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Tamar Shirinian - University of Tennessee Knoxville
May 22, 2025 - Tamar Shirinian, University of Tennessee Knoxville: 340 Followers, 179 Following, 16 Research papers. Research interests: Queer Anthropology, Armenian Studies,…
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University of Tennessee to pay $1.9M to professor fired over Charlie Kirk comment
2 weeks ago - The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a settlement with former assistant professor Tamar Shirinian, agreeing to pay the fired faculty member $1.9 million.
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'I am very pleased with the outcome' | UT reaches tentative $1.9M settlement with professor fired over Charlie Kirk comments | wbir.com
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — New court documents reveal former University of Tennessee, Knoxville assistant professor Tamar Shirinian has agreed to settle with the university and its leaders after she filed a lawsuit against them in October.
Published 3 weeks ago
New Books Network
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Tamar R. Shirinian, "Survival of a Perverse Nation: Morality and Queer Possibility in Armenia" (Duke UP, 2024) - New Books Network
Tamar Shirinian is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Judge allows new claims in former UT professor's firing case, including donor pressure allegations | wbir.com
U.S. magistrate judge permits former University of Tennessee professor Tamar Shirinian to amend her lawsuit over her 2025 firing, citing new claims and defendants.
Published June 15, 2026
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University of Tennessee settles Tamar Shirinian lawsuit for $1.9M | Fox News
University of Tennessee professor Tamar Shirinian will receive nearly $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit over her firing following social media posts criticizing Charlie Kirk.
Published 2 weeks ago
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Tamar Shirinian at The University of Tennessee Knoxville | Rate My Professors
2 weeks ago - Tamar Shirinian is a professor in the Anthropology department at The University of Tennessee Knoxville - see what their students are saying about them or leave a rating yourself.
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Board of trustees approves $1.9M settlement with Shirinian over Charlie Kirk comment – The Daily Beacon
3 weeks ago - Former UT anthropology professor Tamar Shirinian is to receive $1.9 million from the university to settle her contentious wrongful termination case. Shirinian’s attorney, Robert Bigelow, said the settlement “will resolve this matter in its ...
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Tamar Shirinian | Davis Center
February 3, 2023 - Tamar Shirinian is a cultural anthropologist focusing on vast areas of queer theory and studies, transnational feminisms, political economy, the processes of post-socialism, psychoanalysis, and, more recently, medical and psychological anthropology.
Washington Post
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Professor awarded $1.9 million after being fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk - The Washington Post
2 weeks ago - Tamar Shirinian was fired from her job as an anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville over a comment about conservative activist Charlie Kirk that she posted after he was killed.
Inside Higher Ed
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U Tennessee to Pay Millions to Prof Fired for Kirk Comments
2 weeks ago - Tamar Shirinian, an assistant anthropology professor, was fired in February, five months after she posted on Facebook that the “world is better off without [Kirk] in it” and called his wife, Erika, a “sick fuck for marrying him.” Shirinian ...
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April 18, 2024 - Tamar Shirinian received her PhD from Duke University in 2016 and completed a postdoctoral appointment at Milsaps College before coming to UT. Shirinian’s research focuses on social movements and revolutions, environmental anthropology, feminist and queer anthropology, transnationalism, and psychological anthropology.
WVLT
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Assistant professor Tamar Shirinian sues UT, claims firing over Charlie Kirk comments violated free speech
Dr. Tamar Shirinian has sued the University of Tennessee, claiming she was retaliated against over personal comments she made on social media.
Published October 30, 2025
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Tamar Shirinian, Author at The Armenian Weekly
Tamar Shirinian is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Judge grants former UT professor’s request to amend lawsuit after being fired for Charlie Kirk comment
Tamar Shirinian, a former anthropology professor at UT was granted a motion to file a second amended complaint in court on Monday.
Published 1 month ago
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Who is Tamar Shirinian? UT Knoxville faculty member fired over Charlie Kirk comment | Hindustan Times
September 15, 2025 - Tamar Shirinian, a faculty member at the University of Knoxville, is set to be terminated over a Facebook comment she made about Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot on September 9.
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Knox News
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Judges deny fired TN prof's classroom return, approve complaint change
1 month ago - Former University of Tennessee professor Tamar Shirinian received support followed by a heavy blow from judges presiding over her UT lawsuit.
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Tennessee chancellor fires assistant professor over Charlie Kirk comment
March 18, 2026 - Chancellor Donde Plowman has fired Tamar Shirinian, whose Facebook comment after the assassination of Charlie Kirk sparked outrage, but the University of Tennessee assistant professor isn't giving up her effort to get back into the classroom ...