{"id":5288,"date":"2015-03-09T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2015-03-09T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:38:17","slug":"we-are-the-armenians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/03\/09\/we-are-the-armenians\/","title":{"rendered":"We are the Armenians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently being installed in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Archives &amp; Special Collection&#8217;s Gallery, an exhibit <em>We are the Armenians<\/em>. A two month community exhibition celebrating the history, strength, vibrancy, and accomplishments of New England\u2019s Armenian American community.\u00a0\u00a0Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian\u00a0genocide,\u00a0the exhibition will showcase artifacts, photographs &amp; family heirlooms belonging to members of Connecticut\u2019s Armenian community and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almainc.org\/\">Armenian Museum of America<\/a> (Watertown, MA).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5288 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/03\/09\/we-are-the-armenians\/image4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/03\/image4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/03\/09\/we-are-the-armenians\/image3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/03\/image3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/03\/09\/we-are-the-armenians\/image2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/03\/image2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/03\/09\/we-are-the-armenians\/image1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/03\/image1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>We are the Armenians,<\/em> an exhibition sponsored by UConn\u00a0Global Affairs, is part of the<a href=\"http:\/\/armenia.uconn.edu\/events\/norian-armenian-oral-history-project-and-community-exhibition-project\/\">\u00a02015 Norian Armenian Community\u00a0Exhibition Project<\/a>.\u00a0 This project\u00a0aims to provide a forum for individuals from the Armenian American community throughout Connecticut and the greater New England region to record, share, and preserve their stories, and in so doing, to contribute to the understanding of themes relating to immigration, cultural diversity, and identity relevant to the Armenian diaspora.\u00a0 The historical foundation of this outreach program was established with the\u00a0Norian Armenian Oral History Project, directed by Bruce Stave and Sondra Astor Stave, which\u00a0encompasses twenty interviews, archived in the <a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/asc\/findaids\/COH\/MSS19840025.html#ref1207\">Connecticut Oral History Collection<\/a> in UConn\u2019s Archives and Special Collections at the\u00a0Thomas J. 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