{"id":7971,"date":"2026-09-16T17:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/?page_id=7971"},"modified":"2026-09-16T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:39:04","slug":"seminal-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/seminal-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminal Scholars Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Fall 2026<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Professor Khachig T\u00f6l\u00f6lyan\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Pioneer of Diaspora Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Across a career spanning five decades, Professor T\u00f6l\u00f6lyan transformed diaspora into a major interdisciplinary field, developing influential frameworks for understanding dispersion, migration, statelessness, transnationalism, homeland relations, and belonging. As the founder and longtime editor of <em>Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies<\/em>, he created a vital forum for the emerging field, while his landmark scholarship challenged nation-state-centered approaches to identity and political belonging. Deeply informed by the Armenian experience, his work demonstrates how Armenian Studies can generate ideas of broad global significance\u2014an intellectual legacy he will share at USC through lectures, workshops, and public conversations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Emeritus at Wesleyan University, T\u00f6l\u00f6lyan taught literature, comparative literature, and critical and cultural theory for nearly five decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/kt\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Learn more\"  \n>\n    Learn more \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2026\/09\/EDITED-10-2-768x600.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Khachig T\u00f6l\u00f6lyan\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Fall 2025<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Dr. Hrach Martirosyan \n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Leading Contemporary Armenian Linguist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Martirosyan is internationally recognized for his pioneering research on the Armenian language within the Indo-European family. His <i>Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon<\/i> (Brill, c. 1000 pp.) is a landmark reference in the field. 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