George Bournoutian’s series of translations of primary sources from Russian, Armenian, and Iranian can only be described as linguistic tours de force requiring knowledge in a wider range of languages than the ones just listed in order to unravel the historical information embedded in these long-overlooked records from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
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On a blazing summer day in a village named Ushi, Davit Mamikyan, a resident of Jermik Ankyun, Armenia’s first home for physically and mentally handicapped adults, cautiously climbed onto a chestnut-colored horse named Salma. The [...]
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Editor’s note: The following is a translation of an article original published by H. Asatrian of the Orer Armenian publication in Prague. We’ve prepared a translated version for Ararat readers to better familiarize them with [...]
continue reading »Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. — B.F. Skinner In April 2010, the Armenian government proposed a bill of amendments to the Armenian laws “On Language” and “On General Education.” [...]
continue reading »It’s meant to entertain, but a new wave of Armenian history told through Facebook status updates and comments might be the hip story-telling today’s kids need.
continue reading »If rape, torture, sex slavery, massacre, and ethnic cleansing are on a continuum of major human rights violations, then genocidal impulse occupies the extreme pole of that continuum. Crimes of genocide go beyond a need for naked power, economic aggrandizement or territorial conquest. They involve psychogenic and psychodynamic underpinnings that can be terrifying to contemplate. Yet, their psychological study is essential.
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