Women in Armenia: Searching for the Lost Queens

Women’s Resource Center Armenia has prepared feminist lecture series on initiative and financial support of Heinrich Boell Foundation. Interdisciplinary lectures are prepared and presented by lecturers, experts and activists of different background. Lectures will be collected and printed as a publication by the end of the project.

Lectures will be held in Yerevan during September-November 2015 and it is free to attend. In case of questions contact email is as follows: siranhovhannisyan(at)ysu.am

Topics and authors of lecture series:

1. September 17: Myths about “Dangers” of Feminism: the Perception of Feminism in Armenian Society (Anna Voskanyan, Social Work Expert);
2. October 1: “Feminism on Hold: How Divergent Concepts and Economic Interests Created a Disabling Environment for the Emancipation of Armenian Women” (Nvard Manasyan, Education Expert);
3. October 15: “Women’s movement in Armenia” (Anahit Harutyunyan, PhD in linguistics, author of the book “The Century of Distinguished Women”);
4. October 29: “Women in Politics and Political Language/Texts in Armenia” (Ruzanna Tsaturyan, Ethnographer);
5. November 5: "Ways of Being a Feminist: Angry or Glamorous Feminists, Feminist Killjoys, 'Feminazis" (Tamar Tskhadadze, Philosopher);
6. November 12: “Women and Armenian Mass Media” (Anna Gevorgyan, Expert in Iranian Studies);
7. November 26: “Women’s Art versus Feminist Art. Categories and Contradictions in Contemporary Art Practices of Armenia” (Susanna Gyulamiryan, Head of the Laboratory of Art and Cultural Studies).

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