LOS ANGELES — The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA will host Dr. Edita Gzoyan, lecturer at the American University of Armenia and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, for a lecture titled “From Rescue to Resettlement: Post-Genocide Recovery and the Search for a Home from the Middle East to Madagascar.”

This event will take place on Sunday, October 11 at 2 p.m. at the UCLA James West Alumni Center, Founders’ Room.

Registration for in person attendance is required and free. Click here to learn more and RSVP. The event will be livestreamed on the Promise Armenian Institute’s YouTube Channel.

This talk explores the interconnected processes of post-genocide recovery and resettlement, tracing humanitarian efforts across the Middle East and examining international initiatives and proposals to establish new homes for Armenian refugees, including the little-known plan to resettle Armenians in Madagascar. It highlights the complex transition from rescue to reconstruction and the broader search for security, community, and a viable future in the aftermath of genocide.

Dr. Edita Gzoyan is a lecturer at the American University of Armenia and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Yerevan State University and an LL.M. from the American University of Armenia. Her research focuses on the history and legal dimensions of the Armenian Genocide, humanitarian responses and refugee assistance, gender-based violence, forced child transfer, and the post-genocide recovery of Armenian women and children.

This event is co-sponsored by the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, UCI Center for Armenian Studies, and the Armenian Studies Program at CSUN.