This talk explores the role of Reverend Hovhannes Eskijian and his associates in the underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats who resisted the destruction of the Armenian people during World War I.
In his talk, Dr. Leupold will argue that these alternative imaginaries of the urban were informed, in an unexpected dialectical twist, both byretrotopian yearningfor a (pre-)colonial past that was coming undone before their eyes andanticipation for a utopian futureat a point of post-revolutionary history largely understood by its contemporaries as the dawn of socialist worldmaking.
Presenting the annual OIA Vahakn Dadrian Genocide Scholar Award to Dr. Lusine Sahakyan, Head of the Department of Armenian-Ottoman Relations, Institute for Armenian Studies, Yerevan State University.
In this lecture, Dr. Anna Aleksanyan discussed how different types of sexual violence, including the right of the first night, affected provincial Armenian life in the 19th century and what was done to prevent these acts of violence.
We offer this symposium, featuring a distinguished and diverse group of researchers, in recognition of Armen Aroyan’s tireless dedication to (re)connecting the descendants and survivors of the Armenian Genocide as well as other interested individuals to these lands.
This talk explores the role of Reverend Hovhannes Eskijian and his associates in the underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats who resisted the destruction of the Armenian people during World War I.
In his talk, Dr. Leupold will argue that these alternative imaginaries of the urban were informed, in an unexpected dialectical twist, both by retrotopian yearning for a (pre-)colonial past that was coming undone before their eyes and anticipation for a utopian future at a point of post-revolutionary history largely understood by its contemporaries as the dawn of socialist worldmaking.
Presenting the annual OIA Vahakn Dadrian Genocide Scholar Award to Dr. Lusine Sahakyan, Head of the Department of Armenian-Ottoman Relations, Institute for Armenian Studies, Yerevan State University.
In this lecture, Dr. Anna Aleksanyan discussed how different types of sexual violence, including the right of the first night, affected provincial Armenian life in the 19th century and what was done to prevent these acts of violence.
We offer this symposium, featuring a distinguished and diverse group of researchers, in recognition of Armen Aroyan’s tireless dedication to (re)connecting the descendants and survivors of the Armenian Genocide as well as other interested individuals to these lands.