Current Year — Elyse Semerdjian
Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference Program ~ September 13-15, 2024 ~ In-Person (Harvard University and NAASR)
Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations
BONE MEMORY: Armenian Pilgrimages to the Killing Fields of Dayr al-Zur ~ Sunday, April 21, 2024 ~ In Person: LA / On YouTube
This presentation by Dr. Elyse Semerdjian outlines the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur (Der Zor) in the Syrian Desert.
SIFTING THROUGH REMNANTS: Excavating the Voiced of Armenian Women Survivors in a Mutilated Archive ~ Wednesday, April 3, 2024 ~ In-Person: Cambridge, MA
Learn about Prof. Elyse Semerdjian’s work in gathering individual memories and archival fragments of women survivors, offering a feminist interpretation of the Armenian Genocide and issuing a call to break open the archival record to embrace affect and memory.