For several years, I have taught a broad survey of Armenian History at the University of Lincoln in the UK, which encompasses everything from ideas about the origins of the Armenian people and Armenian identity, to the medieval ‘Golden Age’ of Ani, to the early modern trade diasporas, to the modern ‘rise of nationalism’ in the Russian and Ottoman empires, and the turbulent histories of the First, Second and Third Armenian Republic. Students have little or no knowledge of Armenia before enrolling on the course and the content is intended as an introduction for outsiders to Armenian History, but also as a critique of some of the conceits of teaching Armenian History within Armenian Studies. We explore these varied eras of Armenian History through investigating how cultural production was used to mould and shape Armenian communities’ presence and identity in different geographical settings, with a focus on their relationships to imperial systems, modes of rule and hierarchies. We also chart how Armenian communities and individuals used cultural means to raise their voices at a series of points through their history. The content draws heavily on my own area of research pertaining to Ottoman Armenian architects and cultural producers, but also touches on areas as diverse as Armenian cultural production in New Julfa, British-Armenian pamphlets and lobbying about the Ottoman ethnic violence, and Genocide films made in the present-day Diaspora. For a snapshot of the course content see the videos recorded by the Armenian community centre, Hayashen, in Ealing in Spring 2023, such as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz82t4sOB68