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Co-edited volume with Dr. maral aktokmakyan
in western armenian
medieval literature
What Does it Mean to Translate from Western Armenian in the 21st Century?
a drop of woman |
unnamed unwritten
The City Lament | Jerusalem Across the Medieval Mediterranean
In Consideration, BloomsbUry
Aras Yayincilik
cornell university press
Books
Interview
Critical Reflections on the Diaspora | Western Armenian & Eastern Armenian Today
A conversation on Eastern and Western Armenian, and how language shapes identity, memory, and belonging.
Press & Media
Interviews, reviews, and featured profiles highlighting
Tamar Marie Boyadjian's contributions to premodern
& contemporary literature and translation.
Podcast
The Persistence of the Armenian Question | Tamar Marie Boyadjian & Rachel Goshgarian
A conversation on the complexities of premodern and modern Armenian history and literature in a global context.
i Poetry reading
Afrofuturism in the Visual Realm | The Vision of Armenian Futurism
A conversation on Afrofuturism, visual storytelling, and the ways speculative art reshapes how we remember history and imagine the future.
Articles & Essays
Original written works exploring the delicate intersections of literature, language, and the fluidity of cultural memory.
Wasifiri
Dialogue |Two Armenians Conversing in Two Armenians
A lead feature in which Tamar Marie Boyadjian and Hrach Martirosyan reflect on the cultural and linguistic divide between Western and Eastern Armenian, and on how shared literature and a deep love for the language can bridge that distance.
Hyperallergic
Review | Medievals Psalms Weren't For Everyone
A critical review of the exhibition Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life at the Morgan Library & Museum, examining how its illuminated manuscripts, devotional objects, and everyday artifacts frame the Psalms and the lives built around them.
cambridge university press
Article | Imagining Difference: Race & Identity in the Middle Ages
Co-authored with Nahir Otaño Gracia, this article in the Cambridge New History of the Medieval World critically examines how race and identity are constructed in Arthurian and Crusading literature, and reflects on what these narratives reveal about the concept of race in the premodern world.
WINNER OF THE NAASR SONA ARONIAN BOOK PRIZE • FORMER & FIRST FEMALE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ARMENIAN STUDIES • WINNER OF THE 2022 IALA TRANSLATION GRANT • WINNER OF THE DONALD KOCH QUALITY IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD • WINNER OF THE FINTZ AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES • AWARDEE OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN GRANT • AWARDEE OF THE KNIGHTS OF VARTAN RESEARCH GRANT • CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BOOK THAT WON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR PRIZE FOR BEST ESSAY COLLECTION (2022)