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Crisis In Armenia's Russia-Only Security Doctrine

Crisis In Armenia's Russia-Only Security Doctrine

Analysts Lilit Gevorgyan and Armen Kharazian discuss Crisis in Armenia's Russia-Only Security Doctrine, the second in the What’s Next series of discussions on the post-war Armenian reality

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DAYLIGHT AFTER A CENTURY: Dr. George Djerdjian’s Collection of Photographs of Pre-1915 Ottoman Life

DAYLIGHT AFTER A CENTURY: Dr. George Djerdjian’s Collection of Photographs of Pre-1915 Ottoman Life

Screening of the video documentary and discussion with author George Jerjian, grandson of Dr. George Djerdjian.

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ANTOIN SEVRUGUIN آنتوان سوروگین Անտուան Սևրուգին: Perspectives on the Armenian-Iranian Photographer - A Conversation

ANTOIN SEVRUGUIN  آنتوان سوروگین   Անտուան Սևրուգին: Perspectives on the Armenian-Iranian Photographer - A Conversation

Join the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Antoin Sevruguin: Past and Present exhibition curator and catalog editor, Tasha Vorderstrasse, in conversation with two of the authors of the catalog, Charissa Johnson and Polina Kasian. Each of them brought their own perspective to Sevruguin's photographs, which allow us to better understand his pictures and Sevruguin’s unique vision.

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Indian Diamonds for Mediterranean Coral: A Global Armenian Family Firm of Gem Merchants at the Crossroads of Caravan and Maritime Trace (ca. 1670-1730)

Indian Diamonds for Mediterranean Coral: A Global Armenian Family Firm of Gem Merchants at the Crossroads of Caravan and Maritime Trace (ca. 1670-1730)

In this talk, Dr. Tajiryan will briefly explore the importance of family firms in New Julfan history, the main caravan and maritime trade routes and the global circulation of luxury commodities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Through the lens of the commercial activities of the Minasian agents in the global exchange of diamonds and coral, this talk will situate New Julfans in the larger context of early modern Asian and global trade

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Conversation with Historians Ümit Kurt and Dirk Moses on The Armenians of Aintab

Conversation with Historians Ümit Kurt and Dirk Moses on The Armenians of Aintab

“If genocide, as a practice that includes murder and plunder, is orchestrated by a central authority but implemented at the local level,” Ümit Kurt asks, “what is the relationship between local and central authorities?” What are the incentives and motives that lead to mass participation?

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