the Committee on CIS Problems of Russian Parliament (The State Duma) (1994–1995); Vice-president, Reforma Foundation (1993–2003); First Vice-President, Soglasiye Foundation (2004–2008). Dr. Migranyan is the author of over 600 publications in Russian and other languages, including Democracy and Morality (1989), Russia in Search for Identity (1997); Russia: From Chaos to Order? (2001); The United States After the First Obama Term (2012) – editor; Democracy in a Russian Mirror (2013) – author and co-editor with Adam Przeworski. Mr. Migranyan is also a founding member of Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (2001-2004).
Van Z. Krikorian serves as Counselor and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Assembly of America. He began with the organization in 1977, and has served as Chairman of its Board of Directors, and in other positions for over 30 years. He is a trustee of the Armenian Genocide Museum of America and Chairman of its Building and Operations Committee; on Board of the Armenian National Institute; Chairman and CEO of Global Gold Corporation, which also operates in Armenia (2007- present). Previously he was a partner of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz and until 1998 practiced law with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler. In 2005, he was appointed to the International Council of George Washington University, and he is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace University Law School in White Plains, NY. Mr. Krikorian has initiated several pieces of human rights legislation, including Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act and the Humanitarian Aid Corridors Act. In the 1993 decision Krikorian v. Department of State, the District of Columbia Federal Court of Appeals acknowledged that United States policy historically recognized the Armenian Genocide. Mr. Krikorian is a founding member of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission; served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Moscow CSCE meetings of 1991 during the first Bush Administration. In 1992, he served as Deputy Representative and Counselor to the United Nations for the newly independent Republic of Armenia.
New Course Offered in Fall 2013 on the Armenian Genocide and Holocaust
A new course taught by Professor Peter Balakian will be offered in Fall 2013.
“THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND HOLOCAUST: MEMORY AND REPRESENTATION”
This course is an investigation of the impact of genocide on the self and the imagination’s representations in literature, film, and video testimony; primary texts will include poetry, memoir, video testimony, film, and visual art. Methodology will involve literary criticism and theoretical works in the study of trauma, literary theory, and testimony. The course will concern itself with the aftermath of two twentieth century genocides—that of the Armenians in Turkey during World War I and of the Jews in Europe during World War II—both seminal events of the twentieth century that, in various ways, became models for ensuing genocides. Students will be permitted to write about other post-genocidal texts with the instructor’s permission.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mesaas/courses/
Armenian Composers of The Ottoman Empire
AGBU Performing Arts Department in collaboration with Armenian Society of Columbia University, The Armenian Center at Columbia University, and AGBU University Outreach present a musical tribute in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide featuring works of:
Komitas, Tchuhadjian, Manas, Alemshah, Sinanian, and Kanachian.
The concert will take place on Thursday, April 25th at 7:00pm in Italian Academy Teatro.
The address is: 1161 Amsterdam Ave. (south of 118th st.) New York, NY 10027
For tickets click here. CUID call 212-319-6383 for special admission.
For more details please see the attached flyer.
In response to the plight and suffering of our compatriots in Syria, the Armenian youth in the tri-state area has organized a fundraising concert to take place at Felician College in Lodi, NJ on April 6th at 7:00pm.
A varied but united collection of performers and artists, some of whom you may personally know, have volunteered to take part in the concert to help benefit the Syrian-Armenian community.
Please see the concert flyer and application for advertising in the program booklet for further details and contact information. In case you, or someone you know, wants to advertise in front 1400 people, it’s an excellent way for a business to gain exposure and make a tax-deductible donation.
For tickets and more details, feel free to contact through email or call one of the following numbers indicated on the flyer. You can also RSVP through facebook.
Aris Janigian and his new novel “This Angelic Land”
The Armenian Society Columbia University, the Armenian Center at Columbia University, and AGBU University Outreach invite you to a book reading and discussion, featuring author Aris Janigian and his new novel, “This Angelic Land.”
The story of Adam Derderian, a hip, 27-year old bar owner, during his six-day journey through the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
The event will take place at Hamilton Hall 602; Tuesday, March 12 at 7:30pm.
Please RSVP by email or through Facebook.
~Free Admission~
Aris Janigian: Considered one of the most important Armenian-American novelists working today, Janigian is the author of three critically acclaimed novels – Bloodvine, Riverbig, and his latest, This Angelic Land. All three stories place ethnic Armenian characters against the backdrop of the American cultural landscape. This Angelic Land is set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. In tapping themes of exile, memory, and assimilation, Janigian uses the Armenian experience as a lens through which to explore the central American experience. Holding a Ph.D. in psychology, from 1993 to 2005, Janigian was senior professor of Humanities at Southern California Institute of Architecture. Aside from his novels, he is co-author, along with April Greiman, of Something for Nothing, a book on the philosophy of graphic design. He was a contributing writer to West, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, a finalist for the William Saroyan Fiction Prize, and the recipient of the Anahid Literary Award from Columbia University. He is a contributing writer to thenervousbreakdown.com.
Nagorno-Karabakh: From Sumgait Memories to Independent State
You are kindly invited to attend the upcoming event commemorating 25th anniversary of Sumgait Massacres of 1988. A short film will be screaned together with an exhibition of unique photos from Artsakh.
The speakers for the evening are:
Ambassador Garen Nazarian, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations
Robert Avetisyan, Permanent Representative of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – Artsakh to the United States.
When: Wednesday, February 27th; 7:00pm
Where: AGBU, 55 East 95th St. 7th floor
RSVP: [email protected] or call (212)319-6383 or through facebook
Meet “Luys” Scholars and “Luys” Team at Columbia University
Connecting worlds and circulating knowledge with CU Armenian students and Luys Foundation. During the event Luys Scholars will present their works at Columbia University. Jacqueline Karaaslanian – the Executive Director of Luys Foundation – will talk about the foundation and its current activities and future plans.
The event will take place at Columbia University Ware Lounge 6th floor of Avery Hall on December 15, 2012 from 3:00 to 5:30pm.
3:00 – Welcome by Jacqueline Karaaslanian: Executive Director of Luys Foundation – Armenia
3:10 – Armenia Architectural studio brief introduction by Vahan Misakyan presenting selected works from graduate architecture students on their studio work for Dilijan
3:40 – Q and A discussion
3:50 – Coffee break
4:00 – Columbia students on studies in progress and experience of running projects in Armenia
4:30 – Discussion
5:10 – Social
For more information about the Luys Foundation please visit www.luys.am.
You can download the pdf flier of the event here.