The Taniel Varouzhan Annual Lecture is the brainchild of the Centre for Western Armenian of Studies. It seeks to immortalise the memory and legacy of this great writer in Ghent. Every year we invite a prominent academic or intellectual to Ghent University to speak on topics related to Armenian Studies and Armenians in general. We are indebted to Ghent University for their invaluable moral and practical support. The 2023 lecture was delivered by Dr Anouch Kunth of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). The title of the lecture, delivered in French, was 'Genocide and Migration: From Public Archives to Personal Experience of Persecution' (Génocide et migration. De l'archive publique à l'expérience singulière de la persécution). © Centre for Western Armenian Studies