ASPIRANTUM

Randi Hendricks will participate in ASPIRANTUM's 2026 Persian language summer school.

Randi is a Master’s student in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, focusing on Amazigh language and culture rights in Morocco post-2011. She holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis with a double major in Economics and Arabic. She worked as a journalist in Jordan and the West Bank with the Pulitzer Center and is passionate about writing in her free time. She is originally from Kansas City and cannot wait to explore Armenia and improve her Persian language skills.

Archie Williams will participate in ASPIRANTUM's 2026 Russian language summer school.

Archie comes from the UK. He is a PhD student at the University of York. He holds a BA in History from the University of Cambridge, and an MPhil in Islamic Art and Architecture from the University of Oxford. For a time he was a specialist in Islamic and Indian art including rugs and carpets at Christie's auction house in London before leaving in order to pursue further studies. His current research is on the history of architectural restoration in post-Soviet Uzbekistan, focussing on Timurid monuments. He will be studying Russian and also looks forward to exploring the related history of heritage in Armenia since 1991.