# Event Details

- **Event Name**: It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Interdisciplinary Conference at USC, February 27, February 28, and March 1, 2026About this EventThe USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, in partnership with the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, presents It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian, an interdisciplinary conference to be held February 27–March 1, 2026, at the University of Southern California’s Taper Hall of Humanities in Los Angeles.At the heart of the conference is a forward-looking question: How can the Armenian language thrive in the Diaspora? Moving beyond narratives of loss or decline, the conference centers examples of innovation, creativity, and success. It highlights initiatives, strategies, and targeted efforts that sustain and invigorate Armenian—across its literary standards as well as its colloquial and dialectal forms, and across generations and geographies.The program is designed to foster dialogue between research and lived practice. It features a dynamic mix of academic panels, roundtables, keynote lectures, live conversations, and practitioner showcases, encouraging exchange across disciplines and professional roles. Central to this approach is collaboration between scholars and those actively engaged in language education, cultural production, and community-based work.The conference is free of charge and open to the public. Its working languages are English and Armenian.RSVP is required.Dates: February 27, February 28, and March 1, 2026Location: USC Taper Hall of Humanities, 3501 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089Parking: USC McCarthy Structure, 620 McCarthy Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089A preliminary program is available here.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/los-angeles/it-takes-a-diaspora-to-raise-a-language-future-directions-for-armenian/100001982301168156
- **Event Categories**: business, conferences, art, literary-art
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Los Angeles
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: USC Taper Hall of Humanities
- **lat**: 34.0222316
- **long**: -118.2845619
- **full address**: USC Taper Hall of Humanities, 3501 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian being held?
  - **A:** It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian takes place on Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm at USC Taper Hall of Humanities, 3501 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian?
  - **A:** It Takes a Diaspora to Raise a Language: Future Directions for Armenian is organized by USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies.

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