“Layers of Repatriation” international conference 2-4 July 2026, Jerevan – CfP

The History Museum of Armenia is organizing the “Layers of Repatriation” international conference, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the great repatriation movement, which aims to rediscover museum collections related to the topic and discuss the different social, cultural, and historical layers of the phenomenon.
• Waves of mass repatriation (1921-1936, 1946-1948, 1962, and later waves)
• The issue of organizing repatriation and admitting repatriates to Armenia
• Challenges faced by repatriates and their gradual integration into Soviet Armenian society
• The political-ideological, social, and cultural impact of repatriation on the modern history of Armenia and the Diaspora
• The comparison of the “remainers” and later “emigrants”: organizational motives and failures
• The response to repatriation and later emigration in Armenia and the Diaspora
• Repatriation in post-Soviet Armenia
• Repatriation as cultural heritage in museum collections
• The emigration of repatriates within oral history
• Methodological issueswithin the study of stories of repatriation