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A Biographical Approach to Genocidal Ruination: Knowledge, Nature and Dispossession in Johannes Jakob Manissadjian’s (1862–1942) Lifework

The fifth Raymond H. Kévorkian Armenian Genocide Remembrance Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Nazan Maksudyan, Senior Researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch (Berlin), with discussant commentary by Dr. Melissa Bilal, the Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture at UCLA.

This lecture is organized by the Richard Hovannisian Chair of Modern Armenian History at UCLA, and...

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Wei Yingwu (737–792) and His “Clerky Doubles”: Poetry and Bureaucracy in Eight-Century China

Talk by Prof. Lu Kou, Columbia University.

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The Iran War: The Impact on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

This event is part of the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.

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Building for Devotion: The Cells and Cloisters of Cusco's Convents (17th c.)

Event organized by The Andean Working Group

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Tatami

Join us on April 27th for the Center’s screening of Tatami, the first feature film co-directed by Iranian & Israeli filmmakers. A riveting tale of freedom vs. oppression set in a judo arena, Tatami is a powerful and gripping sports thriller.

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Community in Disarray

Organized by The Department of Anthropology

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Screening: "Fighting for Family"

Screening of "Fighting for Family" followed by Q&A with director Lan Nguyen

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Reconceptualizing Angkor: Compassion, Infrastructure, and Statecraft

Fowler Talk with Piphal Heng (Yale University)

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21st Annual South East European Film Festival (SEEfest)

Celebrating the cinematic and cultural diversity of the Balkans and Caucasus from April 29 to May 6, 2026.

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The Visual Culture of Algeria Through Exchange, Circulation, and Global Networks

This one-day hybrid colloquium will bring together early-career scholars working on the visual culture of Algeria from the Ottoman period to the present. It focuses on the movement of artists, artworks, materials, and ideas across local, regional, and global networks, situating Algerian visual culture as a site of innovation, negotiation, and exchange. Rather than treat the French invasion of Algiers...

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