{"id":33739,"date":"2026-03-02T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/?p=33739"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:39:18","slug":"postdoctoral-fellow-and-adjunct-research-professor-cihan-erdal-publishes-chapter-in-displaced-families-dispersed-memories-helsinki-university-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/2026\/postdoctoral-fellow-and-adjunct-research-professor-cihan-erdal-publishes-chapter-in-displaced-families-dispersed-memories-helsinki-university-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal Publishes Chapter in Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories (Helsinki University Press)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal Publishes Chapter in Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories (Helsinki University Press)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal\u2019s co-authored article,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cBreaking the \u2018Pact of Silence\u2019: Armenian Youth Activism and Coalition-Building in Contemporary Turkey,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;has been published in&nbsp;<em>Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories<\/em>&nbsp;(Helsinki University Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chapter explores how Armenian youth activism challenges inherited silences and builds solidarities in contemporary Turkey, showing how memory work can become a future-oriented political practice. Closely examining the interplay between memory activism and family memory, this research article highlights the hybridization of Armenian and family identity and the growing influence of transnational family and activist networks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the chapter here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hup.fi%2Fchapters%2Fe%2F10.33134%2FHUP-35-14&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKileyJohnston%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C8159a1fb93544bc104ba08de7870d09e%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639080623114626211%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZTuParXvQQKq2jJD1C%2FeNdGnOLNtuCjY6fMl%2B%2Fog7q0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.hup.fi\/chapters\/e\/10.33134\/HUP-35-14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about the book:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hup.fi%2Fbooks%2Fe%2F10.33134%2FHUP-35&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKileyJohnston%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C8159a1fb93544bc104ba08de7870d09e%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639080623114658197%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Xw%2FrVBqh35LK2SdXikDf4Fx3%2F8XqSx9NYDphDIAD%2BUQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.hup.fi\/books\/e\/10.33134\/HUP-35<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal\u2019s co-authored article,&nbsp;\u201cBreaking the \u2018Pact of Silence\u2019: Armenian Youth Activism and Coalition-Building in Contemporary Turkey,\u201d&nbsp;has been published in&nbsp;Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories&nbsp;(Helsinki University Press). 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