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1. Keeping the Painting on the Easel

... on the Easel Reflections on Life, Career, and the Art of Continually Becoming By Hratch Tchilingirian Life is not a finished painting hung upon the wall to be admired as a static artifact of who we ...

2. Keeping the Painting on the Easel

Keeping the Painting on the Easel
Reflections on Life, Career, and the Art of Continually Becoming 

Hratch Tchilingirian | Oxbridgepartners.com | 25 May 2026

Life is not a finished painting hung upon the wall to be admired as a static artifact of who we are. It is not something we frame and declare, “Here it is; this is my life.” To view life this way is to deny its very essence. Life is fluid, dynamic, and ever-changing—a living work of art that evolves with every passing moment. This is also true for professional life. 

Imagine instead that your life is a painting that remains on the easel, perpetually unfinished. Each day, you approach it with fresh eyes, a brush in hand, ready to add new strokes of color, refine its details, or sometimes paint over entire sections to create something entirely new. This metaphor has helped me see life as a process—a canvas upon which we continuously create and recreate ourselves.

Date:

2026-05-26

3. [translation]

Gabriella Uluhogian, “Eremia Çelebi Keomurjian's ‘Geography’: its historic and symbolic value” (Translated by Hratch Tchilingirian). London, March 2002.

Uluhogian_2002_Eremia_Celebi_Keomurjian_Geography_translated_Hratch_Tchilingirian.pdf

Date:

2026-04-14

4. Western Diocese’s Public Lecture Series

... to engage both timeless questions of faith and urgent modern concerns,” explained Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Director of Institutional Innovation, adding that “the program accords the public meaningful ...

5. New Tools and Strategies for the Future of Western Armenian

... and institutional collaboration. ...Moderator Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Director of Institutional Innovation at the Western Diocese... ::/introtext:: ::fulltext::   Colloquium Explores New ...

6. A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios

       

Data or Dogma? A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios’ ‘U.S. Armenian Christian Ecosystem’

By Hratch Tchilingirian | Asbarez, February 20, 2026 

In recent months, Khachkar Studios—a media outlet affiliated with billionaire Paul B. Kazarian’s Charles & Agnes Kazarian Foundation—has flooded Armenian news cycles with claims of a “historically unprecedented” $100 million investment to revitalize the “The Failing U.S. Armenian Christian 

Date:

2026-02-21

7. Syria’s forgotten Armenian community

           

Between Political Uncertainty and Military Threats: Syria’s Forgotten Armenian Community

Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian 

Armenian Weekly, 26 January 2026    MassisPost, 26 January 2026    Aravot 26 January 2026

Syria today remains a politically and militarily fragmented country, defined not only by the legacy of a devastating civil war, but also by unresolved tensions between the country’s central authorities and the Kurdish forces operating in the northern and northeastern regions. Periodic clashes, shifting alliances, and contested systems of governance continue to generate instability and uncertainty, particularly for minorities caught between competing centers of

Date:

2026-01-27

8. USC Mapping Language and Identity

Mapping Language and Identity: Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian and the Armenian Diaspora Survey

 ""Language Therapy with Dr. K"

University of Southern California, Armenian Studies Institute, 7 May 2025

Date:

2025-10-20

9. Transformation Rooted in Legacy

           

Interview: Transformation Rooted in Legacy

Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian on Charting the Roadmap for the Western Diocese’s Next Century

By Sergey Arustamyan | MassisPost, October 15, 2025

... In this conversation, Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, director of the Institutional Innovation initiative, reflects on why change is essential, how it is taking shape, and what has been done since his appointment a year ago....

Date:

2025-10-20

10. Language: The Condition of Mrs. Arev Mudian

     

Western Armenian: The Condition of Mrs. Arev Mudian

By Dr. HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN | MassisPost, Ocotober 15, 2025

In the last decade or so, the challenges surrounding the preservation and vitality of Western Armenian have grown increasingly urgent. Concerned community leader

Date:

2025-10-19

11. Hratch Tchilingirian (short biography)

Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian is a sociologist, author and innovation executive. He is the Director of Institutional Innovation at the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church. He has taught at and held academic positions at the universities of Oxford (2012-2024) and Cambridge (2002-2012) in Britain and, since 2021, is Associate Professor of Armenian Studies (IMAS), INALCO university in Paris. His research, teaching and publications focus on sociology of identity, culture, and religion; Diaspora studies and inter-ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus and Eurasia region. Dr. Tchilingirian is the author of numerous studies and publications and has lectured internationally, in recent years drawing attention to the plight of minorities and Christian communities in the Middle East, especially in academic and policy-making circles. He was the Director of the Armenian Diaspora Survey (2019-2024), which conducted research in over 50 communities in 10 countries, with the participation of over 13,000 diasporans. Dr. Tchilingirian has held executive positions in charitable organizations and has served communities in various leadership positions in the United States and the United Kingdom. He remains deeply engaged in academic and community life and takes active part in civic and professional projects. His television, radio and newspaper interviews and expert comments have appeared in international media outlets, and have been quoted in BBC News, Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Financial Times, Fox News, Asia Times, RFE/RL, Radio Vaticana, Armenia Public TV, AM H1, Armenian Public Radio, and a host of other media outlets.

 

Date:

2025-10-12

12. Սփիւռքի կառոյցները միայն բեմ չեն կրնար ըլլալ

... իր ձայնը եւ ի գործ դնել իր կարողութիւնները։ Դոկտ. Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան * Դոկտ. Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան (https://oxbridgepartners.com/hratch/) ընկերաբան, սփիւռքագէտ, հայկական հաստատութենական նորարարութեան ծրագրային ...

13. Mapping Language and Identity

Mapping Language and Identity: Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian and the Armenian Diaspora Survey

 ""Language Therapy with Dr. K"

University of Southern California, Armenian Studies Institute, 7 May 2025

Date:

2025-05-20

14. The Last Liturgy

 

Komitas’s Sacred Harmony Before the Silence, the Last Liturgy

Hratch Tchilingirian | 24 April 2025

During the chaos of World War I in Constantinople, Komitas Vardapet began composing a version of the Armenian Divine Liturgy (Badarak) for a male choir. Due to military exemptions for some educators and church servants, including a few from the Armenian Church in Galata (Istanbul neighborhood), Komitas gathered a group of about 25–30 young men and worked intensely—sometimes day and night—to train them and compose the choral arrangements, carefully crafting each voice part as its own unique melody....

Date:

2025-04-26

15. Սփիւռքի Մեծ Բացական՝ Ղեկավարութիւն

... օրինակներու որդեգրումն ու յարմարեցումը կրնան ապագայասլաց, կենսունակ ու արդիւնաւէտ ղեկավարութիւն ձեւաւորել: * Դոկտ. Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան (www.hratch.info) ընկերաբան, սփիւռքագետ, հայկական հաստատութենական նորարարութեան ...

16. Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East

Paper: "Minority within Minorities: Armenian communities in the Middle East between imposed realities and uncertain future", CME International Workshop, Athens, Greece, 21 October 2022. Christianity and Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East: International Politics and Religion at the turn of the 20th and 21st century, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation

Hratch_Tchilingirian_Athens_conf_agenda_cme_workshop_2022.pdf

Date:

2025-02-05

17. Azerbaijan’s International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges

Azerbaijan's International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges

Hratch Tchilingirian

EVN Report, 14 January 2025   [Armenian version]

The Azerbaijani state has embarked on a concerted effort to enhance its international image following the Second Karabakh War in 2020 and especially since the subsequent ethnic cleansing of Armenians orchestrated by

Date:

2025-01-24

18. Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian Appointed Director of Institutional Innovation

Western Diocese Appoints Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian as Director of Institutional Innovation to Lead Major Initiative

Massis Post, 24 October 2024  |  Asbsarez, 24 October 2024

Date:

2024-12-02

19. Diaspora Studies

 

Paper: "Diaspora Studies: Future Directions", Society for Armenian Studies 50th Anniversary Conference, "Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations." 13-15 September 2024, Harvard University & NAASR.

Date:

2024-09-16

20. What is *Armenian* in Armenian Identity

Hratch Tchilingirian (2021) "What is 'Armenian' in Armenian Identity?" in Altuğ Yılmaz (ed.) Critical Approaches to Armenian Identity in the 21st Century: Vulnerability, Resilience and Transformation. Istanbul: Hrant Dink Foundation. pp. 31-40.

Date:

2024-07-13