Interviews

On Western Armenian and Translating: A Conversation with Christopher Atamian

The cover of Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France Author and literary critic Krikor Beledian’s Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France, translated from the original French into English by Christopher Atamian, is a groundbreaking study of the Armenian literary scene in the [more...]

October 14, 2017 // 2 Comments

‘They Shall Not Perish’: Telling the Story of Near East Relief through Film

An Interview with ‘They Shall Not Perish’ Executive Producer Shant Mardirossian WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—During the Armenian Genocide, the plight of the Armenian people was making headlines throughout the United States. Thousands of miles away from the treacherous deserts of the Ottoman [more...]

October 4, 2017 // 4 Comments

The 95th Anniversary of the Destruction of Greeks and Armenians in Smyrna/Izmir: An Interview with Tehmine Martoyan

Special to the Armenian Weekly Tehmine Martoyan is lecturer at the University of Economy and Law (Yerevan, Armenia). She is also the president of Lazaryan Institute scientific and educational NGO. Sept. 13, 2017 marks the 95th anniversary of the start of the Great Fire of Smyrna [more...]

September 13, 2017 // 4 Comments

Armenia: The Struggle for Justice (Part II)

Some Armenians, Fed Up with Injustice, Leave the Country. Others, like Shahnazaryan, Stay and Resist… Part Two of David Barsamian’s Interview with Anna Shahnazaryan Mountainous and landlocked Armenia has had a long history, but as a nation state it is relatively new. Armenia declared its [more...]

September 6, 2017 // 13 Comments

‘A Matter of Conscience’: An Interview with Genocide Scholar and Anti-Genocide Activist Samuel Totten

An Interview with Genocide Scholar and Anti-Genocide Activist Samuel Totten Special to the Armenian Weekly American academic Samuel Totten is probably best known for his scholarship on genocide. Most people, however, are not aware of his anti-genocide activism on the ground. Totten with the [more...]

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Armenia: The Struggle for Justice (Part I)

Some Armenians, Fed Up with Injustice, Leave the Country. Others, like Shahnazaryan, Stay and Resist… An Interview with Anna Shahnazaryan by David Barsamian Mountainous and landlocked Armenia has had a long history, but as a nation state it is relatively new. Armenia declared its independence [more...]

August 14, 2017 // 4 Comments

Building a Border Village in Artsakh: Arajamugh Village Expansion Project Makes Headway

Special to the Armenian Weekly An Interview with Members of the ACAA Artsakh Fund WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—Arajamugh village in southern Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) is located about 25 miles south of Hadrut, in territories liberated by Artsakh Defense Forces. In 2004, some 11 years after [more...]

August 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

On Lemkin: An Interview with Professor Steven L. Jacobs

Special for the Armenian Weekly Dr. Steven Leonard Jacobs holds the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. An ordained rabbi, Professor Jacobs is a specialist on the Holocaust and Genocide, Biblical [more...]

July 14, 2017 // 3 Comments

Peter Guekguezian: Armenian Jeopardy! Champion and Champion of Languages

Special for the Armenian Weekly “On June 17, 1929, this airline’s first passenger flight left Dallas, making stops at Shreveport, Monroe, and Jackson. Thirty seconds, good luck,” says Jeopardy! host, Alex Trebek. Then the music starts: that ubiquitous tune signaling impatience, waiting and [more...]

July 12, 2017 // 4 Comments

ARS Central Chair Caroline Chamavonian Discusses Rebuilding of Stepanakert’s Soseh Kindergarten

Special for the Armenian Weekly WATERTOWN, Mass.—During the last two years, the pages of the Armenian press have been filled with news about the many fundraising events and functions organized by regional and local entities of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS), to finance the rebuilding of the [more...]

July 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

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