Covering the “It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language” conference

On February 27–March 1, 2026, the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, in partnership with the Armenian Communities Department, hosted the conference “It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian,” at the University of Southern California’s Taper Hall of Humanities in Los Angeles.
29 apr 2026

The conference brought together a diverse group of participants to explore a central question: How can the Armenian language thrive in the Diaspora? Rather than focusing on narratives of loss or decline, the conference intentionally shifted the focus to examples of innovation, creativity and success, highlighting initiatives, strategies and targeted efforts that sustain and invigorate Armenian in its literary standards, as well as in its colloquial and dialectal forms, across generations and geographies. 

You can consult the full programme.

An overview of the conference is featured in the below Asbarez article. While the Nor Haratch article, in Armenian, provides some highlights and the full closing remarks given by Ani Garmiryan, Senior Programme Officer for Western Armenian and Education of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which reaffirmed the shared commitment to sustain Armenian as a living, evolving global language. 

Closing Remarks Asbarez article

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