American Association
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Eaaass/)
'The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, scholarly society which is the leading private
organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Russia, Central
Eurasia, and Eastern and Central Europe.'
American Memory (The Library of Congress) (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
The Library of Congress' American Memory 'is gateway to rich primary
source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The
site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.' A
search under "Armenia" will yield a relatively small but nonetheless
important selection of digitized manuscript materials, photographs, maps, and
audio recordings from the Library's collections.
Archive of Armenian Music in America (http://www.armenianmusicarch.com/)
Maintained by Leon Janikian of Northeastern University, this site is dedicated
to 'preserving and disseminating the music of the Armenian community living
in the United States.' Audio files of Armenian music are available for
downloading.
ArmeniaNow.com (http://www.armenianow.com)
Appearing every Friday in English, 'ArmeniaNow.com is published by New
Times Journalism Training Center, a Non-Governmental Organization in Yerevan,
Armenia. The weekly website exists as a newsroom laboratory in which journalists
and editors in Armenia are taught the application of methodology and theory of
Western journalism. Our goal is to produce real change in the approach of local
journalists by immersing them in long-term training that makes clear how Western-style
reporting works and what benefits it can bring when applied to subjects in Armenia.' Topics
covered include arts, sports, politics and culture.
Armenian Architecture
(Rensselaer Architecture Library) (http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/ArmArch/)
Select photographs of important Mediaeval Armenian architecture from the extensive
set of microfiche prepared by Prof. Vazken L. Parsegian are reproduced in this
page maintained by the Rennsselaer Architecture Library.
Armenian Association of Film Critics and
Cinema Journalists (Armenia) (http://www.arm-cinema.am/)
The 'Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists is a public,
non-government organization, established in May 1996 and legally registered on
the 1st of November 1996. Among its members are the outstanding film critics
and cinema journalists of Armenia, working in different fields of mass media.' Its
English language site lists films, directors, producers, journalists and organizations.
The Armenian Film Foundation (http://www.armenianfilmfoundation.com/)
This is the official site of the California-based foundation which 'was
established in 1979 as a non-profit, educational and cultural organization dedicated
to the documentation on film and video of Armenian heritage and life.'
Armenian General Benevolent Union (http://www.agbu.org/)
Established in 1906, this philanthropic organization's mission is 'to preserve
and promote the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural
and humanitarian programs.' Its home page describes its programs, connects to
international AGBU sites, and offers descriptions of all aspects of its activities
both in the Republic of Armenia and throughout the Armenian Diaspora.
Armenian Library & Museum of America (http://www.almainc.org/)
Armenian Library Consortium (http://www.libnet.am/index1.html)
Funded by the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), this ambitious and vital
undertaking is involved with making the contents of Armenia's libraries,
both bibliographic records and texts, available digitally to the world. Records
are in both English and in Armenian script using UNICODE. The project will eventually
have a catalog of Armenia's holdings, a union catalog of world holdings,
digitized texts, and other aspects of a modern digitized library.
Armenian Network of America (http://www.armnet.org)
'The Armenian Network of America, Inc. ® is a professionally-based
community organization that provides a forum for people to interact and communicate
through.' The site is broken down by regions (Boston, New York, Chicago,
Washington) and provides links, calendars, events and forums.
Armenian Relief Society, Inc (http://www.ars1910.org)
'As an independent, non-governmental and non-sectarian organization --
and an NGO on the Roster in consultative status with the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations -- with affiliate entities in 24 different countries
serving the social and educational needs of Armenian communities everywhere,
seeking to preserve the cultural identity of the Armenian nation, and, whenever
and wherever the need arises, to bring humanitarian help to all communities in
distress -- Armenian and non-Armenian alike.' The ARS homepage furnishes
basic information about it, a calendar of events, and their periodical Hai Sird
in PDF format.
Armenian Studies Program, California
State University, Fresno (http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu)
The website for CSU Fresno's Armenian Studies Program has provided information
on its programs, courses, and student aid opportunities. Complementing this mission
-specific information are excellent narratives on all aspects of Armenian art,
architecture and miniatures with many beautiful photographic reproductions.
Artavazd (http://Artavazd.splinder.it)
Atavazd is an Italian language site maintained by the University of Lecce in
Italy and is dedicated to information from around the world having to do with
Armenian Studies. Numerous useful links are give as well as current information
on academic events and conferences.
California
Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties-Armenian (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cowellbib:armenian)
California Gold, mounted as part of American Memory on the Library of Congress
website, offers performances of native songs sung or played by immigrants of
diverse ethnicity to California. These were recorded as part of the WPA in the
1930s. Over 100 Armenian songs and photographs are reproduced.
Central Asia Studies Worldwide (http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/index.html)
Sponsored by the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus, CASWW provides
extensive resources for the scholarly study of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Classical Armenian Literature (http://www.digilib.am/)
This website reproduces important Mediaeval Armenian textual materials. Fonts
for both PC and Macintosh are made available for downloading.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Hayastan.com: Armenian Internet Portal (http://www.hayastan.com/index.php)
An extensive, popular portal to Armenian sites, which provides links under a
variety of subjects as well as music downloads, dating information, chat, fora,
and even an Armenian-English, English-Armenian translator.
International Association for Armenian Studies
(AIEA) (http://aiea.fltr.ucl.ac.be)
This bilingual (French and English) site of the Association Internationale des
Etudes Armeniennes, a group dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of
Armenian history, life and culture, presents academic tools, links, information
about its structure and membership, publications, and news on conferences, workshops,
and other events involving Armenian Studies.
Internet Access and Training Program (http://www.iatp.net/)
IATP is a program for the countries of the U.S. Bureau of Education and Cultural
Affairs, U.S. Department of State, which is funded under the Freedom Support
Act and Administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
to help the post Soviet countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia 'strengthen
indigenous institutions by providing US government program alumni and others
in Eurasia with free and open Internet access and training in the use of electronic
mail and the Internet."
Library of Congress
Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture Series (http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/nes/cty/cai/caivartc.html)
This page lists the renowned academic and political speakers who have presented
events at this long running lecture series sponsored by the Near East Section
of the Library of Congress; it is complemented by the texts and cybercasts of
a selection of these.
Manuscript Division (The Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/)
With over 50,000,000 items in its collections, the Manuscript Division offers
researchers a great variety of primary sources. Among these for Armenian Studies,
for instance, are the papers of Henry Morgenthau, Sr. ambassador to the Ottoman
Empire during World War I, of American missionaries in the Ottoman Empire, and
of other renowned Americans, either in the government or private citizens.
Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (http://www.matenadaran.am)
This is the bilingual (Armenian and English) site of the manuscript library known
simply as The Matenedaran, located in Erevan, the capital of the Republic of
Armenia, the largest repository of ancient and mediaeval Armenian manuscripts
in the world. The site describes, among other headings, collections, programs,
fund-raising initiatives and information for scholars who need to use its resources.
OACIS for the Middle East (http://www.library.yale.edu/oacis)
'OACIS for the Middle East (Online Access to Consolidated Information on
Serials) is a union list of serials from or about the Middle East. The mission
of OACIS is to improve access to Middle Eastern serials in libraries in the United
States, Europe, and the Middle East.' The site is fully searchable by title
and subject.
Petros Adamian Tbilisi State Armenian Drama
Theatre (http://amtheater.gq.nu)
English language homepage of the Armenian theater located in Tbilisi, Georgia
Prints and Photographs Division (The Library
of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/)
A search under "Armenia' in the online catalog provided by the Prints
and Photographs Division results in a selection of historically important digitized
photographs and graphic materials from this rich collection.
Questia - The Online Library of Books
and Journals (http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp)
From Questia Media America, Inc. for academics, students, librarians, publishers
and a wide variety of researchers, 'Questia is the first online library that
provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal
articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.
You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in
the collection.' A search under country name yields a wide variety of bibliographic
citations. Full text is often available to subscribers.
RecipeSource (http://www.recipesource.com/)
A search by country in RecipeSource, the new website of SOAR: The Searchable
Online Archive of Recipes, yields traditional recipes in English from countries
around the world.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several
languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
Virtual Ani (http://www.virtualani.freeserve.co.uk)
A tour through the toponomy, history, and monumental remains of one of the Mediaeval
capital of Bagratid Armenia. |