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On the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Podcast Series, we interview authors of recent books in Armenian Studies and related fields in order to disseminate knowledge about the latest research in the field.

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United States

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On the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Podcast Series, we interview authors of recent books in Armenian Studies and related fields in order to disseminate knowledge about the latest research in the field.

Language:

English

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Episodes
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SAS Podcast no. 62 – Elyse Semerdjian

9/16/2025
Dr. Elyse Semerdjian (Clark University), Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide (Stanford University, Press, 2023) Interviewed by Bedros Torosian (University of California, Davis) [Released September 15, 2025]

Duration:00:38:15

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SAS Podcast no. 61 – Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor

8/25/2025
Dr. Houri Berberian and Dr. Talinn Grigor, The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860-1979 (Stanford University Press, 2025) Interviewed by Bedros Torosian (University of California, Davis) [Released August 25, 2025]

Duration:00:47:53

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SAS Podcast no. 60 – Talar Chahinian

7/14/2025
Dr. Talar Chahinian (University of California, Irvine), Stateless: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile (Syracuse University Press, 2023) Interviewed by Bedros Torosian (University of California, Davis) [Released July 14, 2025]

Duration:00:43:14

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SAS Podcast no. 59 – Bedross Der Matossian

6/13/2022
Prof. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century (Stanford University Press, 2022) Interviewed by Michael Bobelian (Author and Journalist) [Released June 10, 2022]

Duration:01:00:23

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SAS Podcast no. 58 – Satenig Batwagan Toufanian

3/24/2022
SAS Podcast no. 58 – Satenig Batwagan Toufanian Prof. Satenig Batwagan Toufanian (Professeur de philosophie chez Ministère chargé de l'Éducation nationale), Rendez-vous à Madras (Ed. Thaddée, 2020) and Dileep Karanth (Illinois Wesleyan University, translator of the novel into English) Interviewed by Lucine Batwagan [Released March 23, 2022]

Duration:00:11:51

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SAS Podcast no. 57 – Vera Sahakyan

11/2/2021
Vera Sahakyan, PhD Student and Researcher at Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts-Madenataran, 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: Matenadaran, 2021. Interviewed by Arpik Sahakyan [Released November 2, 2021]

Duration:00:15:28

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SAS Podcast no. 56 – Alakananda Nag

9/27/2021
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]

Duration:00:41:44

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SAS Podcast no. 55 – Ümit Kurt

8/12/2021
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]

Duration:00:48:55

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SAS Podcast no. 54 – Joachim Savelsberg

7/1/2021
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]

Duration:00:50:37

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SAS Podcast no. 53 – Christopher Sheklian

6/7/2021
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]

Duration:01:15:55

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SAS Podcast no. 52 – Narek Manukyan

5/27/2021
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)

Duration:00:29:57

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SAS Podcast no. 51 – David Zakarian

5/11/2021
Dr. 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]

Duration:01:07:39

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SAS Podcast no. 50 – Prof. Vahram Shemmassian

4/21/2021
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 Prof. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) [April 21, 2021]

Duration:01:00:14

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SAS Podcast no. 49 – Khatchig Mouradian

4/8/2021
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]

Duration:00:49:59

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SAS Podcast no. 48 – Haig Utidjian

3/3/2021
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 3, 2021)

Duration:01:12:36

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SAS Podcast no. 47 – Prof. Khachig Tölölyan

2/9/2021
Prof. Khachig Tölölyan (Wesleyan University), Reflections on Armenian/Diaspora Studies VI Interviewed by Dr. Vahe Sahakyan (University of Michigan, Dearborn) [February 9, 2021]

Duration:01:01:18

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SAS Podcast no. 46 – Richard Antaramian

1/19/2021
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 19, 2021]

Duration:01:06:34

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SAS Podcast no. 45 – Joanne Laycock

11/5/2020
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) [November 5, 2020]

Duration:00:59:53

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SAS Podcast no. 44 – Stephen Badalyan Riegg

9/17/2020
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]

Duration:00:51:55

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SAS Podcast no. 43 – Stephan Astourian

9/1/2020
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 (Clark University) [September 1, 2020]

Duration:00:59:09