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While archival theory often conceptualizes archives as repositories of collective memory, history, or knowledge, this workshop explores both institutional and non-traditional archives, questioning how they are formed, preserved, and accessed. Through an interdisciplinary lens, participants will examine the role of archives in shaping Armenian history, cultural identity, and scholarship, as well as the limitations and biases inherent in archival practices. By addressing the challenges of archival silences, displacement, and the role of digital tools in preservation, this workshop aims to foster new approaches to archival research.\r\n\r\nThe panels will cover a wide range of topics, including new methods in access and digitization, materiality and contact within the archive, the role of state and counter-archives, and local communities\u2019 preservation practices. Participants will engage with case studies on liturgical hymn organization, handwritten text recognition, and digital community archiving, among other innovative research projects. Additionally, a special conversation with personal archivist Anahit Toumajan will offer insights into alternative archival practices outside institutional settings. A guided tour of the University of Michigan\u2019s Armenian special collections will provide hands-on engagement with rare books and manuscripts, further enriching the discussion on archival methodologies and resources.\r\n\r\nThe workshop will culminate in a keynote lecture by Dr. Elyse Semerdjian, whose research on \"embodied archives\" offers a feminist critique of archival practice in Armenian Studies. Her work examines how physical and material remnants, such as scars and tattooed texts, function as historical records, challenging conventional notions of archival preservation. By bringing together scholars, archivists, and practitioners, this workshop seeks to advance critical conversations about the past, present, and future of archives in Armenian Studies, fostering a more nuanced understanding of how history is documented, remembered, and reinterpreted.\r\n\r\n=========================\r\nDAY 1 \u2014 Friday: April 4, 2025\r\n=========================\r\n\r\n9:00-9:30 AM \u2014 Introductory Remarks: Emma Avagyan (Middle East Studies), Nazelie Doghramadjian (Information), Allison Grenda (History of Art), Gottfried Hagen (Middle East Studies)\r\n\r\n9:30-11:00 AM \u2014 Panel 1: New Methods in Access, Preservation, and Digitization of Armenian Heritage\r\nDiscussant: Bogdan Pavlish, University of Michigan\r\n\u25cf Vardan Sargsyan, University of Michigan. \u201cUnlocking the Sharaknots\u2019: A New Approach to Organizing Armenian Liturgical Hymns\u201d\r\n\u25cf Chahan Vidal-G\u00f2rene, Calfa, \u00c9cole Nationale des Chartes-PSL. \u201cA Case Study on the Application of Handwritten Text Recognition to Mekhitarist Archives\u201d\r\n\r\n11:00-11:15 AM \u2014 Break\r\n\r\n11:15 AM-12:45 PM \u2014 Panel 2: Beyond Text: Materiality and Contact within the Archive\r\nDiscussant: Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan\r\n\u25cf Anahit Gasparyan, Tufts University. \u201cReimagining Access to Armenian Sources: The Value of Facsimiles in Art Historical Research\u201d\r\n\u25cf Tsovinar Kuiumchian, University of Oxford. \u201c\u2018My house is full of ghosts\u2019: Textile Archive as a Transgenerational Contact Zone\u201d\r\n\r\n12:45-2:00 PM \u2014 Lunch for Workshop Participants\r\n\r\n2:00-3:00 PM \u2014 Panel 3: Conversation with Mrs. Anahit Toumajan, Armenian Language Teacher & Personal Archivist\r\nModerators: Nazelie Doghramadjian, University of Michigan; Michael Pifer, University of Michigan\r\n\u25cf Anahit Toumajan, who is an Armenian language teacher and personal archivist in the Armenian community here in Michigan, will discuss her work preserving and arranging Mihran Toumajan\u2019s archive. Mihran, born in 1890, was one of the five pupils of Gomidas and went on to become a famous composer and musician himself. Throughout his life, he kept detailed correspondence with his family, friends, and fellow pupils. Through his letters and journals, we learn more about his childhood, his family\u2019s purchase of his first piano, his lessons with Gomidas, and well as his capture and exile during the Armenian Genocide. In conversation with PhD student Nazelie Doghramadjian and Marie Manoogian Professor of Armenian Language and Literature Michael Pifer, Anahit Toumajan will discuss her work on this invaluable archive in her home, and how her work may be different from institutional archiving. She will also discuss some special materials within the archive that are full of emotion, personality, and history.\r\n\r\n3:00-3:30 PM \u2014 Break\r\n\r\n3:30 PM - 4:45 PM \u2014 Library and Special Collections Tour\r\nLed by U-M Librarians Brendan Nieubuurt, Armine Kirakosyan, and Beth Snyder [for workshop participants only]\r\n\u25cf The University of Michigan's Hatcher Graduate Library and Special Collections Research Center is a gem on our campus and for the Center for Armenian Studies. U-M Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Librarians Armine Kirakosyan, Brendan Nieubuurt, and Beth Snyder will give workshop participants a tour of our library, just a 5-minute walk from our conference. Participants will get to see our study spaces, book stacks, and, most importantly, our Armenian special collections, rare books, and manuscripts.\r\n\r\n=========================\r\nDAY 2 \u2013 Saturday: April 5, 2025\r\n=========================\r\n\r\n9:20 AM \u2014 Brief Kick-off Remarks\r\n\r\n9:30-11:30 AM \u2014 Panel 4: The State\u2019s People and Their Counter-Archives\r\nDiscussant: Hazal \u00d6zdemir, University of Michigan\r\n\u25cf Eray Erkoca, Binghamton University (SUNY). \u201cRespecting the Untruth?: The Archives, Self-Narratives, and Ontology in the Context of the Armenian Genocide\u201d\r\n\u25cf Mete Uluta\u015f, Pennsylvania State University. \u201cAn Ethnography of Historical Research: Artifacts of State and People\u201d\r\n\u25cf Gayane Aghabalyan, University of Glasgow. \u201cBetween Privacy and Preservation: Ethical Considerations in Archival Research on Near East Relief Orphanages in Alexandrapol\u201d\r\n\r\n11:30-11:45 AM \u2014 Break\r\n\r\n11:45 AM-1:15 PM \u2014 Panel 5: Archival Silences and Their Stories\r\nDiscussant: Melanie Tanielian, University of Michigan\r\n\u25cf J\u00falia Tordeur, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary Brazilian History. \u201cReconstructing Armenian Family Histories in Brazil: Archival Silences, Digital Tools, and Diaspora Memory in the Aftermath of the Genocide\u201d\r\n\u25cf Nazelie Doghramadjian, University of Michigan. \u201cSilence as Opportunity: Archival Stewardship in the Armenian Community\u201d\r\n\r\n1:15-2:15 PM \u2014 Lunch for Workshop Participants\r\n\r\n2:15-3:45 PM \u2014 Panel 6: Local Communities\u2019 Knowledge and Preservation Practices\r\nDiscussant: Patricia Garcia, University of Michigan\r\n\u25cf Houry Pilibbossian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. \u201cHi Haleb (\u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0540\u0561\u056c\u0567\u057a): Digital Community Archive from Practice to Theory\u201d\r\n\u25cf Sama Totah, University of Michigan. \u201cBeyond the Borderland: The Transnational Dimensions of the 1992-1993 Abkhaz War\u201d\r\n\u25cf Cafer Sar\u0131kaya, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University. \u201cConducting a Study of Oral and Local History in the Black Sea Region\u201d\r\n\r\n3:45-4:00 PM \u2014 Break\r\n\r\n4:00-5:45 PM \u2014 Keynote Address: Elyse Semerdjian, Clark University. \u201cSpeaking Scars and Tattooed Texts: \u2018Embodied Archives,\u2019 as Feminist Critique in Armenian Studies\u201d\r\n\u25cf Elyse Semerdjian is the Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. A specialist in the history of the Ottoman Empire, especially Ottoman Aleppo and the Armenian community, she authored *\u201cOff the Straight Path\u201d: Illicit Sex, Law, and Community in Ottoman Aleppo* (Syracuse University Press, 2008) and *Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide* (Stanford University Press, 2023) as well as several articles on gender, Ottoman Armenians, urban history, and law in the Ottoman Empire. She is currently writing the long-dreamed book about the Armenian community of Aleppo from the early Ottoman period to the present.\r\n\r\n----------\r\n\r\nThis workshop, sponsored by the University of Michigan\u2019s Center for Armenian Studies and funded by the Manoogian Foundation, is organized by Emma Avagyan (PhD student in Middle East Studies), Nazelie Doghramadjian (PhD student in Information Studies), Allison Grenda (PhD student in the History of Art), and Dr. Gottfried Hagen (Middle East Studies). 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