Category: Armenian Studies
The Quest for a Culture of Remembrance
Armenians in Germany Commemorate Armenian Genocide By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — Among the many nations where people gather on April 24th every year to commemorate the victims of the 1915 genocide, Germany holds a special place for three reasons: first, because it was here that the Holocaust occurred, a case of [...]
Prolific Young Scholar on Armenian Genocide in Holland
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff AMSTERDAM — Ugur Ümit Üngör is one of a new generation of scholars emerging from Turkey who deal forthrightly with the Armenian Genocide. Assistant professor at the Department of History at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and researcher at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, his main [...]
Clark Attempts to Define State of Genocide Research
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff WORCESTER, Mass. — To mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University put together a two-day in-depth study on the state of Armenian Genocide research. The program included workshops as well as a panel discussion on Friday, April [...]
UCLA AEF Chair Sponsors 95th Anniversary Events
LOS ANGELES — The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History has organized three events between April 13 and 18 commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-2010. The first two events will be held on the UCLA campus and the third in the Glendale Public [...]
Post Cold-War Analysis at MIT Conference
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A trio of scholars tackled the topic of Armenia — and the Armenian Diaspora in the realm of US policies especially in light of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The panel was especially apropos in light of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, which cleared the House Foreign [...]
MIT Conference Speaks to US Policies’ Shortfall Regarding Armenians
By Andy Turpin Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On March 13, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Faculty of History, the Center for International Studies, the Office of Religious Affairs and the Program on Human Rights and Justice presented a one-day conference on “America’s Response to the Armenian Genocide: From Woodrow Wilson to Barrack Obama.”
Lecture Explores the Origins of Armenian Language
NN ARBOR, Mich. — Linguist and Manoogian-Simone Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow Hrach Martirosyan, addressed the topic of the origins of the Armenian language in his talk, “Perspectives on the Origin of Armenian Language and Culture,” which took place at the University of Michigan on January 25. Martirosyan, who holds a PhD from Leiden University, presented his [...]
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