Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power

Talar Chahinian holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UCLA and lectures in the Program for Armenian Studies at UC Irvine, USA, where she is also Visiting Faculty in the Department of Comparative Literature. She has served as assistant editor of the Armenian Review (2010-2017) and is currently co-editor of Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies. Sossie Kasbarian is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling, UK. She is co-editor of Diaspora- A Journal of Transnational StudiesTsolin Nalbantian is a University Lecturer in Modern Middle East History at Leiden University working on the social and cultural history of the Middle East. Nalbantian is co-series editor of Critical, Connected Histories (Leiden University Press) and has published articles in Mashriq & Mahjar, MESA Review of Middle East Studies, and History Compass. Her book, Armenians Beyond Diaspora: Making Lebanon Their Own, was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2020

• In Lieu of an IntroductionTalar Chahinian, Sossie Kasbarian, Tsolin NalbantianI. “The Logic of the Sedentary”: Complicating Notions of Home and HomelandsChapter 1In search of the sedentary: Rethinking homelands in Armenian diaspora, Boris AdjemianChapter 2Armenian Displaced Persons: From Displacement to a Diaspora Community, Gegham MughnetsyanChapter 3Diaspora-Homeland relations Re-examined: The case of Syrian Armenian in the Netherlands, Nare GalstyanII. “Diasporic Social Formation”: Leadership Elites, Institutions, and Transnational GovernmentalityChapter 4Forging Diasporic Identity in the Fin de Siècle Armenian Periodical Press in Europe, Hasmik KhalapyanChapter 5Transnational Politics and Governmental Strategies in the Formative Years of the Post-Genocide Armenian Diaspora (1920s-1930s), Vahe SahakyanChapter 6Defiant Adherence: Cultural Critiques in Late Twentieth Century Armenian Diaspora Literature, Lilit KeshishyanChapter 7Liturgical Subject of the Armenian Apostolic Church: Recent Waves of Migration, Christopher SheklianIII. “The Social Text of Diaspora”: Diasporic Becoming and Legibility in Diaspora’s Semantic DomainChapter 8Sounding Armenian: The Contours of the Diasporic Musical Imaginary, Sylvia AlajajiChapter 9"Toward the Diaspora": The Performative Powers of Vahé Oshagan's Poetry, Karen JallatyanChapter 10The Armenians in Turkey: From autochthonous people to diaspora, Talin SuciyanChapter 11Are Istanbul Armenians Diasporic? Unpacking the Famous Debate, Hrag PapazianAfterword, Khachig TölölyanEpilogue, Sebouh Aslanian

This book fills a gap in the social science literature on the Armenian diaspora. It is masterfully edited by three representatives of the younger generation of Armenian American academics: Talar Chahinian, Sossie Kasbarian and Tsolin Nalbantian. All three embody the renewal of diasporic Armenian research, as well as sharing common concerns, passions and aspirations.