BELMONT, MA — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Re- search (NAASR) will co-sponsor a series of three programs with Dr. Taner Akçam and Dr. Michael Bazyler in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, title “Nazi Looted Art Recovery as a Model for Recovery of AGLA: Armenian Genocide Looted Art.” They will begin on Friday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET in the Skylight Room at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York (CUNY), 365 5th Ave, New York, NY; continue on Monday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. ET at St. Leon Armenian Apostolic Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd, Fair Lawn, NJ; and conclude on May 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA. All events are free and open to the public. The programs as a whole are co-sponsored by the Armenian Genocide Re- search Program (AGRP), The Middle East and Middle Eastern American Cen- ter (MEMEAC) at the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC Times Square Armenian Genocide Committee, St. Leon Armenian Church, and the NAASR / Calouste Gulbenkian Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues The event at NAASR will be presented as the First Annual Rev. Vartan Hartu- nian Lecture, and will also be accessible online via Zoom (registration link: https:// bit.ly/4sBCTw1) or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmenianStudies). Presentations on Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project Michael Bazyler and Taner Akçam will discuss UCLA’s Armenian Genocide Looted Art Research Project (AGLARP), which brings together law students and art students—many of them Armenian-Americans—to search museum and in- stitutional collections for Armenian art objects, aiming to identify objects looted during or after the Armeni-an Genocide and create a comprehensive list of all Armenian art in the United States and their provenances. Professor Michael Ba- zyler will discuss how models of Nazi-looted art recovery can inform this work, highlighting the legal and historical dimensions of restitution efforts. Dr. Taner Akçam will provide additional context on the Armenian Genocide and the schol- arly significance of this unprecedented initiative. Taner Akçam is the inaugural director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA. His most recent publica- tion is as editor of ‘The Great Crime’ by Aram Andonian: Talaat Pasha’s Orders on the Armenian Genocide and Naim Bey’s Testimony (2026). Michael Bazyler is professor of law and the 1939 Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Chapman University. His books include Holocaust Justice: The Battle for Restitution in America’s Courts (2003) and Holocaust, Genocide and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World (2016). About the Rev. Vartan Hartunian Annual Lecture at NAASR The May 5 program at NAASR will be in honor of Rev. Vartan Hartunian, the son of Abraham and Shushan Hartunian, was born February 11, 1915, in Marash, and survived the Armenian Genocide, escaping with his family in 1922 during the burning of Smyrna. He translated his father’s memoir, Neither to Laugh Nor To Weep, from the original Armenian manuscript into English. Published in 1968 by Beacon Press and in subsequent editions by NAASR’s Armenian Heritage Press, this well-known primary source for the study of the Armenian Genocide has been translated into multiple languages. A lecturer and spokesperson who worked to expose the denial of the Armenian Genocide, and a dedicated NAASR member and supporter for more than 40 years, this annual lecture continues his legacy of integrity and dedication to truth in history.