UCI Center for Armenian Studies

08/31/2026

We are honored to be co-sponsoring ARISC's 20th Anniversary conference.

Schedule posted!

Celebrating 20 Years of ARISC:
Approaches and Directions in the Study of the South Caucasus

September 17-19, 2026 | Virtual Conference
9am to 2pm EDT daily

The conference will have 15 sessions over the three day conference, with presentations by over 65 regional scholars on topics ranging from archaeology to linguistics, history to political science, and translation to music.

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Registration is open until 11:59pm September 14, 2026
The conference language is English.

Conference sponsors: Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Center for Armenian Studies, University of Michigan; UCI Center for Armenian Studies ; Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies- REEES ; Havighurst Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies ; INSITE-Eastern Europe (UNC); Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures; Mashtots Chair of Armenian Studies, Harvard University; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center; The Arthur H Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art + Architecture at Tufts University; Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute ; Ohio State Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies ; USC Institute of Armenian Studies; USF Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

06/17/2026

Join us in congratulating Dr. Houri Berberian for receiving the distinction of Chancellor’s Professor! 🎉👏

Professor Berberian is one of only nine faculty members in the School of Humanities with such a distinction out of over 185 senate (ladder-rank) faculty. Chancellor’s Professors are faculty who have demonstrated unusual academic merit, achieved acclaim for their accomplishments, and are highly likely to continue producing notable achievements in scholarship.

06/16/2026

Congratulations to Angela Ter-Martirosyan, recipient of the The Armenian Studies Prize in Honor of Sylvie Tertzakian 👏

Angela, a double major in History and Biological Sciences and minor in Armenian Studies, was recognized for her project, “Superstition, Hauntings, and the Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory.”

This scholarship was created by Vahe Meghrouni to honor Sylvie Tertzakian’s unwavering support and pioneering efforts on behalf of the Armenian Studies Program at UCI and is now supported by Sylvie and Garo Tertzakian.

06/15/2026

Congratulations to Ruzanna Gasparyan, recipient of the UCI Center for Armenian Studies’ Naneh Award for Graduate Research in Armenian Studies 👏

Ruzanna, a Ph.D. candidate in History, was recognized for her project, “Feral Animals, Feral People: Interspecies Interactions During the Armenian Energy Crisis, 1991–1995.”

The Naneh Award was established by Professor V. Ara Apkarian and Dr. Alice B. Apkarian to support graduate student research in Armenian Studies. Named after Naneh, the ancient Armenian goddess of wisdom and war, the award celebrates innovative scholarship and academic excellence.

06/14/2026

Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor will be presenting their book at Hong Kong University on 23 June, followed by another to the Singapore Armenian community at the Armenian Church Community Centre & Reception Hall on July 5.

06/14/2026

05/16/2026

05/11/2026

On May 2, 2026, the UCI Center for Armenian Studies hosted “New Diasporas for an Old Diaspora:Armenian Hybrid Communities in the 21st Century,” a one-day symposium bringing together international scholars to examine the changing formations of Armenian diasporic life today 🌎

Moving beyond inherited models of the “classic diaspora,” the symposium explored how Armenian communities are being reshaped by secondary migrations, post-Soviet and post-colonial histories, conflicts and precarities in diaspora homelands, shifting state formations, and new global circuits of labor, media, education, and culture. With Southern California as one critical site among others, the day’s conversations invited participants to think comparatively and theoretically about layered, hybrid, and emergent Armenian worlds.

We are grateful to our speakers, chairs, moderators, cosponsors, students, and community members for making this gathering such a thoughtful and generative space for dialogue.

05/08/2026

Thrilled to be a co-sponsor of Feminist Armenian Research Collective Workshop: New Directions in Music, Arts, and Performance!

When: May 26th-27th Where: UCLA Schoenberg Music Building, Green Room Join us for the Feminist Armenian Research Collective’s (FemARC) Third Workshop, New Directions in Music, Arts…

04/30/2026

It’s not too late to RSVP for New Diasporas for an Old Diaspora: Armenian Hybrid Communities in the 21st Century 🗺️📌

We close the symposium with a final panel discussion that draws together the day’s conversations and reflects on emerging questions around diaspora, identity, and community.

📅 Saturday, May 2nd
📍 Humanities Gateway 1030
🕘 In-person only

RSVP is required to attend. Please RSVP below!

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