Ethiopian-Armenians: Ancient Allies and Imperial Confidants
Ethiopian-Armenians are emblematic as a diaspora community that balanced their civic and cultural identities to build a prosperous and trusted community.
Tag: heritage
The Persistent Challenges of Armenia’s Tourism Sector
The global tourism industry is reviving as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ease. After a three-year break, Armenia, despite persistent challenges is ready to once again show off its hospitality and share its culture and landscapes with people from all over the world.
Discovering Armenia: The Potential of Archeological Sites and Obstacles to Excavations
Today, there are ongoing excavations of archaeological sites throughout Armenia, including the excavation at the site of the ancient Armenian capital of Dvin. Despite the country’s huge archeological potential, specialists in the field often face numerous barriers.
European Parliament Condemns Destruction of Armenian Heritage
Azerbaijan openly announced that it would begin to destroy the Armenian cultural heritage of Artsakh and erase traces of the Armenian language from monuments. The European Parliament is one of the first institutions that has reacted to this Armenophobic policy.
Azerbaijan’s Anti-Armenian Policies Before the Artsakh War
Although the severity of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan and its disregard for international humanitarian law was unprecedented during the 2020 Artsakh War, it is a continuation of official Baku’s anti-Armenian policy stretching back over a century.
Christianity in Karabakh: Azerbaijani Efforts At Rewriting History Are Not New
In the context of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, the “Albanian connection” has become a politicized issue of irredentism, hijacking the rich Christian heritage of Karabakh. The roots of this historiography go back to the Soviet policy of “nativization".
Heritage and the Contemporary
When emphasizing the preservation of historic structures and their integration into unban life, we should keep in mind that heritage should not be perceived as only architectural heritage and we should not think that it is only the physical heritage that is endangered.
The Youth Palace: Yerevan’s Beloved Ghost
Yerevan’s iconic Youth Palace was demolished in 2006. While it still remains unclear who and what will fill the void the Youth Palace left behind, its spirit continues to live in the memories of those whose youth was interwoven with its existence.
Samvel Karapetyan’s Éclats de Voix and Armenian Cultural Heritage
The late Samvel Karapetyan's work goes beyond Armenian heritage: It is a luminous testimony that highlights the violence of certain states to annihilate an indigenous culture with impunity.
Reshifting What We Identify as Armenianness
Defining Diaspora-Armenia relations and putting in place a mechanism which would be mutually beneficial to both the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora has been a challenge since Armenia’s independence. Dr. Nerses Kopalyan’s White Paper, “Changing the Paradigm in Armenia-Diaspora Relations: State-Centered Institutions and Transnational Governance” deals with this very issue and takes a look at who and in what capacity should organize these multilayered relations.
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