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Talar Chahinian lectures in the program for Armenian studies at University of California, Irvine where she is also visiting faculty in the Department of Comparative Literature. She coedits Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies.

Chahinian's account of literary production in a minor language by writers 'operating on the margins of the majority culture'will serve as an insightful resource to address conceptual, methodological, and pedagogical questions in Lebanese, Middle Eastern, and SWANA diaspora studies.-- "Mashriq & Mahjar" An impeccably researched and beautifully written study of the cultural, literary, and linguistic contributions of Armenian writers in 1920s Paris, during the formation years of a diaspora whose intellectual center of gravity would later shift to Beirut. Chahinian provides an elegant and lasting contribution to genocide and catastrophe studies.-- "Francoise Lionnet, Harvard University" An exemplary engagement with a number of current debates about diasporas and nations, national literatures and world literature, trauma and mourning, resulting in a book that will draw attention from multiple and vigorous intellectual constituencies.-- "Khachig Toeloelyan, professor emeritus, Wesleyan University" An invaluable study of the effects of the Armenian genocide on the language and literature of Armenians scattered across the globe.-- "Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California, Irvine"