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    NAASR CELEBRATES WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMS

    Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
    Aug. 31, 2006

    The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
    will present an evening of discussion, with pictures and video,
    entitled "Searching for Armenia: An Inner and Outer Journey," at
    8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the First Armenian Church Auditorium,
    380 Concord Ave., Belmont.

    The participants in the discussion will be among those who took
    part in NAASR's June 2-18 Armenian Heritage Tour, the first such
    trip NAASR has sponsored in over a quarter of a century. (NAASR's
    initial Armenian Heritage Tour in 1967 was the first of its kind in
    the United States.) The participants will share their impressions
    and recollections, and photos and video from the trip will also be
    shared and discussed.

    Taking in the Armenian Republic and Karabagh, portions of Georgia,
    and much of today's Eastern Turkey, the 2006 tour was led by Professor
    George Bournoutian, a historian at Iona College in New York. Over 20
    people accompanied Bournoutian on the tour, many of them visiting
    places they had never been before or from which their parents or
    grandparents had come nearly a century ago.

    Admission to the event is free (donations appreciated). Following the
    discussion there will be a reception at the NAASR Center, across from
    the church. The bookstore will be open, with a special discount for
    the evening of 20 percent off all items.

    NAASR will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on Sept. 30. A symposium
    on "Armenian-Turkish Dialogue and the Direction of Armenian Studies"
    will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, from 9 a.m. until
    1 p.m., featuring five leading scholars from various areas of Armenian
    Studies. The symposium is open to the public at no charge.

    The NAASR Gala Banquet and Celebration of 50 Years will take place
    that evening at the Royal Sonesta, with a reception, dinner and a
    program that will include a keynote address, a retrospective video,
    music and dancing, and surprise announcements. The banquet is open
    to NAASR members and non-members alike. Interested parties should
    contact NAASR as soon as possible for information on reservations.
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