History Museum of Armenia Hosts “Layers of Repatriation” International Conference

YEREVAN — From July 2 to 4, the History Museum of Armenia hosted the international conference “Layers of Repatriation,” dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Repatriation. More than 40 researchers from Armenia and abroad participated in the conference.

Alongside the conference, a temporary exhibition titled “Armenia: An Open Door” opened in collaboration with the Factum Documentary Center.

Participants also included Narine Margaryan, scientific secretary of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, and senior researchers Tehmine Martoyan and Elina Mirzoyan.

Narine Margaryan, Ph.D. in History, presented the memoirs of repatriates who survived the Armenian Genocide and whose accounts are preserved in the museum-institute’s collection. Her presentation examined their experiences through narratives reflecting the clash between expectations and reality.

Tehmine Martoyan, Ph.D. in History, discussed the experience of her grandfather, Mnatsakan, tracing his journey home, the collapse of ideological barriers, and his path of psychological resilience.

Elina Mirzoyan, Ph.D. in Philology and associate professor, presented the history of Armenian Genocide survivors who repatriated to the village of Ujan. Her presentation examined their journey from Sasun to Ujan within the broader historical and genocide-studies context of survival, repatriation, and the post-repatriation period. She addressed the subject not only as a researcher but also as a descendant of the repatriates.

Following peer review, the papers presented at the conference will be published in an upcoming issue of the academic journal Proceedings of the History Museum of Armenia.