NAASR: National Association for Armenian Studies and Research

About

National Association for Armenian Studies and Research

Story

Through NAASR’s fund-raising efforts, the first two endowed chairs in Armenian Studies in the U.S. were established at Harvard University in 1959 and at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1965, greatly increasing awareness of Armenian contributions to world culture and civilization, laying the factual foundation upon which Genocide recognition rests, and leading to a new generation relying on NAASR for academic research and connections. NAASR has also supported Armenian Studies programs at many other universities, among them Columbia, U-Mass Boston and Amherst, Wayne State, Tufts, CalState at Fresno, UConn, UC-Berkeley, and Bentley.

Mission

NAASR's mission is to foster Armenian Studies and build connections worldwide to preserve and enrich Armenian culture, history, and identity for future generations. NAASR is the only nationwide organization dedicated to the advancement of Armenian studies and culture through America’s foremost institutions of higher education and through support of research, scholarship, and publications.

Products

Books in English on all aspects of Armenian culture, history, identity, as well as literature, maps and dictionaries.
Rare antiquarian books in Armenian, English, Turkish, Persian, Russian, French and German.