Heghnar Watenpaugh

Writer, Art Historian, Professor at University of California Davis @ucdavis. Guggenheim Fellow @GuggFellows 2020. Art, human rights, cultural heritage, genocide

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

The paperback edition of #TheMissingPages is out! The award-winning biography of a #Medieval #Armenian #manuscript that is at once art, sacred object, and #culturalheritage, the legal battle for its #restitution, and the #humanright to art.
https://t.co/RQ8w3taAQL

[Syrian Studies Association @SyrianStudies]

Keith Watenpaugh on his recent visit to Syria.

"In this second essay on the formation of historical narrative and memory in post-civil war Syria, I consider a banner draped across a hospital destroyed by Russian planes in Syria’s Palestinian Yarmouk Refugee Camp and the way it tells a complex and complicated story of resistance, complicity and the high-stakes problem with historical endings."

https://t.co/TMn8gsEEm8

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Armenians in NYC mark genocide and Mayor Adams' ongoing silence

https://t.co/OW3rySVVaR

[Lily Janiak @LilyJaniak]

Golden Thread and Hakawati NGO's "Azad (The Rabbit and the Wolf)" has such a complex structure I'm still trying to understand how it all worked, along with direction that seemed to marshal the storytelling capabilities of every corner of the stage. https://t.co/N0BiQDnRYd

[Alberto Miguel Fernandez @AlbertoMiguelF5]

The Vatican has been strangely silent about this Azerbaijan propaganda event after it blew up their face. Seems like something that the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches should have caught.

[Alberto Miguel Fernandez @AlbertoMiguelF5]

My latest, just out today at the @NCRegister, looks at a crackpot Azerbaijan conference held at the Vatican, of all places, that has caused an uproar among Armenians. https://t.co/trgs3EHb7L

[Karima Bennoune @karimabennoune]

Remembering my dad Mahfoud Bennoune on what would've been his 89th birthday

In these harrowing times, I'm inspired by the fact that he never gave up working for freedom dignity knowledge & humanity in his beloved #Algeria & the world

We shouldn't either

https://t.co/v6WzRerVJN

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

https://t.co/I7cIXjiQXY

[Simon Maghakyan @simonforco]

Happening Now: prominent art historian & The Missing Pages author @HeghnarW delivers the Getty Research Institute Council’s 2024 Thomas and Barbara Gaehtgens Lecture — Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide. Watch live at https://t.co/Kg7GYFPAu7

[Shant Ghazarian @shantghazarian]

Amazing lecture by #professor Heghnar Zeitlan about #art during #ArmenianGenocide at #GettyCenter #LosAngeles

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

@shantghazarian thanks so much for the support, Shant!

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

thanks for the shoutout, @UCDLandS !
looking forward to the conversation
#culturalheritage #museums #genocide #medievalart

https://t.co/9lWOVeykBx

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

Looking forward to returning to the @GettyMuseum on 12/15 to give the Gaehtgens Lecture on #art and #culturalheritage in #Genocide. Reserve your free ticket through the link below. #medieval #manuscripts #museums #restitution #Armenian
https://t.co/PKjQJ2U18l

[Global Crisis Management Report @globalcmrpt]

RT @HeghnarW Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide Webcast, Dec 15 https://t.co/j8EJAUj1lB @GettyMuseum @TimLeBerre @UnescoTCHER @FAR_ICCROM @IAAS_Forum @IcomOfficiel @ICCROM @NEHGOV @AAMERS @US_IMLS

[Getty Conservation Institute @GCIConservation]

🚨 Last Week to Apply 🚨
2025-2026 Graduate Internship Program

These paid internships are for current or recent graduate students seeking careers in the visual arts. Positions are available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, publications, web & new media, public programs, digital projects, & grantmaking.

Located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles or the Getty Villa in Malibu, all positions are full-time for 12 months from Sept. 8, 2025 through Aug. 28, 2026.

Apply by Nov. 4, 2024: https://t.co/gG0EUDvm9k

Learn about GCI-specific internships: https://t.co/z3GFbYU2Z6

[rober koptaş @roberkoptas]

unufak dün kitapçılara ulaştı. iki satır karalamış herkes gibi ben de okunsun, bir şeylere, birilerine dokunsun isterim ama benden çıktı artık, söz artık okuyanda. benim için artık joyce’a kulak verip bir kenarda tırnaklarımı kesme vakti. sonrası, zamanı gelince.
https://t.co/bmYKfTGNQi

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

@AlbertoMiguelF5 thanks so much Alberto!

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

Looking forward to returning to the @GettyMuseum on 12/15 to give the Gaehtgens Lecture on #art and #culturalheritage in #Genocide. Reserve your free ticket through the link below. #medieval #manuscripts #museums #restitution #Armenian
https://t.co/PKjQJ2U18l

[Getty Foundation @GettyFoundation]

Applications are now LIVE for the Getty Post-Baccalaureate Conservation Internship program!
Students from underrepresented backgrounds enrolled in graduate degree programs related to museum conservation are encouraged to apply. Over the internship year, interns will spend six months in the conservation labs at Getty & six months at one of our partner museums in LA.
Apply by November 1: https://t.co/5uRXEaZLCg

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

Here's the video summarizing the feature for @OCCRP on how Azerbaijan obstructed the work of the @ICRC.

It happened simultaneosly as the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society endorsed the regime's propaganda.

Full story in next tweet.

[Paul Radu @IDashboard]

Our story about a dire situation that we can see more and more in conflicts all over the world: https://t.co/b8XxyL9EP8