On International Women’s Day, we honor Mariam Vartanian (Maro), one of the founding figures of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party & a pioneering Armenian revolutionary intellectual. More than a founder in name, she helped lay the ideological foundation of the Hunchakian movement, shaping its socialist vision, political principles, and revolutionary spirit at a time when few women were given space in political life. She also dedicated her entire life to the Armenian Cause, remaining steadfast in her commitment to her people, her ideals, & the struggle for justice.
Her legacy endures not only as one of the first Armenian women to assume a leading role in organized political struggle, but as a thinker whose convictions helped define an entire movement. Today, we remember Maro as a woman of intellect, courage, and unwavering principle. #InternationalWomensDay #MariamNazarbekian #SDHP #Hunchakian #ArmenianWomen
#Armenia
(Re)Discovering Garabed Kapikian: An Armenian Intellectual in the Late Ottoman Empire
This presentation explores Kapikian’s scholarly formation, teaching career, & political activism, including his role in the Social Democratic Hunchakian Party, within the broader context of the Late Ottoman intellectual world.
https://t.co/KhHcYTgGfk
En el Día de los Símbolos Patrios, rendimos homenaje a la memoria del pueblo armenio, a 110 años del genocidio que intentó borrar su historia, su cultura y su identidad.
On May 27, 1918, Pandukht (Mikayel Seryan) led a surprise cavalry attack on the Turkish army’s rear during the Battle of Sardarapat. His bold move helped secure a historic Armenian victory. We honor his courage, leadership, and sacrifice.
#Sardarapat#ArmenianHistory#Hunchakian
The last words of the Armenian socialist Paramaz before he and 19 of his comrades were executed by the Ottoman Empire on June 15, 1915. We honor him by continuing his fight, his struggle lives on.
#Paramaz#ArmenianGenocide#Socialism#NubarOzanyan#20Martyrs
“. . .You can kill our bodies but not our ideology.”
-Mateos “Paramaz” Sarkisian
15 June 1915 (Constantinople): Ottoman authorities hang 20 Armenian Social Democratic (Hunchakian) Party activists in Sultan Beyazıt Square.
Shushanik Kurghinian, a key figure in #Armenia's #socialist & #feminist circles, joined the Social Democrat #Hunchakian Party in 1894 & provided inspiring & thoughtful poetry, giving "a voice to the voiceless," to the SDHP affiliated press until her untimely death in 1927.
The mural of Shushanik Kurghinian by renowned artist and writer Molly Crabapple now adorns the wall at Abovyan 21. Inspired by our "Forgotten Pages of History" series, Crabapple celebrates Kurghinian, a trailblazing Armenian poet and revolutionary feminist.
#EVNMediaFest
The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party, edited by @BedrossDM, is a transnational history of the oldest revolutionary socialist Armenian party, from the Ottoman Empire to the global diaspora: https://t.co/79zX0XLiFY
#armenianstudies#armenianpolitics
This is the image of Giorgi (Kevork Checkmeyan) my great uncle in Marash. He was fedayee who defended Marash from the Kemalist forces. Today the resting place of the image is on p.10 in my edited volume on The Social Democrat Hnchakian Party published by @ibtauris@BloomsburyPub
Armenian volunteers of the Medzn Murad brigade during the Artsakh Liberation War. The brigade was made up mostly of Armenians from Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine who distinguished themselves by wearing keffiyehs.
Missak Manouchian, an #ArmenianGenocide survivor, a hero of the #French Resistance, is set to become the first foreigner to be honored in #France's Panthéon.
My edited volume 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 has just been published by @ibtauris an imprint of @BloomsburyBooks. @unlcas@UNLincoln