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- 1. Where Sociology Meets Leadership
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Where Sociology Meets Leadership
What Institutional Innovation Looks Like in Practice
Hratch Tchilingirian
Long before I spent years in academia, I was fascinated by a simple question: How can nonprofit organizations adapt to change without losing sight of why they exist?
2026-07-23 - 2. Keeping the Painting on the Easel
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Asbarez June 4, 2026 Massis June 5, 2026 Armenian Weekly June 8, 2026
Keeping the Painting on the Easel
Reflections on Life, Career, and the Art of Continually BecomingBy Hratch Tchilingirian
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."
2026-06-07 - 3. Western Diocese’s Public Lecture Series
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Western Diocese's Public Lecture Series Explore Christian Faith and Armenian Heritage
Massis Post, March 30, 20267, March 30, 20267
...“The lecture series are designed 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 conversations on Armenian Christian tradition, theology, spirituality, culture, and contemporary realities.”
2026-03-31 - 4. New Tools and Strategies for the Future of Western Armenian
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Colloquium Explores New Tools and Strategies for the Future of Western Armenian
BURBANK (March 3, 2026) — A colloquium examining the future of Western Armenian and innovative approaches to language education brought together scholars, teachers, educators, and community leaders for a discussion on language vitality, pedagogy, and institutional collaboration. ...Moderator Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Director of Institutional Innovation at the Western Diocese...
2026-03-10 - 5. A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios
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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
2026-02-21 - 6. Syria’s forgotten Armenian community
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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
2026-01-27 - 7. Welcome to the Armenian Church
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Welcome to the Armenian Church. Essentials about the Armenian Church Faith, Religious Culture and Traditions from Ancient times to Present. Edited by Michael Kermian and Arpie Nakashian McQueen. Burbank: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church.
2025-12-12 - 8. USC Mapping Language and Identity
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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
2025-10-20 - 9. Transformation Rooted in Legacy
- ... author and scholar, his work and publications on the Armenian Church, identity, culture, the Armenian diaspora, and Christian communities in the Middle East have been recognized in both academic and policy ...
- 10. Language: The Condition of Mrs. Arev Mudian
- ... first camp consists of the purists, the self-styled soldiers, warriors, and language police of Western Armenian — mostly, intellectuals of Middle Eastern origin. They see it as their sacred mission to ...
- 11. Hratch Tchilingirian (short biography)
- ... 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 ...
- 12. Սփիւռքի կառոյցները միայն բեմ չեն կրնար ըլլալ
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Սփիւռքի կառոյցները միայն բեմ չեն կրնար ըլլալ
Երիտասարդութիւնը կրնայ յայտնաբերել իր դերը, արտայայտել իր ձայնը եւ ի գործ դնել իր կարողութիւնները
Դոկտ. Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան | »Տարբերակ 21» 6 Մայիս 2025
Քանի մը ամիս առաջ, «Սփիւռքի Մեծ Բացական՝ Ղեկավարութիւն» վերնագրով յօդուածի մը մէջ անդրադարձած էի, թէ ինչպէս Սփիւռքի «դասական» կազմակերպութիւնները խոր ճգնաժամի մէջ են, թէ սփիւռքեան ղեկավարութեան քանակական եւ որակական նօսրացումը հիմնական ու գոյութենական խնդիր է, եւ կառոյցները չեն յարմարած 21-րդ դարու
2025-05-10 - 13. Mapping Language and Identity
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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
2025-05-20 - 14. The Last Liturgy
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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....
2025-04-26 - 15. Սփիւռքի Մեծ Բացական՝ Ղեկավարութիւն
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«Հայրենիք» «Զարթօնք» «Ազգ21» «Արարատ»Սփիւռքի Մեծ Բացական՝ Ղեկավարութիւն
Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան | 6 Մարտ 2025
Վերջին տարիներուն, սփիւռքի կառոյցներու եւ ղեկավարութեան հարցը դարձած է աճող եւ մտահոգիչ երեւոյթ մը։ Ապագան մշուշոտ է, իսկ ներկայ վիճակը՝ յուսախաբեցնող։ Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Արամ Ա. Կաթողիկոսի բնորոշումով՝ «Կը գտնուինք անդունդի եզրին...
2025-03-10 - 16. Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East
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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
2025-02-05 - 17. Azerbaijan’s International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges
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Azerbaijan's International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges
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
2025-01-24 - 18. Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian Appointed Director of Institutional Innovation
- ... has published extensively on issues of identity, culture, and religion, as well as the plight of Christian communities and minorities in the Middle East. His work has earned recognition in both academic ...
- 19. Diaspora Studies
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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.
2024-09-16 - 20. What is *Armenian* in Armenian Identity
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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. 31-40.2024-07-13