Dismantling of Armenia's Genocide Museum-Institute and the Tragedy of Remaining in the Swamp

Dismantling of Armenia's Genocide Museum-Institute and the Tragedy of Remaining in the Swamp

Gevorg Vardanyan BY GEVORG VARDANYAN Recently Armenia’s Education Minister Zhanna Andreasyan dismissed Dr. Edita Gzoyan from her position as Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. This strange decision has confused and bewildered Armenia’s academic community. It appears arbitrary, ignoring and trampling over the opinion of the AGMI staff, who had collectively opposed it. Moreover, the scholar members of the Board of Trustees firmly …

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Armenia Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Edita Gzoyan has submitted her resignation. Officials at the institute declined to comment on the reasons for the resignation or the legal grounds involved and asked that inquiries be submitted in writing.  “The resignation has been submitted, but no legal act has been issued yet,” a museum representative said. Gzoyan previously escorted U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife during…