Jun 18, 2021
Who was Anastas Mikoyan? — Dr. Pietro Shakarian, a historian of
Russia and the Soviet Union, discusses Anastas Mikoyan, often
called the most influential Armenian in the Soviet Union — his life
and his impact on Soviet history, from Lenin to Brezhnev, and on
the development of Soviet Armenia.
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Jun 4, 2021
Economics of genocide — Dr. Ümit Kurt, a historian of the modern Middle East, provides a rare look at economic factors as both cause and consequence of genocide. How and why did neighbors turn on neighbors? Because the financial incentives were great. Kurt, born in Aintab (Gaziantep), writes on the economics of...
Feb 12, 2021
Shifting Borders and Sovereigns — Dr. George Bournoutian, a professor of both Armenian and Iranian studies, recently retired from teaching at Iona College in New York. He speaks to Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian about the dozens of volumes he has researched, published and translated into English, on Armenia,...
Jan 22, 2021
During Genocide: A Resistance Network? — Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, lecturer at Columbia University, has just been named the Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist at the Library of Congress. He speaks to Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian about the initiatives taken by Armenians in Ottoman Syria to resist inevitable...
Nov 9, 2020
The Institute presents audio of ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN AT WAR - a series of public conversations with scholars, journalists, and government officials to give context to ongoing escalation in Artsakh/Karabakh.
The fifth series in the conversation, entitled “Roads to Peace” features Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian;...