Panel discussion in Glendale to spotlight issues relating to Armenian Diaspora

Abril Bookstore will present a panel discussion with Dr. Talar Chahinian, Lilit Keshishyan, Gegham Mughnetsyan and Hrag Papazian, who will discuss issues from the newly released book, which they have all contributed to, titled, “Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power: Collective Identity in the Transnational 20th Century.” The event will be held on Tuesday, November 12 at 7 p.m., at the Center for Armenians Arts, located at 250 N. Orange St., Glendale, CA 91203.
Dr. Talar Chahinian is the co-editor of “Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power.” She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UCLA and lectures in the Program for Armenian Studies at UC Irvine, where she is also Visiting Faculty in the Department of Comparative Literature. She has also authored, “Stateless: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile” (Syracuse University Press, 2023).

Lilit Keshishyan is a Lecturer in the Writing Program at USC, where she has been teaching upper and lower division writing and critical reasoning courses since 2018.

Gegham Mughnetsyan is the Chitjian Researcher Archivist of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies.

Hrag Papazian is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the holder of the Turpanjian Early Career Chair in Contemporary Armenian Studies at the University of Southern California.