Living Diaspora, Thinking Diaspora: Khachig Tölölyan in Conversation with Talar Chahinian and Sossie Kasbarian

Event details Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: Leavey Library (LVL) - LVL 17 - 650 West 35th Street , Los Angeles, CA 90089 Type: Lecture / Talk / Workshop Campus: University Park Campus Department: Institute of Armenian Studies Audience: Students, Alumni, Faculty/Staff About this event This fall, the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies will welcome Khachig Tölölyan, one of the founding architects of modern diaspora studies, as its second Seminal Scholar-in-Residence. The third and final public event of Professor Tölölyan’s residency will bring him into conversation with Drs. Talar Chahinian and Sossie Kasbarian, two of the three current co-editors of Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies. Titled “Living Diaspora, Thinking Diaspora,” the conversation will explore how Tölölyan’s own diasporic journey has intersected with and informed his intellectual work and the development of diaspora studies. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is required. Click here to RSVP. Learn more about the residency and other events. Official event details: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/living-diaspora-thinking-diaspora