The panel took place with the participation of Teun van Dijk, one of the world's most prominent scholars in the field of critical discourse studies and Charles Husband, internationally known with his work on media and ethnic diversity.

The guest speaker of our monthly talk was Nouritza Matossian. Matossian told us about the extra-ordinary life story of the world-famous artist Arshile Gorky, aka Manoug Adoyan, and how he discovered Gorky's Armenian roots.

The first of theHrant Dink Foundation talks planned to be organized by periodically was on February 26, 2011. The talk followed the screening of Avedikian’s animation «Chienne d’Histoire».

Armenian Architects of Istanbul in the Era of Westernization exhibition opened with a panel in Istanbul Modern. Panelists were Prof. Edhem Eldem, Prof. Dr. Afife Batur, Dr. Ahmet Ersoy and Dr. Elmon Hançer.