Shows
Society for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 59 – Bedross Der MatossianProf. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century (Stanford University Press, 2022)
Interviewed by Michael Bobelian (Author and Journalist)
[Released June 10, 2022]
2022-06-131h 03Society for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 58 – Satenig Batwagan ToufanianSAS Podcast no. 58 – Satenig Batwagan Toufanian
Prof. Satenig Batwagan Toufanian (Professeur de philosophie chez Ministère chargé de l'Éducation nationale), Rendez-vous à Madras (Ed. Thaddée, 2020) and Dileep Karanth (Illinois Wesleyan University, translator of the novel into English)
Interviewed by Lucine Batwagan
[Released March 23, 2022]
2022-03-2411 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 57 – Vera SahakyanVera Sahakyan, PhD Student and Researcher at Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts-Madenataran, Մշոյ Բուլանըք գաւառի հայաբնակ գիւղերն ըստ Մկրտիչ Ա. Խրիմեան կաթողիկոսին ուղղուած նամակների [The Armenian Populated Villages of the District of Bulanık in Mush according to the Letters sent to Catholicos Mgrditch A. Khrimian]. Yerevan: Matenadaran, 2021.
Interviewed by Arpik Sahakyan
[Released November 2, 2021]
2021-11-0216 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 56 – Alakananda NagAlakananda Nag (Photographer, Filmmaker, Creative Director), Armenians of Calcutta (Calcutta: Alakananda Nag, 2021)
Interviewed by Nareg Seferian (School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech).
[Released September 26, 2021]
2021-09-2732 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 55 – Ümit KurtDr. Ümit Kurt, The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2021).
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released August 11, 2021]
2021-08-1236 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 54 – Joachim SavelsbergProf. Joachim J. Savelsberg, Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles (Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2021)
Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University)
[July 1, 2021]
2021-07-0139 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 53 – Christopher SheklianDr. Christopher Sheklian (Radboud University), Themes in Armenian Studies: Armenian Liturgy and the Politics of Belonging in Turkey
Interviewed by Nora Lessersohn (University College London)
[Released June 5, 2021]
2021-06-0852 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 52 – Narek ManukyanNarek Manukyan (Paradigma Education Foundation), Guidebook on History Teaching: Why, How? [In Armenian] (Yerevan: Paradigma Educational Foundation)
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
2021-05-2732 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 51 – David ZakarianDr. David Zakarian, Women, Too, Were Blessed: The Portrayal of Women in Early Christian Armenian Texts, Armenian Texts and Studies, Volume: 4, Brill 2021
Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[Released May 11, 2021]
2021-05-1149 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 50 – Prof. Vahram ShemmassianProf. Vahram Shemmassian (California State University, Northridge), The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915 (Fresno, CA: The Press, California State University, Fresno, 2020)
Interviewed by Prof. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
[April 21, 2021]
2021-04-2151 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 49 – Khatchig MouradianDr. Khatchig Mouradian (Library of Congress), The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915–1918 (Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 2021)
Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University)
[April 8, 2021]
2021-04-0840 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 48 – Haig UtidjianDr. Haig Utidjian (Charles University, Prague), Tntesean and the Music of the Armenian Hymnal (Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2017)
Interviewed by Dr. Brigitta Davidjants (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre)
(March 3, 2021)
2021-03-031h 12Society for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 47 – Prof. Khachig TölölyanProf. Khachig Tölölyan (Wesleyan University), Reflections on Armenian/Diaspora Studies VI
Interviewed by Dr. Vahe Sahakyan (University of Michigan, Dearborn)
[February 9, 2021]
2021-02-1046 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 46 – Richard AntaramianRichard Antaramian, Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire: Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020)
Interviewed by Dr. Dzovinar Derderian (American University of Armenia)
[January 19, 2021]
2021-01-1950 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 45 – Joanne LaycockJoanne Laycock and Francesca Piana (eds.) Aid to Armenia: Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches) (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020)
Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University)
[November 5, 2020]
2020-11-0647 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 44 – Stephen Badalyan RieggDr. Stephen Badalyan Riegg, Russia's Entangled Embrace: The Tsarist Empire and the Armenians, 1801-1914 (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2020)
Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University)
[September 16, 2020]
2020-09-1840 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 43 – Stephan AstourianProfs. Stephan H Astourian and Raymond H Kévorkian (eds.), Collective and State Violence in Turkey: The Construction of a National Identity from Empire to Nation-State (New York: Berghahn, 2020)
Interviewed by Asya Darbinyan (Clark University)
[September 1, 2020]
2020-09-0247 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 42 – Charlie LadermanProf. Charlie Laderman (Kings College, London), Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University)
[August 7, 2020]
2020-08-0725 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 41 – Levon AvdoyanDr. Levon Avdoyan, Reflections on Armenian Studies V.
Interviewed by Nareg Seferian (School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech)
The aim of the Reflections on Armenian Studies series is twofold: to interview senior figures about their experience in and contribution to the field, and create a digital archive for future generations in the field.
[July 17, 2020]
2020-07-1739 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 40 – Jirair LibaridianProf. Jirair Libaridian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Retired), Reflections on Armenian Studies IV
Interviewed by Dr. Dzovinar Derderian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
The aim of the Reflections on Armenian Studies series is twofold: to interview senior figures about their experience in and contribution to the field, and create a digital archive for future generations in the field.
[July 8, 2020]
2020-07-0846 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 39 – George BournoutianProf. George Bournoutian (Iona College) Reflections on Armenian Studies III
Interviewed by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno)
The aim of the Reflections on Armenian Studies series is twofold: to interview senior figures about their experience in and contribution to the field, and create a digital archive for future generations in the field.
[June 23, 2020]
2020-06-2348 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 38 – Sergio La PortaProf. Sergio La Porta (California State University, Fresno) Reflections on Armenian Studies II
Interviewed by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno)
The aim of the Reflections on Armenian Studies series is twofold: to interview senior figures about their experience in and contribution to the field, and create a digital archive for future generations in the field.
[June 8, 2020]
2020-06-0848 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 37 — Richard G. HovannisianProf. Richard G. Hovannisian, Reflections on Armenian Studies
Interviewed by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno)
The aim of the Reflections on Armenian Studies series is twofold: to interview senior figures about their experience in and contribution to the field, and create a digital archive for future generations in the field.
[May 12, 2020]
2020-05-1248 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 36 – Carolyn J. DeanProf. Carolyn J. Dean, The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide (Cornell University Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Asya Darbinyan (Stockton University)
[March 26, 2020]
2020-03-2647 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 35 – Dzovinar DerderianDr. Dzovinar Derderian, Nation, Media, and Empire: Voices from Ottoman Van
Interviewed by Nora Lessersohn (University College London)
[February 24, 2020]
2020-02-2443 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 34 – Tsolin NalbantianProf. Tsolin Nalbantian, Armenians Beyond Diaspora: Making Lebanon their Own (Edinburgh University Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[December 3, 2019]
2019-12-0334 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 33 – Rubina PeroomianDr. Rubina Peroomian, My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s Gulag (Glendale, Calif: Rubina Peroomian Minassian, 2017)
Interviewed by Vahe Peroomian (University of Southern California)
[October 17, 2019]
2019-10-1727 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 32 – David GutmanDr. David Gutman, The Politics of Armenian Migration to North America, 1885-1915: Sojourners, Smugglers and Dubious Citizens (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Nora Lessersohn (University College London)
[September 17, 2019]
2019-09-1747 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 31 – Satenig Batwagan ToufanianDr. Satenig Batwagan Toufanian, Le Piège de L'orgueil Un Projet Républicain en Orient au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris: Presses de l’inalco, 2018)
Interviewed by Gérard Malkassian (Professor of Philosophy, Paris)
[September 5, 2019]
2019-09-0647 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 30 – Houri BerberianProf. Houri Berberian, Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds (Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[August 15, 2019]
2019-08-1524 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 29 – Vahagn AvedianDr. Vahagn Avedian, Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide (London: Routledge, 2018)
Interviewed by Dr. Suren Manukyan (Yerevan State University and Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute)
[July 31, 2019]
2019-08-0139 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 28 – Hratch TchilingirianProf. Hratch Tchilingirian (Oxford University), Ermeni Kilisesi: Kısa Bir Giriş [The Armenian Church: A Short Introduction] Translated from English by Lora Sarı (Istanbul: Aras Publications, 2019)
Interviewed by Ani K. Shahinian (D.Phil. student, Oxford University)
[July 11, 2019]
2019-07-1324 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 27 – Vahé TachjianDr. Vahé Tachjian (Houshamadyan Project) Daily Life in the Abyss: Genocide Diaries, 1915-1918 (Berghahn Books, NY/London, 2017)
Interviewed by G.M. Goshgarian (Translator)
[June 27, 2019]
2019-06-2749 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 26 – Keith David WatenpaughProf. Keith David Watenpaugh (University of California, Davis) Bread from Stones The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism (Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015)
Interviewed by Harout Ekmanian (Lawyer and Journalist)
[May 28, 2019]
2019-06-1918 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 25 – Bedross Der Matossian and Barlow Der MugrdechianProfs. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno) Western Armenian in the 21st Century: Challenges and New Approaches (Fresno, CA: The Press at Fresno State, Fall 2018)
Jesse Arlen (Ph.D. Student, UCLA) interviewing contributors Hagop Kouloujian (University of California, Los Angeles) and Shushan Karapetian (University of Southern California)
[May 17, 2019]
2019-06-1838 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 24 – Jonathan ConlinProf. Jonathan Conlin (University of Southampton) Mr Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World’s Richest Man (Profile Books; Main edition, 2019)
Interviewed by Marc A. Mamigonian (National Association for Armenian Studies and Research [NAASR])
[Released May 9, 2019]
2019-06-1628 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 23 – Christina MaranciProf. Christina Maranci (Tufts University) Vigilant Powers: Three Churches of Early Medieval Armenia (Turhout, Brepolis Publishers, 2015)
Interviewed by Alison Vacca (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
[Released May 2, 2019]
2019-06-1530 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 22 – Sato MoughalianSato Moughalian (Musician and Author) Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian (Stanford, California: Redwood Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[Released April 23, 2019]
2019-06-1534 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 21 – Vicken CheterianDr. Vicken Cheterian (Webster University-Geneva) Open Wounds: Armenians, Turks and a Century of Genocide (Oxford University Press, 2015)
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released April 17, 2019]
2019-06-1522 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #20 – Heghnar Zeitlian WatenpaughProf. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[Released April 5, 2019]
2019-06-1534 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #19 – Jennifer M. DixonDr. Jennifer M. Dixon, Dark Pasts: Changing the State’s Story in Turkey and Japan (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018)
Interviewed by Marc A. Mamigonian (National Association for Armenian Studies and Research [NAASR]).
[Released March 29, 2019]
2019-06-1543 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #18 – Boris AdjemianDr. Boris Adjemian (Director, Nubarian Library, Paris) La fanfare du négus les Arméniens en Ethiopie (XIXe – XXe siècles) (Paris Éd. de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 2013).
Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University).
[Released March 19, 2019]
2019-06-1537 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #17 – Nora NercessianDr. Nora Nercessian (Retired, Harvard University), The City of Orphans: Relief Workers, Commissars and the “Builders of the New Armenia” Alexandropol/Leninakan 1919-1931 (Hollis Publishing, 2016)
Interviewed by Asya Darbinyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University)
[Released March 7, 2019]
2019-06-1541 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #16 – Anna OhanyanProf. Anna Ohanyan (Stonehill College) Russia Abroad: Driving Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia and Beyond (Georgetown: Georgetown University Press, 2018)
Interviewed by Richard B. Finnegan (Stonehill College)
[Released February 28, 2019]
2019-06-1527 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #15 – Sona HaroutyunianDr. Sona Haroutyunian (Ca’Foscari University of Venice) Հայոց ցեղասպանության արձագանքներն Իտալիայում. 1915 [The Echoes of the Armenian Genocide in Italy. 1915] (Երևան, ԵՊՀ հրատ., 2018).
Interviewed (in Armenian) by Hayk Hambardzumyan (Yerevan State University and Shoghakat TV, Yerevan)
[Released February 2, 2019]
2019-06-1527 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #14 – Avedis HadjianAvedis Hadjian (Journalist) Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey (I.B. Tauris, 2018)
Interviewed by Ani Kasparian (University of Michigan, Dearborn).
[Released February 5, 2019]
2019-06-1553 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #13 – Prof. Hans-Lukas KieserProf. Hans-Lukas Kieser (The University of Newcastle, Australia) Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2018)
Interviewed by David Gutman (Manhattanville College).
[Released January 24, 2019]
2019-06-1541 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #12 – Prof. Ruben SafrastyanProf. Ruben Safrastyan (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) Հայաստանի Հարակից ԵրկրներիՊատմություն [History of Neighboring Countries of Armenia] (Երևան: Զանգակ, 2013- 2016).
Interviewed (in Armenian) by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released January 14, 2019]
2019-06-1532 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #11 – Dr. Talin SuciyanDr. Talin Suciyan (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) The Armenians in Modern Turkey: Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History (London: I.B. Tauris, 2015)
Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University).
[Released December 18, 2018]
2019-06-1525 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #10 – Dr. Christina MaranciProf. Christina Maranci (Tufts University), The Art of Armenia: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2018)
Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[Released December 10, 2018]
2019-06-1524 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #9 – Dr. Helen EvansDr. Helen Evans (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC), Armenia! (Exhibition at the MET)
Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University)
[Released December 2, 2018]
2019-06-1521 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #8 – Dr. Seda OhanianDr. Seda Ohanian (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia), The Armenian Community of Iraq in the 20th Century (Օհանեան Սեդա, Իրաքի հայ համայնքը 20-րդ դարուն, Եր., ՀՀ ԳԱԱ պատմության ինստիտուտ, 2016) (Yerevan: Institute of History, NASA, 2016)
Interviewed (in Armenian) by Vartan Matiossian (Armenian National Education Committee, New York)
[Released November 27, 2018]
2019-06-1520 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #7 – Dr. Michelle TusanDr. Michelle Tusan (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), The British Empire and the Armenian Genocide: Humanitarianism and Imperial Politics from Gladstone to Churchill (London: I.B. Tauris, 2017)
Interviewed by Armen Manuk-Khaloyan (Ph.D. Student, Georgetown University).
[Released November 20, 2018]
2019-06-1541 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #6 – Dr. Susan PattieDr. Susan Pattie (Honorary Senior Research Associate, University College London), The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice and Betrayal in World War I (London: I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018). Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released November 6, 2018]
2019-06-1424 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #5 – Dr. Alison VaccaDr. Alison Vacca (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam: Islamic Rule and Iranian Legitimacy in Armenia and Caucasian Albania (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Interviewed by Jesse Arlen (Ph.D. Student, UCLA).
[Released October 17, 2018]
2019-06-1435 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #4 – Prof. Ronald Grigor SunyProf. Ronald Grigor Suny (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), “They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else”: A History of the Armenian Genocide, (Princeton University Press, 2015).
Interviewed by Dzovinar Derderian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).
[Released October 1, 2018]
2019-06-1431 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #3 – Dr. Aylin KoçunyanDr. Aylin Koçunyan (Bilgi University) discussing her new book Negotiating the Ottoman Constitution, 1839-1876; Collection Turcica 24 (Leuven: Peeters, 2018).
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released September 21, 2018]
2019-06-0832 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #2 – Drs. Lerna Ekmekçioğlu and Melissa BilalDrs. Lerna Ekmekçioğlu (MIT) and Melissa Bilal (University of Chicago) discussing their new project entitled “Feminism in Armenian: An Interpretive Anthology.” Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University).
[Released September 12, 2018]
2019-06-0832 minSociety for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast #1 – Dr. George BournoutianDr. George Bournoutian (Iona College) discussing his new book, Armenia and Imperial Decline from 1900-1914: The Province of Yerevan (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018). Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian(Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released July 31, 2018]
2019-06-0840 min