The Armenian Diaspora in Rio de Janeiro: Micro-Histories of Identity, Memory and Solidarity during the Armenian Genocide
Tordeur, Júlia de Moraes Cabral · 2024
Using a micro-historical method and Brazilian archival sources — immigration dossiers, naturalization records, periodicals — Tordeur reconstructs the role of Mihran Latif, an Armenian immigrant among Rio de Janeiro's elite, in aiding Armenian Genocide survivors and promoting the Armenian cause in Brazil. The study foregrounds the smaller, often-overlooked Rio community against the larger São Paulo one, examining how local elites mobilized resources for post-genocide solidarity and how that shaped diasporic identity and collective memory.
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Tordeur, Júlia de Moraes Cabral 2024. The Armenian Diaspora in Rio de Janeiro: Micro-Histories of Identity, Memory and Solidarity during the Armenian Genocide. International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2024), pp. 1–37 (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation, Yerevan); DOI 10.51442/ijags.0059. https://doi.org/10.51442/ijags.0059
What this offers a reader
A vivid example of micro-history: one immigrant's papers open up a whole diaspora community's response to the genocide.
Archival micro-history of Armenian solidarity networks in Rio de Janeiro, expanding the map of the Latin American diaspora.
The little-known Armenian community of Rio, and how one man there worked for survivors and the cause.
How Armenians in Brazil helped genocide survivors and kept the cause alive.
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