The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS), founded in 1974, will organize a
workshop to mark the 40th anniversary of its founding. The workshop, to
take place October 3-5, 2014, with the participation of the Armenian
National Academy of Sciences, will bring together twenty scholars from
abroad and twenty from Armenia to deliver papers on a number of topics
such as inadequately studied aspects of Armenian history in the past
millennium; the representation and reflection of the Armenian Genocide
in the arts and culture in general; testimonies and reminiscences of the
survivors of the Genocide; accomplishments, perspectives and
methodologies in contemporary Armenian literary studies and
historiography; and, the Armenian Diaspora in the 21st century,
aspirations and challenges. The workshop will take place at the
Presidium Hall of Sessions at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.
The Society for Armenian Studies was founded by a group of scholars:
Nina Garsoian, Dickran Kouymjian, Avedis Sanjian and Robert W. Thomson,
on the initiative of Richard G. Hovannisian, with a view to promoting
and supporting Armenian studies as an academic discipline through panels
at national and international gatherings, publications, lectures and
symposia. It publishes a newsletter and the Journal of the Society for
Armenian Studies (JSAS). Most members are from the United States, but an
increasing number of scholars from Europe, Canada and the Middle East
have also joined the SAS.
Those with a general interest in Armenian studies may also join the
SAS (as non-voting members) and receive free copies of the SAS Newsletter
and the JSAS. For more information on, or to join, the SAS, you may visit its website at societyforarmenianstudies.com or e-mail
barlowd@csufresno.edu.
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