{"id":7659,"date":"2026-02-03T19:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/?page_id=7659"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:06:55","slug":"it-takes-a-diaspora-to-raise-a-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/it-takes-a-diaspora-to-raise-a-language\/","title":{"rendered":"It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, in partnership with the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, presents “It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian,” an interdisciplinary conference to be held February 27\u2013March 1, 2026, at the University of Southern California\u2019s Taper Hall of Humanities in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The conference is free of charge and open to the public. Working languages are English and Armenian. RSVP is required.<\/p>\n

Dates: February 27, February 28, and March 1, 2026
\nLocation: USC Taper Hall of Humanities, 3501 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
\nParking: USC McCarthy Structure, 620 McCarthy Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089<\/p>\n

A preliminary program is available below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Program<\/b><\/h1>\n

Interdisciplinary Conference at USC Taper Hall of Humanities<\/p>\n

February 27, February 28, March 1, 2026<\/p>\n

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Friday, February 27<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

LOCATION: THH 201<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00\u20139:30 AM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Registration & Coffee<\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

9:30\u201310:00 AM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Welcome Remarks<\/b><\/h3>\n

Shushan Karapetian, USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies<\/span>
\n<\/b>Razmik Panossian, Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

10:00\u201311:00 AM<\/b><\/h3>\n

Historical Precedents for the Expansion of Literacy in Western Armenian (18th\u201320th Centuries)<\/b><\/h3>\n

Chair:<\/b> Manuk Avedikyan<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Ohanian<\/b>
\n<\/b>Armeno-Catholic Missionaries and the Expansion of Armenian Literacy in the Ottoman Empire<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Astghik Soghoyan<\/b>
\n<\/b>Early Western Armenian Children\u2019s Periodicals: Language, Education, and Literary Identity<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Liza Mardoyan<\/b>
\n<\/b>Print Culture: Armenian-Language Publishing and Cultural Resilience in Lebanon\u2019s Armenian Community (1915\u20132015)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

11:00 AM\u201312:15 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

Measuring Language Competency at the State Level for Eastern Armenian<\/b><\/h3>\n

Chair<\/b>: Gegham Mughnetsyan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Siranush Dvoyan\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Technologies and State Language Policy of the Republic of Armenia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Javier Polatian<\/b><\/p>\n

Adaptive National Test of Armenian as a Foreign Language in Uruguay<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Irshat Madyarov<\/b><\/p>\n

Measuring Receptive Written Vocabulary Knowledge of Eastern Armenian<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Aldo Rodriguez\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

National Certification at the A1 Level in Uruguay<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

12:15\u20131:15 PM<\/b>
\n<\/span>Language Therapy with Dr. K<\/i><\/b> Live Podcast Recording with Vahe Berberian<\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

1:15\u20132:30 PM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Lunch<\/b><\/h3>\n

LOCATION: THH 309<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2:30\u20133:30 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

Immersion Models for Language Vitality<\/b><\/h3>\n

A Conversation with Michael Hornsby<\/strong> and Nancy Hong\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/b> Razmik Panossian<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3:30\u20134:45 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

Round Table: Non-Standard Adult Learners Beyond Traditional Community Ties<\/b><\/h3>\n

Moderator:<\/b> Talar Chahinian\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Manoukian<\/b>
\n<\/b>Language Vitality and the Promise of Armenian Learners Beyond Armenian Communities<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Anahit Ghazaryan<\/b>
\n<\/b>Between Resistance and Embrace: Navigating Eastern and Western Armenian Through Memory and Dialogue<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Anatolii Tokmantcev<\/b>
\n<\/b>Heritage or Symbol? Language Use Among Russian-Armenian Repatriates<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4:45\u20135:00 PM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Coffee Break<\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

5:00\u20135:45 PM <\/b><\/h3>\n

Keynote Address<\/b><\/h3>\n

Ruth Kircher<\/b>
\n<\/b>Parental Language Attitudes and (Heritage) Language Transmission across Generations and Geographies<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Introduced by<\/b> Lilit Ghazaryan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

5:45\u20137:00 PM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Reception<\/b><\/h3>\n

LOCATION: THH 309<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

7:00\u20138:00 PM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Stand-Up by DEMQ Show Members\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Saturday, February 28<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

LOCATION: THH 101<\/p>\n

9:30\u201310:00 AM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Registration & Coffee<\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

10:00\u201310:15 AM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Welcome Remarks<\/b><\/h3>\n

<\/b>USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies<\/span>
\n<\/b>Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

10:15\u201311:45 AM<\/b><\/h3>\n

Language Acquisition among Young Learners: Fostering Literacy and Translanguaging<\/b><\/h3>\n

Chair:<\/b> Lilit Keshishyan<\/span><\/p>\n

Carla Kekejian<\/b>
\n<\/b>Translanguaging as a Strategy for Armenian Language Vitality: A Narrative Assessment Study with Bilingual Children in Los Angeles<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Lilit Ghazaryan<\/b>
\n<\/b>Language as a Toy: Play, Peer Socialization, and Teacher\u2013Child Interaction in an Armenian\u2013English Bilingual Daycare in Los Angeles<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Nathalie Karimian<\/b>
\n<\/b>Bridging Pedagogy and Practice in Armenian Language Materials<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Nora Sarafian-Tachjian & Sarin Akbas<\/b>
\n<\/b>A Practitioner\u2019s Experience with Armenian Language Acquisition in a Diasporic Bilingual Classroom: Using \u201cThe Sun, Moon, and Ribbon\u201d Program<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

11:45 AM\u201312:30 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

A Handful of Games from the Wheat Sack<\/strong><\/h3>\n

<\/b>By Anahid Sarkissian <\/b>
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Introduced by:<\/b> Margarita Baghdasaryan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

12:30\u20131:10 PM<\/b>
\n<\/b>Lunch <\/b><\/h3>\n

LOCATION: THH 309<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1:10 – 1:55 PM <\/b><\/h3>\n

Showcases\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Concurrent Showcases (Please Choose One)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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  • Showcase 1: <\/span>Alexia Hatun<\/b>:<\/span>\u0533\u0580\u0578\u0581 \u0532\u0580\u0578\u0581. \u0563\u0580\u0565\u056c\u0578\u0582 \u00ab\u0584\u0567\u0586\u0565\u0580\u00bb \u0578\u0580\u057a\u0567\u057d \u056c\u0565\u0566\u0578\u0582\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u056e\u0580\u0561\u0563\u056b\u0580<\/span> Krots Prots: Writing ‘Parties’ as Language Programming<\/span><\/i>\n
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    • LOCATION: THH 101<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Showcase 2: <\/span>Hrayr Varaz, Isabelle & Jenny Kouyoumdjian, Hayk Makhmuryan, Hovig Artinian<\/b>: <\/span>\u00ab\u057f\u0561\u057c-\u0562\u0561\u057c \u0574\u0561\u0572-\u056d\u0561\u0572 \u0561\u056f\u0578\u0582\u0574\u0562\u00bb<\/span> “word-bite play-slay meet”<\/span><\/i>\n
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      • LOCATION: THH 203<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Showcase 3: <\/span>Vache Hoveyan<\/b>: <\/span>Before Language, the Body: Theater in Armenian<\/span><\/i>\n
          \n
        • LOCATION: THH 209<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

           <\/p>\n

          2:00\u20133:30 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

          Round Table: The Gulbenkian Approach: Building a Sustainable Language Ecosystem in the Diaspora<\/b><\/h3>\n

          <\/i>Moderator & Introduction:<\/b> Razmik Panossian<\/span><\/p>\n

          Participants:<\/b><\/p>\n

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          • Tamar Tufenkjian<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Haiganoush Minasian<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Nora Sarafian-Tachjian<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Melin\u00e9 Barseghian<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Sarin Akbas<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Ani Garmiryan <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

             <\/p>\n

            3:30\u20134:00 PM<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Coffee Break<\/b><\/h3>\n

             <\/p>\n

            4:00\u20135:20 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

            Armenian Language in the Era of Artificial Intelligence<\/b><\/h3>\n

            Chair:<\/b> Maral Tavitian<\/span><\/p>\n

            Artur Ishkhanyan<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Algorithmic Sovereignty and the Future of Armenian: Building Language Tools Beyond Extractive AI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Chahan Vidal-Gor\u00e8ne<\/b>
            \n<\/b>How Can Artificial Intelligence Support the Transmission of the Armenian Language?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Vicken Asadourian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Arshaluys: A Comprehensive Digital Platform for Armenian Language Revitalization in the Diaspora<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Victoria Khurshudyan<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Annotation Models for Multivariational Armenian<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            Sunday, March 1<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

            LOCATION: THH 101<\/p>\n

            9:30\u201310:00 AM<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Registration & Coffee<\/b><\/h3>\n

             <\/p>\n

            10:00\u201310:15 AM<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Welcome Remarks<\/b><\/h3>\n

            <\/b>USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies<\/span>
            \n<\/b>Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            10:15\u201311:30 AM<\/b><\/h3>\n

            Living Language through Creative Spaces and Artistic Practices<\/b><\/h3>\n

            Chair:<\/b> Margarita Baghdasaryan<\/span><\/p>\n

            Nairi Khachadourian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Language Vitality through Contemporary Artistic Practice<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Nelly Achken Sarkissian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Beyond Fear: Western Armenian as a Living, Evolving Language in the Digital Diaspora<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Garine Boghossian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Situating \u0531\u0563\u0578\u0582\u0563\u0561\u0576\u0565\u0580, \u0540\u056b\u0582\u0572\u0565\u0580, \u053f\u0561\u056c\u0565\u0580 and Other Lost Terms: Rebuilding Western Armenian Spatial Vocabulary<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Hovig Artinian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Comedy as Connection: Armenian Language Use in the Digital Age<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            11:30 AM\u201312:30 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

            University-Level Armenian Language Programs: Paris and Los Angeles<\/b><\/h3>\n

            Chair:<\/b> Artineh Samkian\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            Anaid Donabedian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Revitalizing Western Armenian from Above: IMAS\u2014Context, Vision, and Milestone Report<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

            Hagop Gulludjian<\/b>
            \n<\/b>\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/i>Policies\u00a0and Politics of Language as the Post-Yeghern Diaspora Enters its Second Century<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            12:30\u20131:10 PM<\/b>
            \n<\/b>Lunch <\/b><\/h3>\n

            LOCATION: THH 309<\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            1:10 – 1:55 PM <\/b><\/h3>\n

            Showcases\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

            Concurrent Showcases (Please Choose One)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

              \n
            • Showcase 1: <\/span>Lia Soorenian<\/b> & <\/span>Alexia Hatun<\/b> Building the Language Activist\u2019s Toolkit: Insights from Ejanish<\/span><\/i>\n
                \n
              • LOCATION: THH 101<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • Showcase 2: <\/span>Sarin Akbas & Nora Sarafian Tachijian<\/b>: <\/span>Beyond the Basics: Cultivating the Joy of Discovery in Literacy<\/span><\/i>\n
                  \n
                • LOCATION: THH 203<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • Showcase 3:<\/span> Vachel Hoveyan<\/i><\/b>: Before Language, the Body: Theater in Armenian<\/span><\/i>\n
                    \n
                  • LOCATION: THH 209<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    2:00\u20132:45 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Keynote Address<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Maria Polinsky<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>From Periphery to Parity: The Value of Armenian Varieties in the Pluricentric World\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

                    Introduced by<\/b> Zuzanna Fuchs<\/span><\/p>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    2:45\u20133:45 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Reach and Resilience of Independent and Local Community Journalism<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Moderator:<\/b> Myrna Douzjian<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Jirair Jolakian<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>The Spirit of Tradition, the Upsurge of Modernity<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

                    Rupen Janbazian<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>Bilingual Community Journalism in the Diaspora: The Case of “Torontohye”<\/em><\/p>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    3:45\u20134:15 PM<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>Coffee Break<\/b><\/h3>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    4:15\u20135:15 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    What About Teachers? Institutions, Narratives, and Insights<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Chair:<\/b> Hrag Papazian<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Talar Chahinian & Myrna Douzjian<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>In Tandem: Teaching Eastern and Western Armenian Standards for Diasporic Fluency<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

                    Arus Movsesyan<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>Western Armenian Teacher Narratives: Between Myth and Mission<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    5:15\u20135:45 PM<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Closing Lecture<\/b><\/h3>\n

                    Shushan Karapetian<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>License to Spell: When Vanity Plates Speak Armenian in L.A.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

                     <\/p>\n

                    5:45\u20136:00 PM<\/b>
                    \n<\/b>Closing Remarks<\/b><\/h3>\n

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