Tag: nationalism

A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide

On the enduring legacy of Karnig Panian and hist story.

A Key To Our Memories

An episode from Karnig Panian’s time in a “Turkified” Antoura orphanage.

Genocide and the Social Death of Children

Non-lethal elements of genocide are too often dismissed.

Armenian Feminism in Post-Genocide Turkey

On the complications of feminist speech and national belonging.

Transactions in Time

Enforced disappearances and the Armenian genocide.

The Perils of Minorityhood

The nationalist fervor that led to the Armenian Genocide still haunts us today.

Human Rights: A Fragile Hegemony

Human rights, as popularly conceived, have a troubling genealogy. By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

The Headscarf Debates Rage On

Perhaps no other single article of clothing has generated so much debate in recent years, as the Islamic headscarf. These simple, seemingly innocuous garments have become a symbol of larger debates about the belonging of immigrants and the actively religious in Europe and North America.