Lecture to explore migrants from Van and the transforming politics of representation in the 1850s-70s Ottoman Empire

March 9, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

In Dr. Dzovinar Derderian’s lecture, she will discuss how migrants or itinerants from provinces like Van, or more precisely “pandukhts” in Armenian, are often characterized in the existing scholarship and popular discourse as destitute and melancholic people.

Presentation focuses on ‘Portraits of Unbelonging: Photography, the Ottoman State and Armenians Leaving for America 1896-1908’

October 29, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dr. Zeynep Devrim Gürsel stands in front of a wall of faded photographs

Dr. Zeynep Devrim Gürsel, associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University, will give a presentation on “Portraits of Unbelonging: Photography, the Ottoman State and Armenians Leaving for America 1896-1908” at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 12 on Zoom.