Celebrating our 20th anniversary this year, we’re releasing an exclusive 6-part podcast series speaking with founders, friends, performers, language tutors and the staff of AI!
In the first episode of Inspired Past, trustee Arda Eghiayan speaks with Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, and Dr. Pamela Young, while staff members Olivia Melkonian and Dr. Nik Mattheou speak with Dr. Susan Pattie and Dr. Gagik Stepan-Sarkissian. Each member played a pivotal role in the establishment of the AI, as well as its creative sustainability to this day. We hear about the initial focus groups that often took place around kitchen tables, to the formation of language courses, the Armenian Diaspora Survey and the recent move to our new library and office space based in Farringdon, London.