Book Prizes for Excellence in Armenian Studies establishedMay 7, 2015 - 09:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) recently announced the creation of the Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prizes for Excellence in Armenian Studies. The prizes will be awarded annually to an outstanding scholarly monograph in the English language in the field of Armenian studies and, in alternating years, to a translation from Armenian into English of a work of literature or of an academic book within the field of Armenian studies, the Armenian Weekly reports. The prizes were established through the generosity of Dr. Aronian, and the first awards, for works published in 2014, will be announced in fall 2015. “We are thrilled that Dr. Aronian, a scholar and a longtime member of NAASR, has established these prizes that will provide encouragement to scholars,” said NAASR Academic Director Marc A. Mamigonian. Aronian is Professor Emerita of Russian, Comparative Literature, and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She has a B.A. in comparative literature from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures from Yale. She has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pennsylvania, and at the University of Rhode Island, where she established and directed the program in Russian studies and participated in the creation of the comparative literature and women’s studies programs. She has done archival research in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, and Paris on the Russian modernist writer Alexei Remizov with the support of grants from the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Aronian served as contributing editor of a two-volume set of the Russian Literature Triquarterly devoted to the life and works of Remizov as well as a separate volume of his Selected Prose. She has also presented papers on Remizov at several international conferences in the United States and in Russia. In retirement she has become engrossed in the study of the Armenian language, literature, and culture, and the book prizes are her symbolic participation in the advancement of Armenian studies. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. Family of Ilham Aliyev’s security chief owns vast property in UK As head of security for Azerbaijan’s president, Eyyubov is closely trusted by one of the world’s most authoritarian leaders. Armenian army holding strategic command, staff drills Live firing will be carried out using automatic control systems and modern equipment. |