ARS Norian Youth Connect va avea loc la Universitatea Columbia pe 1 martie    

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of the Eastern United States is proud to announce that the anticipated Spring 2025 ARS Norian Youth Connect Program (YCP) will take place at Columbia University on March 1, 2025. The event features talks and discussions with Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian (President, Haigazian University), Dr. Elyse Semerdjian (Armenian Genocide Studies Chair, Clark University), Dr. Knar Abrahamyan (Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Race, Columbia University) and George Aghjayan (Researcher of Armenian demographics and population records).  Dr. Khatchig Mouradian will once again serve as the program director.  To secure a spot, students can register atwww.arseastusa.org/ycp2025. The application fee is $50 and covers the program plus breakfast, lunch, dinner and the evening social. Overnight accommodations will be provided exclusively to out-of-town students. The registration deadline is February 21, 2025.  ARS Youth Connect speakersBelow are the bios of the speakers and titles of their presentations: Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian President, Haigazian University  Title of talk: Symbols and Stories: The Hidden Architects of Who We Are Bio: Rev. Dr. Paul A. Haidostian was appointed as President of Haigazian University in 2002. His appointment followed a nine-year professorship at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut. He holds a BA degree in Psychology from Haigazian University, a Master of Divinity degree from the Near East School of Theology, a Master of Theology degree and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Theology from the Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. In addition to his local and international leadership responsibilities in educational, ecclesial and ecumenical organizations, Dr. Haidostian teaches, lectures and writes in Armenian, Arabic and English on a wide variety of topics including Middle Eastern Christianity, Armenian identity, ecumenism, youth, education, social issues, peace and pastoral theology. He is currently the Acting President of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE), Co-President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) and President of the Armenian Evangelical World Council (AEWC). Dr. Knar Abrahamyan Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Race Department of Music, Columbia University Title of talk: Sonic Mobilization: Armenian Popular Music and the Artsakh War(s) Knar Abrahamyan is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Race at Columbia University’s Department of Music. Her work examines the historical and political entanglements of cultural production. Her forthcoming book, Opera as Statecraft in Soviet Armenia and Kazakhstan, re-envisions Soviet music history by analyzing the power dynamics between the state and its ethnic and racial Others. It explores opera as a contested imperial space through which the Soviet state pursued colonial subjugation under the guise of cultural modernization. Abrahamyan has presented at major national and i