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DESCRIPTION:-------- WEDS TALKS: CAPTIVE SITES:OFFICIAL HERITAGE AND ARMENI
 AN MEMORY IN  TURKEY [1] -------------------------------------------------
 ---------\n\n\n*ABSTRACT:* How can we think critically about minoritizatio
 n in relation to  official processes of heritage-making? Is the culture of
  the minoritized  community included in the official state heritage, is i
 t excluded, erased or  appropriated? What are the implications for the cu
 ltural heritage sector in  general, and for specific sites in particular?
  The history and cultural  heritage of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and
  Turkey over the course of the  20th century shed light on the long-term i
 mpacts of genocide, minoritization,  and state power. During the Genocid
 e and its aftermath, sites associated with  Armenian culture, particular
 ly religious sites, were destroyed, or  repurposed, appropriated, sold
  or transferred. Some of them eventually became  cultural heritage sites a
 s part of state patrimony and were sundered from  their connection to any 
 remaining Armenian communities. The Pulitzer-prize  winning poet and write
 r Peter Balakian named “captive sites” those  cultural heritage sites in T
 urkey that have historic links to Armenians yet  with which Armenians are 
 prevented from having an organic or even accessible  relationship. The cas
 e study is Ani, a medieval city located today on the  border between Arme
 nia and Turkey, which was listed on the UNESCO world  heritage list in 20
 16.\n\n*BIO**:* Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh is Professor of Art History at
  the  University of California, Davis. She researches the diverse visual 
 cultures  of the Middle East, including architectural preservation, muse
 ums, and  cultural heritage.\n\nDate: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 12:
 00pm to 1:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Name: Sumiji Takahahshi\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n Contact Phone: 310-825-4169\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Email: suta
 kahashi@ioa.ucla.edu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Registration: registration not requ
 ired\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Events Tags: Pizza Talk [2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Locat
 ion: Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)\n\n[1] https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds-t
 alks-captive-sitesofficial-heritage-and-armenian-memory-turkey [2] https:/
 /ioa.ucla.edu/event-tags/pizza-talk
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T120000
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LOCATION:Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)
SUMMARY:WEDS TALKS: Captive Sites:Official Heritage and Armenian Memory in 
 Turkey
URL;TYPE=URI:https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds-talks-captive-sitesofficial-
 heritage-and-armenian-memory-turkey
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