Written works
Publications
Theses
MA Thesis: "Exploring Armenian Diasporic Cinema from the 'Third Space'"
BA Thesis: "Subversive Affirmation in Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (1944)"
Selected Essays
"Has the Super 8 Camera Resurrected"
"Costume as a Reversal of Domination and Power in Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers"
"Who’s Raping Who?: Representing Rape in Atom Egoyan’s Ararat"
"In Rammstein’s 'Amerika', Pizza is not just Pizza"
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SPEAKING
Guest Lectures and Talks
Demonstration of project entitled "The Transformational Potential of Atom Egoyan's 'Calendar': A VR Essay" at the (Re)thinking Displacement Film Festival 2024 in Amsterdam.
Demonstration of project entitled "The Transformational Potential of Atom Egoyan's 'Calendar': A VR Essay" at the National XR Day 2024 in Enschede, the Netherlands.
Special session entitled "Application of Virtual Humans in Education through Immersive Media" held with Marnix van Gisbergen, Shima Rezaei, and Michelle Kovacs from Breda UoAS at the European Media Management Conference 2024 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.
"Utilizing the Audiovisual Medium to Activate Audiences" at European Alternatives: 2023
"Towards New Frontiers: An Introduction to Extended Reality (XR) Technologies in the Creative Business Fields" at Inholland University of Applied Sciences' Sustainability Media Lab: 2023
"Towards New Frontiers: Exploring the VR AV Essay" at the University of Groningen: 2023
"Bridging the Gap: The Audiovisual Essay in our Contemporary Media Sphere" - Masterclass at Meno Avilys in Lithuania, March 2022.
"Towards New Frontiers: Exploring the VR AV Essay" at the University of Groningen: 2022
"Bridging the Gap: The Audiovisual Essay in our Contemporary Media Sphere" - Masterclass at the International Portrait Film Festival in Bulgaria, November 2020
Teaching
Moderator at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam: 2019 - 2021
Lecturer at the University of Groningen's "Arts in Practice: Film" course - March 2019 - 2022.
Lecturer at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences : September 2023-present
CURATING
Cineforum: "Calendar" - Kriterion Cinema, Amsterdam - April 2021