Berkeley Armenian Studies

A look back at an incredible year for Berkeley Armenian Studies. 🇦🇲📚

From lectures and film screenings to student research, grants, and alumni achievements, thank you to everyone who helped make 2025–2026 such a memorable year. We look forward to continuing to learn, grow, and build community together.

Tue. 4/21 , a talk by Dr. Aroussiak Gabrielian, titled "Staging Encounters with Landscape Matter". Join us in person or on Zoom. https://events.berkeley.edu/armenian/event/318513-staging-encounters-with-landscape-matter

Now available for Fall 2026: Marriage in the Middle East (HISTORY 100M)

Explore how love, law, religion, and politics shape marriage and divorce across the region.

Fall 2026
T/Th 12:30–1:59 PM

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Join our students for their performance in Armenian of Hovhannes Toumanian's "Mindless Man" (Անխելքը մարդը) starting at 7:30pm. - https://mailchi.mp/berkeley/asp-upcoming-events-12874412

4/16 Aurora's Sunrise Film Screening at BAMPFA - https://mailchi.mp/berkeley/asp-upcoming-events-12874388

Join us at Stanford University for a conversation with Dr. Myrna Douzjian (Armenian Studies Program faculty) and Dr. Tamar Boyadjian on A Drop of Woman: Reclaiming the Unnamed.

📍 Encina Commons, Room 123
📅 April 13, 2026 | 12:30 PM

Register via the link in bio.

Join us at Stanford University for an Armenian Studies lecture with Dzovinar Derderian, Executive Director of the Armenian Studies Program at UC Berkeley, on the history of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh.

📍 Encina Commons, Room 123
📅 April 6, 2026
⏰ 12:30 PM

Register through the link in our bio.

We’re honored to share Vrej’s story with the entire U.S. on PBS, for FREE starting April 4th, in recognition of April's Genocide Awareness Month.

“Intimate, emotional, and urgent," (-), My Sweet Land follows 11-year-old Vrej as his dreams are caught in the crossfire of war in his homeland, Artsakh. MY SWEET LAND is a reminder that children in conflict zones are not just numbers. They are humans with hopes, dreams, and dignity.

💛 Stream director Sareen Hairabedian's award-winning debut feature documentary for free all April and May on PBS.ORG or the PBS App and check your local listings!

Don’t miss this moving story of resilience, hope, and humanity.

Join us this Tuesday for the next lecture in our “The Environment in Armenian Studies” series.

Dr. Kate Franklin (Tufts University) will present:
“Building a Wilderness: The Sacred Desert and Medieval Vayots Dzor.”

📅 March 31
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Dwinelle 3335

We look forward to seeing you there!