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“They Won Through Living” [Note: running for 1 month from Saturday 11 April 2026 10:00 am to Monday 11 May 2026 11:00 am]

They Won Through Living They Won Through Living is a documentary that delves into the lives of orphaned girls who found refuge and resilience in the Near East Relief Orphanages in Alexandrapol/Gyumri during the turbulent years from 1919 to 1930/31. Directed by Ani Manukyan and produced by Lilit Mkhitaryan, the 55-minute film is based on the

“Ojakh, on the other side of silence” [Note: running for 1 month from Saturday 11 April 2026 1:00 pm to Monday 11 May 2026 2:00 pm]

Running for 1 month from Saturday 11 April 2026 1:00 pm toMonday 11 May 20262:00 pm Erhan Arik, a Turkish photographer, grew up in a house where Armenians once lived, driven out by the massacres in 1915. He had never been interested in this episode of history. In a dream, a voice asks him: “Why did you turn

Book Launch: Lives in Fragments, with the Armenian Institute

April 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm In their new co-edited book, entitled Lives in Fragments: Self-Narrative Sources and Biographical Approaches to the Armenian Genocide, published in February 2026, Eren Yıldırım Yetkin, Nazan Maksudyan and Adnan Çelik explore a new angle through which to interpret the social dynamics that lead to acts of genocidal violence, their remembrance,

The Armenian Institute Book Club: I Ask You, Ladies and Gentlemen

Overview Rediscover a forgotten classic. In 1945, Armenian Genocide survivor Leon Surmelian published I Ask You Ladies and Gentlemen, a bestselling, internationally acclaimed memoir that later slipped from view as it became out-of-print. In 2020, the Armenian Institute revived it in a new expanded edition, complete with photographs, maps and historical context, affirming its urgent

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