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Society for Armenian Studies Home About News & JSAS Newsletters SAS E-SAS Links Resources Donate Login / Register Events SAS Podcasts Podcasts All SAS podcasts are now available at this website: PodBean All podcasts are now available for streaming on a number of the most popular podcast streaming sites: iTunes/Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts iHeartRADIO PlayerFM Be sure to subscribe/follow in order to automatically receive new episodes on your mobile streaming device. And leave a review on iTunes to help the podcast gain in popularity and reach new listeners! Also be sure to like the new Facebook page here. SAS Podcast #57-Vera Sahakyan Vera Sahakyan (PhD Student and Researcher at Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient ManuscriptsMadenataran) Մշոյ Բուլանըք գաւառի հայաբնակ գիւղերն ըստ Մկրտիչ Ա. Խրիմեան կաթողիկոսին ուղղուած նամակների (The Armenian Populated Villages of the District of Bulanık in Mush according to the Letters sent to Catholicos Mgrditch A. Khrimian) (Yerevan: Madenataran, 2021) Interviewed by Arpik Sahakyan. [Released November 2, 2021] Vera Sahakyan Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean SAS Podcast #56-Alakananda Nag Alakananda Nag (Photographer, Filmmaker, Creative Director), Armenians of Calcutta (Calcutta: Alakananda Nag, 2021). Interviewed by Nareg Seferian (School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech). [Released September 26, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Alakananda Nag SAS Podcast #55-Dr. Ümit Kurt Dr. Ümit Kurt, The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2021). Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released August 11, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Ümit Kurt SAS Podcast #54-Dr. Joachim Savelsberg Prof. Joachim J. Savelsberg, Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles (Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2021). Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University) [July 1, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Joachim Savelsberg SAS Podcast #53-Dr. Christopher Sheklian Dr. Christopher Sheklian (Radboud University), Themes in Armenian Studies : Armenian Liturgy and the Politics of Belonging in Turkey. Interviewed by Nora Lessersohn (University College London) (Released June 5, 2021) Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Christopher Sheklian SAS Podcast #52-Narek Manukyan Narek Manukyan (Paradigma Education Foundation), Guidebook on History Teaching: Why, How? [In Armenian] (Yerevan: Paradigma Educational Foundation) Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released May 27, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Narek Manukyan SAS Podcast #51- Dr. David Zakarian Prof. David Zakarian, Women, Too, Were Blessed: The Portrayal of Women in Early Christian Armenian Texts , Armenian Texts and Studies, Volume: 4, Brill 2021 Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University) [Released May 11, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean David Zakarian SAS Podcast #50- Dr. Vahram Shemmassian Prof. Vahram Shemmassian (California State University, Northridge), The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915 (Fresno, CA : The Press, California State University, Fresno, 2020) Interviewed by Dr. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) [April 21, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Vahram Shemmassian SAS Podcast #49- Dr. Khatchig Mouradian Dr. Khatchig Mouradian (Library of Congress), The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915–1918 (Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 2021) Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University) [April 8, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Khatchig Mouradian SAS Podcast #48- Dr. Haig Utidjian Dr. Haig Utidjian (Charles University, Prague) Tntesean and the Music of the Armenian Hymnal (Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2017) Interviewed by Dr. Brigitta Davidjants (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) [March 4, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Haig Utidjian SAS Podcast #47- Prof. Khachig Tölölyan Prof. Khachig Tölölyan (Wesleyan University), Reflections on Armenian/Diaspora Studies VI Interviewed by Dr. Vahe Sahakyan (University of Michigan, Dearborn). (February 9, 2021) Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Khachig Tölölyan SAS Podcast #46-Richard Antaramian Dr. Richard Antaramian, Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire: Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020) Interviewed by Dr. Dzovinar Derderian (American University of Armenia). [January 20, 2021] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean SAS Podcast #45-Joanne Laycock Joanne Laycock and Francesca Piana (eds.) Aid to Armenia: Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches) (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020) Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University) Richard Antaramian [November 6, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Jo Laycock SAS Podcast #44-Stephen Riegg Dr. Stephen Badalyan Riegg, Russia’s Entangled Embrace: The Tsarist Empire and the Armenians, 1801-1914 (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2020) Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University) [September 16, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Stephen Riegg SAS Podcast #43-Stephan Astourian Profs. Stephan H. Astourian and Raymond H. Kévorkian (eds.), Collective and State Violence in Turkey: The Construction of a National Identity from Empire to Nation-State (New York: Berghahn, 2020). Interviewed by Asya Darbinyan (Stockton University) [September 1, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Stephan Astourian SAS Podcast #42-Charlie Laderman Prof. Charlie Laderman (Kings College, London), Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019). Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University). [Released August 7, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Charlie Laderman SAS Podcast #41-Levon Avdoyan Dr. Levon Avdoyan, Reflections on Armenian Studies V. Interviewed by Nareg Seferian (School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech). [Released July 17, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Levon Avdoyan SAS Podcast #40-Jirair Libaridian Prof. Jirair Libaridian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Retired), Reflections on Armenian Studies IV. Interviewed by Dr. Dzovinar Derderian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). [July 8, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Jirair Libaridian SAS Podcast #39-George Bournoutian Prof. George Bournoutian (Iona College) Reflections on Armenian Studies III . Interviewed by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno) [June 23, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean George Bournoutian SAS Podcast #38-Sergio La Porta Prof. Sergio La Porta (California State University, Fresno) Reflections on Armenian Studies II . Interviewed by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno) [June 8, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Sergio La Porta SAS Podcast #37-Richard G. Hovannisian Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian, Reflections on Armenian Studies. Interviewed by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno) [May 12, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean SAS Podcast #36-Carolyn Dean Prof. Carolyn J. Dean, The Moral Witness: Trials and Testimony after Genocide (Cornell University Press, 2019) Interviewed by Asya Darbinyan (Stockton University) [March 26, 2020] Richard G. Hovannisian Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Carolyn Dean SAS Podcast #35-Dzovinar Derderian Dr. Dzovinar Derderian, Nation, Media, and Empire: Voices from Ottoman Van. Interviewed by Nora Lessersohn (University College London) [February 24, 2020] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Dzovinar Derderian SAS Podcast #34-Tsolin Nalbantian Prof. Tsolin Nalbantian, Armenians Beyond Diaspora: Making Lebanon their Own (Edinburgh University Press, 2019) Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [December 3, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Tsolin Nalbandian SAS Podcast #33- Rubina Peroomian Dr. Rubina Peroomian, My Father, A Man of Courage and Perserverance, A Survivor of Stallin’s Gulag (Glendale, Calif: Rubina Peroomina Minassian, 2017) Interviewed by Vahe Peroomian (University of Southern California) [October 17, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Rubina Peroomian SAS Podcast #32- David Gutman Dr. David Gutman, The Politics of Armenian Migration to North America, 1885-1915: Sojourners, Smugglers and Dubious Citizens (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019) Interviewed by Nora Lessersohn (University College London) [September 17, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean David Gutman SAS Podcast #31-Satenig Batwagan Toufanian Dr. Satenig Batwagan Toufanian, Le Piège de L’orgueil Un Projet Républicain en Orient au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris: Presses de l’inalco, 2018) Interviewed by Gérard Malkassian (Professor of Philosophy, Paris) [September 5, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Satenig Batwagan Toufanian SAS Podcast #30-Houri Berberian Prof. Houri Berberian, Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds (Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2019) Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released August 15, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Houri Berberian SAS Podcast #29-Vahagn Avedian Dr. Vahagn Avedian, Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide (London: Routledge, 2018) Interviewed by Dr. Suren Manukyan (Yerevan State University and Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute) [Released July 31, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Vahagn Avedian SAS Podcast #28-Hratch Tchilingirian Prof. Hratch Tchilingirian (Oxford University), Ermeni Kilisesi: Kısa Bir Giriş [The Armenian Church: A Short Introduction] Translated from English by Lora Sarı (Istanbul: Aras Publications, 2019) Interviewed by Ani K. Shahinian (D.Phil. student, Oxford University) [Released July 11, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Hratch Tchilingirian SAS Podcast #27- Vahé Tachjian Dr. Vahé Tachjian (Houshamadyan Project) Daily Life in the Abyss: Genocide Diaries, 1915-1918 (Berghahn Books, NY/London, 2017) Interviewed by G.M. Goshgarian (Translator) [Released June 27, 2019] Link to the podcast on the website: PodBean Vahé Tachjian SAS Podcast #26- Keith David Watenpaugh Prof. Keith David Watenpaugh (University of California, Davis) Bread from Stones The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism (Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015) Interviewed by Harout Ekmanian (Lawyer and Journalist) [Released May 28, 2019] Keith Watenpaugh https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Keithinterview.mp3 00:00 00:00 SAS Podcast #25- Bedross Der Matossian and Barlow Der Mugrdechian Profs. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Barlow Der Mugrdechian (California State University, Fresno) Western Armenian in the 21 st Century: Challenges and New Approaches (Fresno, CA: The Press at Fresno State, Fall 2018) Shushan Karapetian Jesse Arlen (Ph.D. Student, UCLA) interviewing contributors Hagop Kouloujian (University of California, Los Angeles) and Shushan Karapetian (University of Southern California) [Released May 17, 2019] Hagop Kouloujian https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PodcastWesternArmenianinthe.mp3 SAS Podcast #24-Jonathan Conlin Prof. Jonathan Conlin (University of Southampton) Mr Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World’s Richest Man (Profile Books; Main edition, 2019) Interviewed by Marc A. Mamigonian (National Association for Armenian Studies and Research [NAASR]). [Released May 9, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Merged_Conli_Conli.mp3 SAS Podcast # 23- Christina Maranci Prof. Christina Maranci (Tufts University) Vigilant Powers: Three Churches of Early Medieval Armenia (Turhout, Brepolis Publishers, 2015) Interviewed by Alison Vacca (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Jonathan Conlin [Released May 2, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/maranciinterview.mp3 Christina Maranci SAS Podcast # 22-Sato Moughalian Sato Moughalian (Musician and Author) Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian (Stanford, California: Redwood Press, 2019) Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University) [Released April 23, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Sato_Feast_of_Ashes_SAS_Intervie.mp3 Sato Moughalian SAS Podcast # 21-Vicken Cheterian Dr. Vicken Cheterian (Webster University-Geneva) Open Wounds: Armenians, Turks and a Century of Genocide (Oxford University Press, 2015) Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released April 17, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Vicken-Varak.mp3 SAS Podcast #20- Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh Vicken Cheterian Prof. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2019) Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University) [Released April 5, 2019] Heghnar Watenpaugh https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/07/Heghnar-Watenpaugh-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3 SAS Podcast #19-Jennifer M. Dixon Dr. Jennifer M. Dixon, Dark Pasts: Changing the State’s Story in Turkey and Japan (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018) Interviewed by Marc A. Mamigonian (National Association for Armenian Studies and Research [NAASR]). [Released March 29, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Dixon-MAM.mp3 SAS Podcast #18- Boris Adjemian Jennifer Dixon Dr. Boris Adjemian (Director, Nubarian Library, Paris) La fanfare du négus les Arméniens en Ethiopie (XIXe – XXe siècles) (Paris Éd. de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 2013). Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University). [Released March 19, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/07/Adjemian-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3 SAS Podcast #17-Nora Nercessian Dr. Nora Nercessian (Retired, Harvard University), The City of Orphans: Relief Workers, Commissars and the “Builders of the New Armenia” Alexandropol/Leninakan 1919-1931 (Hollis Publishing, 2016) Interviewed by Asya Darbinyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University) Boris Adjemian Nora Nercessian [Released March 7, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp- content/uploads/2018/07/OrphanCityPodcast.mp3 SAS Podcast #16-Anna Ohanyan Prof. Anna Ohanyan (Stonehill College) Russia Abroad: Driving Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia and Beyond (Georgetown: Georgetown University Press, 2018) Interviewed by Richard B. Finnegan (Stonehill College) [Released February 28, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ohanyan.Finnegan-regional-fracture.mp3 Anna Ohanyan SAS Podcast #15-Sona Haroutyunian Dr. Sona Haroutyunian (Ca’Foscari University of Venice) Հայոց ցեղասպանության արձագանքներն Իտալիայում. 1915 [The Echoes of the Armenian Genocide in Italy. 1915] (Երևան, ԵՊՀ հրատ., 2018). Interviewed (in Armenian) by Hayk Hambardzumyan (Yerevan State University and Shoghakat TV, Yerevan) [Released February 2, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PodCast-Sona-Haroutyunian-sound.mp3 SAS Podcast #14-Avedis Hadjian Sona Haroutyunian Avedis Hadjian (Journalist) Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey (I.B. Tauris, 2018) Interviewed by Ani Kasparian (University of Michigan, Dearborn). [Released February 5, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/KasparianHadjian-FINAL.mp3 Avedis Hadjian SAS Podcast #13-Prof. Hans-Lukas Kieser Prof. Hans-Lukas Kieser (The University of Newcastle, Australia) Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2018) Interviewed by David Gutman (Manhattanville College). [Released January 24, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HL-Kieser-Gutman.mp3 Hans-Lukas Kieser SAS Podcast #12- Prof. Ruben Safrastyan Prof. Ruben Safrastyan (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) Հայաստանի Հարակից Երկրների Պատմություն [History of Neighboring Countries of Armenia] (Երևան: Զանգակ, 2013- 2016). Interviewed (in Armenian) by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released January 14, 2019] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ruben-Safrastyan-Varak-Ketsemanian.mp3 Ruben Safrastyan SAS Podcast #11- Dr. Talin Suciyan Dr. Talin Suciyan (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) The Armenians in Modern Turkey: Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History (London: I.B. Tauris, 2015) Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University). [Released December 18, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Suciyan1SAS-.mp3 Talin Suciyan SAS Podcast #10- Dr. Christina Maranci Prof. Christina Maranci (Tufts University), The Art of Armenia: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2018) Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University) [Released December 10, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Christina-Maranci-Interview.mp3 SAS Podcast #9 -Dr. Helen Evans Christina Maranci Dr. Helen Evans (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC), Armenia! (Exhibition at the MET) Interviewed by Erin Piñon (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University) [Released December 2, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HelenEvans.mp3 Helen Evans SAS Podcast #8–Dr. Seda Ohanian Dr. Seda Ohanian (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia), The Armenian Community of Iraq in the 20 th Century (Օհանեան Սեդա, Իրաքի հայ համայնքը 20-րդ դարուն, Եր., ՀՀ ԳԱԱ պատմության ինստիտուտ, 2016) (Yerevan: Institute of History, NASA, 2016) Interviewed (in Armenian) by Vartan Matiossian (Armenian National Education Committee, New York) [Released November 27, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Interview-with-Ohanian-Iraq-online-audioconverter.com_.mp3 Seda Ohanian SAS Podcast #7- Dr. Michelle Tusan Dr. Michelle Tusan (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), The British Empire and the Armenian Genocide: Humanitarianism and Imperial Politics from Gladstone to Churchill (London: I.B. Tauris, 2017) Interviewed by Armen Manuk-Khaloyan (Ph.D. Student, Georgetown University). [Released November 20, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Khaloyan-Tusan-.mp3 SAS Podcast #6-Dr. Susan Pattie Michelle Tusan Dr. Susan Pattie (Honorary Senior Research Associate, University College London), The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice and Betrayal in World War I (London: I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018). Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released November 6, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/07/Susan.mp3 Susan Pattie SAS Podcast #5- Dr. Alison Vacca Dr. Alison Vacca (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam: Islamic Rule and Iranian Legitimacy in Armenia and Caucasian Albania (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Interviewed by Jesse Arlen (Ph.D. Student, UCLA). [Released October 17, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Vacca-Arlen.mp3 SAS Podcast #4- Prof. Ronald Grigor Suny Prof. Ronald Grigor Suny (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), “They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else”: A History of the Armenian Genocide, (Princeton University Press, 2015). Interviewed by Dzovinar Derderian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). [Released October 1, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ron-SunyDzovinar.mp3 Alison Vacca Ronald Suny SAS Podcast #3- Dr. Aylin Koçunyan Dr. Aylin Koçunyan (Bilgi University) discussing her new book Negotiating the Ottoman Constitution, 1839-1876; Collection Turcica 24 (Leuven: Peeters, 2018). Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released September 21, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Aylin.mp3 Aylin Kochunyan SAS Podcast #2- Drs. Lerna Ekmekçioğlu and Melissa Bilal Drs. Lerna Ekmekçioğlu (MIT) and Melissa Bilal (University of Chicago) discussing their new project entitled “Feminism in Armenian: An Interpretive Anthology.” Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University). [Released September 12, 2018] https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/07/SAS-podcast-withLernaMelissa.mp3 Lerna Ekmekcioglu Melissa Bilal SAS Podcast #1-Dr. George Bournoutian Dr. George Bournoutian (Iona College) discussing his new book, Armenia and Imperial Decline from 1900-1914: The Province of Yerevan (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018). Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University). [Released July 31, 2018] Copyright © Society for Armenian Studies. 2013.