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Discussion about the urgent situation of Armenians of Artsakh

World Affairs Council 312 Sutter Street #200, San Francisco, CA, United States

January 25 marks 44 days since Azerbaijani government-supported protesters blockaded a key highway connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to the outside world. The blockade has created a humanitarian crisis for 120,000 Armenians living in the region and has sparked new fears of war.

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The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

Universtiy Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium 5245 North Backer Avenue, Fresno, United States

In-person lecture. Also Live-streamed at https://bit.ly/armenianstudiesyoutube The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire traces how Armenian migrants changed the demographic and cultural landscape of Istanbul and Western Anatolia in the course of the 17th century. In subsequent centuries, Ottoman Armenian merchants, financiers (sarrafs), authors, musicians, translators, printers and bureaucrats… Continue reading The Rise of the Western Armenian Diaspora in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

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