Society for Armenian Studies Marks 40th Anniversary in Yerevan

Vartan Matiossian

On its fortieth anniversary, the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) organized an unprecedented workshop from October 3-5, at the presidential hall of sessions of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, with forty-two scholars from Armenia and abroad who delivered papers in English or in Armenian. “Many of the presentations and discussions were indeed fascinating and thought-provoking,” noted Nareg Seferian, while Jennifer Manoukian remarked: “The most positive aspect of the conference was without a doubt getting the chance to mingle with scholars working on similar topics. Hearing about projects in the works and sharing resources to facilitate these projects would have been difficult to do without the face-to-face interaction that the conference provided.” Many participants expressed the hope that this workshop will become a regular feature.

Academic Conference Will Mark the 125th Anniversary of the Hunchakian Party

The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) is the longest serving Armenian political party. Founded in Geneva in 1887, the SDHP has played an important role at every stage of our nation’s history.

An academic conference scheduled for October 27th at the Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium of Woodbury University in Burbank (California) will mark the 125th anniversary of the SDHP. The conference is organized by the Armenian Educational Benevolent Union (A.E.B.U.) and Nor Serount Cultural Association (N.S.C.A.); and co-sponsored by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA, the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn; Woodbury University and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR). A host of renowned historians, academics and scholars will conduct a day-long review of the political, intellectual and social history of the Armenian people, as analyzed through the history of the Hunchakian Party and many of its prominent members who shaped it.