Lectures and Album
The list of lectures and conference papers on this Page is not complete. It is a selection of more recent events.
“Round Table. The Book Series of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Church of America, Fundamentals and Phases in the Making of the Western Armenian World, as Historiography, Meta-Historiography and Soul-Searching.”
“Կլոր Սեղան. Արևմտեան Առաջնորդարանի Մատենաշարը Հիմնահարցեր եւ Հանգրուաններ Արեւմտեան Հայաշխարհի Կազմաւորումին մէջ իբրև Պատմագիտութիւն, Պատմազանցութիւն և Հոգեխուզում.” Los Angeles, The Prelacy, February 25, 2026.
Front raw: Prof. S. Dadoyan, Archbishop Kegham Khacherian; Back row, left to right: Dr. Hasmig Baran, Mr. Ara Khachatourian, Dr. Vahram Shemmasian, Dr. Roupen Avsharian, Mr. Harut Sasounian, Mr. John Kossakian, Dr. Viken Hovsepian, Very Rev. Father Zareh Sarkissian, Mrs. Lena Garabedian, Mr. Marc Chenian.
Lecture Series “Counterpoints. Philosophy, Historiography, Art - A Dialectical-Discursive Triangle. Perception, Thought, Praxis. A Dialectical-Hermeneutical Perspective” ‒ Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice, New York, March 14 – May 2, 2024.
I. “Perception, Thought, Praxis. A Dialectical-Hermeneutical Perspective” – March 14, 2024. (photo above)
II. “Aesthetics of Historical Thinking/Writing” – April 4, 2024.
III. “The Artwork and the Dialectics of Truth Content” – AGBU, New York, April 3, 2025.
“The Artwork and the Dialectics of Truth Content” ‒ Lecture III of “Counterpoints. Philosophy, Historiography, Art - A Dialectical-Discursive Triangle” ‒ Co-Sponsored by AGBU NY and Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice. Presented at AGBU New York Headquarters (photo above), April 3, 2025. In the background, some of my artwork on exhibit, the book on the table is my Encounters and Convergences. A Book of Ideas and Art (2023)
“Islam in Armenian Literary Culture. Texts, Contexts, Dynamics” (Louvain, 2021) ‒ An Analytical - Discursive Tripod” ‒ UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Nov. 21, 2024. [UCLA Promise Institute - Watch here]
“Nersēs IV Shnorhali (1100-1073) Saint and Politician – A Perspective on the Historical Status and Role of the Armenian Church” ‒ On the 850th Anniversary of his Death, Western Prelacy, Nov. 22, 2024.
“Armenian Studies as Near/Middle Eastern Studies” (Հայագիտութիւնը իբրև Մերձաւոր-Միջին Արևելեան Գիտութիւն) ‒ Aztag Lsaran, Beirut, Lebanon, Sep. 30, 2021.
“Prof. Seta B. Dadoyan receives SAS Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition and appreciation for outstanding service and contribution to the field of Armenian Studies.” “An Evening in honor of Prof. Seta Dadoyan ‒ The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS), Nov. 6, 2021. Watch here
“The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) sponsored a special event via Zoom in honor of Professor Seta B. Dadoyan, Armenian Weekly, November 9, 2021. Read more
“Մամլոյ Հաղորդագրութիւն. Փրոֆ. Սեդա Պարսումեան-Տատոյեան կը ստանայ ՀՈԸ-ի (SAS) Գիտական Վաստակի եւ Իրագործման Պատուանշան. 6 Նոյեմբեր, 2021”, Aztag, Dec.15, 2021. Full link here
“Taking Things Armenian Beyond the Pillars of Hercules: Plus Ultra - A Discourse” ‒ ARPA Institute (Analysis Research and Planning for Armenia), Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 12, 2016.
“2015. The Armenian Condition in Hindsight and Foresight - A Discourse/2015. Հայ Վիճակը Յետահայեցութեամբ եւ Նախահայեցութեամբ. Վերլուծում Մը” ‒ Aztag Lsaran 117, Beirut, Lebanon, June 4, 2016.
“2015: Discourse on the Armenian Condition” ‒ Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 10, 2016.
“2015 and an Analysis of the Armenian Condition” ‒ Abril Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 11, 2016.
“A Hermeneutic Phenomenology of the Armenian Experience in the Islamic World − Paradigms of Interaction and Historicity” ‒ Workshop of Padus-Araxes Association, University of Venice (Ca’ Foscari), Department of Asian and African, Mediterranean Studies, Venice, Italy, May 5, 2015.
“The Prophet and Islam in Medieval Armenian History and Literature” ‒ Workshop of Padus-Araxes Association, University of Venice, Department of Asian, African, Mediterranean Studies, Venice, Italy, May 5, 2015.
“The Armenian Experience in the Islamic World: From Paradigms of Interaction to Contemporary Historicity” ‒ Padua University, Department of Theology, Venice, Italy, May 4, 2015.
His Holiness Aram I decorates Prof. Seta B. Dadoyan with the Mesrob Mashtots‘ Medal and Pontifical Encyclical” for “exceptional scholarly contributions to Armenian history and intellectual culture” ‒ Antelias, Lebanon, Nov. 8, 2015.
“A New Historiography for a New Armenian Sensibility” [Նոր Պատմագիտութիւն ի Խնդիր Նոր Հայազգացութեան) ‒ Abril Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA, May 9, 2014.
“The Armenian Historical Experience: The Impasse and the Discourse” ‒ ARPA (Analysis Research and Planning for Armenia), Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 2014.
“Conceptualizing and De-Conceptualizing Things Armenian: A Historical Hermeneutics” ‒ UCLA, Near East Studies Department, Los Angeles, CA., May 6, 2014.
“Technology and the Moving Target of Happiness” ‒ St. Gregory Church, White Plains, NY, April 4, 2014.
“The Cycle of Mahmet Legends: The Armenian Muḥammad” ‒ Workshop on Armenian Folklore and Mythology AIEA, SAS and Harvard Program in Armenian Studies, Boston, MA, August 31 - Sep. 1, 2013.
“Things Armenian Beyond the Pillars of Hercules” ‒ Haigazian University Cultural Hour, Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 14, 2013.
“The Arrow of Truth between the Historic Experience and Historical Writing” [Ճշմարտութեան Սլաքը Պատմական Փորձին և Պատմագրութեան միջև] ‒ Aztag Lsaran, Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2013.
“Armenian History Beyond the Pillars of Hercules: Plus Ultra” ‒ NAASR (National Association for Armenian Studies), Boston, MA, May 9, 2013.
“Armenian Realpolitik in the Islamic World Diverging Paradigms and the Case of Cilicia Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries” ‒ The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, March 5, 2013.
“Armenian History Beyond the Pillars of Hercules: Plus Ultra” ‒ NAASR (National Association for Armenian Studies), Boston, MA, May 9, 2013. [on the left: Marc Mamigonian, NAASR academic director]. Link to all talks at NAASR: Watch here
“The Unwritten History of Armenian Dissidence” ‒ NAASR, Dec 9, 2015 - Watch here
“The Armenians and Islam: Images for a Brighter History of the Armenians” ‒ Ararat Eskijian Museum, Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 2012.
“Things Armenian and the Crisis of Armenian Studies: The Centers for Armenian Studies in Europe and the United States”‒ Aztag Lsaran/Hamazkayin Armenian Hall, Beirut, Lebanon, Dec.12, 2012.
“Armenian Identity, Knowledge and Studies: Synthesis and/or Controversy”‒ ARPA (Analysis Research and Planning for Armenia), Merdinian Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 2012.
"Seta Dadoyan" (PDF) ‒ ARPA Institute Newsletter. 19: 18. December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-17. Watch here
“Armenian Identity Knowledge and Studies: Synthesis and/or Controversy" ARPA Institute, LA, Sep. 9, 2012. Watch here
“In Quest of Historical Geoglyphs: Islam in Armenian Literary Culture. Texts, Contexts, Dynamics” ‒ ARPA Institute, March, 2022. Watch here
“Rethinking Armenian History through Paradigms of Interaction: The Armenian Experience with Islam as Case Study” ‒ UCLA, Near East Studies Department, Los Angeles, CA, April 12, 2012.
“Rethinking the Armenian Experience in the Near East” ‒ Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon, March 22, 2012.
“Armenian Narratives, Armenian Studies and Realities” (Հայապատում, Հայագիտութիւն և Հայ Իրականութիւն) ‒ Aztag Lsaran, Piwnik Hall, Beirut, Lebanon, March 8, 2012.
At the Matenadaran. Below, some lectures while teaching at Yerevan State University, Fall Semester, 2011.
“Historical Epistemology and the Intellectual. The Question of Armenian Culture Today” ‒ Yerevan, Armenia, Dec. 15, 2011.
“Oriental and Armenian Studies” ‒ Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, Nov. 30, 2011.
“Episodes of the Unwritten History of Armenian Dissidence: In Search for the Truth about a People” ‒ Khach‘atur Abovyan Teachers’ State University of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia, Nov. 11, 2011.
“Methodological Issues and Prepositions for the Modernization of Armenian Studies” – Faculty of History, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, November 8, 2011.
“The Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World. Paradigms of Interaction” – Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, Nov. 3, 2011.
“Islam and the Armenians. Looking at the Near East Differently” ‒ Armenian Studies Endowment at the University of Chicago and the Ara and Edma Dumanian Foundation, University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Chicago, MI, May 11, 2010.
“The Armenian Awakening Eastern and Western –The Two Centuries of the Rebirth of the Modern Nation. Culture, Society, Church and Politics” ‒ Symposium at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in Six Sessions. September, 2009 - May, 2010, New Rochelle NY.
“Armenian-Islamic Interactions and the Problematic of National Identity” ‒ Armenian Presbyterian Church, Paramus NJ, Nov. 8, 2009.
“Khach‘atur Abovyan (1809-1848). Prophet and Martyr of the Armenian Awakening (Zart‘onk’)” – On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth, St. Gregory Church, White Plains, NY, Oct. 26, 2009.
“Islam and the Armenians: Paradigms of a Near Eastern Dialectic” ‒ Armenian Studies Program, University of Michigan, International Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, Jan. 27, 2009. Read more
“The Road from the Fortress of Sis to Republic Square, Yerevan. Milestones on the Six-Hundred-Year Journey of Armenians” ‒ Holy Martyrs Church, Queens, New York, NY, Jan. 8, 2009.
“Grigor Tat‘ewats‘i and Islam. Perceptions of the Self and the Other” ‒ On the Occasion of the 600th of his Death, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, New Rochelle, NY, Dec. 1, 2008.
“Cilicia ‒The Philosophical Legacy between East and West” ‒ The Culture of Armenian Cilicia-Conference, organized by the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia and Mashtots’ National Matenadaran of Yerevan, Antelias, Lebanon, Jan. 16-21, 2008. [From left to right, H.H. Aram I, Professor Arch. Lewon Zekiyan.]
“The Problem of Stereotypes in the Teaching of Language and Culture”‒ Teachers’ College of the Eastern Diocese, New York, NY, July 21-26, 2008.
“Khrimian Hayrik. The Visionary and the Wall of Reality” ‒ On the occasion of the centenary of his death, Armenian Center, Queens, New York, NY, Oct. 26, 2007.
“Armenian Dissidence. Highlights of an Unwritten History. In Search of the ‘Truth’ about a People” ‒ NAASR (National Association for Armenian Studies and Research), Boston, MA, Sep. 20, 2007.
“Amoralizing the Phenomenon of Muslim Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World” ‒ The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) Eighth Annual Conference, Conversion as Society, Panel on Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Conversion in Caucasia and Central Eurasia, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Oct. 18-21, 2007.
“Armenian Painting in Lebanon in the Light of the Crisis of Identity” ‒ The Armenian Center, Queens, New York, Jan. 19, 2007.
“The Eznikian Synthesis and Armenian Intellectual Culture” ‒ St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 16, 2006.
“Studying Things Armenian as Things Middle Eastern” ‒ Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, CUNY (City University of New York), New York, NY, March 27, 2006.
“The Invention of the Armenian Alphabet. The Political Dimensions” ‒ Zohrab Information and Research Center, Feb. 16, 2006.
“Islamic-Armenian Interactions in the Near East ‒ Historic Paradigms and Historicity ‒ The Fāṭimid Armenians as Case Study ‒ The Armenian General Benevolent Union - Cairo Chapter, Center of the Egyptian Supreme Cultural Council, Cairo, Egypt, May 4, 2004.
“Islamic-Armenian Interactions in the Near East: Historic Paradigms and Historicity” ‒ The Armenian General Benevolent Union - Cairo Chapter, The American University of Cairo - The Armenian Room, Cairo, Egypt, May 6, 2004.
“The Progressive Origins of Armenian Feminism ‒ Medieval Armenian Dissidence as the Historic Soil and Background” ‒ Armenian General Benevolent Union ‒ Cairo Chapter, Armenian Prelacy, Cairo, Egypt, May 7, 2004.
“Grigor Narekats'i (951-1003). The Great Stranger” – On the Occasion of the Millennial of his Death, Hay Dun, Queens, NY, Jan. 30, 2004.
“The Rainbow Testament of Grigor Narekats‘i – A Re-evaluation of his Literary and Philosophical Legacy” ‒ Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon, March 27, 2003.
“Armenian-Turkish Realpolitik- 11th –12th Centuries” ‒ Zohrab Center for Research, New York, NY, Aug. 5, 2002.
“Armenian Persistence: Exploring National Identity. Myth versus Reality” ‒ Armenian Center at Columbia University, May 15, 2002, New York, NY.
“Feminism in Armenian History: Origins in Medieval Heresies” ‒ AIWA (Armenian International Women’s Association), Boston, MA, April 7, 2002.
“A 13th Century summary of the Rasā’il Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ in Erzinjan, 1280” ‒ Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, February 25, 2002, Boston, MA.
“Medieval Armenian Art: Unity of Spirit and Vision” ‒ International Symposium on Armenian Spirituality ‒ Ecumenical Institute, Bossey Switzerland, June 25-July 1, 2001. [On the left : H.H. Aram I]
“Armenian Spirituality: The Philosophical Dimensions” ‒ International Symposium on Armenian Spirituality, Ecumenical Institute, Bossey June 25 – July 1, 2001.
Social evenings at Bossey, on the occasion of the International Conference on Armenian Spirituality: A Contextual Study for our Times, Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-July 1, 2001. Left to right: Prof. Peter Cowe and wife; right to left: Prof. Georg Kherlobyan and wife]
Social evenings at Bossey. Lower center left to right: Archbishops Shahan Sarkissian, Kegham Khacherian
“Islam and the Armenian Universe: Historic Models and Historicity”- Lecture at the History and Near Eastern Studies Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 31, 2000. [With Prof. Michael G. Morony]
“Islamic Sources on Armenia and Armenians: A Critical Exposé”‒ History Department, UCLA, February 1, 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
With Professor James R. Russell on the occasion of a talk at Harvard, “New Light on Armeno-Muslim Relations in the Middle Ages” ‒ Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, Boston, MA, Feb. 4, 2000.
“Islam and the Armenians. The Fāṭimid Armenians” ‒ Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, New York, NY, Feb. 9, 2000. [ Professor Marc Nichanian on the left]
“Islam and Armenian Polemical Strategies at the End of an Era ‒ Eighth AIEA (Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes) General Conference, Vienna, Austria, Sep. 29 – October 1, 1999.
Professor Georg Brutyan, President of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia decorates Professor S, B. Dadoyan with the "Grand Medal of David the Invincible" of the Armenian Philosophical Society of the Academy of Sciences, at Haigazian University, Beirut, January 8, 1999.
On the occasion of the 100th of the birth of Eghishē Charents at Yerevan, Nov 15, 1997. [From Left to right: H.H. Garegin I, writer Boghos Snabian, President Lewon Der Bedrossyan]
Ashtarak, Armenia, with Prof. Hratcya Mirzoyan (reader of my Doctor of Sciences Dissertation) and Tamara, after the defense, Sep. 20, 1991.