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After the Genocide: Armenian Refugees and Survivors in the Interwar Years
Seventh Annual Prof. Charles B. Garabedian Lecture
In Search of a Homeland: Plans to Resettle Armenian Refugees in Madagascar and Beyond
Dr. Edita Gzoyan
Recording Survival: The Mission of Bodil Katharine Biørn and the Documentation of the Armenian Genocide
Dr. Regina Galustyan
In this special dual presentation, Dr. Edita Gzoyan will explore interwar efforts to find permanent resettlement solutions for Armenian refugees who remained displaced in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide. Focusing on proposals to establish Armenian settlements in Madagascar and other locations, it examines how humanitarian, political, and demographic considerations shaped competing visions of refuge, resettlement, and homeland. Dr. Regina Galustyan will examine admission records compiled by the Norwegian missionary Bodil Biørn for 108 Armenian children in Aleppo between 1927 and 1934. After briefly outlining Biørn’s humanitarian work among Armenian communities, she will analyze the children’s family backgrounds and life circumstances, using these records to illuminate the experiences of Armenian Genocide survivors and the long-term consequences of genocidal violence.
A reception will follow the program.
Dr. Edita Gzoyan teaches at the American University of Armenia (AUA). She is a genocide studies scholar specializing in the legal and historical dimensions of the Armenian Genocide and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (IJAGS). Her research focuses on gendered violence, forcible child transfer, and international criminal law. She is the editor of The Silenced Crime: Forcible Child Transfer During the Armenian Genocide (Brill, 2025).
Dr. Regina Galustyan is a researcher in the Vahakn Dadrian Department of Comparative Genocide Studies at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation. Her research focuses on the Armenian Genocide, particularly perpetrator ideology, the influence of European political and philosophical thought on the Committee of Union and Progress, and the development of Turkish nationalism. She has edited two memoirs by Armenian Genocide survivors and an English-language memoir by a foreign eyewitness.
