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Marina holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Utrecht University and an MA in
International Conflict Studies from London University. Her research entitled
National Identity Formation and Education: the Case of Nagorno-Karabakh in the
Caucasus region on portrayal of the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh and the image
of the enemy in middle school books provides valuable insight into both Armenian
and Azerbaijani official education policies in terms of the linguistics of the
representation of the conflict, ‘the self’ and ‘the other’.
Because of the lack of communication between the two nations, most of what the
younger generations know about the conflict and their counterparts is presented
to them in the form of official education… As it is up to those younger
generations to eventually re-establish contact, the image that they have of
themselves and each other will play a major role in the success or failure of
the reconnection. The research found that many similar patterns exist in
Armenian and Azerbaijani historic narratives, such as victimisation and
ennoblement of ‘the self’ and degradation and dehumanization of ‘the other’.
Marina also works on Eurasia, Jordan and Morocco related projects at the Alfred
Mozer Stichting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Marina Ohanjanyan
Eurasia Associate Research Scholar Marina Ohanjanyan
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