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Lalai Manjikian

Lalai Manjikian

Dr. Lalai Manjikian is a humanities professor at Vanier College in Montreal. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of immigration and refugee studies, media representations of migration, migrant narratives and diaspora studies. She is the author of Collective Memory and Home in the Diaspora: The Armenian Community in Montreal (2008). Lalai’s articles have been published in a number of newspapers and journals including The Armenian Weekly, Horizon Weekly, 100 Lives (The Aurora Prize), the Montreal Gazette, and Refuge. A former Birthright Armenia participant (2005), over the years, Lalai has been active in volunteering both within the Armenian community in Montreal and the local community at large, namely engaged in immigrant and refugee integration. She previously served as a qualitative researcher on the Armenian Diaspora Survey in Montreal. Lalai also serves as a board member for the Foundation for Genocide Education. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from McGill University (2013).

3 Comments

  1. A return to nostalgia is perhaps the answer.  It will take time for our hearts to mend again and perhaps even more time to forget the blatant disregard of the Diaspora’s opinions about the infamous protocols by the current president, leaving me feeling like I’m in the loser in a one-sided love affair…  The idea behind your strategy is sound in my opinion, because we need to believe in our dreams for a better Armenia in order to work to make those dreams come true.  All that remains is finding the courage to believe again…

  2. Mardig, was that a joke?  Since when have the people of Armenia trampled on YOUR opinion?  In fact, since when have the people of Armenia even had a voice…anywhere!?
     
    I’m quite sure every time they’ve stood up to say something — the Diaspora (as divided as it is) has united to support their oppressor.  I blame your community leaders for feeding you this garbage nonsense.
     
    As for nostalgia — no, I think the Diaspora has been living in a dream world as is.  Some reality could do it a lot of good.

  3. Nostalgia is a wonderful notion. Everyone has a right to have whatever relationship they want with their homeland. Some choose to see the ugliness, others see the beauty.
    Do I choose to believe that we live in a dream world, no. But I choose to believe that we live in God’s world.
    Nostalgia keeps memories alive, and memories are a good thing to have. Moving forward it’s nice to be filled with an essence of nostalgia and definitely reality.
    Great work Lalai as always. You always stir up much emotions. Keep writing!

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