What does it mean for a people to be transformed from indigenous inhabitants to foreigners in their own homeland? This lecture introduces the concept of “denativization” to examine how Armenians in Turkey underwent this transformation. Denativization extends beyond genocide and human rights violations, addressing the systemic erasure of Armenian presence, identity and history.

Dr. Hakem A. Al-Rustom is the Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History, assistant professor of history and of anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is author of Enduring Erasures: Afterlives of the Armenian Genocide (forthcoming, July 2025) and the coeditor of "Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation" (2010).

Date: Friday, March 21
Time: 7 - 8 p.m.
Location: Grosse Industrial Tech building, Room 101

For more information, contact Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian at barlowd@csufresno.edu.