On February 28, 2012, the eminent Armenian author Dr. John D. Balian visited the Armenian...
On February 28, 2012, the eminent Armenian author Dr. John D. Balian visited the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy, Kolkata, India from the United States of America, on the occasion of the promotion of his novel entitled ‘Gray Wolves and White Doves’. The Principal, Mr. Soumitra Mallik, on behalf of Very Rev. Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India...
Los Angeles, February 24, 2012 - California author Armen Melikian won the 2012 Written Art...
Los Angeles, February 24, 2012 - California author Armen Melikian won the 2012 Written Art Award in the General Fiction Category, second place, for his novel Journey to Virginland: Epistle I. The category's first-place winner was Stephen Maitland-Lewis, for his novel Emeralds Never Fade. Journey to Virginland is "a nihilistic sojourn through fictional Virginland in search of enlightenment," wrote Monique...
Director of the Foundation for the Study of Armenian Architecture Samvel Karapetyan today presented...
Director of the Foundation for the Study of Armenian Architecture Samvel Karapetyan today presented the multilingual illustrated album entitled “Ani”, which was released by the order of the RA Ministry of Diaspora. “The album is composed of several sections, and each section begins with a detailed plan of the structure. The album is also unique in that even though...
by Hratchik Simonyan One of the greatest massacres in late Ottoman history took place...
by Hratchik Simonyan One of the greatest massacres in late Ottoman history took place in April 1909, when Armenians were the target of two massive waves of violence organized by Ottoman authorities. These massacres took place in Cilicia (i.e. Adana province and surrounding areas) with an estimated 30,000 victims plus huge material losses. Most Armenian historians consider these massacres...
The Balian family dominated Ottoman architecture for much of the 18th and 19th centuries....
The Balian family dominated Ottoman architecture for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. A recent work by Pascal Carmont maintains that "For two centuries, this family created the Ottoman splendour of Constantinople, covering it with magnificent buildings in a cultural encounter between East and West. From 1840 they were all trained in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux...
In the aftermath of its disastrous defeat in WWI, Ottoman Turkey had to face the...
In the aftermath of its disastrous defeat in WWI, Ottoman Turkey had to face the wartime crime of the destruction of its Armenian population. An inquiry commissioned by the Ottoman government in 1919 presented enough preliminary evidence to organize a series of trials involving the perpetrators of these crimes. It is the record of these trials and the unparalleled details...
A compilation of articles on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security,...
A compilation of articles on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, its history and political context, and the experience of Armenia and other countries in implementing the Code was presented in Yerevan today. The volume provides a comprehensive overview of democratic control over the security sector from the point of view of experts from Drastamat...
The volume entitled "Armenia and Democratic Control of the Armed Forces: Analysis and Perspectives" will...
The volume entitled "Armenia and Democratic Control of the Armed Forces: Analysis and Perspectives" will be presented to the public on November 14, Monday. The publication is a collection of analytical articles on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, its history, Armenia’s and international experience in implementation of the Code. The publication has been prepared by...
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By Nora Vosbigian (London18Oct11) Elma Hovanessian decided to write her memoirs after the success of...
By Nora Vosbigian (London18Oct11) Elma Hovanessian decided to write her memoirs after the success of her first book, Under the Blue Dome. Whenever she gave book presentations people were interested in her personal background as an Iranian-Armenian. They were fascinated by her family life in Iran, descriptions of her grandfather's caravan trips to India from New Julfa, life in the...
