{"id":26031,"date":"2025-12-08T18:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T02:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=26031"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:38:08","slug":"armenian-studies-institute-advances-contemporary-focus-and-celebrates-twenty-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/armenian-studies-institute-advances-contemporary-focus-and-celebrates-twenty-years\/","title":{"rendered":"From community dream to academic force in contemporary Armenian studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\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\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/ias-profile-top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/ias-profile-top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/ias-profile-top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/ias-profile-top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Shushan Karapetian and Peter Cowe sit opposite one another in a podcast studio\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies Director Shushan Karapetian interviews UCLA Armenian Studies Professor Peter Cowe for an episode of her podcast, one of many initiatives aimed at elevating contemporary Armenian studies. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=arts-and-culture\">Arts and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>From community dream to academic force in contemporary Armenian studies<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  For 20 years, USC Dornsife\u2019s Institute of Armenian Studies has bridged Los Angeles, the diaspora and Armenia itself, fostering research that amplifies the community\u2019s experiences and aims to advance the field into a more globally relevant future.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Maral Tavitian<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">December 8, 2025<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 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     >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Like members of other small nations, Armenians remembered themselves before the history books did. Prior to the establishment of Armenian studies as an academic field in the United States, Armenians infused their memories into the tapestry of private and public life in their communities \u2014 with grocery stores named after towns that no longer existed, churches that served as informal welcome centers for the displaced, and schools that sought to keep language alive.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere was this more apparent than Los Angeles, which by the turn of the century had become what many would deem \u201cthe beating heart of the global Armenian diaspora.\u201d Yet, no academic institution in L.A. existed to study this complex population that, for generations, had grown accustomed to stewarding its own history.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, a group of prominent community members came together to change that. Their dream was to create an educational hub that would transcend ideological divisions, analyzing the contemporary Armenian experience. Unlike the tradition of other Armenian studies institutions at the time, which focused on classical and medieval Armenian history, the founders of this new institute prioritized the 20th and 21st centuries.<\/p>\n<h2>Grass roots movement births new Institute of Armenian Studies<\/h2>\n<p>To garner support for the project, entrepreneur and longtime community activist Charles Ghailian assembled a group of distinguished professionals \u2014 many of whom were USC alumni \u2014 to serve as benefactors for the institute. They would eventually form the institute\u2019s Leadership Council, which remains in place today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wish was always for a collective, unified structure of representation in this community that didn\u2019t have to side politically, didn\u2019t have to choose which is the church of choice, which is the party of choice,\u201d Ghailian said.<\/p>\n<p>The group soon raised the necessary funding to establish the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/\">Institute of Armenian Studies<\/a> at the USC Dornsife College of Letter, Arts and Sciences. \u201cWe all stood shoulder-to-shoulder to make this a reality,\u201d Ghailian said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of inaugural director <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/richard-dekmejian\/\">Hrair Dekmejian<\/a>, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, the institute\u2019s early years were dedicated to better understanding how it could serve its local audience, with programs focused on current themes. These included symposia on the vitality and relevance of philanthropic institutions in diaspora, and the role of the church in global Armenian society.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, two Armenian studies courses joined the university curriculum during that time, a major step for integrating the field into USC\u2019s academic fabric.<\/p>\n<h2>Institute advances toward contemporary Armenian studies focus<\/h2>\n<p>In 2014, Salpi Ghazarian took the helm as institute director, garnering newfound visibility for the institute both on and off campus. A librarian, editor and civil society organizer who had worked at the highest levels of Armenia\u2019s government, Ghazarian\u2019s personal and professional trajectory shaped the institution she had been tasked to lead. <strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe both personally connected those bridges between the republic and diaspora and was entirely immersed in all aspects of Armenian diasporic life in America,\u201d said institute Chitjian researcher archivist Gegham Mughnetsyan, whom Ghazarian recruited to join the team. \u201cIt all made sense why this person, at that important moment, would be entrusted with the leadership of the institute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the centennial of the Armenian genocide in 2015, the institute debuted <em>Innovate Armenia<\/em>, an educational festival that assembled Armenian trailblazers in academia, the technology industry and the arts for a day of inspiring talks, performances and community connection. The program reflected a bold vision \u2014 the institute would embrace a future-looking orientation, producing scholarship with real-world impact and relevance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look backwards more often than we look forwards,\u201d Ghazarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/8SE1fwGS7x0?si=ZOSERqGuYjvCXHFY&amp;t=625\">said <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/8SE1fwGS7x0?si=ZOSERqGuYjvCXHFY&amp;t=625\">in her remarks<\/a> at the event. \u201cWhat is it we want from community? \u2026 What is it that we want for the future? How are we defining these questions? And these are big questions \u2014 they need to be sliced\u2026 And we as an institute \u2014 today, tomorrow, during the year \u2014 will do what we can to try to find the right people to work on the answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under Ghazarian\u2019s leadership, the institute introduced several innovative programs, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-projects\/\">oral history projects<\/a> that documented pivotal moments in the global history of Armenians. These collections include <em>Understanding Independence<\/em>, which features interviews with integral figures from Armenia\u2019s movement for independence from the Soviet Union, and the <em>Displaced Persons Documentation Project<\/em>, which illuminates the stories of Armenians displaced during World War II. Most recently, the state-funded <em>California History Through Armenian Experiences<\/em> project chronicles more than a century of Armenian contributions to the Golden State.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Armenian studies is in its heyday now. It\u2019s in its most diverse, most expansive, most flexible, most exciting moment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Before the institute began its work in this realm, oral history accounts of Armenian subjects mainly consisted of genocide survivor testimonies. The institute took a different approach, turning its lens on often-sidelined aspects of contemporary Armenian life.<\/p>\n<p>Capturing interviewees\u2019 entire personal histories using professional techniques, institute experts process the videos in accordance with Library of Congress standards, and make them publicly accessible via the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.usc.edu\/\">USC Digital Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll other Armenian oral history initiatives have been spearheaded by individuals or organizations that don\u2019t enjoy the benefits of being part of a major research university, which sets the institute apart as an academic home for primary source material,\u201d said institute project manager Manuk Avedikyan.<\/p>\n<h2>New leader drives new vision for institute\u2019s contemporary focus<\/h2>\n<p>In 2023, Ghazarian stepped down, and Shushan Karapetian <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/preserving-threatened-languages-and-cultures-armenian-studies-institute\/\">assumed the institute directorship<\/a>. An Armenian studies scholar with expertise in sociolinguistics, Karapetian has embraced what she calls an expansive view of what the Armenian experience can offer the world. This vantage point has informed her goal of propelling Armenian studies to the forefront of global academic discourse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArmenian studies is in its heyday now. It\u2019s in its most diverse, most expansive, most flexible, most exciting moment,\u201d Karapetian said, tracing how the field evolved from examining Armenians primarily as peripheral subjects in a larger picture centered on other groups to a people worthy of their own spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The transformation of the field reflects that of the Armenian diaspora \u2014 a people ruptured by genocide and subsequent waves of displacement, for whom turning inward became a protective mechanism of sorts. More than a century removed from that catastrophe, Karapetian believes that Armenians now have a lot more to offer than just their past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--image-gallery \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--image-gallery\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n    \n      <div id=\"gallery-1460418944\" class=\"gallery-container\">\n\n      <div class=\"swiper images\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\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\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery12-768x432.jpg\"\n    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data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery7-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery7-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery7-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery7-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Salpi Ghazarian stands at a podium with a large event poster behind her\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                       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Independence\u201d oral history project. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.) sits across from an interviewer in a small video studio\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\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\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery14-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery14-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery14-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery14-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"L.A. City Council President Emeritus Paul Krekorian holds a placard with Institute of Armenian Studies staff\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\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\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery8-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery8-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/armenian-studies-20-years-gallery8-1280x720.jpg 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(Photo: Fiyin Gambo.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Charles Ghailian, chairman of the Institute of Armenian Studies\u2019 leadership council, with a USC delegation at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia\u2019s capital. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Institute of Armenian Studies Chitjian Researcher Archivist Gegham Mughnetsyan presents institute archives. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Institute of Armenian Studies owns a large collection of archives that document community life in the Armenian diaspora, with a particular focus on Los Angeles. (Photo: Fiyin Gambo.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Institute of Armenian Studies Director Shushan Karapetian prepares to record an episode of her podcast, <em>Language Therapy with Dr. K<\/em>. (Photo: Fiyin Gambo.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Institute of Armenian Studies Director Shushan Karapetian leads an immersive Armenian language workshop for students. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Students participate in an Armenian folk dance workshop in Institute of Armenian Studies Director Shushan Karapetian\u2019s Armenian studies class. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Former Institute of Armenian Studies Director Salpi Ghazarian speaks at \u201cEnd of Transition,\u201d a two-part conference in Los Angeles and Yerevan exploring Armenia\u2019s transitional period following the Soviet Union\u2019s collapse. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Gegham Baghdasaryan, former director of the Stepanakert Press Club, is interviewed for the Institute of Armenian Studies\u2019 \u201cUnderstanding Independence\u201d oral history project. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Los Angeles City Council President Emeritus Paul Krekorian formally recognizes the Institute of Armenian Studies on behalf of the city during Armenian American Heritage Month. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>\u201cInnovate Armenia,\u201d an all-day arts and educational festival that included live music performances, attracted thousands of attendees to USC\u2019s University Park Campus. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Rapper Lyoka performs at the Institute of Armenian Studies\u2019 \u201cArtsakh Uprooted: Aftermaths of Displacement\u201d symposium. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>University Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks at the Institute of Armenian Studies\u2019 \u201cArtsakh Uprooted\u201d symposium. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Institute of Armenian Studies\u2019 inaugural seminal scholar-in-residence, linguist Hrach Martirosyan, delivers a lecture. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Institute of Armenian Studies Project Manager Manuk Avedikyan interviews Los Angeles Armenian community member Cindy Norian for the \u201cCalifornia History through Armenian Experiences\u201d oral history project. (Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Armenian Studies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>\u201cThe fact that things Armenian are of today, of tomorrow, of pragmatic and instrumental value, is very, very new,\u201d Karapetian said, describing how novel the institute\u2019s ethos is for many students. \u201cThey come in expecting a very preservationist environment. They come out believing that Armenian experiences are dynamic and relevant on the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The institute\u2019s contemporary focus and embrace of fresh, sometimes challenging ideas has created a culture where students of diverse backgrounds feel welcome and intellectually stimulated. Approximately half of the students enrolled in Karapetian\u2019s Armenian studies courses are not of Armenian heritage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe institute has broadened my horizons in terms of the way in which I perceive my community. That we are present, that we are here, we are looking forward,\u201d said former student worker Solange Aguero, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 2025 with dual degrees in English and narrative studies.<\/p>\n<p>To advance her vision, Karapetian has grown her team to include specialized roles and embarked on a strategic planning process to define the institute\u2019s trajectory amid seismic shifts in academia and the global Armenian landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can we strategically embed ourselves in the university infrastructure, in the communal infrastructure, in the Armenian studies infrastructure, so that we aren\u2019t a series of one-off events but an institution \u2014 with institutional memory, with strategic goals?\u201d Karapetian said.<\/p>\n<p>She has organized the institute\u2019s work into three pillars \u2014 research, education and public engagement \u2014 under an umbrella that includes both the Republic of Armenia and the diaspora, with a particular emphasis on Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<h2>Broad array of students benefit from and contribute to institute<\/h2>\n<p>Students play a meaningful role in nearly every aspect of the institute\u2019s programming, including in-house research, media production and events. For example, Arman Dzhragatspanyan, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 2022 with a degree in health and human sciences, led a psychological research study that examined trauma and resilience levels among survivors of the 2020 Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) War. The resulting peer-reviewed paper \u2014 portions of which he presented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3T095uv7hPE&amp;list=PLrV5tKkl8-JiOlorAyswOrreLisStuETN&amp;index=7&amp;t=54s\">in a panel<\/a> at the institute\u2019s 2024 symposium, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/news-brief\/2024\/11\/resilience-reflection-artsakh\/\"><em>Artsakh Uprooted: Aftermaths of Displacement<\/em><\/a> \u2014 is slated for publication next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned how important research is. I learned how to talk with people. I learned how to network with people. And it was where I gained the most opportunities in terms of my career moving forward,\u201d Dzhragatspanyan said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It took these personal connections and put them into a more \u2026 universal context, in a way that I had never experienced before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While some students enter the institute with deeply held beliefs about their Armenian identity, Sarkis Tricha, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 2022 with a degree in cognitive science, craved an intellectual lens through which to understand his lived experience. Enrolling in Karapetian\u2019s <em>MDA 330: The Armenian History: History, Arts and Culture<\/em> course gave him this rigorous framework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took these personal connections and put them into a more global context, a more abstract context, an academic context, but also a more universal context, in a way that I had never experienced before,\u201d Tricha said.<\/p>\n<p>Tricha assisted Karapetian with a multiyear research project that explored how masculinity is performed through language. In 2023, the pair traveled to Armenia\u2019s capital, Yerevan, to present their research at an academic conference \u2014 Tricha\u2019s first experience in the republic.<\/p>\n<h2>A blueprint for the future of Armenian studies<\/h2>\n<p>Now, 20 years after its founding, said Karapetian, the institute has created a blueprint for a different kind of academic research institution \u2014 one that brings scholarship into the public square, leaves an indelible impact on young generations, and changes the way a community perceives itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be bold about what Armenian studies can offer academia and what academia can offer Armenian studies,\u201d Karapetian said. \u201cUSC is the perfect place to do it, and we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related Articles\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/is-ai-really-writing-ancient-authors-would-have-said-no\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Is AI really \u2018writing\u2019? 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