The Armenian Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Tatevik Ayvazyan as the new Director, replacing Dr. Susan Pattie, a founding member and former Director. Tatevik is well-known to AI friends as she has been working as Programme Coordinator and Social Media Manager since November 2019.
Born in Yerevan, Tatevik has lived in the UK over 20 years, working in film, website development, programme management, and digital marketing. With two post-graduate degrees (University of Kent, Catholic University of Leuven), Tatevik comes not only with practical experience but a broad education, as well as extensive background in Armenian literature, history and the arts. Her particular passion is Armenian poetry which she is eager to bring to a wider public as well as continuing with her own translations of both East and West Armenian verse.
We feel very fortunate to have Tatevik at our helm as we move through important transitions, into a new physical space as well as into an exciting future of new programmes, courses and events. We will provide opportunities for everyone to meet Tatevik virtually as we truly look forward to the day when we can all meet together in real space in our new home. Please join us in welcoming Tato to her new position at AI.
She will commence her new position on 1 July and Dr. Susan Pattie will take up the position of Interim Programme Manager.