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Prior Years — UCI Armenian Studies

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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