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Nona Shahnazarian

26 posts
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Institute for Archaeology and Ethnography, Armenia
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Institute for Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
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Ethnographic Method, Economic Anthropology, Gender Studies, Russia, Caucasus, Migration
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Nagorno-Karabakh between Turkey’s Scylla and Russia’s Charybdis

  • December 11, 2020
  • Nona Shahnazarian and Anita Khachaturova
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On November 10, a Russian-enforced ceasefire finally put an end to forty-five days of intense fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave that…

Goodbye “Sashik-Fifty Percent”: Anti-Corruption Trends in the New Armenia

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The Transformative Potential of Women’s Empowerment and Peacebuilding in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

  • April 16, 2018
  • Nona Shahnazarian
Nona Shahnazarian (National Academy of Sciences, Armenia) discusses women’s political engagement in the peace process in Armenia and the region. Shahnazarian Podcast .mp3 Episode 14

Евразийская семья против европейских ценностей: Геополитические корни «анти-гендеризма» в Армении2

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  • Nona Shahnazarian
С конца 2012 года термины «гендер» и «гендерное равенство» в армянском дискурсивном пространстве стали подаваться с откровенно негативным подтекстом, вплоть до того, что  стали использоваться в качестве оскорблений. Заметный откат…
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NEW POLICY MEMO: Eurasian Family versus European Values: The Geopolitical Roots of “Anti-Genderism” in Armenia | N. Shahnazarian

  • October 23, 2017
  • Nona Shahnazarian
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Eurasian Family versus European Values: The Geopolitical Roots of “Anti-Genderism” in Armenia

  • October 20, 2017
  • Nona Shahnazarian
(PONARS Policy Memo) Since late 2012, the terms “gender” and “gender equality” in the Armenian discursive space have become enveloped in undertones of tremendous negativity and even used as insults. The…
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A Good Soldier and a Good Mother: New Conditions and New Roles in the Nagorno-Karabakh War

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  • Nona Shahnazarian
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  • Nona Shahnazarian
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Women and Conflict in the Karabakh Conflict

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  • Nona Shahnazarian
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