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Tatevik Movsisyan, M.A.

Scholarship holder
ORCID JRG Global Armenia/ns

  • About

    Tatevik Movsisyan was born in Sevan, Armenia. She studied English and Philology (with French as a minor) at Yerevan State University, where she received both her BA and MA degrees. She later pursued a PhD in Germanic Languages, focusing on English Language and Philology, with a dissertation titled »Vertical Context Displays in G. G. Byron's Works in Comparison with the Armenian Translations«. Her academic journey included a research stay and conference participation at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, as well as a one-year postgraduate certificate programme in Armenian Studies and Southeastern European History at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Tatevik Movsisyan has extensive experience in international project coordination, editing and academic translation, particularly in the context of higher education and EU-funded projects. She has also worked for the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia. Her scholarly interests focus on translation studies and multilingual communication in academic settings.

  • Work Focus

    • Literary representation of historical trauma and genocide memory in Soviet and Eastern European contexts
    • Cultural memory, identity and knowledge transfer under repressive regimes (and in diasporic communities)
    • Narratives of exile, resilience and intergenerational storytelling in Soviet and Eastern European literature

  • Awards

    • 2025–2028 Recipient of a PhD Research Grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for participation in the »Global Armenia/ns« research project at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) and Leipzig University
    • 2019 Awarded a PhD Research Grant by the Padus-Araxes Cultural Association, Venice, Italy
    • 2018–2019 Scholarship holder of the Galouste Gulbenkian Foundation for studies in Armenian and Southeastern European History at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest
    • 2016 Recipient of a PhD Research Grant from the Academic Swiss Caucasus Network (ASCN) for research at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

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