Be The Change Author Talk: The Resistance Network
Glendale Library, Arts & Culture welcomes author and lecturer Khatchig Mouradian, PhD. for a live literary event in which he will discuss The Resistance Network in conversation with filmmaker and screenwriter Eric Nazarian on Saturday, April 10 at 6:30pm. Register for the event here.
The Resistance Network tells the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian Genocide. Khatchig Mouradian challenges depictions of Armenians as passive victims of violence and subjects of humanitarianism, demonstrating the key role they played in organizing a humanitarian resistance against the destruction of their people.
Khatchig Mouradian, Ph.D. is a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies at Columbia University. He is the editor of the peer-reviewed journal The Armenian Review and in 2020 was awarded a Humanities War & Peace Initiative Grant from Columbia University.
Check out The Resistance Network with your Glendale Library card using our Contactless Pickup Services. Signed copies of The Resistance Network are also available for purchase from our partner, Abril Books. For questions or comments, you may contact the Library via email at LibraryInfo@GlendaleCA.gov or give us a call at 818-548-2021.
April is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month in the 2020-2021 Be the Change Series. Keep an eye out for more events.
The Be the Change series is focused on inclusion, diversity, equity, and antiracism. Be the Change events will build collective understanding of systemic racism, elevate the voices and stories of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), and inspire our community to be the change. The series is led by Glendale Library, Arts & Culture in partnership with the Southern California Library Cooperative and Outlook Newspapers. The series is sponsored by the City of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission, with funding from the City of Glendale Urban Art Fund.