
American Studies Center at Yerevan State Unversity
The Melikian Center is working with Yerevan State University (YSU) on a grant sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan for an initial three-year program to create an American Studies Center at YSU.
Learn MoreCitizen-Diplomacy: An Arizonans' Guide
The Melikian Center facilitates a collaboration amoung ASU librarians and archivists, Tempe History Museum, and Tempe Sister Cities to document the impact and reach of efforts in citizen diplomacy in greater Phoenix.
Confronting Authoritarianism
A collaboration between the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, The Melikian Center, the Center for Jewish Studies and the Narrative Storytelling Initiative—will uncover and relate alternative lessons from the past and present, where active and engaged citizens have challenged, resisted or reversed autocratic projects. .
Pathways out of TotalitarianismCreative Horizons: Art in the Post-Soviet Era
This venture gives audiences the opportunity to hear from working artists in the region as they discuss their methods, perspectives, and aspirations. The series features videos, followed by online discussions featuring the artist and moderated by regional specialists from ASU, USF, or Miami University.
Learn MoreFulbright Pre-Departure Orientation
In 2019, the Melikian Center began hosting pre-departure orientations for Fulbright scholars, researchers and English language teaching assistants awarded grants for study and work in Central Asia.
Learn MoreInternationalizing Kosovo 1989-2019 Intervention, Recognition, and the Politics of Sovereign Statehood in Comparative Perspective
Conference held January 30-February 1, 2019
This conference brought together scholars from different disciplines to explore the many dimensions of the “Kosovo case” and its impact on policy-making and scholarship in international relations.
Learn MoreLowe Family Lecture Series
Made possible by The Lowe Family Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowment this lecture series is designed to generate public awareness about the danger of authoritarian, totalitarian, and nationalistic regimes and the causes and conditions that foster genocides.
2021 SeriesMelikian Center Reading Group
Begun in Fall 2020, the Melikian Center hosts this book group focusing on fiction and memoir of Eastern Europe and Eurasia particularly to highlight the cultures and languages offered in the Critical Languages Institute (CLI).
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