Oberlin Digital Commons at Oberlin Honors Papers Student Work 2018 "Forget-Me-Not": The Politics of Memory, Identity, and Community in Armenian America Hannah Marijke Kim Oberlin College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors Part of the History Commons Repository Citation Kim, Hannah Marijke, ""Forget-Me-Not": The Politics of Memory, Identity, and Community in Armenian America" (2018). Honors Papers. 162. https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/162 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Work at Digital Commons at Oberlin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Papers by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Oberlin. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “FORGET-ME-NOT” The Politics of Memory, Identity, and Community in Armenian America Hannah Kim Hannah Marijke Kim Candidate for Honors in History at Oberlin College Professor Zeinab Abul-Magd, Advisor Spring 2018 1 Acknowledgement When I first began writing this thesis I had no idea how monumental undertaking it would become. I would first and foremost like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to my advisor, Professor Zeinab Abul-Magd, who has been a tireless mentor and inspiration throughout the writing process and during my undergraduate career. Her guidance and support has been immeasurably important to me. Professor Leonard Smith, as the guiding faculty for all the history honors candidates, has also been endlessly helpful from the beginning stages of this project. In my deep gratitude for his hard work and patience, I am not a moderate. I also am grateful to the Artz and Jerome Davis research grants, which gave me the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles, CA in order to conduct research that was invaluable to this thesis.