Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year — Talar Chahinian

STATELESS IN POST-WWII BEIRUT ~ Monday, April 8, 2024 ~ In-Person (New York)

STATELESS IN POST-WWII BEIRUT ~ Monday, April 8, 2024 ~ In-Person (New York)

Stateless focuses on two key moments and places of Western Armenian literary history, post-WWI Paris and post-WW II Beirut, to examine how a stateless language sustained itself in a diasporic setting.

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FROM DISSERTATION to MONOGRAPH: Demystifying the Process ~ Saturday, November 18, 2023 ~ On Zoom

FROM DISSERTATION to MONOGRAPH: Demystifying the Process ~ Saturday, November 18, 2023 ~ On Zoom

This panel brings together four scholars in Armenian Studies and an audience of recent PhDs to discuss the process of revising a dissertation, finding a publisher, and preparing a manuscript.

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STATELESS: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile ~ Wednesday, October 25, 2023 ~ In Person/On Zoom

STATELESS: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile ~ Wednesday, October 25, 2023 ~ In Person/On Zoom

In Stateless, Talar Chahinian offers a rich exploration of Western Armenian literary history in the wake of the 1915 genocide that led to the dispersion of Armenians across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and beyond. Chahinian highlights two specific time periods—post WW I Paris and Post WW II Beirut—to trace the ways in which literature developed in each diaspora.

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THE POLITICS OF NAMING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’ ~ Thursday, November 11, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

THE POLITICS OF NAMING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’ ~ Thursday, November 11, 2021 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Join the featured discussants for a roundtable discussion of Vartan Matiossian's book The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and ‘Medz Yeghern’.

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