Sarafian, for example, mentioned that he was going to stop in Laramie, Wyoming, to take a look at an archive there. He discussed how, going through the Ottoman archives in Turkey, he came across documents whose significance was not obvious to the censors, but was paramount in view of his readings and findings elsewhere. This frank discussion gave students the sense that they could get involved and do this sort of thing as well. It developed in them in their late teens and early twenties. Lima noted that possibilities for intellectual involvement are not limited to historical scholarship.
Armenian studies is much broader than that, however.
Take, for example, Sosi Biricik. She is a partner in a big law firm. She spent four years going to Armenia and helping develop the energy laws there. We asked her to write an analysis of Armenia's energy law. It appears in the forthcoming issue of Armenian Forum.