Lecture blog
Turkey 1919–1922: Final efforts to cleanse the non-Turkish population
Venue: SOAS, University of London
Speaker: Prof Raymond Kévorkian (University of Paris VIII: Vincennes–Saint-Denis)
Chair: Mr Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute)
This seminal lecture by Professor Raymond Kévorkian was not only the next instalment in the Towards 2015 series of lectures about the Armenian Genocide, but also the last Programme of Armenian Studies event to be held this academic year. (more…)
Public and Private Erasure of History and Memory: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and Collective Violence against the Armenians 1789–2009
Venue: SOAS, University of London
Speaker: Prof Fatma Müge Göçek (University of Michigan)
Chair: Ms Helin Anahit (Middlesex University)
The memory of violence is a half-seen face, a blurring at the edges of modern Turkish society. After an introduction by Helin Anahit, Fatma Müge Göçek, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, opened her lecture to a room full of scholars and members of the public: Turks, Armenians, and others alike. (more…)
Civil Society, Development and Environmental Activism in Armenia
Venue: SOAS, University of London
Speaker: Dr Armine Ishkanian (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Chair: Elliot Bannister (Programme of Armenian Studies)
Most of the audience members at tonight’s talk, hosted by the Programme of Armenian Studies, would have claimed an awareness of civil society, but that’s not to say they agreed on what it meant. Earlier in the day, the former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych was reported to have entered Russia, having been ousted by the Euromaidan demonstrations that started in November. (more…)
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