Lives in Fragments: Book Launch with Nazan Maksudyan In Conversation with Ayşe Parla
Armenian Institute & The Wiener Holocaust Library
29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
In their new co-edited book, entitled Lives in Fragments: Self-Narrative Sources and Biographical Approaches to the Armenian Genocide, published in February 2026, Eren Yıldırım Yetkin, Nazan Maksudyan and Adnan Çelik explore a new angle through which to interpret the social dynamics that lead to acts of genocidal violence, their remembrance, and their denial.
The twelve chapters in this book, written by experts in the field, focus on life stories and self-narratives that were fragmented and shattered through the historical violence of the Armenian Genocide. It offers a nuanced understanding of genocide’s complex historical and social dimensions.
In conjunction with the Wiener Holocaust Library, and to mark the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, we are happy to host one of the co-editors, Nazan Maksudyan, who will officially launch this remarkable volume in London and talk us through its novel methodology and rich contents. In conversation with her, we are delighted to welcome Ayşe Parla, who will share insights into her own current research on the art of writing as a survivor in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, tentatively entitled Peripheral Time: Writing as Survival in Bolis/Istanbul After Genocide.
This event is held in partnership with the Wiener Holocaust Library.
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