What challenges and opportunities does the Armenian diaspora have? In this presentation, Dr. Karen Jallatyan will address this question by talking about his personal journey towards becoming a scholar of the Armenian diaspora, some of the specific research paths that he is taking as well as the way he sees the broader significance of it all. To this end, he will briefly allude to some works of art by the writer Vahé Oshagan, among other artists, to demonstrate the creative potential at the heart of diaspora. He will close his talk by making some general remarks about the centrality of Western Armenian literary language.