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On the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Podcast Series, we interview authors of recent books in Armenian Studies and related fields in order to disseminate knowledge about the latest research in the field.
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Mar 4, 2026
Mar 4, 2026
55 min
Vartan Matiossian (Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Church, NY) The Color of Choice: The Armenians and the Politics of Race in the United States and Germany (1890–1945) (Brill, Armenian History and Culture Series, No. 2, 2025)
Interviewed by Thomas Simsarian Dolan (Emory University)
[Released March 4, 2026]

Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025
38 min
Dr. Elyse Semerdjian (Clark University), Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide (Stanford University, Press, 2023)
Interviewed by Bedros Torosian (University of California, Davis)
[Released September 15, 2025]

Sep 3, 2025
Sep 3, 2025
47 min
Dr. Houri Berberian and Dr. Talinn Grigor, The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860-1979 (Stanford University Press, 2025)
Interviewed by Bedros Torosian (University of California, Davis)
[Released August 25, 2025]

Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
43 min
[Released July 14, 2025]

Jun 13, 2022
Jun 13, 2022
1 hr 3 min
Prof. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century (Stanford University Press, 2022)
Interviewed by Michael Bobelian (Author and Journalist)
[Released June 10, 2022]

Mar 24, 2022
Mar 24, 2022
11 min
SAS Podcast no. 58 – Satenig Batwagan Toufanian
Prof. Satenig Batwagan Toufanian (Professeur de philosophie chez Ministère chargé de l'Éducation nationale), Rendez-vous à Madras (Ed. Thaddée, 2020) and Dileep Karanth (Illinois Wesleyan University, translator of the novel into English)
Interviewed by Lucine Batwagan
[Released March 23, 2022]

Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
16 min
Vera Sahakyan, PhD Student and Researcher at Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts-Madenataran, Մշոյ Բուլանըք գաւառի հայաբնակ գիւղերն ըստ Մկրտիչ Ա. Խրիմեան կաթողիկոսին ուղղուած նամակների [The Armenian Populated Villages of the District of Bulanık in Mush according to the Letters sent to Catholicos Mgrditch A. Khrimian]. Yerevan: Matenadaran, 2021.
Interviewed by Arpik Sahakyan
[Released November 2, 2021]

Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021
32 min
Alakananda Nag (Photographer, Filmmaker, Creative Director), Armenians of Calcutta (Calcutta: Alakananda Nag, 2021)
Interviewed by Nareg Seferian (School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech).
[Released September 26, 2021]

Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
36 min
Dr. Ümit Kurt, The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2021).
Interviewed by Varak Ketsemanian (Ph.D. Student, Princeton University).
[Released August 11, 2021]

Jul 1, 2021
Jul 1, 2021
39 min
Prof. Joachim J. Savelsberg, Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles (Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2021)
Interviewed by Dr. Asya Darbinyan (Clark University)
[July 1, 2021]
