Event Videos — Ararat Eskijian Museum
Material Afterlives of Genocide: Violence, Memory, and Landscapes of Ruins in Van ~ Monday, May 12, 2025

This talk focuses on the overlapping histories of the Armenian and Kurdish communities in the region of Van in southeastern Turkey through an exploration of spaces of material ruination.
Pavagan E (Enough!) Zabel Yesayanʼs (1878–1943?) Political Thought on Peace, Justice, and Peopleʼs Right to Self-Defense ~ Monday, April 21, 2025

This lecture focused on Armenian feminist writer and activist Zabel Yesayan’s “Pavagan E (Enough!)” published in 1922 in Vienna’s Arek (Sun) monthly.
Construction of the Armenian Genocide Denial Narrative ~ Monday, April 14, 2025

This lecture explores the roots of Armenian genocide denialist discourse and its construction as part of the official Ottoman state narrative.
The Library and the Survivor: Aram Andonian in Paris ~ Saturday, March 1, 2025

The history of the Nubar Library, founded in Paris in 1927, is inextricably linked to that of its first librarian, Aram Andonian.
Genetic Insights into the Origins of Armenians ~ Sunday, March 2, 2025

This talk will cover a recent study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics (“Demographic history and Genetic Variation of the Armenian Population”), of which the two speakers are among the co-authors, that conducted the first whole-genome analysis of Armenians to explore their genetic history and variation.