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Lori Khatchadourian

@lkhatcha.bsky.social

archaeologist at Cornell researching the ruins of genocide, Soviet modernity, and heritage forensics. Armenia & Caucasus

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The "Red Cross" Church of Bina/Tumi Possible illicit excavations in Khojavend, Azerbaijan may have damaged an Armenian church

DAMAGE ALERT: Possible illicit excavations in Khojavend, Azerbaijan may have damaged an 11th century Armenian church.

CHW used multiple satellite constellations to analyze the situation.

Read our latest StoryMap:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b76c...

16.12.2025 18:17 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Meet the CHW leads: archaeologists Smith, Lindsay, & Khatchadourian and political geographer Ghulyan. Since 2020 we've drawn on decades of regional expertise to respond to war’s impact on cultural heritage.

Help us reach 25% of our crowdfunding goal today!

crowdfunding.cornell.edu/project/48028

05.11.2025 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Caucasus Heritage Watch Help Cornell University raise $10,000 for the project: Caucasus Heritage Watch. Your gift will make a difference!

We’re grateful for every share — and even more grateful if you can make a gift first! In crowdfunding, even small donations make a difference.
crowdfunding.cornell.edu/project/48028

04.11.2025 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.

From Ukraine to the Uyghur region, authoritarian regimes destroy monuments, erase languages, and rewrite history. Human Rights Foundation's proposed panel at South by Southwest will spotlight how heritage is weaponized and how communities resist. VOTE for this panel to happen (Click on the heart.)

21.08.2025 12:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Monitoring Report #8 on 500+ cultural heritage sites in former Nagorno-Karabakh out today. See findings from satellite monitoring missions in fall 2024 and spring 2025. Key takeaways: no new destruction; damage to 2 cemeteries and 1 church; spike in # of threatened sites. 1/4 tinyurl.com/hm6daw9x

21.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Cornell University, Anthropology Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.

Spread the word! Cornell is inviting applications for a postdoctoral associate in Archaeology. Deadline Feb. 28.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29659

27.01.2025 20:09 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to joining @bellingcat.com for this conversation on Thursday at 10am, together with CHW's @atsmith68.bsky.social.

03.12.2024 14:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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