Lilit Keshishyan, Ph.D.
Description of Role
Dr. Keshishyan directs the Institute’s “California History through the Armenian Experience” oral history project and also works on various aspects of the Digital Diaspora Initiative. She is a part-time lecturer in The Writing Program at USC. Dr. Keshishyan holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA, where she taught comparative literature and writing courses for over 10 years. Her academic work has explored the intricacies and challenges posed by issues of identity, language, and place in the literature of the Armenian diaspora.
Publications
Keshishyan, Lilit. “Defiant Adherence: Cultural Critiques in Late Twentieth Century Armenian Diaspora Literature.” The Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power Collective Identity in the Transnational 20th Century, edited by Talar Chahinian et al., I.B Tauris, London, 2023.