Confronting anti-blackness in Armenian Feminist Texts
An expository and critical approach to pieces I translated by Armenian writer Yevpime Avedisian (Anayis). I discuss issues about the intimate process, task, contradictions, and responsibilities of the translator when translating texts that are problematic to a feminist reading and existence today. What kinds of critiques about identity and belonging should we be making as…
Home and Belonging for Queer Armenian-American Women
This presentation is a conversation between me and anthropologist Dr. Nelli Sargsyan as we weave between our research to discuss how queer Armenian-American women define “home” and “belonging” in life and literature.
Finding Place in Exile
How queer Armenian American voices find place in exile; a literary and activist critique. Workshop on Armenian-Turkish Scholarship (WATS), Istanbul, Turkey. 1 October 2015

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