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Learning About Human Rights Development in Armenia
For the past week of our trip in Armenia, I have been going to the EPF office and working on a brief for the human rights lawyers about Armenia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) reports since 2010. This project helped me learn more about the UN’s UPR system and how human rights concerns have changed over… Continue reading
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Race and Democracy, Fragility and Resilience
Remarks delivered at The Local Roots of Global Peace: Junior Voices on Global Security and Human Rights, 4th International Conference,Eurasia International University, June 9-10, 2023. Todd S. Gernes, Stonehill College Continue reading
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A Drop in the Sea
Authors Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, Susanna Harutyunyan, Vahram Martirosyan, and I presented A Drop in the Sea: Armenian Contemporary Prose at The Local Roots of Global Peace: Junior Voices on Global Security and Human Rights, Fourth Annual International Conference in Yerevan, Armenia–a final session/reception conclude a varied and lively conference program that placed students and faculty at… Continue reading
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
An original multimedia composition, June 2023. Continue reading
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Armenian Dreamscapes
An original multimedia composition, June 2023. Continue reading
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Mighty Metro!
The Yerevan Soviet-era metro is fast and inexpensive. Our typical point of departure was the Marshal Baghramyan stop. This is one of the deepest, most subterranean stations in Yerevan. You descend on a very fast escalator; the temperature drops; and you find yourself on the set of a half-familiar movie–science fiction, spy thriller? Ivan Khristoforovich… Continue reading
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History, Memory, and the Shadow of Totalitarianism
June 14, 2023. Another brilliant event hosted by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF): “Stalinist Repressions: Consequences and the Politics of Memory,” dedicated to the Remembrance Day of Victims of Soviet-Era Political Repressions. This took place on the evening of June 14th and was held at The Loft in Yerevan, a beautiful, super-hip co-working, multipurpose space.… Continue reading
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Aurora’s Sunrise
Yesterday, I had a special opportunity to view a recent film about the Armenian Genocide, Aurora’s Sunrise (2022), by director Inna Sahakyan, which was screened at the beautiful Union of Film Professionals Cinema House in Yerevan. This hybrid film blends documentary realism, dramatic footage from the silent film Auction of Souls (1919), interviews with the… Continue reading
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Last week of my internship
Starting the last week of my internship is bittersweet. On one hand, I am excited to start the focus group discussions, yet I will not be able to be with CRRC in the process of coding the information. Once I finish the observations on Friday, I must submit the observations sheet to CRRC before the… Continue reading
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Turning 20 in Yerevan (6/11)
This year I was able to celebrate my birthday 8 hours early due to the time change. As someone who has never left the country before this trip, I would never have guessed that I would be spending my 20th birthday in Armenia. Luckily for me, we had an exciting and full day planned for… Continue reading
LION Yerevan 