Political scientist and investigative researcher Simon Maghakyan will speak in a virtual lecture on “Deconstructing ‘Western Azerbaijan’: Synthetic Memory and the Politics of Perpetual Conflict” at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, presented by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research’s Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary … The post Simon Maghakyan to lecture on the ‘Western Azerbaijan’ expansionist narrative appeared first on The Armenian Weekly.