Vardan A. Aleksanyan
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RICHARD G. HOVANNISIAN (NOVEMBER 9, 1932 – JULY 9, 2023) – 2023-3
An essay in tribute and in attempt to sketch his life and work
Rubina B. Peroomian (Los Angeles)
These and still many more were the accolades inundating social media, mourning the loss of the man who had just relinquished life, leaving behind a monumental legacy in the field of Armenian Studies. And none of these words were exaggerations but in fact a roadmap or even a challenge for me to try to accomplish the impossible task to construe and present, within the limits of this
journal article, the life and work of someone who had been my mentor, my role model, my inspiration, my colleague, my friend. I will do my best, holding in my heart the pride of having been a part of a minuscule portion of his activities, and cherishing the honor of having been trusted to write this article for Vem, a reputable academic journal in Armenia.
THE UNKNOWN DEEDS OF A FAMOUS BENEFICIARY – 2023-2
Newly discovered testimonies about Alexander Tairyan in the archive of Alexander Yeritsyan
Haykaz J. Hovhannisyan
The activities of the Armenian businessman and philanthropist Alexander Tahiryan are not properly covered in the Armenian historiography, and scattered information about him in the historical
literature does not reflect and does not characterize his undeniable influence in the Armenian social- political and economic life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
YERVAND PAMBUKYAN, DICTIONARY OF PSEUDONYMS OF AR FEDERATION (DASHNAKTSUTYUN) – 2023-2
THE FIVE NARRATIVE CODES OF ROLAND BARTHES IN HERMAN MELVILLE’S “BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER” – 2023-2
And its Armenian translation
Gohar K. Grigoryan
THE VOICE OF THE MAJORITY OR PEOPLE’S INFALLIBILITY THESIS – 2023-2
According to fairy tale “Anahit” by Gh. Aghayan
Sergey A. Aghajanyan
THE ARMENIAN QUESTION AT THE LAUSAN CONFERENCE – 2023-2
To the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923
Armen Ts. Marukyan
MODERN ARMENIAN KHACHKAR CULTURE AND THE VANDALISM OF AZERBAIJAN – 2023-2
Anush A. Safaryan
The cross and the khachkar have been and remain one of the most important symbols of the Armenian identity, undergoing iconographic, thematic and content changes during their centuries-old existence. Azerbaijan’s official policy, in the way of creating its own identity, which was carried out at the expense of the Armenian identity and against that identity, often resorted to
the appropriation (Albanisation, Udiization) of the cross and the khachkar and finally its destruction. After the first Artsakh war, the khachkar, having undergone corresponding dimensional and iconographic changes, became the main symbol of the liberated territories, settlements and especially the borders.