About Us
The Djulfa Virtual Memorial and Museum (DVMM) was established in December of 2007 to document the deliberate destruction of the world’s largest Armenian cemetery - located in Djulfa (Jugha) - and the entire ancient Armenian cultural heritage in the region of Nakhichevan, Republic of Azerbaijan.
Advisory Board:
- Dr. Dickran Kouymjian: Director of Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno
- Dr. Ian McIntosh: Director of International Partnerships and Projects at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Senior Editorial Advisor to Cultural Survival Quarterly, The World Report on the Rights, Voices and Visions of Indigenous Peoples
- Dr. Armen Haghnazarian: Chairman and Founder, Research on Armenian Architecture
- Jora Manoucherian: President of Research on Armenian Architecture - USA, a nonprofit 501(c)3 Organization
- Dr. Lucy Der Manuelian: Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architectural History,
Department of Art and Art History, Tufts University
Project Manager:
- Simon Maghakyan
Project Assistant:
- Zane Stevens
Outreach Coordinator:
- Sarah Pickman
Technical Support:
- Armen Hovhannisyan, webmaster and administrator of www.hayastan.com
- Armine Paglevanyan, designer