UPCOMING WEBINARS
The Assyrian Studies Association's webinars focus on promoting the Assyrian heritage and culture by supporting research, teaching, and intellectual collaboration among scholars in history, archaeology, cultural heritage, religion, language, and literary studies, social sciences, arts and architecture, law, among others.
We welcome scholars worldwide to build connections to highlight work on Assyrians in these fields and beyond, bringing them into concert with each other to illustrate a vibrant, robust, and authentic experience of Assyro-Mesopotamian heritage. These webinars provide opportunities for participants to engage with scholars by joining in the conversation. Kindly note that registration is required.
Paige Peterson is a Turlock native passionate about multilingualism, language access, and supporting immigrant and refugee communities. She holds an M.A. in Education with a specialization in Applied Linguistics from San Francisco State University along with a B.A. in both Linguistics and Sociology from UC Santa Barbara. Her research interests center on sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, particularly with how gender and language intersect.
Wanting to help bridge the gap in academic literature on the Assyrian diaspora, Paige focused her master's thesis on documenting Assyrian narratives. Her work, titled “Everything Starts from Your House.”: Assyrian American Women’s Perspectives on Identity, Heritage, and Motherwork, highlights the experiences of six Assyrian American women who immigrated as adults from Iran. Her research underscores the vital, multifaceted, and often unequal roles Assyrian women play in preserving the Assyrian language, heritage, and identity.
Dr. Shameran Slewa-Younan is an esteemed Associate Professor in Mental Health at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University. Dr. Slewa-Younan also holds positions as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health, University of Melbourne, and formerly an Adjunct Fellow at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in the United States.
Mary Isaac is a political science Ph.D. student at UC Irvine whose research focuses on how the legacy of violence and political marginalization impact refugees' integration into host state societies. She serves as a Pedagogical Liaison with UCI's Division of Teaching Excellence, the Comparative Politics Working Group Chair, and a DECADE mentor to incoming graduate students for the Office of Inclusive Excellence. She pursues a career as a Political Science Professor at a teaching-centered institute and is expected to be on the job market in 2025.
Alexandra Lazar is the Executive Director at the Assyrian Studies Association. She is currently obtaining her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Davis where she is studying international relations, civil conflicts, bilateral agreements, and minority politics. She has also studied political economy, comparative politics, and voting behavior at California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) where she earned her Master’s degree with high distinction. Prior to CSULA, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Communications at the University of California, Davis. ​ Alexandra has co-authored an article, "Active Learning and Interpersonal Skills Development among First-Generation College Students,"(International Studies Perspectives) and co-authored a book chapter, "Chapter 6: An Extraordinary Set of Circumstances: Rouda vs. Rohrabacher in California's 48th Congressional District" in the book Cases in Congressional Campaigns Split Decisions.
For more information about the exhibition, please visit the official website at:
https://www.csustan.edu/modern-assyrian-heritage/tell-our-stories-exhibition
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This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org.
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This project is also made possible with the support of the Assyrian Arts Institute and the Assyrian Studies Association.
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