On Thursday April 23 at 7:30 PM Eastern Time (US), I will be giving an online talk called "Contexts and Legacies of the #Armenian #Genocide ." The lecture is hosted by Ramapo College in New Jersey and is designed to be accessible to those who are new to the topic as well as interesting to those who are already well versed in it. All are welcome.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aZfasl0WQZulT2mhg3XS6Q#/registration
The website of Ramapo's Center for Holocause and Genocide Studies: https://www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/ .
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Contexts and Legacies of the Armenian Genocide - With Dr. Daniel Ohanian. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Dr. Ohanian will address the political and human contexts within which the Armenian Genocide took place, as well as its multiple and ongoing legacies. What was life like for Armenian in the Ottoman Empire before 1915? What motivated the genocide? How has that atrocity and its resonances affected the Armenian past and future?

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Lovely website: #Armenian #needlelace initiative.

Came across a story about it here, but linked below is the project website.

Story: https://armenianweekly.com/2026/04/06/armenian-needlelace-initiative-launch-announced/

https://www.armenianneedlelace.org/

Armenian Needlelace Initiative launched

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — At a time when Armenian needlework is experiencing an upsurge in interest among makers, families and communities around the world, artists and scholars Deborah Valoma and Elise Youssoufian have joined forces to help revitalize Armenian needlelace traditions by launching a new project, the Armenian Needlelace Initiative, on March 20, 2026. Through …

The Armenian Weekly
⚡An #Armenian 🇦🇲 delegation led by Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Security Council, will participate in the Delphi Economic Forum in #Greece 🇬🇷 from April 21 to 23. This was announced by the press service of the Secretariat of the Security Council. Stay tuned for more information

Agenzia Nova: Armenia-Estonia: Mirzoyan riceve Tsahkna, a Erevan inaugurata nuova ambasciata estone

10 apr 10:54 - (Agenzia Nova) - Il ministro degli Esteri armeno Ararat Mirzoyan ha ricevuto a Erevan l'omologo estone Margus Tsahkna, giunto... (Rum)

Armenia-Estonia: Mirzoyan receives Tsahkna, a new Estonian embassy inaugurated in Yerevan.

April 10 10:54 - (Agenzia Nova) - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received in Yerevan his Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna, who arrived... (Rum)

#Armenia-Estonia #Mirzoyan #Tsahkna #Estonian #Yerevan #AgenziaNova #Armenian #AraratMirzoyan #MargusTsahkna

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69d8bb6d3d4868.05055053/7260750/2026-04-10/armenia-estonia-mirzoyan-riceve-tsahkna-a-erevan-inaugurata-nuova-ambasciata-estone

Agenzia Nova: Armenia-Russia: Pashinyan, concordato con Putin incontro nella seconda meta' di giugno

09 apr 11:43 - (Agenzia Nova) - Il primo ministro armeno Nikol Pashinyan ha annunciato di aver concordato con il presidente russo Vladimir... (Rum)

Armenia-Russia: Pashinyan, agreement with Putin meeting in the second half of June

09 Apr 11:43 - (Agenzia Nova) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that he has agreed with Russian President Vladimir... (Rum)

#Armenia #Pashinyan #Putin #AgenziaNova #Armenian #NikolPashinyan #Russian #Vladimir

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69d7754758ce89.56554862/7253936/2026-04-09/armenia-russia-pashinyan-concordato-con-putin-incontro-nella-seconda-meta-di-giugno

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An interesting fact I learned today: there _were_ #Armenian language stenographers, even institutionally trained, in Soviet Union! My prior guess was that Soviet Russian GESS #stenography was forced on all Soviet people. Apparently not.

I should ask around libraries. Because oh god, if I would have Armenian phonetic stenography, I’ll basically cover all of English and most of Russian! I want my stenography like that.

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#Armenian and #Azerbaijani populations used to be mixed across a wide area but #EthnicCleansing & #genocide in the 20th c. changed that. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1918, during the #MarchDays, up to 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims were killed by the #Bolsheviks and their #Dashnak allies.