Category: Armenia
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Britanahay Personalities
An exploration of the different people connected to display items in the Britanahay Exhibition at the British Library and their broader life stories.
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Britanahay Opening Celebration
The opening speech for Britanahay, a display celebrating Armenian-British heritage at the British Library.
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Britanahay Բրիտանահայ: Armeno-British History at the British Library
From 27 September 2025 until 22 February 2026, the British Library’s Sir John S. Ritblatt Treasures Gallery offers visitors a unique view onto Armenian-British history. Entitled Britanahay Բրիտանահայ: Armenian and British, the four-case display brings together items from the British Library collection that highlight Armeno-British communities and interactions. What’s more, it’s an interactive experience with…
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A Hopeless Venture: The Story of Huïs
In this article, I explore the history and content of Huïs, a newspaper published in Armenian in the Latin alphabet in Varna, Bulgaria in the 1880s.
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Anatolian Memories
A look at memories and memorializations of multiethnic Anatolia through a variety of memoirs and fiction works.
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An Island of Literary Freedom: Kurdish Writers in Soviet Armenia
In 2017, I wrote about the Kurdish-language children’s books published in Armenia during the Soviet period. While these publications are certainly noteworthy, they really only tell a part of the story of Kurdish book culture in Armenia. Within its context, the production of Kurdish-language printed materials in the Soviet Caucasus is a parable for…
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