This is an in-person only event. Please register below to attend.
Join us on May 14 for a discussion dedicated to Black Garden Aflame, a collection of articles about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the Soviet and Russian media outlets. The book is edited by Dr. Artyom Tonoyan, a sociologist and political scientist whose research focuses on the intersection of religion and nationalism in Russia and the South Caucasus. Dr. Tonoyan will be joined by Dr. Kevork Oskanian for a conversation about the current state of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the fast changing regional political dynamics and security arrangements.
The event will be in-person at the Armenian Institute (1 Onslow Street, EC1N 8AS) and will be followed by a wine reception.
Speaker Bios:
Dr. Artyom Tonoyan was born and grew up in Gyumri, Armenia and now makes his home in Minneapolis, USA, where he was a research associate at the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (2015-2021). A sociologist by training, his research focuses on the intersection of religion and nationalism in Russia and the South Caucasus. His articles have appeared in Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Society, and Modern Greek Studies Yearbook, among others. He has previously collaborated with RAND Corporation and has been a frequent commentator on the BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24, and other outlets. Presently, he is guest-editing the Journal of Law and Religion (Cambridge University Press) for a forthcoming symposium on religion and law in Russia. He is also working on a book charting the social, historical, and religious backgrounds of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor University, where he held a lectureship at the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and the Department of Political Science (2006-2012).
Dr. Kevork Oskanian is a Lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK. He obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics’ Department of International Relations, and has previously taught at the LSE and the Universities of Westminster and Birmingham. His latest monograph - ‘Russian Exceptionalism between East and West: The Ambiguous Empire’ (Palgrave) - provides a novel long-term approach to the role of Russia’s imperial legacies in its interactions with the former Soviet space. His current research interests include the International Relations of Eurasia, and post-liberal approaches to International Society and the state.