Diaspora History from Armenian Listing
Daily Armenian community news, holiday explainers, business spotlights, and diaspora history. 52 articles published.

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Scholars Explore Path to Recovering Armenian Genocide Looted Art
A path to restitution: Armenian Genocide looted art
Law professor Michael Bazyler and historian Taner Akçam presented a framework for recovering art stolen during the Armenian Genocide, drawing parallels to successful Holocaust restitution efforts. The lectures, held in New York, New Jersey, and Boston in May, examined how legal m

Debut Novel Explores Armenian Genocide Through Three Generations
Book review: “First Rule of Fire”
Rebecca Gopoian's debut novel "First Rule of Fire" traces the Gazarian family across three generations and historical periods, beginning with 14-year-old Jivan surviving the Armenian Genocide in 1914 Ottoman Turkey, followed by his wife Araxie's struggle to rebuild in 1928 Americ

Historic 1919 Boston Gala Photo Preserves Armenian Diaspora Memory
‘We trust that you will understand us and stretch out your brotherly and helping hand’
A photograph from a December 14, 1919 gala honoring Armenian civil and military missions to the United States offers a window into early 20th-century Armenian-American community life. The panoramic banquet photo, taken at Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel and now housed in NAASR's arch

Early Armenian Language Textbooks Preserved in U.S. Archives
Armenian language textbooks in the United States before the 1950s
The Edward and Helen Mardigian Library at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) has documented Armenian-language textbooks published or produced in the United States before the 1950s, revealing the diaspora's educational priorities in the early 20th c
