Hybrid lecture by Dr. Lusine Sahakyan and Dr. Vahram Shemmassian.

Sunday, May 5, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Ararat-Eskijian Museum Sheen Chapel
15105 Mission Hills Road
Mission Hills, CA 91345

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Archives on the Armenian Question and the Genocide: Annotated Detailed Summary of Documents, Vol. I, prepared by Lusine Sahakyan, Ani Voskanyan, and Ani Sahakyan, is a newly released book by Lusakn Publishers, Yerevan, with the endorsement of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian Studies Program at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

This volume provides for the first time a detailed list of the 634 documents (written in Armenian, Ottoman, French, English, German, Russian), contained in Box 1 of the Patriarchate’s “Archives of the Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide,” with extensive description and annotations. The “Archives” was founded by the Information Bureau affiliated with the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, and later, in 1938, moved to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. These documents are of unique importance for investigating the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide.

Dr. Lusine Sahakyan is a member of the Faculty of Turkish Studies at Yerevan State University (YSU) and director of the Department of Armenian-Ottoman Studies at the YSU Institute of Research in Armenian Studies.

Dr. Vahram Shemmassian is the Director of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Northridge.

The presentation will also be live-streamed on the Ararat-Eskijian Museum’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@AraratEskijianMuseum.

Sponsor(s): The Ararat-Eskijian Museum and Research Center (AEMRC), National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, Armenian Studies Program at CalState Northridge (CSUN), and Yerevan State University