Curriculum Vitae

NAME: Rubina Minassian Peroomian

 

PLACE OF BIRTH:  Tabriz, Iran (raised in Tehran, temporarily lived in the U.S. from 1963 – 1965, moved to the U.S. permanently in December 1978)

 

MARITAL STATUS: Married, 2 sons

 

EDUCATION:

         Ph.D. - UCLA, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures (Specialization:  Armenian),

                 1989

         M.A. - UCLA, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures (Specialization:  Armenian),, 1982

         Diplome d'etude française - Université Sorbonne, through the French Embassy in

                   Tehran, 1963

      Diploma in Armenian Studies - program sponsored by the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Tehran, 1962

         B.S. in Civil Engineering, Tehran University, 1960

         High School Diploma, Mathematics Branch, Reza Shahe Kabir (formerly Nurbakhsh)

 

POSITIONS HELD in the United States: (In the field of Armenian Studies)      

Currently            Independent scholar, researcher/author

1996 – 2016       Associate Researcher, UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures (non-paid position)                                     

1989 – 1996       Lecturer of Armenian Language and Literature
UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Spring 1992       Guest Lecturer at the UCLA Department of History, teaching History 112B, Armenia from the Cilician Kingdom through the Periods of Foreign Domination and National Stirrings – 11th to 19^th Centuries

1991 – 1992       Lecturer at the University of La Verne, teaching Armenian Literature (in Armenian)                                 

1989                   Lecturer at the Glendale Community College, teaching Armenian language and Literature (in Armenian)

1987                    Instructor of Armenian Literature (in English), Armenian Relief Society Summer Studies, Amherst, MA

1986 – 1989       Teaching Assistant, Teaching Associate and Teaching Fellow at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures,

                           Intermediate and advanced courses in Armenian Language and Literature

1985 – 1986       Teacher of Modern Armenian History (Armenian Question and the Genocide), grades 10, 11, and 12, at Ferrahian Armenian High School, Encino, CA

                                                    

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED AT UCLA:

NDEA VI Scholarship

G. E. Von Grunebaum Center Research Assistantship

Near Eastern Languages Research Fellowship

Karekin Der Avedissian Scholarship

 

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Middle Eastern Studies Association

National Association for Armenian Studies and Research

Society for Armenian Studies

American Federation of Teachers

Modern Language Association of America

Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes

International Association of Genocide Scholars

National Association for Ethnic Studies

Central Eurasian Studies Society

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES SND SERVICE TO THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

In Iran, before immigrating to the U.S. (briefly)

-          Held leadership positions in cultural organizations

-          Member of the Central Board of Governors of the Armenian Prelacy schools (39 schools) from January 1976 to December 1978

-          Planned the program and chaired the Committee for Armenian Schools' extracurricular activities from June 1976 to December 1978

After immigration to the United States

-          Member of the Board of Directors of the Armenian National Committee (ANC), 1981-1982 and 1987-1989

-           Appointed chair of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Central Executive Committee for a two-year reconstruction period 1982-1984

-          Appointed to the committee preparing handbooks for teachers on minority students (California State Department of Education), 1982-1984

-          Appointed to the Writing/Advisory Committee for Assembly Bill 1273, Human Rights/Genocide Model Curriculum for K-12 Social Science and History courses (California State Department of Education), to include the teaching of Armenian Genocide in public schools, 1985-1987

-          Member of the Armenian National Committee’s sub- committee to prepare curriculum and program for teaching the Armenian Question and Genocide in Armenian schools, 1986

-          As an ANC board member chairing the sub-committee of research and information projects:

1.      Preparation of an instructional handbook for teachers and students in public schools on the Armenian Genocide

2.      Preparation of a model curriculum for teaching modern Armenian history (the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide) in Armenian high schools, grades 10, 11, 12 (1986-1988)

-          Appointed member of the Education Committee of the Prelacy schools to prepare Armenian textbooks (language, literature, history), 1991

-           Member of the Educational Council of the Western Prelacy. Liaison in the Education Committee to oversee the preparation of Armenian textbooks, June 1992 to May 1994

-          Appointed to the committee in charge of developing sets of examinations for minority languages to certify bilingual teachers in California (Commission on Teacher Credentialing, CLAD/BCLAD), July 1992

-          Elected member of the Executive Council of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (the first woman to serve in that capacity in all the Diasporan communities) and liaison to the Educational Council May 1994 to September 1996

-          Founding member of the Committee for Armenian Students in Public School (CASPS), representing the supporting organizations, the Executive Council of the Western Prelacy and the ARF, May 1994 to September 1996

-          Appointed to the Editorial Board of The Journal of the Armenian Studies Association, Dearborn, Michigan, May 1995

-          Named Associate of the “Centre for Comparative Genocide Studies” at Macquarie University, Australia, November 1995

-          Appointed by Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia to membership in the delegation to represent the Armenian Church in the World Council of Churches, January 1998

-          Elected to the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches for a seven-year term (1998-2006) at the 8th Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 3-14, 1998

-          Member of Advisory Council of Mazda Academic Publishers (George Bournoutian, general editor)

-          Appointed, Member of the Board of Regents of the Armenian Prelacy Schools, July 2002-2006. Elected president, July 2004-October 2006

-          Member of the “Prize Awarding Committee” of “The President of the Republic of Armenia Award” (2006) for “Valuable Contribution to the Recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.” The assignment involved reading or viewing 19 entries and participating in discussions to make the final selection, February -March 2006

-          Appointed, member of CSET (California Subject Examination for Teachers) Armenian Committee (for developing tests) by the National Evaluation Systems, September 2006

-          Elected member of the Board of directors of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), November 2006 - July 2011

-          Appointed a member of Special Task Force of the Board of Regents of Prelacy Armenian Schools to strategize the teaching of Armenian subjects, December 2012-2013

-          Appointed, member of the Armenian Language Revitalization Committee, under the auspices of the Western Prelacy, May 2013 - 2017

Appointed, member of Genocide Education Subcommittee of the Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region (ANCAWR), February 2014-2016

-          Appointed to the evaluation committee for proposals received for the July 2015 IAGS Conference in Yerevan, Armenia, November 2014

-          Appointed to the committee to discuss and evaluate all the 50 texts (contents) of the newly refurbished Armenian Genocide Museum exhibits, December 2014-April 2015

Appointed to the evaluation committee for proposals received for the IAGS Conference, July 2023 Barcelona, Spain, November 2022 

 

 

 

Public lectures, speaking engagements, and presentations
(not a complete list)

1.            Ellen Buzand, the Armenian Feminist Writer (in Armenian), organized by the Armenian Society of Los Angeles, June 1981

2.            Misak Metsarents, the Armenian Lyric Poet (in Armenian), organized by Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society, Los Angeles Chapter, August 1981

3.            Hovhannes Tumanian’s poetry (in Armenian), organized by Hamazkayin, Los Angeles, October 1982

4.            Raffi, the Armenian Renaissance writer and the impact of his Literature on the Armenian Emancipatory Movement (in Armenian), organized by Hamazkayin, Los Angeles, March 1983

5.            Guest speaker at the USC Armenian Students Association gathering on the role of Armenian youth in the Diaspora, February 1987

6.            Zabel Esayan's fictionalization of the Cilician massacres (in Armenian), organized by Hamazkayin, Los Angeles, March 1987

7.            Guest speaker, "A Brief Survey of the History and Culture of the Armenian People, The Impact of the Recent Influx of Armenians to the U.S.," California State University, Northridge, February 1988

8.            Guest speaker, "A Survey of Armenian History and Culture, Emphasis on The Genocide of the Armenians - 1915-1923" at the Nettle Society, Los Angeles, CA, November 1988

9.            Guest speaker, "A Comparative Study of the Armenian and the Jewish Literary Responses to Collective, National Trauma," at the Severance Club, Los Angeles, CA, February 1989

10.        Guest speaker, "Who are the Armenians - Their Role and Place in the Multicultural Setting of Southern California," Glendale First Methodist Church, July 1989

11.        Public lecture, The Armenian literary responses to Catastrophe before the Genocide of 1915 (in Armenian), Toronto, Canada, November 1989

12.        Guest speaker, “The Armenian Question and The Armenian Genocide,” - Ethical Culture Society of Los Angeles, February 1990

13.        Guest speaker, "Successful Armenian Women, A Challenge to Succeed in Academia and in the Ranks of the Community Leadership," UCLA Armenian Students Association, January 1993

14.         A comparative survey of the First and Second Republics of Armenia (in Armenian), organized by The Armenian Society of University Graduates, Tehran, Iran, August 1993

15.        The Role of Armenian women in America in the struggle to maintain new generation’s ethnic identity (in Armenian) organized by Armenian Women's Association, Tehran, Iran, August 1993

16.        Keynote speaker of Kruzian-Zakarian Armenian School’s 13^th Anniversary Banquet, San Francisco, CA, November 13, 1993

17.        A presentation of my book, Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, Glendale CA, October 20, 1994

18.        Participant and moderator at the Panel Discussion, "The Armenian Women in Public Life" (a bilingual presentation), organized by Armenian Relief Society (ARS), Hollywood, CA, February 27, 1994

19.        Keynote speaker of the 84th Anniversary of ARS, Glendale, CA, March 20, 1994

20.        A presentation of Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, Fresno, CA, April 17, 1994

21.        Keynote speaker of the Commemoration of the 79th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Pasadena, CA, April 22, 1994

22.        A presentation of Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, Toronto, Canada, March 28, 1995

23.        A presentation of Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, New York, Comments by Aris Sevak, March 31, 1995

24.        “The Many Faces of Genocide, The Armenian Case” - lecture at the Westminster Presbyterian Church Adult Education Special Session, Westlake, CA, April 9, 1995

25.        Keynote speaker at the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Pasadena City College Armenian Students Association, April 20, 1995

26.        Keynote speaker of the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the joint Committee for the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Vancouver, Canada, April 24, 1995

27.        A presentation of Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, Vancouver, Canada, April 25, 1995

28.        «Յակոբ Կարապենց՝ Սփիւռքի հայապահպաբման զինուոր, Փնտռտուք՝ սփիւռքահայ ինքնութեան» (Hakop Karapents, the Soldier of Hayapahpanum in the Diaspora, and his quest for the Diasporan-Armenian Identity) Hakob Karapents’s  commemoration event, Los Angeles CA, May 7, 1995

29.        Keynote speaker of the 77th Anniversary of the Armenian Independence, Montreal, Canada, May 28, 1995

30.        A presentation of Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, Montreal, Canada, June 1, 1995

31.        A presentation of Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, organized by Hamazkayin, Washington D.C., December 10, 1995

32.        Presentation of Richard G. Hovannisian’s multi-volume The Republic of Armenia, especially focusing on the recently published volumes III and IV, at an event honoring the author in Fresno CA, organized by the Armenian National Committee (ANC), Fresno Chapter, March 17, 1996

33.        Keynote speaker of the Commemoration of the 81st Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Encino, CA, April 20, 1996

34.        Keynote speaker at the Commemoration of the 81st Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Glendale, CA, April 21, 1996

35.        Keynote speaker at the Commemoration of the 81st Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Los Angeles City College Armenian Students Association, April 24, 1996

36.        Keynote speaker at the Commemoration of the 81st Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the joint Committee for the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Fresno, CA, April 25, 1996

37.        The impact of the Armenian Genocide on the Armenian literature through time (in Armenian), Tehran, Iran, September 23, 1996

38.        The Diasporan-Armenian identity as reflected in Armenian literature (in Armenian), Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 24, 1996

39.        Interviewed about the Armenian Genocide, Horizon TV, Glendale, April 22, 1997

40.        Keynote speaker of the Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Portland Armenian community, at the Portland State University, Portland, OR April 24, 1997

41.        Meeting with the Armenian community of Seattle, WA, and lecture on issues pertaining the world recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the importance of transmitting the knowledge to the new generation. April 26, 1997

42.        A presentation of my recently published book, «Հայաստանը ՀՅԴ-Բոլշեւիկ Յարաբերութիւնների Ոլորտում 1917-1921»  (Armenia in the sphere of the ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1917-1921), organized by Sardarabad Bookstore, Glendale, CA, December 18, 1997

43.        Keynote speaker of the Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Karabagh movement, organized by the joint celebration committee, Glendale, CA, February 18, 1998

44.        The Karabagh independence struggle in the light of recent developments in the Republic of Armenia and the resignation of the president of the Republic (in Armenian), organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), Hollywood, CA, February 23, 1998

45.        Elected as a member of the delegation to represent the Holy See of Cilicia in the 8th Convention of the World Council of Churches to be held in December 1998 in Harare, Zimbabwe 

46.        The Armenian Culture to Serve as a Bulwark against Assimilation in the Diaspora (in Armenian), organized by the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale, October 14, 1998

47.        Presentation of «Հայաստանը ՀՅԴ-Բոլշեւիկ Յարաբերութիւնների Ոլորտում 1917-1921», organized by Hamazkayin, New York Chapter, November 22, 1998

48.        Participated in the 8th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Harare, Zimbabwe, as a member of the delegation to represent the Holy See of Cilicia and made a presentation on the issue of Human Rights and WCC. Also served on the Committee on Public Issues and the Nominating Committee to elect the Central Executive Committee. Elected to that Committee and served 7 years. December 3 –14, 1998

49.        The World Council of Churches: the organization, the goals, the history, the Armenian involvement (in Armenian), organized by the Armenian Congregational Church, Men's Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA, March 30, 1999

50.        Guest speaker at the vigil at Armenian Genocide Monument, Tsitsernakabert, Armenia, organized by the youth and student organizations, April 24, 1999

51.        The participation of the Armenian Church in Ecumenical Movement and in World Council of Churches (in Armenian), organized by the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale, July 14, 1999

52.        The World Council of Churches proclaims 2001-2010 as “Decade to Overcome Violence” (in Armenian), organized by the Board of Trustees of the Holy Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church in Encino, February 23, 2000

53.        Keynote speaker 0f the Armenian Genocide commemoration, organized jointly by the Bay Area Armenian organizations, San Francisco, CA, April 15, 2000

54.        Participated in the World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting in Potsdam Germany, January 29 - February 6, 2001

55.        Interviewed on “Horizon” TV on the Armenian Javakhk, its past, its present, and its dire needs today, March 23, 2001

56.        Represented the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia at the Annual Conference of the Presbyterian Church, USA, Louisville, KY, June 8-16, 2001

57.        Keynote speaker of the 1700th Anniversary of Armenian Christianity, organized by the Holy Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church, Encino CA, July 20^, 2001   

58.         Interviewed on “Horizon” TV on Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee on July 26, 2001. Her article on this issue was posted in Groong and printed in several newspapers.

59.        Served on the committee for the celebration of the 40^th anniversary of Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian’s contributions to the field of Armenian Studies, the 40^th anniversary of Armenian Studies at UCLA and the 15th anniversary of the AEF Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA. Spoke at the banquet presenting the honoree (November 9, 2001). Took charge of the publication of the commemorative booklet

60.        Keynote speaker at the 111th anniversary of the ARF, Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2001

61.        Keynote speaker of the Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, at the Community Forum, organized by Assembly member Carol Liu, Pasadena Public Library, April 17, 2002

62.        Participated in the World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting in Geneva Switzerland, August 23 - September 3, 2002

63.        Keynote speaker of the 88th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the University of Houston, Texas Armenian Students Association. April 25, 2003

64.        Keynote speaker at the the 88th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the joint Commemoration Committee, held at the University of Houston, Texas April 26, 2003

65.        A presentation of the Persian translation of Paruyr Sevak’s Անլռելի Զանգակատուն, titled Zangborje khamush nashodani in a book-launching program on May 18, 2003, in Glendale, CA. Edited the book and wrote the foreword.

66.        Problems of Armenian identity as reflected in literature (in Armenian), organized by Toronto Hamazkayin, November 23, 2003

67.        A lecture-workshop for the Saturday-School of the Los Angeles Iran-Armenian Society, on why learn Armenian and the challenges of learning Armenian, February 7, 2004

68.        A one-day lecture-workshop on the Armenian identity—definition, characterization, problems and challenges, the must for preservation—for the annual conference of the ARS, Canada, St. Catherine, Canada, April 17, 2004

69.        Keynote speaker at the Commemoration of the 89th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the joint Committee for the Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Dallas, Texas, April 24, 2004

70.        Methods and challenges of transmitting Armenianness and Armenian identity (in Armenian), organized by the Husk organization, Tehran Iran, November 14, 2004

71.        Member of the Jury of the Armenian Genocide Contest for high school students in Armenia, dedicated to the 90^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in charge of preparing the questions based on «Հայկական Հարցի Պատմություն», the textbook on the Armenian Question being used in schools in Armenia, April 2005

72.        The Armenian Genocide and its impact on Armenian women past and present (in Armenian), sponsored by the student association and women’s organization of the University of Yerevan, History Department, April 16, 2005

73.        Public address at the commemoration of the 90^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Yrrevan, April 22, 2005

74.        Several TV interviews at different TV stations in Yerevan, Armenia on the occasion of the 90^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, April 18-26, 2005

75.        Presentation in Armenian of my recently published book, And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at the Genocide Museum and Institute in Yerevan, May 29, 2008

76.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at UCLA, organized by the Friends of Naregatsi Chair, Dr. Hagop Kouloujian presented the book. June 22, 2008

77.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at Sardarabad Book Store, Glendale, Dr. Hagop Kouloujian presented the book, July 24, 2008

78.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA, September 21, 2008

79.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at ARPA Institute, Los Angeles, CA, January 22, 2009

80.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at National Association of Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), Boston MA, April 2,2009

81.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at the Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter, sponsored by the Cultural Division, April 5, 2009

82.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, organized by Hamazkayin, Washington DC, June 7, 2009

83.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at the Los Angeles Armenian Center (Iranahay), sponsored by the Ladies Division, August 3, 2009

84.        “Armenians in Turkey: The Metamorphosis of their Post-Genocide Identity as Reflected in Artistic Literature,” at the Graduate School of Political Science and International Affairs, American University of Armenia, Nov. 4, 2009

85.        Presentation of And Those who Continued Living in Turkey After 1915, at the Armenian Cultural Foundation, sponsored by Hamazkayin, Boston Chapter, February 11, 2010

86.        Commemorating April 24^th (in Armenian), Daniel Varuzhan High School, Yerevan, Armenia, April 23, 2010

87.        Keynote speaker at the event in memory of Nadia Melkonian-Grigorian, educator and political activist, at Armenian Youth Center, Glendale, CA, October 3, 2010

88.        “Breaking through the Barriers, Women’s Challenges in Armenia – Past and Present,” organized by American Association of University Women, Glendale Chapter, March 12, 2011

89.        The place of Atrpatakan in the Armenian Liberation movement (in Armenian) organized by the Armenian Apostolic Church of Crescenta Valley Educational Committee in Association with Urmia Armenian Society, March 20, 2011

90.        “Breaking through the Barriers, Women’s Challenges in Armenia – Past and Present,” organized by National Organization for Women, Hollywood Chapter, March 29, 2011

91.        Press Conference and TV presentation of my rnewly published The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perception of those Who Lived through the Tears of Calamity, Yerevan, April 3, 2012

92.        Keynote speaker at the Armenian Genocide commemoration organized by the Armenian Student Association of the University of California, Berkeley, April 23, 2012

93.        Presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of Those who Lived through the Years of Calamity, Glendale Central Library, sponsored by The UCLA Naregatsi Chair in Armenian Studies in cooperation with Friends of UCLA Armenian language and Culture Studies, and Abril Bookstore, June 28, 2012

94.        Presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of Those who Lived through the Years of Calamity, (in Armenian) Western Prelacy, La Crescenta, CA, sponsored by Arch. Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, in cooperation with the Hamazkayin California Regional Committee and The Armenian Educational Foundation, September 26, 2012

95.        Presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of Those who Lived through the Years of Calamity, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills CA, co-sponsored by NAASR, January 13, 2013

96.        A public lecture in Armenian on the Armenian Genocide literature, organized by Armenische Gemeinde zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, March 9, 2013

97.        A public lecture in Armenian on the Armenian Genocide literature, organized by Armenian community in Berlin, Հայ Տուն, March 10, 2013

98.        Presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of Those who Lived through the Years of Calamity, at the School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine, sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, January 17, 2013                                                                       

99.        Keynote speaker at the Armenian Genocide commemoration organized by the Armenian Student Association of the University of California, Irvine, April 25, 2013

100.    “Literary Responses to Armenian Genocide” for faculty and students of the Yerevan State University, Department of Archeology and Ethnography, October 22, 2013

101.    “A Journey through the Armenian Genocide Literature,” at the USC student Colloquium, February 24, 2014

102.    “A Journey through the Armenian Genocide Literature,” a Special Commemoration Lecture, at the American University of Armenia, April 23, 2014

103.    Interviewed at the Armenian State TV, Yerevan, Armenia, on the importance of Genocide Education in Armenian schools in Armenia and the Diaspora, April 24, 2014

104.    The Collective Image of Armenian Women who Passed Through the Flames of Genocide (in Armenian), as part of the seminar “The Armenian Genocide and the Armenian Woman,” organized by the Joint Committee of Los Angeles for the Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, June 7, 2014

105.    Pacing through the Armenian Genocide Literature (in Armenian), commemorating the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Hamazkayin and St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church, Philadelphia, PA, March 16, 2015

106.    “A Journey through the Armenian Genocide Literature,” commemorating the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Glendale Community College, April 2, 2015

107.    “The Armenian Genocide Literature, A Monument Against Forgetting,” in  an event titled “Red Poppy” in commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Homenetmen Glendale, Ararat Chapter, April 11, 2015

108.    Organized and conducted the World-Wide Reading, an initiative by the” Berlin Literature Festival” and the Potsdam Lepsius House in commemoration of the 100^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (A reading of Varujan Vosganian’s Book of Whispers in more than 70 countries, more than 90 venues, and in 18 languages) at the Armenian Genocide Museum, April 21, 2015

109.    By the invitation of the president of the Republic of Armenia, participated in the Global Forum, Yerevan, Armenia, marking the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, April 22-23, 2015

110.    Presentation and interpretation of Vahan Hovannisyan’s Mandylion (in Armenian) at the Glendale Youth Center, organized by Asbarez Newspaper and Sardarabad Bookstore, January 19, 2016

111.    Presentations of my newly published book, The Armenian Genocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds, at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA, February 7, 2016

112.    Presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds, at Abril Bookstore, Glendale, CA, May 11, 2016

113.    Presentation of Dr. Shavarsh Krisian’s «Շաւարշ Քրիսեանն ու “Մարմնամարզ”ը, մշտազօր աւանդ, անշէջ ջահ» (Shavarsh Krisian and Marmnamarz, ever-strong legacy, undying torch), dedicated to his great uncle Shavarsh Krisian, organized by the Homenetmen Western Region, Los Angeles, June 9, 2016

114.    Presentation of The Armenian Genocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds, at the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, July 1, 2016

115.    An introduction to my scholarship, research, and publications (in Armenian), at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Institute of Literature, July 14, 2016

116.    “One Hundred Years of Unresolved Justice Shaping the Diasporan Armenian Identity and Struggle to Seek Redress” a bilingual presentation, organized by Hamazkayin Shant and ARS Sosse chapters, Sydney, Australia, July 7, 2017

117.    “The Republic of Armenia in the Context of Dashnaktsutiun-Bolshevik Relations, 1917-1921,” at Gars Academy in Glendale, 2x2 hours seminar, November 27, 28, 2017

118.    Interviewed on the first Armenian Republic (1918-1920), Horizon TV, January 29, 2018

119.    Presentation of my newly published book, My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG, organized by Sardarabad Bookstore, Asbarez, and Hamazkayin California Regional Committee, Glendale, CA, March 1, 2018

120.    Featured as the author of My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, at USC Campus, April 21, 2018

121.    Presentation of My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG, organized by National Library of Armenia, Yerevan, October 4, 2018

122.    Presentation of My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG, organized by Ararat-Eskijian Museum and NAASR, Mission Hills, CA, October 27, 2018

123.    “The Republic of Armenia in the Context of Dashnaktsutiun-Bolshevik Relations, 1917-1921,” Gars Academy, 2x2 hours seminar November 7, 14, 2018

124.    124.” Celebrating Dr. Rubina Peroomian’s Literary Scholarship,” organized by the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, Prof. Peter Cowe presenting. January 23, 2019

125.    Interviewed on Horizon TV, on her life and work, Los Angeles, CA, January 24, 2019

126.    Lecture and book presentation, the English translation of Alice Nazarian’s «Արիւնոտ Ժպիտ» (1965), Bloodied but not Bowed (2018), at Abril Bookstore, Glendale, CA, March 5, 2019

127.    Presentation of My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG, organized by Hamazkayin, Washington, DC, Washington DC, Church Hall, March 17, 2019

128.    Presentation of the English translation of Andranik Tsarukian’s «Թուղթ առ Երփւան» (1944), Letter to Yerevan, organized by Hamazkayin California Regional Committee, Asbarez newspaper, and Sardarabad Bookstore, at the Hamazkayin Center, Glendale, March 19, 2019

129.    Keynote speaker of Armenian Genocide Commemoration in San Francisco, organized by the joint committee, April 24, 2019

130.    “The Republic of Armenia in the Context of Dashnaktsutiun-Bolshevik Relations, 1917-1921,” Gars Academy, a 2-hour seminar November 6, 2019

131.    “Justice for the Victims of Stalin’s Reign of Terror (The Armenians),” Gars Academy, a 2-hour seminar, November 13, 2019

132.    Participated and presented/exhibited my books in “Live on Green” Book Fair, organized by Pasadena Rose Parade in Pasadena Civic Center, December 29, 30, 31, 2019

133.    Lecture «Սփիւռք-Հայրենիք յարաբերութիւններ, խորհրդայնացումից մինչեւ այսօր՝ ըստ ժամանակի իշխանութեան վարած քաղաքականութեան» (Diaspora-Armenia relations, from Sovietization to Post-Velvet Revolution and beyond according to the regime of the time), La Crescenta Armenian Center, January 16, 2020

134.    Presentation of My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG and the newly published Armenian version, «Թաւրիզից ստալինեան Գուլագ, Ընդհատուած պատմութիւն» (From Tabriz to Stalinian GULAG, an interrupted story), organized by Hamazkayin Montreal, February 3, 2020, Montreal, Canada

135.    135 «Հայ քաղաքական մտքի վերջին թռիչքը՝ ճիգ ազգայինից պետական  մտածողութեան անցնելու,1918-1920» (The last flight of the Armenian political thought, a struggle to transcend nationalism onto governmental though and politics) at the Armenian University student forum, March 15, 2023

136.    Main speaker presenting Katia Davitian Karageuzian’s Book The Forbidden Homeland, Story of a Diasporan, Dikranian Hall, Encino, CA, April 20, 2023

137.    Public lecture on issues of national education and teaching the Armenian Genocide in schools in Armenia (in Armenian), organized by Hamazkayin Gyumri chapter, June 11, 2023

138.    Interviewed for 9 hours as a part of the USC California History Project, October 17 and 31, 2023

139.     Keynote speaker of the commemoration and celebration of Ung. Hrayr Marukhian’s life and work (in Armenian), organized by the ARF Aharonian Committee, Glendale Armenian Youth Center, December 15, 2023

 

Teacher training workshops, seminars for teachers and students

1.            Participated as a resource person on Armenian Genocide in the teachers' training workshop organized by Facing History and Ourselves, together with Montebello School District, May, 1986

2.            A series of lecture-seminars at UCLA, History 197-I (A comparative study of the Armenian and Jewish responses to the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust), Fall quarter, 1988

3.            Workshop – learning the history of the Armenian emancipatory struggle with a new method, for the 12 graders of the Holy Martyrs Ferrahian Armenian School, Encino CA. on the occasion of the Armenian Independence Day. Lecture on the significance of the First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) for the student assembly. May 28, 1994

4.            Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Genocide, for history/social science teachers in public schools, organized by the Fresno County Office of Education (Fresno Unified School District) and the ANC Central Valley Chapter, November 29, 1994

5.            Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to Armenian students secondary schools (in Armenian), organized by the Hamazkayin, Kingston, Canada, March 27, 1995

6.            Workshop for social studies and history teachers in public schools, at the Annual Armenian Conference in Glendale CA, on how to incorporate the teaching of the Armenian Genocide in the high school history/social science curricula, organized by the Glendale Unified School District, April 6, 1995

7.            Workshop for students at the AYF Camp, Angeles Crest CA, on the various issues pertaining the Armenian Genocide, emphasizing its international dimension and its being a problem of all humanity, April 29, 1995

8.            Workshop for Montreal St. Hagop Armenian School’s Armenian teachers on how to teach the Armenian language, literature, history, and the Armenian Genocide, new methods, approaches, and materials, Montreal, Canada, May 30, 1995

9.            Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to Armenian high school students and members of youth organizations - The Armenian Genocide as a problem of all humanity and as the origin of the Armenian national struggle today (in Armenian), Tehran, Iran, September 28, 1996

10.        Workshop on the problems of teaching Armenian language and history to Armenian students, new textbooks and teaching methods for Armenian educators of Buenos Aires Armenian schools, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 26, 1996

11.        Workshop on how to incorporate the teaching of the Armenian Genocide and how to teach it, for San Francisco School District heads of social science/history departments, San Francisco, CA, March 5, 1997

12.        Lecture-seminar on different aspects of Armenian Genocide, for the 3^rd-year students of the Yerevan State University History Department, Yerevan, Armenia, March 21, 1997

13.        Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Question in high schools in Armenia and introduction of the textbooks I authored, Հայ Դատ 10, 11, 12 (The Armenian Question for grades 10, 11, and 12), organized by the "Junior Achievement" for a group of teachers from Armenia on an educational trip to Los Angeles, Glendale, CA, January 27, 1998

14.        Participant in a two-day workshop-seminar, organized by the Catholicosate of the Holy See of Cilicia, to discuss the role of the Armenian Church in the Ecumenical Movement, presented a paper on the role and the place of the Armenian women in the church and the society, Antelias, Lebanon, March 5-6, 1998

15.        “The Teaching of the Armenian Genocide in Public Schools” - seminar organized by The ANC Western Region, Los Angeles, CA June 20, 1998

16.        Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Question in high schools in Armenia, an introduction of the textbooks I authored, Հայ Դատ 10, 11, 12 (The Armenian Question for grades 10, 11, and 12), organized by the "Junior Achievement" for a group of teachers from Armenia on an educational trip to Los Angeles, Glendale, CA, January 18, 1999

17.        Series of seminars at the State University of Armenia, Yerevan, for 3^rd-year students of Armenian literature, on the Armenian Genocide, history, and literature. April-May 1999,

18.        Lecture-seminar on the input of the ARF Dashnaktsutiun in the reorganization and revitalization of the Armenian Diaspora, for the 3^rd-year students of Yerevan State University History Department, October 4, 1999

19.        Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Question and the Genocide in high schools in Armenia and introduction of the textbooks I authored, Հայ Դատ 10, 11, 12 (The Armenian Question for grades 10, 11, and 12), organized by "Junior Achievement of Armenia" for a group of teachers from Armenia on an educational trip to the US, Glendale, CA, January 27, 2000

20.        Three workshops for history teachers on how to teach the newly published «Հայկական Հարցի Պատմություն» (History of the Armenian Question) textbook by this author, organized by RA Ministry of Education, in Yerevan, Vanadzor and Ashtarak, June 24, 26, 30, 2000

21.        Five workshops for history teachers on how to teach the newly published «Հայկական Հարցի Պատմություն» (History of the Armenian Question) textbook by this author, organized by the RA Ministry of Education, two in Yerevan, one each in Vanadzor, Giumri, and Ashtarak, October 3-9, 2000

22.        4 teacher training workshops, in Yerevan, Gyumri, Ashtarak, and Ghapan, on how to teach the newly published «Հայկական Հարցի Պատմություն» (History of the Armenian Question), currently used in the high schools with emphasize on humanities, April 26-May 5, 2001

23.        Guest speaker at a weekend seminar for teachers in the Junior Achievement Program in Lusakert, Armenia, April 29, 200

24.    A 5-day seminar on the role of literature in the Armenian liberation movement (in Armenian), May 28-June 1, 2001, organized by Hamazkayin, Montreal, Canada

25.        Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Question in high schools in Armenia: an introduction of the textbooks I authored, Հայ Դատ 10, 11, 12 (The Armenian Question for grades 10, 11, and 12), organized by the "Junior Achievement" for a group of teachers from Armenia on an educational trip to Los Angeles, Glendale, CA March 7, 2003

26.        As a member of the Board of Regents of Prelacy Armenian Schools, participated in the committee organizing a retraining program for K-12 Armenian subject teachers in Armenian Schools of California, August 11-15, 2003, Encino, CA, and conducted two workshops on the strategies of teaching Armenian history and the challenges of transmitting the Armenian spirit and Armenianness and one workshop on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to younger students

27.        Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to younger students at the Prelacy Armenian schools’ Staff Development Program, October 13, 2003

28.        Workshop on how to teach the Armenian Question in high schools in Armenia: an introduction of the textbooks I authored, Հայ Դատ 10, 11, 12 (The Armenian Question for grades 10, 11, and 12), organized by "Junior Achievement" for a group of teachers from Armenia on an educational trip to Los Angeles, Glendale, CA, March 19, 2004

29.        A workshop for non-Armenian-subjects teachers, K-12 Armenian Prelacy Schools on “Lessons of History: The Case of the Armenian Genocide,” Glendale, CA, March 22, 2004

30.        Three workshops for Armenian teachers of kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school to introduce them to the portfolio of “Age Proper Packages for teaching the Armenian Genocide.” Armenian Prelacy Schools’ Summer Institute for training Armenian Subject teachers, Encino, CA, August 23-27, 2004

31.        Workshop on new approaches to teaching history and the Armenian Genocide, organized by the "Junior Achievement of Armenia" for a group of university professors from Armenia on an educational trip to Los Angeles, Glendale, CA, March 17, 2005

32.         Presentation of new materials, lesson plans, and tools to teach the Armenian Genocide, a workshop in the Armenian Conference sponsored by the Pasadena, Burbank, and Glendale School Districts for public school teachers. Pasadena, CA, March 30, 2005

33.        Lecture for 150 Armenian high school students at “Junior Achievement”’s summer camp, on the student’s commitment to the advancement of the Armenian Question and the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia June 29, 2005

34.         Workshop for Armenian high school teachers during the annual teachers' training program (staff development), organized by the Board of Regents of the Prelacy Armenian Schools for all the teachers of California Armenian schools, Encino, CA, October 8, 2005

35.        Workshop for Armenian subject teachers in Armenian high schools on new teaching methods and strategies, organized by the Board of Regents of the prelacy Armenian Schools, Encino, CA, October 8, 2007

36.        Meeting in Sacramento of the Armenian Committee (for developing tests), as appointed member of CSET (California Subject Examination for Teachers) by the National Evaluation Systems (since Sept. 2006), to evaluate and finalize the tests that will be administered to California Public School teachers seeking teaching credential in Armenian subject. Nov 27, 2007

37.        “How to teach the Armenian Genocide to Students K-12,” presented at the 4^th Pan Armenian Conference on Education, organized by the RA Ministry of Education, in Tsaghkadzor, August 13-17, 2010

38.        A 4-day seminar to introduce the electronic package of «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան Դասաւանդում» (Teaching the Armenian Genocide to Armenian Students K-12) at the Teacher Training Program for teachers of Armenian Schools in the Diaspora, Yerevan. August 3-6, 2011

39.        A joint presentation of how to teach the Armenian Genocide to K-12 students with Dr. Hayk Demoyan, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Istitute, Yerevan at the 5^th Conference of Teachers and Educators, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, August 11-14, 2012

40.        Two sessions with K-5 and 6-12 Armenian language teachers of Holly Martyrs Ferrahian Armenian School, introducing them to new materials, methods, and tools to teach the Armenian Genocide effectively and proper to all age levels. March 23, 2015

41.        A session with high school teachers in Yerevan, introducing methods and tools to teach the Armenian Genocide, organized by Կրթութեան Ազգային Ինստիտուտ (National Education Institute), May 12, 2015

42.        A session with k-12 teachers in Yerevan, introducing my newly published guidebook, «Հայոց Ցեղասպանության Դասավանդումը պատմվածքների, հեքիաթների, զրոյցների, բանաստեղծությունների եւ փաստական նյութերի միջոցով» on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to students in all grades, organized by the RA Ministry of Education. March 1, 2017

43.        A session with k-12 teachers in Yerevan, introducing the newly published guidebook on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to students in all grades, organized by the City of Yerevan at No.19 School, March 2, 2017

44.        A session with k-12 teachers in Yerevan, introducing the newly published guidebook on how to teach the Armenian Genocide to students in all grades, organized by the City of Yerevan at No. 24 School, March 10, 2017

45.        Workshop with K-8 grade teachers on the Armenian Genocide Education, organized by the ANC WR.  March 7, 2018

46.        Workshop “Extra Credit Night” on the Armenian Genocide for high school students in Glendale public schools, sharing the stage with a Holocaust survivor. Organized by the AYF Glendale Rupen Chapter, at Glendale Youth Center, April 1, 2019

47.        Workshop with Հայ Դատ (Armenian Question) teachers of Armenian Prelacy schools to discuss new sources and approaches, organized by the Board of Regents of the Armenian Prelacy Schools, Glendale, CA, November 29, 2019

48.        A Day-long Seminar on «Որբի գրականութիւն» (The literature of the orphan generation), part of Hamazkayin Montreal’s series of Armenian Studies, February 1, 2020

49.        Webinar on new methods of teaching the Armenian Genocide for all teachers in Armenia, organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, July 31, 2020

50.         «Միասին յաղթահարենք Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդման մարտահրաւէրները» (Let us tackle together the challenges of teaching the Armenian Genocide), Webinar organized by the AGBU Armenian Virtual University and the RA Ministry of Education, April 23, 2023

 

Presentations at International Conferences and Symposia

1.             «Կանայք հայ քաղաքական կեանքում եւ ազատագրական շարժման մէջ» (Women in Armenian Political Life and in Emancipatory Struggle),Symposium titled “Armenian Woman, Past and Present,” organized by the Armenian Society of Los Angeles, October 1985

2.            "Jewish and Armenian Literary Responses to Trauma," Annual Conference of Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA), Boston, MA, November 1986

3.            "The Tradition of the Armenian and Jewish Literary Responses to the Historic National Catastrophes," UCLA symposium, October 1986

4.            "Jewish and Armenian Literary Responses to Trauma," San Francisco State University symposium, May 1987

5.            "The Armenian Woman - Victim of the Genocide," MESA conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 1988

6.            "History of the Armenian Language - Armenian as a member of the Family of Indo-European Languages," Glendale School District, Conference on Armenians, March 1989

7.            "The Armenian Woman - Victim of the Genocide,” UCLA symposium, May 1989

8.            "The Role of the Armenian Women in Contemporary American Society," symposium, titled "The Evolution of the Sociopolitical Function of Women in the Armenian Community, Conflicts and Problems," organized by the Armenian Professional Society, San Francisco, CA, October 1989

9.            "Hagop Oshagan: A Phenomenon in the Armenian Diasporan Literature," MESA Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 1989

10.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդումը ԱՄՆում» (Teaching about the Armenian Genocide in America), Genocide symposium, Yerevan, Armenia, April 1990

11.         "The Imaginative Realization of the Catastrophe in the Armenian Genocide Literature," MESA Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 1990

12.         "The Diaspora and the Emerging Armenian Republic" (main speaker), symposium, organized by the Armenian Students Association Inter-Collegiate Council, Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA, January 1991

13.        «Հայ եւ Հրեայ գրական ազդումները Աղէտին»  (Armenian and Jewish Literary Responses to Catastrophe), International Symposium on Issues of Armenian Literature and Literary Criticism, Panel 1, Yerevan, Armenia, October1991

14.        «Հայ կինը՝ զոհ ցեղասպանութեան» (The Armenian Woman - Victim of the Genocide), the same conference above, Panel 2 (presented and chaired)

15.         "From a Psychology of an Exile to Mobilization Toward Nationhood: A Survey of Armenian Diaspora Literature," MESA Conference, Washington DC 1991

16.        "From a Psychology of an Exile to Mobilization Toward Nationhood: A Survey of Armenian Diaspora Literature," UCLA symposium, February 1992

17.        “Dashnaktsutiun - Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920: Dashnaktsutiun's Quest for a Peaceful Coexistence," UCLA symposium, titled "The Republic of Armenia, 1918-1920: A 75 Year Perspective," May 28-29, 1993

18.        "Vision 2010."  a Symposium organized by The Armenian Educational Foundation, Glendale, CA, March 20, 1994

19.        "A Search for Ethnic Identity in Vahé Oshagan's Artistic Prose" Symposium on Vahé Oshagan, the poet, the writer, and the critic, Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 1994

20.        "The Transformation of ‘Tradition’ in the Process of Formation of Armenian-American Identity," Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) and UCLA joint Symposium, Los Angeles CA, November 19, 1994

21.        "The Transformation of ‘Tradition’ in the Process of Formation of Armenian-American Identity," MESA Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 1994

22.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւնը՝ գրական թեմա, անբացատրելի ցաւ, չբուժուած վէրք» (The Armenian Genocide: A Literary Theme, an Echo of a Pain Unexplained, a Wound Unhealed), The annual symposium on the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Hamazkayin Canada, Kingston, Canada, March 26, 1995

23.        “Literature of the Catastrophe, An Attempt to Comprehend and Survive," UCLA symposium, titled "The Armenian Genocide, An Eighty-year Perspective, 1915-1923," April 7-8, 1995

24.        "Genocide, the Ultimate Violation of Human Rights - The Armenian Case," UC Irvine Symposium "From Intolerance to Genocide," April 13-14, 1995

25.        "A Commentary - A Comparative Approach to the Circumstances, Aspects, Manifestations, and Elements of the Jewish and Armenian Enlightenment and Modernization," Commentator in the conference, titled "Enlightenment and Diaspora - The Armenian and Jewish Cases," sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles CA, November 12-13, 1995

26.        "The Armenian Genocide Literature - The Problematics, the Search for a Guideline or a Canon," MESA Conference, Washington DC, December 6-10, 1995

27.        “Literature and the Armenian Genocide,” in Session 7/A. Chaired Session 12 at the VIIe Congres de l'Associassion Internationale des Etudes Armeniennes, (AIEA) Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgaum, September 4-7, 1996

28.        Discussant at World Council of Churches Conference on "Discerning the Signs of the Times," Damascus, Syria, October 4-10, 1996

29.        “The Armenian Woman's Role in Armenian Diasporan Life and in the Shaping and Preservation of a National Identity,” seminar titled "Self Development of Armenian Women," organized by the Armenian Relief Society (ARS), Puenta del Este, Uruguay, October 19-20, 1996

30.         “The Search for a Post-Genocide National Identity within Armenian Diasporan Literature,” seminar on the "Self Development of Armenian Women," organized by the Armenian Relief Society, Puenta del Este, Uruguay, October 19-20, 1996

31.        "The Armenian Identity in the Diaspora or the Ever-Changing Concept of 'Armenianness'," symposium titled "Ethnic identity and Globalism," organized jointly by the Armenian National Committee of Argentina and the Roca Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 28, 1996

32.        A presentation of the tools and semantics of teaching the Armenian Genocide and why it should be taught in public schools. A panel discussion on human rights violations and discriminations at Portland State University. Other presentations included the Jewish case, blacks in America, and recent racial tumults in East Timor. Portland, OR,April 23, 1997

33.        "The Provincial Literature of Van," UCLA symposium on the province of Van, organized by Profs. R. G. Hovannisian and P. Cowe. Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 1997

34.        “The Role of Armenian Women in the Struggle to Maintain Ethnic Identity Among the New Generation in the Diaspora” Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) Conference on “The Armenian Women in a Changing World,” Paris, France, July 20-23, 1997

35.         "The Role of Hayrenik in the Shaping of the Armenian-American Identity," MESA Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 22-24, 1997

36.        "Literature as Witness to the Formation and Transformation of the Armenian-American Ethnic Identity," The 26th National Conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies. Fresno, CA, March 25-29, 1998

37.         « Հ․Օ․Մ․ը եւ հայ կանանց այլ կազմակերպութիւնները, Մարտահրաւէրներ» (The ARS and the Armenian Women’s Organizations - Challenges), International Symposium on "Armenia-Diaspora on the Threshold of the 21st Century," organized by ARS, Yerevan, Armenia, May 28-30, 1998

38.        «Հայասատանի կրթական համակարգի եւ երիտասարդութեան դաստիարակութեան պռոբլեմները Հայաստան-Սփիւռք յարաբերութեան տեսանկիւնից» (Problems of the Education  System and the education of the youth in Armenia from the point of view of Armenia-Diaspora relations,” International Symposium on "Armenia-Diaspora on the Threshold of the 21st Century," organized by the ARS, Yerevan, Armenia, May 28-30, 1998

39.        "The Armenian Genocide Through Art and Literature," International Conference on Genocide, California State University Sacramento, Oct. 21-24, 1998

40.         "A Call Sounded from the Armenian Mountains of Erzerum: The Development of Political Thought Among the Armenians of Erzerum," UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces - Karin/Erzerum, November14-15, 1998

41.        "Hogop Oshagan, a Phenomenon in the Armenian Diasporan Literature,"  International Conference on Hogop Oshagan, University of Columbia, New York, November 21,1998

42.        "Literary Manifestations of Resistance to Genocide: A Comparative Analysis," MESA Conference (because of conflict with the WCC Assembly, my paper was read in the conference in my absence), Chicago IL, December 4-6, 1998

43.        “Hairenik and the Ever-Changing Concept of Armenian-American Identity,” Conference on the “Armenians of New England,” New England Heritage Center, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, April 9-10, 1999

44.        “Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation,” Association of Genocide Scholars (AGS) Conference titled  “The Future of Genocide,” Madison WI, June 13-15, 1999

45.        “Literary Manifestations of Resistance to Genocide: A Comparative Analysis.”  Conference organized by the Association internationale des etudes armenienne (AIEA), Vienna, Austria, September 29- October 1, 1999

46.        "Expressions of Nationalism in Dissident and Post-Soviet Armenian Literature," MESA Conference, Washington D.C., November 19-22, 1999

47.         “New Directions in the Literary Responses to Genocide,” UCLA Conference titled “The Armenian Genocide and Historical Memory, Challenge of the Twenty-First Century,” April 8, 2000

48.        “When Death is a Blessing and Life a Prolonged Agony, Women Victims of Genocide,” The Annual Conference of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA), University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada, May 28-31, 2000

49.        “The Recent Literary Expressions of Armenian Genocide Written in English.”  Conference on “The Armenian Literature of the Last Decade,” organized by the Armenian Academy of Sciences, The Manouk Abeghian Institute of Literature, Yerevan, Armenia, June 29, 2000

50.        “A Struggle to Comprehend the Catastrophe to Make Survival Possible: A Comparative Study of the Armenian and the Jewish Responses to Catastrophe,” International Conference “Remembering for the Future – 2000, The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide,” Oxford and London UK, July 16-23, 2000

51.        “Armenian Genocide Literature Rises Above Blood and Destruction to Become a Testimonial for National Aspirations, to Rebuilt and Reaffirm National Identity,” World Conference titled “Armenia 2000 – Witness for the Future – Challenges of Modernity,” Halle, Germany, September 1-8, 2000

52.        “The Tears and Laughter of Cilician Armenians,” UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, Cilicia, October 20-21, 2000

53.        Participated in the book talk organized by the Center for European and Russian Studies at UCLA, as the discussant of the newly published anthology of Modern Armenian Drama edited by Nishan Parlakian and S. Peter Cowe. on March 8, 2001

54.        Participated in the World Conference in Contemporary Armenian Literature at UCLA, as the rapporteur of the panel on the theme of literature and Armenian Identity, April 7-8, 2001

55.        “Why I Undertook the Study of Genocide Literature Almost 20 Years Ago, And How My Life Has Changed Because of it,” in a panel titled “Connecting Biography and Research,” CSAA Conference University of Laval, Quebec Canada, May 25-30, 2001

56.        , “The Truth of the ArmenianGenocide in Edgar Hilsenrath’s Fiction,” AGS Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, June 11-12, 2001    

57.    “Kars in the Armenian Liberation Movement.” UCLA International Conference on Kars and Ani, November 10-11, 2001

58.    “Literary representations of 1915 Genocide of Armenians: An Important Topical Genre Continuing in the New Millennium,” 32^nd Annual Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Kean University, NJ, March 2-4, 2002

59.    “Perceptions of the Armenian Genocide in the Literary Responses of the Second and Third Generation Survivor Writers and the Functionality of Such Literature in the Nation Building Process,” distinguished lecture on Modern Armenian literature, AIEA Conference, Wurzburg, Germany, October 9-12, 2002

60.    “The Truth of the Armenian Genocide in Edgar Hilsenrath’s Fiction,” in the same conference above

61.    “The Demise of Armenian Smyrna: An Oral History Perspective,” UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces – The Armenian Community of Smyrna/Izmir, November 2-3, 2002

62.    “The Challenges of the New Century to Capture the Genocide in Art and to encompass the Echoes of the Surviving People’s Collective Psyche,” MESA Conference, Washington DC, November 23-26, 2002

63.    “Women Survivors of the Smyrna Tragedy - An Oral History Perspective,” in a panel entitled “After Genocide: Trauma, Memory, and Forgiving,” CSAA Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 1-4, 2003

64.    “Why Teach and How to Teach the Armenian Genocide: Problems, Challenges, and Accomplishments,” in a panel, titled “Teaching About Genocide: Challenges and Opportunities,” International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Fifth Biennial Conference, in Irish Center for Human Rights at National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, June 7-10, 2003

65.    “To Build a Normal Life Beyond a Traumatic Past: The case of the Survivors of the Smyrna Tragedy,” in a panel titled “Survivor Testimony-The Armenian and Rwandan Cases,” in the same conference above

66.    “Armenian Studies Today and Future Perspectives,” International Conference of Armenology, Yerevan Armenia, September 15-20, 2003

67.    “Literature and Armenian Identity,” in the same Conference above

68.    “The Rough Road of Transition in Teaching History in Post-Soviet Armenia: Approaches, Methodology, and Ideology,” Annual Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Toronto, Canada, November 21-24, 2003

69.    “Literary Responses to Genocide,” University of California, San Diego Symposium on “Western Response to Genocide, An Academic Conference on Genocide and Denial,” San Diego, CA, May 8, 2004

70.    “The Place of Atrpatakan in the Armenian Liberation Movement,” UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces – The Armenian Communities of Iran, May 14-16, 2004

71.    «Հայեցի դաստիարակութիւն եւ մանկավարժական մարտահրաւէրներ» (Pedagogical Challenges in Armenian Education and Instruction), Conference on “Armenian Education in North America: Reassessment in the Context of the Changing Armenian American Identity,” Organized by the Board of Regents of the Armenian Schools of the Western Prelacy, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, June 4-5, 2004

72.    «Պատմական յիշողութիւնը եւ ժամանակակից գրականութիւնը» (Historical Memory and Contemporary Literature), International Conference organized by the Writers Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Tsaghkadzor, Artsakh, June 28- July 4, 2004

73.    “Perception of the Armenian Genocide in the Literary Responses of Second-and-Third Generation Survivor-Writers,” International Conference on Genocide, organized by the Ethnic Studies Department, California State University, Sacramento, October 14-16, 2004

74.    «Միութիւնների եւ հասարակական կազմակերպութիւնների դերակատարութիւնը համազհային մշակութային մտածողութեան մէջ»  (The role of public institutions in the shaping of national cultural thought), Conference dedicated to the 60^th anniversary of the Ararat Cultural Organization, Tehran Iran, November 10-12, 2004

75.    “Emancipation from Soviet Ideology: Methods of History Teaching in Independent Armenia,” Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, in a panel titled “Rewriting the National and Common Past,” Boston, MA, December 4-7, 2004

76.    “Historical Memory: Threading the Contemporary Literature of Armenia,” UCLA International Conference titled “After Nine Decades the Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide,” April 1-3, 2005

77.    “Historical Memory and Literature in Armenia,” IAGS International Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, June 4-7, 2005

78.    “The Restless World of Leonardo Alishan (1951-2005): The Burnt Offering to the Altar of the Armenian Genocide,” AIEA Conference, Universidad del Pais Vasco – Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, September 8-10, 2005

79.    «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան ազդեցութիւնը ամերիկահայ անգլիագիր գրականութեան վրայ» ((The impact of the Armenian Genocide on the literature of American Armenian writers who write in English), International Conference, organized by the Armenian Writers’ Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, October 10, 2005

80.    “Uprooted People – The Armenian Genocide Continues,” International Conference on “The Christian Response to Violence,” organized by the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America in collaboration with the USC Institute of Armenian Studies and The USC Center for Religious and Civic Culture, at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), October 15, 2005

81.    “Historical memory: Threading the Contemporary Literature of Armenia,” MESA Conference, Washington, DC, November 19-22, 2005

82.    «Երբ գիրն ու խօսքը կռիւ էին մղում արուեստի անկեղծութոան եւ մտքի ազատութեան դէմ, Ռուբէն Զարդարեանի աղէտի կանչը» (on Ruben Zardarian’s call of disaster), UCLA Conference titled “Transcending Genocide: Voices of Seven Armenian Authors,” December 3, 2005

83.    “The Metamorphosis of the Post-Genocide Armenian Identity as Reflected in Artistic Literature,” MESA Conference, Boston, MA, November 18-21, 2006

84.    “And Those who Continued to Live in Turkey, an Identity Problem,” IAGS Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina, July 9-13, 2007

85.    «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւնը արդի թուրք գրականութեան մէջ» (The Armenian Genocide in Modern Turkish Literature), Academy of Sciences of Armenia Conference dedicated to the 100^th Anniversary of Johannes Lepsius, September 8, 2008

86.    “The Turkish Armenian Survivors of the Genocide of 1915 Through the Lens of Modern Turkish Literature,” AIEA Conference, Paris, September 11-13, 2008

87.    “The Third-Generation Armenian American Writers Echo the Quest for Self-Identity with the Genocide at its Core,” Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Conference, Albuquerque, NM, October 17-19, 2008

88.    “The Growing Consciousness of Ethnic Identity: A Challenge to the Presumedly Homogenous Turkish Society – The Case of the Armenians,” MESA Conference, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2008

89.    Chaired the panel on Armenian Literature, titled “In Search of a New Paradigm” at the same conference above

90.    “The 1946-48 Repatriation, Lessons learned, Possibilities of a New Wave of Repatriation,” Conference on Repatriation, organized by the RA Ministry of Diaspora, Tsaghkatsor, Armenia, December 12-14, 2008

91.    Moderated the first Armenia-Diaspora teleconference on issues pertaining to the Armenian education in Armenian schools in CA, 2009

92.    “Minorities in Turkey: A Disregarded Element in the Republic’s Realpolitick, A Challenge to the Domestic Policy of Turkification,” Symposium օn Armenian Genocide and Beyond, organized by the Armenian Genocide United Commemorative Committee, Glendale, CA, March 14, 2009

93.    “The Poetics of Violence in Literary Responses to the Adana Massacres,” SAS 35^th Anniversary Conference, at UCLA, March 26-28, 2009

94.    Chair and discussant of the panel titled, “Between Perversion and Representation: Sexual Allegories in Armenian Literature,” at the same conference above

95.    Mistress of Ceremonies of the SAS 35^th Anniversary Banquet, March 28, 2009

96.    «Բռնութեան լեզուն Ադանայի ջարդերի բանաստաղծութեան մէջ» (The language of violence in the poetry of Adana Massacres), Conference dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Massacres in Adana, Yerevan, Armenia, April 20-21, 2009

97.    Lecture on the Armenians in Turkey and the Turkish-Armenian relationship past and present, Yerevan State University, History Department, April 30, 2009

98.    Lecture on Armenians in Turkey, organized by ARMACAD, Yerevan, October 26, 2009

99.    Lecture on Armenians in Turkey and introducing my book, And Those who continued Living in Turkey after1915, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, November 4, 2009

100.  “Dare to Remember – The Istanbul Armenian Literature and the Unabated Memory of Tragic Past,” MESA Conference, Boston, MA, November 24, 2009

101.  “The Third Generation Armenian-American Writers Echo the Quest for Self-Identity with the Genocide at its Core,” Conference organized by the Armenian Studies program, Boston University, Boston, MA, February 13, 2010

102.  “The Suffering Continues: The Armenian Women in Turkey after 1915 – The Survivor, The Victim,” A.R.S. Forum, titled “Voices of Armenian Women in the 21^st Century,” Glendale, CA, March 27, 2010

103.  “Dare to Remember – The Istanbul Armenian Literature and the Unabated Memory of Tragic Past.” CSAA Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, May 31, 2010

104.  «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդումը բոլոր տարիքներում» (The teaching of the Armenian Genocide to Students K-12), The 4^th Pan-Armenian Conference on Education, organized by the RA Ministry of Education, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, August 13-17, 2010  

105.  “The Literary Expressions of Armenian Genocide within the Soviet Scheme of Proletkult,” The Third Annual Middle East Studies Conference. College of Arts and Humanities, SCU, Fresno CA, October 9, 2010

106.  “The Third Generation Armenian American Writers Respond,” MESA Conference, San Diego, CA, November 20, 2010

107.  “The Armenian Genocide after 95 Years: Recent Developments and Future Prospects for Research,” Round Table, at the same conference above

108.  «Յակոբ Օշական երեւոյթը սփիւռքահայ յետ-Եղեռբեան գրականութեան մէջ» (Hagop Oshagan, a phenomenon in the Armenian Diasporan post-Genocide Literature), Symposium dedicated to Hagop Oshagan, organized by the Hamazkayin and the Yerevan state university, Yerevan, April 18, 2011

109.  “Problems of Ethnic Identity in Turkey – The case of the Armenian Minority,” Conference organized by the Armenian National Committee of South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2011

110.  “’Truth is not only Violated by Falsehood: it may be Equally Outraged by Silence’ or The Suppression of the Memory of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey,” IAGS Conference Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 19-22, 2011

111.  Keynote speaker “The Second and Third Generation Diasporan Armenian Writes’ Perceptions of the Armenian Genocide and Their Quest for Identity,” Conference titled “Language, Literature, and Art, in Cross-Cultural Contexts,” organized by the Foreign Languages Department, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, October 4-8, 2011

112.  “’Truth is not only Violated by Falsehood: it may be Equally Outraged by Silence’ or The Suppression of the Memory of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey,” AIEA Conference, Budapest, Hungary, October 6-8, 2011

113.  “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh: A Timeless Tale of Resistance, Love, and Gallantry,” Symposium organized by Glendale Central Library and Abril Bookstore, Glendale, May 4, 2012

114.  “Frantz Werfel and his Reception by the Armenians in the Diaspora and in Soviet Armenia,” Conference dedicated to Franz Werfel, organized by the Podstan Lepsius House and Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish studies at Podstam University, Podstam, Germany, March 10-12, 2013

115.  «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդում բոլոր տարիքի աշակերտներին, անտեսուած ասպարէզ արդարութեան սիրոյն տարուող ազգային պայքարում» (The Armenian Genocide education in all grade levels, a neglected field in the national struggle for Justice), International Conference on “The Armenian Genocide: Challenges on the Eve of the Centenary,” organized by The State Commission on Coordination of the Events Dedicated to the 100^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan, Armenia, March 22-23, 2013

116.  “Armenian Resistance to Genocide: An Attempt to Assess Circumstances and Outcomes,” Conference on “Resistances to the Armenian Genocide,” organized by the Armenian Studies Program, California State University Northridge, April 6, 2013

117.  “The Symbiotic Relationship Between Turks and Armenians, An Obstacle against Healing and Reconciliation,” IAGS Conference, Siena, Italy, June 19-22, 2013

118.  “Muslim Armenians, A Paradox?”, Conference on Islamized Armenians, Istanbul, Turkey (my paper was read in my absence), November 2-4, 2013

119.  “The Symbiotic Relationship between Turks and Armenians, An Obstacle against Healing and Reconciliation,” Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Jewish American University, Los Angeles, CA, March 8-11, 2014

120.  Chaired the panel on “The Denial of the Armenian Genocide” at the same conference above

121.  “A selfless Dedication to the Cause of the Oppressed,” International Conference Honoring those who Helped Rescue a Generation of Armenian Survivors 1915-1930, organized by Ararat Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA, March 22, 2014

122.  «Հակադիր ուժերի բախումները Անդրկովկասում եկան դիւրացնելու թուրքի ցեղասպանական եւս մի վերջին գործողութիւն՝ նախքան Պատերազմի աւարտը» (Conflicting Factors at Work in Transcaucasia Facilitated the Continuation of the Turkish Genocide of Armenians before the end of WWI), International Conference organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, April 21-22, 2014

123.  “The Plight of Armenian Survivors within the Context of the Global Issue of Uprooted People,” IAGS Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, July 15-19, 2014

124.  Main speaker, «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդման սկղբունքները, միջոցներն ու մանկավարժական մօտեցումները Հայաստանի դպրոցների բոլոր դասարաններում» (Principles, tools, and pedagogical approaches for teaching the Armenian Genocide in schools in Armenia, K-12 grades), Symposium for Armenian teachers, organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, July 30, 2014

125.  «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդման սկղբունքներն ու միջոցները եւ մանկավարժական մօտեցումները սփիւռքահայ դպրոցների բոլոր դասարաններում» (Principles, tools, and pedagogical approaches for teaching the Armenian Genocide in schools in the Diaspora, K-12 grades), symposium for Armenian teachers of Diaspora, organized by the Ministry of Science and Education of RA, Aghveran, Armenia, August 4-7, 2014

126.  “Armenian Women and Genocide or The Female scholar, the Genocide Scholar in me,” AIWA Conference, Yerevan Armenia, October 10, 2014

127.  «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան յիշողութիւնը խորհրդահայ գրականութեան մէջ” (The Memory of Genocide in Soviet Armenian Literature), AIEA Conference, Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia, October, 9-11, 2014

128.  Lecture «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան արտացոլումը գրականութեան մէջ» (The Armenian genocide in Literature), organized by HOUSK Research Institute, Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2014

129.  Participated in the organizing committee, and organized and chaired a panel on the teaching of the Armenian Genocide at the California State University Northridge Conference titled “The Armenian Genocide, Accounting and Accountability,” January 31, 2015

130.  “From Generation to Generation, The Effects of the Traumatic Experience of the Genocide,” Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-16, 2015

131.  “Effects of the Genocide, Second Generation Voices.” Conference, titled “Armenian Identity Through the Ages,” organized by UC Irvine Armenian Studies, April 6-7, 2015

132.  “From Generation to Generation, The Effects of the Traumatic Experience of the Genocide,” IAGS Conference, Yerevan, Armenia, July 9-12, 2015

133.  Chaired a panel on “Survivors and Memory Narratives,” at the same conference above

134.  «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւնը գրականութեան մէջ – Երկրորդ սերնդի արձագանքներ» (The Armenian Genocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds), Centennial Conference, organized by the ArmenianNational Academy of Sciences RA and the State University of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia, October 14-16, 2015

135.  ''The Armenian Geenocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds,” Centenial Conference, organized by The Diocese of the Armenian Church in Russia and New Nakhijevan and the Academy of Sciences RA, Moscow, Russia, October 23-24, 2015

136.  “Armenian-American or American with Armenian Roots? The Post-Genocide Conditions and Circumstances in America and the Dynamics of Identity,” Conference titled “Critical Approaches to Armenian Identity in the 21^st Century: Vulnerability, Resilience and Transformation,” organized by Hrant Dink Foundation and Hamazkayin Central Committee, Istanbul, Turkey, October 7-8, 2016

137.  Chaired the panel “Identity Representations in Literature,” at the same conference above

138.  “Justice for the Victims of Stalin’s Reign of Terror (The Armenians),” IAGS Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 9-13, 2017

139.  Chaired a panel on “Genocide Recognition and Denial,” at the conference above

140.  Keynote speaker “The Diasporan Armenian Literature Entering the Second Century of the Continuing Effects of the Genocide,” AIEA Conference, Oxford, UK, August 9-13, 2017

141.  “ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920, A Critical Factor in the Short-lived Independence of Armenia, Implications Today,” Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the ANC Canada and the Armenian students Associations of McGill University and University of Concordia, Montreal, Canada, March 13, 2018

142.  “ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920, A Critical Factor in the Short-lived Independence of Armenia, Implications Today,” Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the ANC Canada and the Armenian students Association of University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, March 14, 2018

143.  “ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920, A Critical Factor in the Short-lived Independence of Armenia, Implications Today,” Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the ANC Canada and the Armenian students Association of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, March 15, 2018

144.  «Հայրենիք ամսագիրը, ուր վտարանդի մտաւորականութիւնը մշակեց ու սերմանեց յետ-անկախութեան Սփիւռքի մշակութային քաղաքականութիւնը» (Hayrenik monthly, in which the intiligentsia of refugee generation cultivated and dessiminated the cultural politics of post-indenpendece Diaspora), Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the Holy See of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon, March 20-22, 2018

145.  “ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920, A Critical Factor in the Short-lived Independence of Armenia, Implications Today,” Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the ARF WR Central Committee and the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Northridge, May 5-6, 2018

146.  «Հայաստանի անկախութիւնը կորցրած բայց անկախութեան գաղափարը բարձր պահած» (The independence of Armenia was lost, but the idea of independence was strongly upheld), Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the Yerevan State University and Hamazkayin, Yerevan. Armenia, May 15-16, 2018

147.  «ՀՅԴ-Բոլշեւիկ յարաբերութիւնները՝ վճռորոշ ազդակ անկախ Հայաստանի կարճատեւ կեանքում» (ARF-Bolshevik relationship, a decisive factore in the short life of independent Armenia), Conference dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by the RA Ministry of Diaspora, the RA National Academy of Sciences, and Yerevan State University, Yerevan, May 25-26, 2018

149.  «1918-ի եւ 1991-ի անկախութեանը ծնունդ տուող երկու ճակատագրային ժամանակաշրջաններ – համեմատական հայեացք» (A comparative view of the two fateful periods that gave birth to the 1918 and 1991independence),  Conference titled «Հայաստանի Հանրապետութեան դասերը, 1918-1920» (The lessons of the Republic of Armenia 1918-1920), dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the rebirth of Armenian statehood, organized by Վէմ Համահայկական հանդէսի խմբագրութիւն (the editorial board of Vem pan-Armenian journal), Yerevan May 31-June 1, 2018

150.  «Աստուած պապա, դուն մեզ պահէ․ մեր պահուըտած տեղը թուրքերը թող չգտնեն․ սեւքիաթէն ազատէ մեզ, ամէն» (“Father God, you protect us, lest the Turks find our hiding place. Save us from sevkiyat. Amen”), International Conference dedicated to Mushegh Ishkhan, organized by Yerevan State University and Hamazkayin, Yerevan, Armenia, October 8, 2019

151.  “Survivor Memoirs – A Multi-faceted Source, A Less-employed Field of Inquiry for Genocide Studies,” Virtual Conference on “Genocide in the Modern Era, Perspectives and Challenges of its Study.” organized by UNESCO Chair on Education and Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes at the Institute for Armenian Studies of Yerevan State University, November 5-7, 2020

152.  “Survivor Memoirs – A Multi-faceted Source, A Less-employed Field of Inquiry for Genocide Studies.” IAGS Virtual Conference on “Genocide and its Prevention in the Digital Age: 21st Century Challenges,” July 19-23, 2021

153.  “Stalin’s Reign of Terror in Armenia, Genocide? Survivors’ Memoirs as Testimony,” AIEA Virtual Conference, September 2-4, 2021

154.  «Մեծ ոստանների թոհուբոհի մէջ բռնուած յաւիտենական աքսորականը» (The eternally exiled caught in the chaos of the New World), Conference dedicated to Hakob Karapents, organized by Hamazkayin Armenia and the Philology Department of Yerevan State University, Yerevan, September 23, 2021

155.  "Armenian-American or American with Armenian Roots? The Post-Genocide Conditions and Circumstances in America and the Dynamics of Identity," Virtual Conference, titled “Layers of Diasporic Belonging: (Re)Evaluating Armenianness in Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives,” October 1-2, 2021 

156.  «Յակոբ Կարապենց, իբր Ցեղասպանութիւնը վերապրած երկրորդ սերնդի ներկայացուցիչ» (Hakob Karapents, as a second-generation survivor of the Armenian Genocide), Webinar, titled “Հայերէն Blog,” March 30, 2022

157.  «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդումը ամերիկահայ կրթական հաստատութիւններում, Գաղափարից գործողութիւն եւ զարգացում» (Teaching about the Armenian Genocide in Armenian educational institutions, from conception to action and beyond), International Conference, titled “Challenges of Armenian Genocide Education in the 21^st Century,” organized by Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, April 20-22, 2022

158.  “Atrpatakan as a Bastion in Armenian Liberation Movement,” Launching of Armenian Communities of Iran, History, Trade, Culture, (edited by Richard G. Hovannisian), organized by the Society of Los Angeles Armenians, April 28, 2022

159.  “Religion, a Driving Force but not a Major Cause of the Turkish Genocide of Armenians,” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 18-22, 2022

160.  «Հայ քաղաքական մտքի վերջին թռիչքը ճիգ ազգայինից պետական մտածողութեան անցնելու,1918-1920» (The last flight of the Armenian political thought, a struggle to transcend nationalism onto governmental politics), Conference, titled «Հայ հասարակական-քաղաքական միտքը 19-րդ դարի վերջին եւ 20-րդ դարի առաջին կէսին», organized by Khachatur Abovian State Pedagogical University and Hamazkayin, Yerevan. Մարտ 2,  2023

161.  “The Institutions of Turkification and Assimilation in the Eyes of Armenian Orphans who Fled Them,” International Conference on Children and Nation: Forcible Child Transfer and the Genocide Convention Through Historical and Contemporary Lenses,” organized by AGMI, AGBU, and Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Yerevan, May 13-14, 2023

162.  “The Authoritarian Ottoman Theocratic Regime Paved the Way for The Young Turk Genocide of Armenians,” IAGS Conference, University of Barcelona, Spain. 10-14 July 2023

163.  Delivered the tribute speech in memory of recently deceased Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian, in a plenary session at the above Conference

164.  A tribute, presented in the panel titled “Armenian Genocide Research: Documentation, Denial, and Recognition,” International Symposium in Memory of Richard G. Hovannisian, organized by The UCLA Promise Institute and co-sponsored by several other organizations, at UCLA, April 6, 2024

165.  “Franc Werfel’s The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, A Perpetually Present Production Rather than a Product,” International Conference Dedicated to the 90^th Anniversary of Franz Werfel’s The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, Yerevan State University, September 19-21, 2024

 

PUBLICATIONS:

a. Books (monographs and textbooks)

1.            «Փետրուարեան ապստամբութիւն» (The February Uprising), a booklet of 23 pages, (Նիկոլ Աղբալեան Մատենաշար No. 1, 1982)

2.            The Armenian Genocide, Facts and Cover-ups, a booklet of 27 pages, (Նիկոլ Աղբալեան Մատենաշար No. 2, 1982)

3.            « Հայ Դատ 10» (The Armenian Question, 10) (comp. and ed.), a textbook on the history of the Armenian Question, for 10th grade, (Los Angeles, CA: Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1990)

4.            Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience, published under the auspices of the G. E. Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, (Atlanta GA: Scholars Press, 1993)

5.            « Հայ Դատ 11» (The Armenian Question 11), (authored), a textbook on the history of the Armenian Question, for 11th grade (Los Angeles, CA, Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1994)

6.            «Հայաստանը ՀՅԴ-Բոլշեւիկ յարաբերութիւնների ոլորտում, 1917-1921» (Armenia in the sphere of ARF-Bolshevik relations:1917-1921), published under the auspices of Yerevan University, History Department, Երեւան, Երեւանի Համալսարանի հրատարակչութիւն 1997)

7.            « Հայ Դատ 12» (Hay Tad 12- The Armenian Question 12), (authored) a textbook on the history of the Armenian Question, for 12th grade (Los Angeles, CA, Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1999)

8.            «Հայկական հարցի պատմություն» (History of the Armenian Question), a textbook for the 9^th grade, commissioned and published by the Ministry of Education, Armenia, introduced in high schools in Armenia as a pilot program from September 2000

9.            « Հայ Դատ 10» (The Armenian Question, 10), (authored), a revised and enhanced version of the textbook published in 1990 (Los Angeles, CA, Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 2002)

10.        «Հայկական հարցի պատմություն» ( History of the Armenian Question). The 2000 version completed its trial period and was republished in December 2002, to be incorporated into the history curriculum by the Ministry of Education of Armenia (however, with not a wide and thorough implementation). The textbook is accompanied by a workbook and a teacher’s guide

11.        «Գրականութեան դերը հայոց ազգային ազատագրական պայքարում» (The Role of literature in the Armenian Liberation Movement), a compilation of lectures as part of the Open University series in Montreal, Canada, organized by the Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Society of Canada, summer, 2001(Montreal: ARAX Printing, 2003)

12.        A Struggle to Comprehend the Catastrophe and Survive: A Comparative Study of the Armenian and the Jewish Literary Responses to Catastrophe, A booklet of 37 pages, published by the Republic of Armenia National Academy of Sciences, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (Yerevan, 2003)

13.    «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդում հայկական վարժարաններուն մէջ» (Teaching the Armenian Genocide in Armenian Schools), leading the committee in charge, selecting, compiling, editing the volume consisting of age proper reading materials, lesson plans, and teaching strategies for K-12 grades (315 pages), published by The Board of Regents of the Prelacy Armenian Schools, April 2006

14.    And those who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915, The Metamorphosis of the Post-Genocide Armenian Identity as Reflected in Artistic Literature, (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide Institute Publication, Printed in “Gasprint” Publishing House, 2008)

15.    «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդում» (Teaching the Armenian Genocide) A revised and enhanced electronic version of the Prelacy edition sponsored by the RA Ministry of Education, published by Zangak and launched during a Press Conference at the Ministry on April 29, 2011. The package can be downloaded at www.spyurq.dasagirq.am

16.    The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of those who Lived Through the Years of Calamity (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide Institute Publication, Collage Publishing House, 2012)

17.    And those who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915, The Metamorphosis of the Post-Genocide Armenian Identity as Reflected in Artistic Literature, second printing with a foreword by Richard G. Hovannisian, (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide Institute Publication, 2012)

18.    The Armenian Genocide in Literature, Perceptions of those who Lived Through the Years of Calamity, second printing with a foreword by Peter Cowe, (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide Institute Publication, Collage Publishing House, 2014)

19.    The Armenian Genocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds (Yerevan: Armenian Genocide Institute Publication, Collage Publishing House, 2015)

20.    «Հայոց Ցեղասպանության Դասավանդումը պատմվածքների, հեքիաթների, զրոյցների, բանաստեղծությունների եւ փաստական նյութերի միջոցով» (Teaching the Armenian Genocide using stories tales, poems and documents), published by the Ministry of Science and Education, Yerevan, 2016. Downloadable from https://lib.armedu.am/article/14849

21.    My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG․ Self-published, 2017

22.    Bolshevik Treachery in Independent Armenia –Բոլշեւիկ խարդաւաքնքը անկախ Հայաստանում–1918-1920, A bilingual publication. Self-published, 2018

23.    «Թաւրիզից ստալինեան Գուլագ, Ընդհատուած պատմութիւն» (From Tabriz to Stalinian Gulag, Interrupted story) Published under the auspices of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences RA (Yerevan: Edit Print, 2019)

 

b. Book Reviews

1.            Efronia: An Armenian Love Story, by Stina Katchatdourian, in JSAS 7, 1996 (published May 1997), pp.205-208, pp. 205-208

2.            Caravans to Oblivion: The Armenian Genocide, 1915, byon G.S. Graber, in Asbarez, February 22, 1997

3.            An Armenian Doctor in Turkey, Garabed Hatcherian: My Smyrna Ordeal of 1922. Dora Sakayan, trans. Montreal: Arod Books, 1997, in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 10 (1998, 1999(2000), pp. 169-72    

4.            Not Even My Name: From a Death March in Turkey to a New Home in America, A Young Girl’s True Story of Genocide and Survival, by Thea Halo, in Journal of Genocide Research (2001), 3 (3), 497-501

5.            , Modern Armenian Drama, by Nishan Parlakian and Peter Cowe, in Ararat, Spring, 2001

6.             «Հայրենադարձ իրանահայ դեմքեր»(Repatriated Iranian-Armenian Figures), by Babken Chukaszian, in Asbarez, September 28, 2002

7.            Enemy of the People: Armenians Look Back at the Stalin Terror, a 58min. documentary film, by Zareh Tjeknavorian, in American Historical Review, April 2005

8.            Armenian Organization and Ideology Under Ottoman Rule, 1908-1914, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, by Dikran Mesrob Kaligian, in Vem, 2010, no.2 (30), pp. 133-143

9.            The Immigrants’ Daughter, by Mary Terzian, posted on Amazon.com

10.    Deli Sarkis: The Scars he Carried, A Daughter Confronts the Armenian Genocide and Tells Her Father’s Story, by Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut, Posted on www.scarshecarried.com Published in Armenian Weekly, Aug. 20, 2014, also published in Asbarez, Oct. 17, 2014

11.    Politically Homeless – A Five- Year Odyssey across Three Continents, by Mary Terzian, posted on Amazon.com on July 24, 2015

12.    Mourning Philology: Art and Religion at the Margins of the Ottoman Empire, by Marc Nichanian G.M. Goshgarian and Jeff Fort, trans., in Modern Philology, Vol. 114, no. 1, 2016

13.    Letters to Barbra, by Paul Chaterjian, in Asbarez, January 18, 2019

14.    Bloodied, but Unbowed – A Memoir of the Ashur and Arshaluys Yousouf Family, by Alice Nazarian translated by Ishkhan Jinbashian. Book Review, “A Family’s Journey through the Tortuous Roads of a Grim Survival,” in Asbarez, March 22, 2019

 

c. Research Articles and Chapters in Books

1.            "A Cursory Survey of Shahan Shahnur's Literary Creations," in Հռոմկլա, Հայագիտական Տարեգիրք, (Hromgla, Armenological yearbook), Vol. I (Los Angeles: Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, (1982), pp. 157-165

2.            "The Evolution of Eastern Armenian Ashkharhabar along the History of the Armenian Language," in Հռոմկլա, Հայագիտական Տարեգիրք Vol. II (Los Angeles: Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1983), pp. 189-199

3.            «Հայ ժողովրդի առասպելների յատկանշական գծերն ու գաղափարաբանութիւնը» (The characteristics and ideology of Armenian legends), in Հռոմկլա, Հայագիտական Տարեգիրք, Vol. III (Los Angeles: Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America), 1984), pp. 77-84

4.            «Հայ կինը ազգային ազատագրական պայքարի մէջ» (The Armenian woman in the National Liberation Movement), in Հայ կնոջ երթը երեկ եւ այսօր (The Armenian woman, past and present) (Los Angeles: Armenian Society of Los Angeles, Ladies' Auxiliary, 1987), pp. 71-90

5.            "Hagop Oshagan's Literature of Catastrophe: The Struggle to Confront the Genocide of 1915,” in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Vol. 4, 1988-89, pp. 105-142

6.            "The Evolution of the Socio-Political Function of Women in the Armenian Community, Conflicts and Problems," in The Role of Armenian Women in Contemporary American Society (San Francisco: Armenian Professional Society, 1989), pp. 26-30

7.            «Սփիւռքահայ գեղարուեստական գրականութիւնը Մեծ Եղեռնի մասին»  (The Armenian Diasporan Artistic Literature on Armenian Genocide), in Պատմաբանասիրական հանդես, the journal of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia, 1990, No 2, pp. 14-31

8.            "Armenian Literary Responses to Genocide: The Artistic Struggle to Comprehend and Survive," in The Armenian Genocide, History, Politics, Ethics, R. G. Hovannisian ed. (New York, St. Martin's Press, 1992), pp. 222-249

9.            «Յալոբ Օշական, լուսաւոր կանթեղ սփիւռքահայ գրականութեան սկզբնաւորման ռւ զարգացման ճամբին» (Hagop Oshagan, A Guiding light in the inception and development of Armenian Diasporan literature), in Patmabanasirakan Handes, 1992, No 1, pp. 63-70

10.        "The Transformation of Armenianness in the Formation of Armenian-American Identity," in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 6 (1992, 1993), published in 1995, pp. 119-145

11.        "How to Read Genocide Literature - The Problematics, the Search for a Guideline or a Canon," in International Network on Holocaust and Genocide, April 1996, issues 1-2, pp․ 22-25.

12.        «Հակական Հարցի և Հայերի Ցեղասպանության  արտացոլումը գրականության մեջ»  (The Armenian Question and the Genocide of Armenians as reflected in  literature),  in Հայկական հարց Հանրագիտարան (Encyclopedia of the Armenian Question), a special volume of the Soviet-Armenian Encyclopedia (Yerevan, 1996), pp. 244-247

13.        "Dashnaktsutiun-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-20: Dashnaktsutiun's Quest for Peaceful Coexistence," Armenian Review, Special Issue on "The Republic of Armenia, 1918-1920: A Seventy-Five Year Perspective," Richard G.Hovannisian, guest Editor, Spring-Winter 1993 (Published in September 1996), pp.157-182

14.        «Հայ Կնոջ հասարակական ինքնութեան հարցը» (The issue of Armenian woman’s social identity), in Հայ Սւրտ , an International Periodical of the Armenian Relief Society, November 1998, pp. 28-29

15.        "Problematic Aspects of Reading Genocide Literature, A Search for a Guideline or a Canon," in Remembrance and Denial, The Case of the Armenian Genocide, Richard G. Hovannisian ed. (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999), pp. 175-186

16.        "A Commentary - A Comparative Approach to the Circumstances, Aspects, Manifestations, and Elements of the Jewish and Armenian Enlightenment and Modernization," in Enlightenment and Diaspora, The Armenian and Jewish Cases, Richard G. Hovannisian and David N. Myers eds., (Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1999), pp. 209-221

17.        “3000 Year History at a Glance,” a historical survey in English and Armenian published as the Introduction to the Armenian Embroidery (Beirut: The Armenian Relief Cross of Lebanon publication, 1999), pp. VIII-XXV and LXVI-LXXV

18.        “Literary Manifestations of Resistance to the Armenian Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of the Jewish and Armenian Cases” in in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 10 (1998, 1999(2000)), pp. 99-110

19.        «Ցեղասպանութեան գրականութիւն, փորձ ընթերցումի» (Genocide literature – an attempt to read) Բագին, Fall, 1999, pp. 76-90

20.        “The Heritage of Van Provincial Literature” in Armenian Van/Vaspurakan, Richard G. Hovannisian ed. (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Press, 2000), pp. 133-152   

21.        «Կարինի հայ քաղաքական մտքի զարգացման ճամբով» (Tracing the development of Karin Armenians’ political thought) in Հայկական Հարց 1 (A publication of the Yerevan “Hrachia Acharian” University, Armenian Question Research Center, Yerevan, 2000), pp. 95-100

22.         “A Struggle to Comprehend the Catastrophe to Make Survival Possible: A Comparative Study of the Armenian and the Jewish Responses to Catastrophe” in Remembering for the Future – 2000, The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide, 3 Memory, John K. Roth and Elizabeth Maxwell eds. In-chief (Great Bretain: Palgrave, Mc Millan’s Global Academic Publishing, 2001) pp. 814-830

23.        "The Armenian Genocide Through Art and Literature," in Anatomy of Genocide, State-Sponsored Mass-Killings in the Twentieth Century, Alexandre Kimenyi and Otis L. Scott ed. (Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001), pp. 395-409

24.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան անգլիագիր նորագոյն արտայայտութիւնները» (The most recent Armenian Genocide responses by Armenians writing in English) in Գարուն, #4, 2001, Yerevan

25.        "A Call Sounded from the Armenian Mountains of Erzerum: The Development of Political Thought Among the Armenians of Erzerum," in Armenian Karin/Erzerum, Richard G. Hovannisian ed. (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 2003), pp. 189-220

26.         “New Directions in Literary Responses to the Armenian Genocide,” in Looking Backward, Moving Forward, Confronting the Armenian Genocide, Richard G. Hovannisian ed. (New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, 2003), pp. 157-180

27.        “When Death is a Blessing and Life a Prolonged Agony: Women Victims of Genocide," in Genocide Perspectives II, Essays on Holocaust and Genocide, Colin Tatz, Peter Arnold, Sandra Tatz eds (Sidney: Bradl & Schlesinger with The Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 2003), pp. 315-332

28.         «Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ(ԱՄՆ)» (The United States of America), համահեղինակ (co-authored), Հայ Սփիւռք Հանրագիտարան (Armenian Diaspora – Encyclopedia), Երևան, Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատարակչություն, 2003, էջ 33-85

29.         «Հայ Դատի Հանձնախումբ» (Armenian National Committee), Հայ Սփիւռք Հանրագիտարան (Armenian Diaspora – Encyclopedia), Երևան, Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատարակչություն, 2003, էջ 667-668

30.        “The Truth of the Armenian Genocide in Edgar Hilsenrath’s Fiction,” in Journal of Genocide Research (2003), 5 (2), 281-292

31.        « ՀՕՄ-ը, հայ կինը, եւ հայրենիք սփիւռք յարաբերութիւններ» (The ARS, the Armenian woman, and homeland-Diaspora relations), in Հայ Սիրտ, December 2003, pp. 12-16

32.        A revised version of the article “When Death is a Blessing and Life a Prolonged Agony: Women Victims of Genocide," in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, vol. 13 (2003-2004), pp. 29-45

33.        «Պատմական Յիշողութիւն եւ ժամանակակից գրականութիւն» (Historical memory and contemporary literature), in Բագին, September, 2004, pp. 20-30

34.        “Teaching about the Armenian Genocide – Our Mission, Our Challenge,” in Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Armenian Genocide 90^th Anniversary special issue, April 23, 2005

35.        “Historical Memory: Threading the Contemporary Literature of Armenia,” in Armenian Weekly and Aztak, a joint publication in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, special issue, April 9, 2005

36.        “Literary Representations of the 1915 Genocide of Armenians: An Important Topical Genre Continuing in the New Millennium” in Genocidal Mind, Selected Papers From the 32^nd Annual Scholars’ Conference օn the Holocaust And the Churches, Dennis B. Klein, et al eds. (St. Paul, MN: Paragon House, 2005), pp. 225-243

37.        “Hairenik and the Ever-Changing Concept of Armenian-American Identity,” in Armenians of New England, Celebrating a Culture and Preserving a Heritage, Marc A. Mamigonian ed. (Belmont, MA: Armenian Heritage Press, NAASR, 2004), pp. 117-136

38.        “Alishan Leonardo (1951-2005),” an entry in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature, published in 5 volumes (Westpoint, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 2005), v. 1, pp. 136-137

39.         “Armenian American Literature,” an entry in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature, published in 5 volumes (Westpoint, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 2005), v.1, pp.190-204

40.        “The Changing World of MESA,” in the SAS Newsletter, Fall, 2005

41.        “Armenian Women Victims of Genocide,” in Women and War, A historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present, Bernard A. Cook ed. (Santa Barbara, California, Denver, Colorado, Oxford, England: ABC CLIO, 2006), p. 29

42.        “The Smyrna Tragedy, Continuing Ordeal for Women survivors,” in Women and War, A historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present (see above), p. 534

43.        "Historical memory: Threading the Contemporary Literature of Armenia" in The Armenian Genocide, Cultural and Ethical Legacies, Richard Hovannisian ed. (New Brunswick, USA and London, U.K.: Transaction Publishers, 2007 and 2008), pp. 97-119

44.        "The Tears and Laughter of Cilician Armenia: Literary Representations of Destruction and Revival, 1909-1918" in Armenian Cilicia, Richard G. Hovannisian and Simon Payaslian, eds. (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, Inc., 2008), pp. 391-417

45.        «Հայ դպրոցը ազգային ինքնութեան կերտման հնո՞ց, Մանկավարժական մարտահրաւէրներ» (Armenian schools centers to forge national identity? Pedagogical challenges) in Mankavarzhakan Mitk, 2008, #1 (Yerevan, Armenia), pp. 23-29

46.        ”Women and the Armenian Genocide: The Victim, the Living Martyr,” in Plight and Fate of Women During and Following Genocide – Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review, Volume 7, Samuel Totten, editor, (New Brunswick, USA, and London, UK: Transaction Publishers, 2009), pp. 7-24

47.        "Armenian resistance, 1915," in The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Ness, Immanuel (Ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2009. Blackwell Reference Online. 14 May 2009 http://www.revolutionprotestencyclopedia.com/subscriber/tocnode?id=g9781405184649_chunk_g9781405184649139

48.        «Փոքրամասնութիւնների ազգային ինքնութեան հարցը Թուրքիայում` խոչընդոտ բացարձակ թրքացման դէմ» (The problem of the national identity of ethnic minorities in Turkey, a challenge against absolute Turkification),” inVem, 2010, No. 1(29), pp. 97-105

49.        «Մի մոռացուած երեսակը հայ կնոջ հաւաքական կերպարի» (A Forgotten facet of the collective identity of Armenian woman), in Pakin, 2010, 2, pp.3-7

50.        “Kars in the Armenian Liberation Movement, - Armed Resistance, A final Phase” in Armenian Kars and Ani, Richard Hovannisian ed. (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Printing, 2011), pp. 245-272

51.        “The Demise of Armenian Smyrna: An Oral History Perspective” in Armenian Smyrna/Izmir, The Aegean Communities, Richard G. Hovannisian, ed. (Mazda Publishers, 2012), pp. 193-211

52.        “And Those who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915, The Metamorphosis of the Post-Genocide Armenian Identity as Reflected in Literature,” article presenting the book in Genocide Prevention Now, Issue 12, Winter, 2012, pp. 2-12

53.        Entries for the ABC-Clio, Genocide database on “Andonian Aram,” “Oshagan Hagop,” “Esayan Zabel,” “Partevian Suren,” “Armenian Genocide Literature,” and “Women and the Armenian Genocide,” published 2012.

54.        “Foreword” in The Orphans of the Genocide, Bared Maronian and Maggie Goschin (Kissikkee, Florida: Signalman publishing, 2012)

55.        “Children: The Most Vulnerable Victims of the Armenian Genocide,” co-authored, in Plight and Fate of Children During and Following Genocide (Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review, Volume 10) Samuel Totten, editor (New Brunswick, USA and London, UK: Transaction Publishers, 2014), pp. 57-83

56.        “The Poetics of Violence in Literary Responses to the Adana Massacres,” in Tseghaspanakan handes (Journal of Genocide Studies, A Publication of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute), 2013, no. 1, pp. 105-117

57.        “Organizing the Diaspora,” an entry at the Hamazkayin Discussion Forum, under Current Topic-2013-2014. Posted on the Hamazkayin site December 3, 2014

58.        58․ «Ցեղասպանագէտների Միջազգային Ընկերակցութեան 11-րդ համագումարը» (The 11^th Conference of International Association of Genocide Scholars), in Vem, No. 3, 2014, pp. 168-171

59.        «Ցեղասպանութեան աղիտալի ազդեցութիւնը շարունակւում է, Ձայներ երկրորդ սերնդից» (Calamitous effects of the Genocide continue – voices from the second generation) Asbarez, special edition dedicated to the 100^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 2015

60.         «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւնը շարունակում է վերապրող սերունդների հոգիներում աւերներ գործել» (The traumatic experience of the Armenian Genocide continues to affect generations of survivors) in Vem, special issue dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, August 2015, pp. 222-248

61.        “Musluman Ermeniler Bir Paradoks Mu?” (The Turkish translation of “Muslim Armenians, A Paradox?”, in Muslumanlas(tiril)mis Ermeniler, Hrant Dink Foundation, Proceedings of the Conference held in Istanbul, November 2013. The book is published in 2015, pp. 28-291

62.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդումը», a chapter in «Ինչպէս դասաւանդել Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան թեման, ձեռնարկ ուսուցիչների համար», RA Academy of Sciences, Armenian Genocide Museum Institute publication, Yerevan, 2014, pp. 30-52.

63.        “The Symbiodic Relationship between Turks and Armenians, a Macabre Outcome Obstructing Healing and Reconciliation,” in Festschrift, Wolfgang Gust, zum 80, Geburtstag, Printed in Germany, 2015, pp, 107-121

64.        «Ցեղասպանութեան աղիտալի ազդեցութիւնը շարունակւում է, Ձայներ երկրորդ սերնդից՚ Asbarez, special edition dedicated to the 100^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 2015

65.        “The Symbiodic Relationship between Turks and Armenians, A Macabre Outcome Obstructing Healing and Reconciliation,” pp.15-39, in Remembering for the Future, Armenia, Auschwitz, and Beyond, Michael Berenbaum, Richard Libowitz, Marcia Sachs Little eds. (St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragone House, 2016), pp. 15-28

66.        «Յիշում ենք եւ պահանջում․ Յիշում ենք եւ պահանջում․ Յիշում ենք եւ պահանջում...», Special issue of Asbarez, April 24, 2016

67.        «Ցեղասպանութեան բաց վէրքի անտանելի ցաւի ազդեցութիւնը Վազգէն Շուշանեանի կեանքի ու գրականութեան վրայ» (The effect of the unbearable pain of the open wound caused by the Genocide on Vazgen Shushanian's literature), in Գրական Հորիզոն, No. 8 (384), August, 2016

68.        «Երբ գիրն ու խօսքը կռիւ էին մղում արուեստի անկեղծութեան եւ մտքի ազատութեան դէմ, Ռուբէն Զարդարեանի աղէտի կանչը» (on Ruben Zardarian’s call of disaster) in Գրական Հորիզոն, No. 10 (386), October 2016

69.        «Մէկ քայլ Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան ճանաչման եւ ազգային պահանջատիրութեան ամրակայման ճամբին» (A step toward the realization of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and national demands), special issue of Asbarez, April 24, 2017

70.        “The Diasporan Armenian Literature Entering the Second Century of the Continuing Effects of the Genocide,” in a special issue of English Asbarez dedicated to this article, October 12 2017

71.        71․ «ՀՅԴ-Բոլշեւիկ Յարաբերութիւնները՝ վճռահատող ազդակ անկախ Հայաստանի կարճատեւ կեանքում» (Հայոց Պետականութեան Վերածնման 100ամեակի Առիթով) *ARF-Bolshevik relations, a decisive factor in the short life of free Armenia), New Year’s special issue of Asbarez, December 26 2017

72.        «1918-ի եւ 1991-ի անկախութեանը ծնունդ տուող երկու ճակատագրային ժամանակաշրջաններ – համեմատական հայեացք» (A comparative view of the two fateful periods in 1918 and 1991 to give birth to independent Armenia), special issue of Asbarez, dedicated to the First Republic of Armenia, May 26, 2018, pp. 6-12

73.        “ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920, A critical Factor in the Short-lived Independence of Armenia, Implications Today,” special issue of Asbarez, dedicated to the First Republic of Armenia, May 26, 2018, pp. 4-10.

74.        «1918-ի եւ 1991-ի անկախութեանը ծնունդ տուող երկու ճակատագրային ժամանակաշրջաններ – համեմատական հայեացք», (Two critical periods of Armenian history leading to independence in 1918 and 1991 – A comparative view), Vem, 2018, No. 4, pp. 24-45

75.        “Effects of the Genocide, Second Generation Voices,” in Reflections of Armenian Identity in History and Historiography, H. Berberian and T. Daryaee ed., a publication of UCI, Jordan Center for Persian Studies, 2018, pp. 189-203

76.        «Հայաստանի անկախութիւնը կորցրած բայց անկախութեան գաղափարը բարձր պահած» (The independence of Armenia was lost, but the idea of independence was strongly upheld) in «Կրթամշակութային կեանքը Հայաստանի Առաջին Հանրապետութեան տարիներին» (Cultural and educational life during the years of the First Republic of Armenia), 2018, Yerevan, pp. 248-263

77.        “Teaching About Genocide, Three Major Pedagogical Issues Worthy of Serious Consideration by Teachers,” in Teaching About Genocide, Insights and Advice from Secondary Teachers and Professors, volume 2, Samuel Totten, ed. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), pp. 107-112

78.        «Երբ բացակայում է համահայկական ազգային քաղաքականութիւնը» (When there is no pan-Armenian national policy), in Asbarez, Armenian Genocide special issue, April 24, 2019

79.        “The subversive Activities of Armenian Bolsheviks: A Critical Factor in Yerevan-Moscow Negotiations (1918-1920),“ in The First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) On the Centenary: Politics, Gender, and Diplomacy, Bedross Der Matossian ed., With a Preface by Richard G. Hovannisian (Fresno: The Press California State University, Fresno, 2020) pp. 133-153

80.        «Հայրենիք ամսագիրը, ուր վտարանդի մտաւորականութիւնը մշակեց ու սերմանեց յետ-անկախութեան Սփիւռքի մշակութային քաղաքականութիւնը» [Hairenik Monthly in whose pages Armenian intellectuals ousted from Armenia developed and disseminated the cultural politics of the post-independence Armenian Diaspora] in Հայաստանի Հանրապետութեան հարիւրամեակ (100^th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia), Ashot Melkonian ed. (Antelias: Printing House of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, 2021) pp.  482-504

81.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան գրականութեան սեւագոյն էջերը Արամ Անտոնեանի մօտ» (The darkest pages of Armenian Genocide literature in Aram Antonian’s writings) in Horizon Weekly Literary Journal, April 21, 2021

82.        «Աստուած պապա, դուն մեզ պահէ․ մեր պահուըտած տեղը թուրքերը թող չգտնեն, սեւքիաթէն ազատէ մեզ, ամէն» (Dear God, You protect us, lest the Turks find our hiding place. Save us from Sevkiat, Amen!) in Մուշեղ Իշխան, Միջազգային գիտաժողովի զեկոյցներ, (Yerevan: Hamazkayin and Yerevan State University, 2021), pp, 222-235

83.        “Religion: A Driving Force But not a Major Cause of the Turkish Genocide of Armenians” in Religion and Genocide Handbook, Stephen Smith and Sara Brown eds. (London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2021), pp.109-125

84.        “Atrpatakan as a Bastion in Armenian Liberation Movement” in Armenian Communities of Iran, History, Trade, Culture, Richard G. Hovannisian ed. (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 2021), pp. 373-426

85.        «Մեծ ոստանների թոհուբոհի մէջ բռնուած յաւիտենական աքսորականը» (The eternal exiled, caught in the commotion of the big cities) in Հակոբ Կարապենց, Միջազգային գիտաժողովի զեկույցներ (Hakob Karapents, International Conference Presentations), Yerevan: A publication of Hamazkayin, 2022), pp. 278-304

86.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան դասաւանդման մարտահրաւէրները 21-րդ դարում» (Challenges of teaching about the Armenian Genocide in the 21^st Century), published in the special issue of Asbarez, dedicated to the 107^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 2022

87.        “Richard G. Hovannisian (November 9, 1932 - July9, 2023): An essay in tribute and in attempt to sketch his life and work” in Vem, 2023.3-9, pp. 9-31

88.        “The Institutions of Turkification and Assimilation in the Eyes of Armenian Orphans Who Fled Them”. International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, 9(2), 2024, pp. 5-31

89.        “Franz Werfel’s The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, a Perpetually Present Production Rather Than a Product”, Armenian Folia Anglistika, Vol. 20, Issue 2 (30), 2024, pp. 144-162

 

d. Articles in newspapers (not a complete list)

1.            «Մայրերի Օրւայ Առթիւ», Ալիք Օրաթերթ, 16 Մայիս 1977

2.            «Էլլէն Բիւզանդի Կեանքի Ու Ստեղծագործութիւնների Հետքերով» • Ասպարէզ, 13 Յունիս 1981

3.            “‘Of Course, She Ought to Write Well! Isn’t She the Daughter of Vertanes Papasian, the Writer?…’” - Asbarez, August 29, 1981

4.            «Ընկերուհի Ռուբինա Փիրումեանի Բանախօսութիւնը», Ասպարէզ, 12 Դեկտեմբեր, 1981

5.            «Հայոց Լեզուն Դարերի Հոլովոյթի Մէջ», Ասպարէզ, 4 Դեկտեմբեր 1982

6.            «Փրոֆ. Րիչըրտ Յովհաննէսեանը Մեծ Ծրագիրնեեր Ունի Ապագայի Համար», Ասպարէզ, 16 Ապրիլ 1983

7.            «Մի Նոր Անարդարութիւն Եւս», Հայրենիք, 18 Ապրիլ 1983

8.            «Հայաստանի Հանրապետութեան Երեք Ծաւալուն Հատորների Հեղինակ, Փրոֆ. Րիչըրտ Յովհաննէսեանը Մեծ Ծրագիրնեեր Ունի Ապագայի Համար», Հայրենիք, Մայիս 11, 1983

9.            «Րաֆֆիի Գրականութիւնը Եւ Անոր Ազդեցութիւնը Հայ Ազատագրական Շարժումներուն Վրայ», Ասպարէզ, 9 Յունիս 1983

10.        «Վերապրողների Գրականութիւնը, Ցեղասպանութեան Ազդեցութիւնը Հայ Գրականութեան Վրայ, Նիւթ՝Միջին Արեւելեան Ուսմանց Միութեան Համաժողովի», Ասպարէզ, 19 Յունուար 1985

11.        «Եղեռնը Վերապրող Որբացած Սերնդի Հետքերով, Վազգէն Շուշանեանի Հէտ», Ասպարէզ, 20-22 Ապրիլ 1985

12.        «Սարդարապատը Կերտող Խոնարհ Հերոսներին», Ասպարէզ, 29 Մայիս 1985

13.        «Վանի Հերոսամարտի 70-Ամեակի Առիթով», Ասպարէզ, 3 Յունիս 1985

14.        «Հայ Կինը Այսօր», Հորիզոն, 1 Յուլիս 1985

15.        «Հայ Կինը Այսօր», Ասպարէզ, 19 Հոկտեմբեր 1985

16.        «Յեղափոխական—Ֆիդայական Երգերը Արտացոլքն են Հ.Յ.Դաշնակցութեան Գաղափարաբանութեան», Ասպարէզ, 13 Դեկտեմբեր 1985

17.        «Խորհրդածութիւններ», Ասպարէզ, 23 Ապրիլ 1986

18.        «Հայ Նոր Ազատագրական Պայքարը՝ Նոր Գրականութեան Սկզբնաղբիւր», Ասպարէզ, 26 Յուլիս 1986

19.        “Turkey Pressures, Bureaucratic Hurdles Delay State Program for Human Rights Curriculum,”  Asbarez, January 31, 1987

20.        «Հետեւում Ենք ու՝ Սպասում», Ասպարէզ, 6 Ապրիլ 1988

21.        «Որքանո՞վ Ենք Մօտեցել Մեր Երազին», Ասպարէզ, 28 Մայիս 1988

22.        «Անահիտ Չարենցին — «Չարենցի Ձեռագրերի Աշխարհում» Հատորի Առիթով», Ասպարէզ, 11 Յունիս 1988

23.        «Սեպտեմբեր 23, Սան Ֆրանսիսքօ» Ցոյց Խ․ Միութեան հիւպատոսարանի առջեւ, Ղարաբաղեան Շարժում, Ասպարէզ, 1 Հոկտեմբեր 1988

24.        «Ոգեղինացած Ներկայութիւն»,  Ասպարէզ, 10-11 Նոյեմբեր 1989

25.        «Հայ Դատի Պայքարի Ճանապարհին», Ասպարէզ, 19 Մայիս 1990

26.        «Հանրագիտարան Հայկական Հարցի Եւ Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան», Ասպարէզ, 2 Յունիս 1990

27.        «Աղէտը Դեռ Կը Շարունակէ Արձագանքել Սփիւռքահայ Գրականութեան Մէջ»  Հայրենիք, 4 Օգոստոս 1990

28.        «Հ.Յ.Դաշնակցութեան Ուժականութեան Գրաւականը», Ասպարէզ, 10 Նոյեմբեր 1990

29.        «Հայ Կինը Ազգային Ազատագրական Պայքարի Մէջ», Առագաստ, 11 Յունուար 1991

30.        «Պատմաբանասիրական Մրցոյթ Դաշնակցութեան 100ամեակին Առիթով», Ասպարէզ, 2 Փետրուար 1991

31.        Ներկայանում Է “Առագաստ“ը» , Ասպարէզ, 23 Փետրուար 1991

32.        Մայիս 28ի Խորհուրդը Հայ Ժողովրդի Ազատագրական Պայքարի Այս Հանգրուանին», Ասպարէզ, 28 Մայիս 1991

33.        «Մայիս 28ի Նո՛ր Խորհուրրը», Ասպարէզ, 28/29 Մայիս 1992

34.        «Հ.Օ.Մ.ի 84րդ Տարեդարձի Առիթով», Ասպարէզ, 26 Մարտ 1994

35.        «Գիրքս Մոմ ու Խունկ՝ Մէկուկէս Միլիոն Զոհերի Յիշատակին, Զրոյց Հայ Ընթերցողներիս Հետ», Ասպարէզ, 23 Ապրիլ 1994

36.        «Պատմութիւնը Կրկնւում Է», Ասպարէզ, 7 Յունուար 1995

37.        «Ցեղասպխնութիւնը Պատումի Թեմա Կամ Արձագանգ Անբացատրելի Մի Ցաւի, Մի Չբուժուած Վէրքի»,  Հորիզոն, Ապրիլ 1995

38.        «Ցեղասպանութիպնը Պատումի Թէմա Կամ Արձագանգ՝ Անբացատրելի Մի Ցաւի, Մի Չբուժուած Վէրքի», Ասպարէզ, 21-22 Ապրիլ 1995

39.        «Ցեղասպանութիւնը Պատումի Թեմա, Կամ Արձագանգ՝ Անբացատրելի Մի Ցաւի, Մի Չբուժուած Վէրքի», Ազդակ, 4 Մայիս 1995

40.        «Յակոբ Կարապենցը՝ Հայապահպանման Զինուոր, Սփիւռքահայ Ինքնութեան Փնտռող», Ասպարէզ, 23 Մայիս 1995

41.        «Հայ Դպրոցն ու Հայ Եկեղեցին Գրաւականներն Են Սփիւրքահայութեան Անխաթար Նկարագրի», Ասպարէզ, 22 Յունիս 1996

42.        “The Armenian Identity in the Diaspora, or the Ever-Changing Concept of ‘Armenianness,’”  Asbarez, December 7, 1996

43.        «Սփիւրքահայ Ինքնութիւն Իր Ձեւաւորման Եւ Փոխակերպման Հոլովոյթով», Ասպարէզ, 14 Դեկտեմբեր 1996

44.         “Las explicaciones históricas del sufrimiento,”  Clarin, 12 de enero 1997

45.        «Ցեղասպանութեան Գրականութիւնը եւ Դոկտ. Ռուբինա Փիրումեան» , Գանձատար, Փետրուար Գ. 1997

46.        «Հայ Դատը Առաջին Հերթին Պետք Է Պաշտպանել Հայաստանում», Հայոց Աշխարը, 11 Հուլիս 1997

47.        «Քո՛յր Իմ, Դիմացի՛ր…», Ասպարէզ, 23 Օգոստոս 1997

48.        «Քոյր Իմ, Դիմացիր…», Այժմ, 01-07. 10, 1997

49.        «Յիշատակդ Անմար Լինի Բաբկէն Զուգասզեան», Ասպարէզ, 28-29 Նոյեմբեր 1997

50.        «Արցախեան Ազատագրական Պայքարը՝ Հայաստանի Վերջին Իրադարձութիւնների Լոյսի Տակ», Ասպարէզ, 18 Մարտ 1998

51.        «Համազգային Խնդիւները Հնարավոր Է Լուծել Հայրենիքի ու Սփյուռքի Համագործակցությամբ», Երկիր, 4 Հունիս 1998

52.        «Զրոյց Ընկեր Հրայրի Հետ» (յետ-մահու), Ասպարէզ, 6 Փետրուար 1999

53.        “Armenia in my Life: A Jew’s Story on Armenia,” Asbarez, February 13, 1999

54.        World Council of Churches and Its Mission and Purpose at the Turn of the Century,” Asbarez, July 10, 1999

55.        «Նոր Դար Թեւակոխելու Հայու Վկայագիրը», Ասպարէզ, 28 Դեկտեմբեր 1999

56.        «Եկեղեցիներու Հխմաշխարհային Խորհուրդը Վայրագութիւնները Դիմակայելու Տասնամեակ Կը Յայտարարէ», Ասպարէզ, 14 Մարտ 2000

57.        «Հ.Օ.Մ.ի 90-Ամեակ Խոչընդոտները Շատ են, Բայց Մարտնչողները Նպատակի Վեհութիւնից Եւ Պայքարի Անհրաժեշտութիւնից են Ծնւում», Ասպարէզ, 18 Մարտ 2000

58.        «Տեղի Չտալ, Կատարուած Ոճիրը Չներել, Անարդարութիւնը Յիշողութիւնից Չհանել՝ Մինչեւ Հատուցում Ըստ Ամենայնի», Ասպարէզ, 22 Ապրիլ 2000

59.        “‘Remembering for the Future” Seeks to Increase Understanding About Holocaust,”  Asbarez, July 29, 2000

60.        “’Remembering for the Future’: The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide,”  The Armenian Observer, August 2, 2000

61.        «Ընդառաջենք ՀՕՄի Կոչին՝ Օգնե՛նք Ջաւախքին», Ասպարէզ, Մարտ 31, 2001

62.        «Նպատակաուղղուած Դպրոցական Դաստիարակութիւն՝ Ի Խնդիր Ապագայ Պայքարի», Ասպարէզ, 21 Ապրիլ 2001

63.        «Նպատակաուղղուած Դպրոցական Դաստիարակութիւն՝ Ի Խնդիր Ապագայ Պայքարի», Ասպարէզ, 24 Ապրիլ 2001

64.        “Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission Furthers Turkish Campaign of Genocide Denial,” Asbarez, August 11, 2001

65.        “New Commission Serves Turkish Denial Campaign The Armenian Weekly, August 18, 2001

66.        “Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission Furthers Turkish Campaign of Genocide Denial,”  The Armenian Observer, August 22, 2001

67.        «”Հայ-Թրքական Հաշտութեան Յանձնաժողով”ի Մասին», Ալիք Օրաթերթ, 30 Օգոստոս 2001

68.        «Scholars Conference-ի Առիթով», Ասպարէզ, 19 Մարտ 2002

69.        “What Women Witnessed,”  Asbarez, April 19-20, 2002

70.        «Վիպականացուած Ճշմարտութիւն, Հայոց Ցեղասպանաութիւնը Էդգար Հիլզենրաթի Պատկերացունով», Ասպարէզ, 19-20 Ապրիլ 2002

71.        «Հայագիտական Միջազգային Համագումար», Ասպարէզ, 22 Նոյեմբեր 2002

72.        «Փետրուարեան Ապստամբութիւնը Իբրեւ Ազգային Արժանապատւութեան Հերոսական Դրսեւորում», Ասպարէզ, 19 Փետրուար 2003

73.        72․ «Ի՞նչ Զոհեցինք Յաղթողի Հպարտ Կեցուածքը Վերագտնելու Համար — Ի՞նչ Պիտի Շահենք Այդ Հոգեբանութիւնից», Ասպարէզ, 22 Փետրուար 2003

74.        73․ «Ցեղասպանութեան Գրականութիւն, Փորձ Ընթերցումի», Գրական Թերթ, 19 Ապրիլ, 2003

75.        74․ “Teaching about the Armenian Genocide: Our Mission, Our Challenge,”  The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, April 23, 2003

76.        «Ազգային Ինքնութիւն եւ Պատմական Յիշողութիւն», Ասպարէզ, 24 Ապրիլ 2004

77.        «Հայ Ցեղափոխական Դաշնակցութեան Կրթա-Դաստիարակչական Քաղաքականութիւնը - Դիտարկումներ Հ.Յ.Դ. Օրուայ Առիթով», Ասպարէզ, 13 Յունուար 2005

78.        “The Changing Face of MESA,” Asbarez, December 10, 2005

79.        “The Changing Face of MESA,” The Armenian Observer, December 14, 2005

80.        “The Changing Face of MESA,” The Armenian Reporter INT’L, December 17, 2005

81.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան Քննարկումը Ակադեմական Հարթակի Վրայ», Ասպարէզ, 31 Դեկտեմբեր 2005

82.        «Իսկ Նրանք, որ Թուրքիայում Մնացին», Ասպարէզ, 21 Ապրիլ 2007

83.        «Ետ-եղեռնեան Ազգային Ինքնութեան Հարցեր, Իսկ Նրանք, Որ Թուրքիայում Մնացին», Ասպարէզ, 18 Մայիս 2007

84.        “I Remember,”  on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia in The Armenian Reporter, November 22, 2008

85.        «Բաց Նամակ ՄԱԿ-ում Թուրքիայի Լիազօր Ներկայացուցիչ՝ Բաքի Իլքինին», Օրակարգ, 30 Դեկտեմբեր 2008

86.        Բրտութեան Լեզուն Ադանայի Ջարդերի Բանաստեղծականացման Մէջ», Ասպարէզ, 24-25 Ապրիլ 2009

87.        “Minorities in Turkey: A Disregarded Element in the Republic’s Realpolitik, A Challenge to its Domestic Policy of Turkification,”  Asbarez, April 24-25, 2009

88.        “MESA Conference Probes Themes in Armenian and Turkish Literature as Tools for Remembrance and Reconciliation,”  Asbarez, January 4, 2010

89.        “The Suffering Continues: The Armenian Woman in Turkey after 1915: The Survivor, the Victim,”  Asbarez, April 9, 2010

90.        Կարեւորը Այն է, որ Առաջընթացը Զգալի Է»,  Լրագիրի Հարցազրոյցը Հայաստանի Կրթական 4-րդ Խորհրդաժողովին Մասնակցող Դոկտ․ Ռուբինա Փիրումեանի հետ, Ասպարէզ, 28 Օգոստոս 2010

91.        «Բռնի Իսլամացուած Հայուհին Գրականութեան Մէջ, Նրա Թողած Յիշատակների Արձագանքը Այսօր», Ձայն Համշենական, Սէպտեմբեր-Հոկտեմբեր 2010

92.        «2015ը Թուրքիայի Համար Լինելու Է Հայկական Հարցի Ճակատման Եւ Լուծման Տարի», Ասպարէզ, 23 Ապրիլ 2011

93.        «Ատրպատականի Դերը Հայ Ազատագրական Պայքարի Մէջ», Ասպարէզ, 10 Յունիս 2011

94.        «Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւնը Գրականութեան Մէջ, Ընկալումը Այն Սերնդի Կողմից, որ Այդ Աղիտալի Տարիները Ապրեց»,  Ասպարէզ, 24 Ապրիլ 2012

95.        «Դոկտ․ Ռուբինա Փիրումեանի “Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւնը Գրականութեան մէջ” Գրքի Ներկայացում», Համազգայինի Էջ, Ասպարէզ, 7 Սեպտեմբեր 2012

96.        «Հարիւր Քսաներկու Տարուայ Պատկառելի Պատմութիւն եւ Հարցումներ Որոնց Պատասխանը Չունեմ», Ասպարէզ, 26 Յունուար 2013

97.        “Armenian Resistance to Genocide: An Attempt to Assess Circumstances and Outcomes,”  Asbarez, April 24, 2013

98.        «Հինգ Հայ Երիտասարդների Աշխարհ Ցնցող Արարքը», Ասպարէզ, 2 Օգոստոս 2013

99.        «Իսթանբուլի Իսլամաց(ու)ած Հայերի Հարցին Նուիրուած Խորհրդաժողովին Չիրականացած Մասնակցութեանս Մասին», Ասպարէզ, 31 Դեկտեմբեր 2013

100.    “Dr. Rubina Peroomian Addresses 11th IAGS Conference in Winnipeg,”  Asbarez, July 26, 2014

101.    «Ցեղասպանութեան Աղիտալի Ազդեցութիւնը Շարունակւում է», Ասպարէզ, 24 Ապրիլ, 2015

102.    «Ցեղասպանագէտների Միջազգային Ընկերակցութեան 12-րդ Համաժողովը Երեւանում, Յուլիս 8-12, 2015», Ասպարէզ, 15 Օգոստոս 2015

103.    «Յիշում Ենք Եւ Պահանջում. Յիշում Ենք Եւ Պահանջում. Յիշում Ենք Եւ Պահանջում. Յիշում Ենք Եւ…», Ասպարէզ, 23 Ապրիլ 2016

104.    «Մէկ Քայլ Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան Ճանաչման Եւ Պահանջատիրութեան Ամրակայման Ճամփին», Ասպարէզ, Ապրիլ 24, 2017

105.    “Diasporan Armenian Literature Entering the Second Century of Continuing Effects of the Genocide,”  Asbarez, October 6-7, 2017

106.    «ՀՅԴ-Բոլշեւիկ Յարաբերութիւնները՝ Վճռահատող Ազդակ Անկախ Հայաստանի Կարճատեւ Կեանքում», Ասպարէզ, 27 Դեկտեմբեր 2017

107.    ARF-Bolshevik Relations, 1918-1920: A Critical Factor in the Short-lived Independence of Armenia, Implications for Today,” Asbarez, May 26, 2018

108.    «1918ի Եւ 1991ի Անկախութեանը Ծնունդ Տուող Երկու Ճակատագրային Ժանանակաշրջաններ - Համեմատական Հայեացք», Ասպարէզ, 26 Մայիս 2018

109.    «Երբ Բացակայում Է Համահայկական Ազգային Քաղաքակխնութիւնը», Ասպարէզ, 24 Ապրիլ 2019

110.    «Մտորումներ Մայիս 28ի Առիթով. Սփիւրք-Հայրենիք Յարաբերութիւնները Խորհրդայնացումից Մինչեւ Այսօր՝ Ըստ Ժամանակի Իշխանութեան Վարած Քաղաքականութեան», Ասպարէզ, 27 Մայիս 2020

111.    Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան Դասաւանդման Մարտահրաւէրները 21րդ Դարում», Ասպարէզ, 23 Ապրիլ 2022

 

INTERVIEWS (not a complete list)

1.            « Հայոց Դպրոցը Բաց ու Պարարտ Դաշտ է»

         Վարեց՝ Վահագն Արալանեան

         Ասպարէզ, 4 Դեկտեմբեր, 1985

2.            «Թուրքերի հակազդեցութիւնը շատ արագ էր․․․»
Ասպարէզ, Յունուար 27, 1987

3.            «Տպաւորութիւններ ՀՀՇ|-ի Համագումարէն»

         Ասպարէզ, Նոյեմբեր 21, 1989

4.            “Peroomian Explores Literary Perspectives on Diasporan Identity”

         Interviewed by Adriana Chitilian

         Asbarez, April 18, 1992

5.            “One Cause: Armenia” interviewed by Shant Petrossian for College course requirement, “A Person who inspires you,” Fall 1993

6.            "La idea del pueblo elegido es muy peligrosa” in Clarin, Buenos Ires, March 9, 1997

7.            «Հարցազրոյց Տք․ Ռուբինա Փիրունեանի հետ» Արմենիա, Բուենես Այրես, Մարտ, 1997

8.            «Հայ Դատ» ուսումնական առարկան Հայաստանում

         Զրոյցը վարեց Գ․ Գասպարեան
Հայոց Աշխարհ, 11 Յուլիս, 1997 

9.            «Ցեղասպանութեան Գրականութիւնը եւ Դոկտ․ Ռուբինա Փիրումեան»

         Վարեց՝ Հուրի Ազեզեան, Գանձասար, Փետրուար Գ. 1997

10.        «Հարցազրոյց Տոքտ․ Ռուբինա Փիրումեանի Հետ»

         Արտատպուած Ազդակ-ից` Ազատ Օր, 7  Մարտ, 2003

11.        «Հայ պատանին պիտի ճանաչի իր ժողովրդի պատմությունը», Ֆորում, No. 2, Յուլիս-Օգոստոս 2006, էջ 82-83

12.        “An Army of Books,” interviewed by Armine Iknadossian, in Armenian Reporter, Arts and Culture, July 26, 2008

13.        “Rubina Peroomian talks about her new book, And Those Who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915,” Interviewed by Paul Chaderjian. Published as “Rubina Peroomian explores sexual violence during the Genocide”, in Armenian Reporter, February 12, 2009

14.        «Կարեւորն այն է ․․․», Լրագիր-ի հարցազրոյցը Հայաստանի Կրթական 4-րդ համաժողովի մասին,  արտատպուած Ասպարէզ-ում, Օգոստոս 28. 2010

15.        Interviewed on April 16, 2011, by Bared Maronian of Armenoid Production for the preparation of the film “Orphans of the Genocide” which was released in 2012

16.        Interview with Dr. Rubina Peroomian, The Power of the Pen

17.        Interviewed by Taline Berberian, Aram Kouyoumdjian, Armen Martin Haytoug, June 18, 2012

18.        Interview in Literaturnaya Gazeta, #29, July 23-29, 2o14

19.        Literaturnaya Gazeta-ի հարցազռւյցը թարգմանաբար հրատարակուեց Ասպարէզ, 28 Օգոստոս, 2014 «Լինել Հայ եւ Մնալ Հայ» վերնագրով

20.        «Ցեղասպանութեան Ժամանակ Հայ Կինն Ունեցել Է Երկարաձգուած Հոգեվարք…», Զրոյցը վարեց Լուսինէ Աբրահամեան Ասպարէզ, 17 Հոկտեմբեր, 2014

21.        «Երիտսասարդ սերունդը անհրաժեշտ է կրթել եւ զինել պահանջատիրութեամբ»  Ալիք, դեկտեմբեր 3, 2014

22.        «Թաւրիզից Ստալինեան ԳՈՒԼԱԳ, Ըբդհառուած Պատմութիւն» Armenian TV interview, Montreal, Canada, February, 2020

23.        «Կրակներու եւ ջարդերու մէջէն ծնաւ Մայիս  28-ի Պետականութիւնը», Հորիզոն, Մոնթրէալ Քանադա, Մարտ 29, 2018, Հարցազրոյցը վարեց՝ Սոնա Թիթիզեան, Արտատպուած՝ Ասպարէզ եւԵրկիր

24.        Հարցազրոյց Horizon TV, Los Angeles, Paros Program, Յունուար 29, 2018,  վարեց` Բալաբեկ Բարսամյան https://youtu.be/7PPzGxOnoW4 Սկսեալ 11:42 րոպէից   

25.        SAS Podcast #33- Rubina Peroomian - Thursday Oct 17, 2019 about My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stallin’s GULAG

26.        «Հայը թուրքի համար թշնամի է ու թշնամի էլ կը մնայ քանի դեռ գոյութիւն ունի Հայաստանը` մեծ խոչընդոտ թուրք ազգայնական նպատակների ճամփին»
Վարեց՝ Նանէ Աւագեան, Ասպարէզ, 24 Ապրիլ, 2021: Արտատպուել է՝ «Լուսաւոր Աւետւս»-ում

27.        USC  “California History Through Armenian Experiences,” interviewed by Manuk Avedikyan, project Manager. A 9-hour interview in 2 sessions, October 17 and 31 2023.

Plus – Several interviews on Horizon TV and newspapers and TV station in Armenia

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS:

1.            Armenian Women Achievers, 1989

2.            Entered as a biography in Հայկական Հարց (The Armenian Question), a special volume of the Soviet-Armenian Encyclopedia in the Russian Language (Yerevan, 1993) pp. 262-263 and in the Armenian language (Yerevan, 1996) p. 454.

3.            Entered as a biography in Who's Who Among Armenians in North America, (Inaugural Volume, 1995), p. 153.

4.            In appreciation of years of dedicated service to the children and schools of the Western Prelacy as a member of Education Council, 1995.

5.            Lifetime Achievement Award, granted by the Armenian Educational Foundation, annual “Educator of the Year Award,” October 10, 1999, Glendale, California.

6.            Granted on October 10, 1999 the Mesrob Mashtots Medal of Honor with a formal encyclical of His Holiness Aram I Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia.

7.            Her profile was featured at the UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association website beginning from May 15, 2003.

8.            Gold Medal (Voske Hushamedal) granted by Dr. Armen Ashotian, RA Minister of Education and Science in appreciation of her “immense contribution in the fields of science and education and many years of devotion to Armenian Studies,” February 15, 2011, Yerevan.

9.            Clara Barton, Gold Medal, granted by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, for long years of academic activities and scholarship in the field of Armenian Genocide Studies, March 11, 2012, Glendale.

10.        ANCA-WR (Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region) Lifetime Achievement Award, received during the organization’s annual banquet, October 28, 2012, Beverly Hills, CA.

11.        “Prof. Rubina Peroomian, for her Contribution to Orphans of the Genocide” given by Armenoid Production. The film was released on 2013.

12.        Ararat-Eskijian Museum Award “In appreciation for your tireless efforts for the Armenian cause,” January 13, 2013.

13.        The Knights of Vartan, L.A. County Tri-lodge Council Award in “Recognition and Appreciation for Distinguished Service in Furthering Awareness of the Armenian Genocide,” February 21, 2015.

14.        “An evening dedicated to Dr. Rubina Peroomian’s Literary Scholarship,” organized by the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, at St. Leon Armenian Cathedral Zorayan Museum Hall (Prof. Peter Cowe keynote speaker), January 23, 2019.

15.        Armenian Genocide Education Legacy Award granted by the ANCA Genocide Education Committee, March 23, 2019.

·         Received “Special Congressional certificate of Recognition” from members of Congress from California 1) Adam B. Schiff, 28^th district; 2) Brad Sherman; 3) Judy Chu, 27^th district.

·         Received “Certificate of Recognition” from California State Senator Anthony J. Portantino, 25^th district.

·         Received “Certificate of Recognition” from members of California State Assembly 1) Chris Holden 41^st district, 2) Jesse Gabriel, 45^th district, 3) Laura Friedman, 43^rd district.

·         Received “Certificate of Recognition” from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

·         Received “Certificate of Recognition” from Scott M. Schmerelson, district 3, Los Angeles Unified School District, Board of Education,

16.        Eurasia Partnership Foundation – Armenia “Special Award” for the book «Թաւրիզից ստալինեան Գուլագ, Ընդհատուած պատմութիւն» (The Armenian version of My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG, August 30, 2020.

17.        Medal of Honor (Բարձրագոյն Շքանշան) and Certificate from Hamazkayin Central Committee, April 6, 2024.

18.        Lifetime Achievement Awars from the Society of Armenian Studies, September 14, 2024.