Professor, author and social historian Elyse Semerdjian has just received the 2025 Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide (ISG) for Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide (Stanford University Press, 2023). The work explores the embodied trauma of genocide by exploring its impact on Armenian bodies, skin and—in what remains …| The Armenian Weekly
The fact of the Armenian Genocide, as a crime committed against humanity and civilization, has been recognized by dozens of countries and international organizations. Meanwhile, Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide, which constitutes a direct continuation of that crime. Moreover, the unconditional military and political support provided by the Republic of Turkey to Azerbaijan …| The Armenian Weekly
There was an Armenian flag pinned up on the front door—a sign that said, yes, this is the place. I gathered my things and straightened out my old Camp Haiastan t-shirt (a relic from my years as a camper) and before I even reached the front steps, the door swung open gently and Sona Avakian …| The Armenian Weekly