Join us for a unique conversation series that explores themes of discovery, reunion, and ancestral journeys. In this talk on June 11, Greg Jundanian will share his journey to Arapgir, the region his family originates from, as well as his work preserving collective memory through the Armenians of Whitinsville archival project.
On 11 June 2026, photographer and archivist Gregory Jundanian shared his reflections on photography, identity, and belonging in his talk titled “From Whitinsville to Arapgir,” alongside his journey to his family’s ancestral homeland and the traces this journey left behind.
You are invited to a unique conversation series exploring the themes of 'discovery, reunion, and journey to roots.' In these conversations to be held on June 20 and June 23, we will explore the intertwined histories of identity, belonging, and displacement.
In the talk held on June 23, 2025, at the Havak Hall of the Anarad Higutyun Building, we listened to the unique journey of Carolyn Rapkievian, who lives in the United States, as she traveled with her sister to the villages of their grandfather Hovaness (John) Okoomian.
In this talk, Avery F. Gordon will discuss the fundamental issues and problematics at the center of her books Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination and The Hawthorn Archive: Letters from the Utopian Margins, revisiting and examining them anew.
On October 5, 2025, at the Havak Hall of the Anarad Hığutyun Building, Avery Gordon discussed her work on histories that refuse to remain in the past—those that haunt the present.
Join us for a unique conversation series that explores themes of discovery, reunion, and ancestral journeys. In this talk on November 13, Deborah Valoma will discuss a years-long interdisciplinary project that took her to her ancestors' villages in the Harput region.
In this talk, David Kazanjian shows how Sarkis’s exhibitions Respiro (Venice Biennale 2015) and 7 Tage, 7 Nächte (Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden 2024) prompt us to rethink the concept of reparation.