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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E Prof. h. c. Dr. phil. Tessa SAVVIDIS, Magistra Artium Birth and Pen-Name: Dr. Tessa H... moreC U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Prof. h. c. Dr. phil. Tessa SAVVIDIS, Magistra Artium
Birth and Pen-Name: Dr. Tessa Hofmann
Academic Qualification
- 1969/70-1974: Studied Slavonic literatures and languages at the Freie Universität Berlin, as well as Armenian studies and sociology
- 1974-75: Postgraduate research at the State Universities of St Petersburg, Yerevan and Tbilisi
- February 1982: Defended her doctoral thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin (Slavic literatures/Languages, Armenian studies, sociology)
Profession
- April 2014-March 2015: Women’s Officer at the Institute for Eastern European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- February 2006-March 2015: Research Associate at the Chair of Sociology at the Institute for Eastern European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- December 1983-January 2006: Scientific documentalist at the Institute for Eastern European Studies
- Since 1979: Numerous publications on Armenian history, culture and recent situation. Other areas of interest: Studies on historical and present migration trends; minorities and their rights; nationalities policies
Collaboration in international Research Projects
- Comparing Societal Integration of Ethnic Minorities (2005-2007; Head: Prof. Dr. Nikolai Genov), funded by the EU INTAS Program
- Comparing Out- Migration from Armenia and Georgia (2008-2012; Head: Prof. Dr. Nikolai Genov, until 2010; Prof. Katharina Bluhm, until 2012), funded by VW-Stiftung (VW Foundation)
Volunteer human rights activities
- Since 2018: Academic editor of the website "Virtual Genocide Memorial" (https://virtual-genocide-memorial.de/)
- Since Nov. 2011: Co-founder and spokeswoman of the Association in Support of an Ecumenical Memorial for Genocide Victims in the Ottoman Empire (Fördergemeinschaft für eine Ökumenische Gedenkstätte für Genozidopfer im Osmanischen Reich e.V., FÖGG)
- 1999-2001: Co-ordinator of the Working Group Recognition (Arbeitsgruppe Anerkennung, AGA) and chair-woman of the re-organized in 2003 Working Group Recognition – Against Genocide, for International Understanding (registered in Germany as a non-profit NGO). More information www.aga-online.org
- Since 1985: Co-founder and co-chair of the Centre for Information and Documentation on Armenia
- Since 1979: Volunteer of the international Society for Threatened Peoples and co-founder of its Co-ordinating Group Armenia
Awards and Honours
- 2015: Honorary professor of the Yerevan State University
- 2012: Presidential Award for significant academic and human rights contribution to the cause of recognition of the Armenian Genocide (funded by the All Armenian Hayastan Fund)
- 2009: Honorary member of the human rights NGO Society of Threatened Peoples, Ger-many
- 2005: Medal for studies on the genocide against the Armenians, given by the National Museum and Institute of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan
- 2003: Hakob Meghapart Medal of the National Library of Armenia, Yerevan
- 2003: Fridtjof Nansen Medal of the National Museum and Institute of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan
- 2002: Honorary professor of the Hrachia Ajarian University, Yerevan
- 1988: Garbis Papazian Award of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (New York)
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This presentation to an international conference in Armenia (July 2022) analyzes the threat to material (architectural) Armenian cultural heritage in the historic area of Artsakh. These are mainly sacral buildings. The Azerbaijani attempt... more
This presentation to an international conference in Armenia (July 2022) analyzes the threat to material (architectural) Armenian cultural heritage in the historic area of Artsakh. These are mainly sacral buildings. The Azerbaijani attempt to unilaterally claim the history of the disputed border region by declaring itself the sole heir of the late antique South Caucasian-Albanian state of Albania was identified as a special feature. Another peculiarity is the difficulty of effectively and sustainably implementing the numerous international treaties, decisions and statements on the protection of material cultural heritage.
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An essay on the occasion of Russia's war against Ukraine
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The historical settlement area of the Armenians, the Armenian Highland, as well as the South Caucasus have been among the most disputed and contested areas in the world since ancient times. This has had far-reaching negative consequences... more
The historical settlement area of the Armenians, the Armenian Highland, as well as the South Caucasus have been among the most disputed and contested areas in the world since ancient times. This has had far-reaching negative consequences for the people living in this region: Difficulties in establishing a central state or small statehood, strong dependence on competing regional hegemonic powers, foreign domination, insecurity for life and limb resulting in migration or mass exodus and even genocide. Genocide is one of those crimes caused by wars and civil wars, but also by periods of transformation, by one-party regimes, and by the suspension of parliamentary rule. In the 20th century, serial genocides occurred, not coincidentally, during the two world wars. These wars provided the smokescreen behind which states could realize an intention of extermination usually conceived before the war began. However, the actual military starting point for the Ottoman genocide of three million indigenous Christians was not the First World War, but the Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913, which became a test run for deportations in the Ottoman province of Edirne (Adrianoupolis), which were carried out as death marches. The Young Turk rulers learned from this occasion that people expelled across state borders returned, while a high proportion of those deported to the interior perished.
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Das Gebiet Arzach/Berg-Karabach ist traditionell mehrheitlich von Armeniern bewohnt gewesen. Gotteshäuser oder Friedhöfe zeugen davon. Doch auch Aserbaidschan erhebt Ansprüche auf die Republik. Ende September 2023 eskalierten die... more
Das Gebiet Arzach/Berg-Karabach ist traditionell mehrheitlich von Armeniern bewohnt gewesen. Gotteshäuser oder Friedhöfe zeugen davon. Doch auch Aserbaidschan erhebt Ansprüche auf die Republik. Ende September 2023 eskalierten die Entwicklungen und zwangen die Bewohner zum Massenexodus. Die Armenier fühlen sich im Stich gelassen – wie bereits vor mehr als 100 Jahren während des Völkermords an ihnen.
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Die Völkermorde an den Christen im späten Osmanischen Reich leugnet die türkische Regierung bis heute. In den Geschichts-und Lehrbüchern kommen sie nicht vor. Doch die armenische und griechische Enkelgeneration bricht mit den Tabus-vor... more
Die Völkermorde an den Christen im späten Osmanischen Reich leugnet die türkische Regierung bis heute. In den Geschichts-und Lehrbüchern kommen sie nicht vor. Doch die armenische und griechische Enkelgeneration bricht mit den Tabus-vor allem mithilfe der Literatur. So nehmen die Überlebenden von damals ihre Geheimnisse nicht länger mit ins Grab.
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An introductionary comment to the current genocidal situation in and of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)
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The collection of the Center for Information and Documentation on Armenia embraces the period between 1877 and 1939, when not only a new wave of Armenian refugees was set in motion by the annexation of Alexandretta, but also the... more
The collection of the Center for Information and Documentation on Armenia embraces the period between 1877 and 1939, when not only a new wave of Armenian
refugees was set in motion by the annexation of Alexandretta, but also the genocide survivors in Syria and Lebanon still suffered from the unmitigated material
consequences of the Genocide. Over two hundred of the collection's documents relate directly to the massacres of 1894 and the Genocide of World War I, while over a hundred more deal with the activity of German and other relief organizations. From this collection we published in 1992 118 documents, some of them for the first time, arranged in thematic-chronological order.
refugees was set in motion by the annexation of Alexandretta, but also the genocide survivors in Syria and Lebanon still suffered from the unmitigated material
consequences of the Genocide. Over two hundred of the collection's documents relate directly to the massacres of 1894 and the Genocide of World War I, while over a hundred more deal with the activity of German and other relief organizations. From this collection we published in 1992 118 documents, some of them for the first time, arranged in thematic-chronological order.
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This literary analysis examines the representation of the Ottoman genocide against Armenians and Greeks in contemporary German prose using four examples of family narratives and travel texts, respectively. Two of the authors analyzed –... more
This literary analysis examines the representation of the Ottoman genocide against Armenians and Greeks in contemporary German prose using four examples of family narratives and travel texts, respectively. Two of the authors analyzed – Katerina Poladyan and Laura Cwiertnia – represent fictional prose, while Mirko Heinemann and Michael Asderis represent factual prose. Written three to four generations after the Ottoman genocide, all four authors ask themselves what the events of that time mean for the descendants of survivors: a burden or a legacy obligatory to preserve or
remember?
At the same time, genre hybridity as a characteristic of post-genocidal or post-migrant German prose is analyzed.
Keywords: Ottoman Genocide, Post-migrant prose, Post-genocidal prose, intergenerational experience, family novel, travel prose.
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At the same time, genre hybridity as a characteristic of post-genocidal or post-migrant German prose is analyzed.
Keywords: Ottoman Genocide, Post-migrant prose, Post-genocidal prose, intergenerational experience, family novel, travel prose.
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Based on observations and testimonies of contemporary eyewitnesses, this article analyzes the significance of the seizure and burning of the Ionian capital and port city of Smyrna (Tr.: Izmir) in September 1922 by Turkish nationalist... more
Based on observations and testimonies of contemporary eyewitnesses, this article analyzes the significance of the seizure and burning of the Ionian capital and port city of Smyrna (Tr.: Izmir) in September 1922 by Turkish nationalist (Kemalist) forces. The event marked not only a humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented proportions, but also the end of a decade-long genocide against the indigenous Christians of the Ottoman Empire. This genocide typically occurred during a period of transition from a feudal multi-ethnic state to a Turkish nationstate. At the beginning and end of the associated state crimes were the Ottoman provinces of Aydın/Smyrna as well as Edirne (Greek: Adrianoupolis), whose Greek Orthodox population had already been attacked, intimidated, expelled or deported and massacred during and after the Balkan wars.
Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Smyrna, Genocide, Nation state, Ottoman Greeks, Ottoman Christians.
Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Smyrna, Genocide, Nation state, Ottoman Greeks, Ottoman Christians.
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Seit nunmehr hundert Jahren breitet die türkische Regierung ein Tuch des Schweigens über den Genozid an den Armenier*innen im ehemaligen Osmanischen Reich. Kein Erinnern, kein Mahnen, keine Übernahme von Verantwortung. Das Tabu wird... more
Seit nunmehr hundert Jahren breitet die türkische Regierung ein Tuch des Schweigens über den Genozid an den Armenier*innen im ehemaligen Osmanischen Reich. Kein Erinnern, kein Mahnen, keine Übernahme von Verantwortung. Das Tabu wird durch die Türkei aktiv bewirtschaftet, denn die Leugnung des Völkermordes ist für das Land identitätsstiftend geworden.
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In disputed regions, material cultural assets are particularly at risk. This is clearly shown by the example of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) under Azerbaijani rule. After Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of... more
In disputed regions, material cultural assets are particularly at risk. This is clearly shown by the example of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) under Azerbaijani rule. After Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020, the question of the protection of Armenian cultural property under Azerbaijani rule arises again.
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In this analysis I try to explain the historical and political background of the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh). In doing so, I address the Azerbaijani leadership's attempt to "Albanize" the history of the... more
In this analysis I try to explain the historical and political background of the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh). In doing so, I address the Azerbaijani leadership's attempt to "Albanize" the history of the disputed region and describe the current difficulties of Armenian-Azerbaijani attempts at understanding. My article can be found on pages 338-357 of the "Religious Freedom Yearbook 2021."
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My contribution to the international conference "The Crime of Genocide: Prevention, Condemnation and Elimination of Consequences" (Yerevan, December 2010), published in 2011 in a collective monograph.
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Beitrag zum "Kritischen Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur" (Hrsg.: Heinz Ludwig Arnold), 39. Nachlieferung Mai 1996, Edition Text + Kritik
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Armenian Studies, Ottoman Empire, Armenian Culture, Armenian Language, Russian Empire, and 9 moreSoviet literature, Syriac and Armenian Literatures, Armenian Literature, Armenian diaspora, The Russian Empire, Literaturgeschichte, Armenische Geschichte, Armenian literature in Ottoman Empire, and Armenische Sprache
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Because of his function as head of the German military mission in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Otto Liman von Sanders is still considered by many to be a war criminal or even a genocide perpetrator. In her biographical account,... more
Because of his function as head of the German military mission in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Otto Liman von Sanders is still considered by many to be a war criminal or even a genocide perpetrator. In her biographical account, the Armenian scholar and publicist Muriel Mirak-Weissbach arrives at a more differentiated statement. My epilogue takes up the contemporary, mainly Greek accusations again, but supports the tendency of the author Mirak-Weissbach.
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This article for the magazine "Für Vielfalt" (For Diversity) of the German human rights organization "Society for Threatened Peoples" analyzes the background of the current conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, including the failures... more
This article for the magazine "Für Vielfalt" (For Diversity) of the German human rights organization "Society for Threatened Peoples" analyzes the background of the current conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, including the failures to regulate the status of this region.
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"Germanac’i akanatesi vkayowt’ownẹ hyowsisayin Arc’axowm 1905 t’. hay-adrbedžanakan ēndharowmneri masin" (A German eyewitness testimony on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict of 1905 in Getabek/North Artsakh). "Lraber hasara-kakan... more
"Germanac’i akanatesi vkayowt’ownẹ hyowsisayin Arc’axowm 1905 t’. hay-adrbedžanakan ēndharowmneri masin" (A German eyewitness testimony on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict of 1905 in Getabek/North Artsakh). "Lraber hasara-kakan gitowt’yownneri" (Bulletin of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR), Yerevan, P'etrvar 1990, No. 2 (566), pp. 82-87
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Entry "Armenia" in the "Handbook of Asian States: Geography - History - Culture - Politics - Economy", Part 1 (2021)
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English and German versions of my essay "From Irredenta to Independence and Back: Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh 1986-1997" (Von der Irredenta zur Unabhängigkeit und zurück: Armenien und Berg-Karabach von 1986-1997)
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A hundred years ago, on the late morning of March 15, 1921, the Armenian Soghomon Tehlirian (Soġomon T’ehlirean - Սողոմոն Թեհլիրեան; also: Soghomon Tehliryan; Soġomon T’ehlerean - Սողոմոն Թեհլերեան (1897-1960)) shot the former Ottoman... more
A hundred years ago, on the late morning of March 15, 1921, the Armenian Soghomon Tehlirian (Soġomon T’ehlirean - Սողոմոն Թեհլիրեան; also: Soghomon Tehliryan; Soġomon T’ehlerean -
Սողոմոն Թեհլերեան (1897-1960)) shot the former Ottoman Minister of the Interior (21 January 1913 to 4 February 1917), Minister of Finance (November 1914 to 4 February 1917) and head of government (Grand Vizier; 4 February 1917 to 8 October 1918), Mehmet Talaat (1874-1921) on Berlin’s Hardenbergstrasse. In an unusually short time by today’s standards, after two and a half months, the assassin was put on trial on 2 and 3 June of the same year at the jury court of Berlin District Court
III (Landgericht Berlin III) in Berlin-Moabit. The trial lasted one and a half days, which was also unusually short. Obviously, the German or Prussian judiciary wanted to get rid of the accused and with him the subject of German-Turkish relations as quickly as possible. Tehlirian was acquitted on 3 June 1920, on the grounds of incapacity of guilt and was immediately deported from Germany. This article explains the background, context and lasting effects of his crime.
Սողոմոն Թեհլերեան (1897-1960)) shot the former Ottoman Minister of the Interior (21 January 1913 to 4 February 1917), Minister of Finance (November 1914 to 4 February 1917) and head of government (Grand Vizier; 4 February 1917 to 8 October 1918), Mehmet Talaat (1874-1921) on Berlin’s Hardenbergstrasse. In an unusually short time by today’s standards, after two and a half months, the assassin was put on trial on 2 and 3 June of the same year at the jury court of Berlin District Court
III (Landgericht Berlin III) in Berlin-Moabit. The trial lasted one and a half days, which was also unusually short. Obviously, the German or Prussian judiciary wanted to get rid of the accused and with him the subject of German-Turkish relations as quickly as possible. Tehlirian was acquitted on 3 June 1920, on the grounds of incapacity of guilt and was immediately deported from Germany. This article explains the background, context and lasting effects of his crime.
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Based on primary, predominantly German sources and secondary literature, I reconstruct in this contribution the policy of the C.U.P and Kemalist regimes as a late reaction to the phenomenon of numerous destitute orphans as a result of... more
Based on primary, predominantly German sources and secondary literature, I reconstruct in this contribution the policy of the C.U.P and Kemalist regimes as a late reaction to the phenomenon of numerous destitute orphans as a result of massive deportation and massacres against Christian populaces during the last decade of Ottoman rule. This includes a classification of the various aspects of such policy: 1) Obstruction and suppression of existing Christian charitable activity: Foreign and domestic orphanages and related missionary institutions, including Armenian and Greek Orthodox orphanages, were obstructed by the Young Turkish authorities during and after WW1 and have been suppressed since 1917, even in the case of most German missionary institutions. Since 1919, the Kemalist nationalist regime continued this obstructive policy in its sphere of power. 2) Establishment of state (Muslim) orphanages: State (Muslim) orphanages existed or were founded in numerous Ottoman cities during WW1, for example, in Adapazarı, Aleppo, Ayntoura (Lebanon), Balıkesir, Bandırma, Constantinople-Skutari, Islahiye, Izmit, Konya, Malatya, Meskene, Kayseri, Samsun, Urfa etc. As a result of general neglect and starvation, the morbidity rate in these orphanages was between 50 and 90 percent. 3) The most common form of child abduction and forcible child transfer was practiced by the Muslim population, often tolerated by the state or even encouraged and organized by the local authorities which, among others, encouraged Muslim men to 'marry' Christian girls and women in order to become 'legal' owners or heirs of the 'brides'' possessions. Child transfer was partly committed with the 'consent' of the desperate relatives of the child.
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Genocide Studies, Ottoman Empire, Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Missionaries in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian Genocide, and 6 moreİttihat ve Terakki, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Kemalist Turkey, Armenian Greek Assyrian Genocides, Armenian Orphanage life, and Forcible transfer of children
The German translation of the poem "Hymnal" of Yeghishe Charents is analysed as an example of translating from lesser used languages.
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The table of contents, introduction and bibliography of my teaching guide and documentation on the genocide against the indigenous Christians (Armenians, Assyrians/Arameans/Chaldeans, Greek-Orthodox) in the Ottoman Emire during 1912-1922
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Todesvision (ISBN 978-3-943425-67-3): German edition of eleven Armenian authors. Mit wenigen Ausnahmen fielen die in der Anthologie versammelten Autoren unmittelbar dem Elitizid zum opfer, mit dem die natio-nalistischen Regime des... more
Todesvision (ISBN 978-3-943425-67-3):
German edition of eleven Armenian authors.
Mit wenigen Ausnahmen fielen die in der Anthologie versammelten Autoren unmittelbar dem Elitizid zum opfer, mit dem die natio-nalistischen Regime des "Komitees für Einheit und Fortschritt" ("Jungtürken") die geistige und geistliche Elite der Armenier im Osmanischen Reich gezielt vernichteten. Der auch als Dichter hochbegabte Komitas ist durch das Erlebnis des Völkermords dauerhaft traumatisiert worden - unfähig, sein Schaffen fortzusetzen. Sapel Jessajan verlor ihr Leben als stalinistisch Verfolgte.
Die Gedichte und Prosawerke geben Einblick in die Stimmung und Denkweise der armenischen Intelligenzija um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert. Sie ist bereits von Verfolgungserfahrungen in den Jahren 1894-96 und 1909 geprägt, reflektiert aber auch sozialkritische Aspekte.
German edition of eleven Armenian authors.
Mit wenigen Ausnahmen fielen die in der Anthologie versammelten Autoren unmittelbar dem Elitizid zum opfer, mit dem die natio-nalistischen Regime des "Komitees für Einheit und Fortschritt" ("Jungtürken") die geistige und geistliche Elite der Armenier im Osmanischen Reich gezielt vernichteten. Der auch als Dichter hochbegabte Komitas ist durch das Erlebnis des Völkermords dauerhaft traumatisiert worden - unfähig, sein Schaffen fortzusetzen. Sapel Jessajan verlor ihr Leben als stalinistisch Verfolgte.
Die Gedichte und Prosawerke geben Einblick in die Stimmung und Denkweise der armenischen Intelligenzija um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert. Sie ist bereits von Verfolgungserfahrungen in den Jahren 1894-96 und 1909 geprägt, reflektiert aber auch sozialkritische Aspekte.
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Collective monograph with the papers of the first international conference (Berlin 2002) on comparative genocide studies, relating to the Ottoman genocide against Christians. A Turkish edition was released by Belge Publishers (Istanbul,... more
Collective monograph with the papers of the first international conference (Berlin 2002) on comparative genocide studies, relating to the Ottoman genocide against Christians. A Turkish edition was released by Belge Publishers (Istanbul, 2013; transl. by Suzan Zengin) under the title "Takibat, tehcir ve imha: Osmanli Imparatorlugu'nda 1912-1922 yillari arasinda hiristiyanlara yönelik yaptirimlar".
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Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Genocide Studies, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, and 11 moreComparative genocide, Modern Armenian History, Armenian Genocide, Comparative Genocide Studies, Assyrian Genocide, Armenian, Assyrian Hellenic Genocides; Jewish Holocaust, Armenian Greek Assyrian Genocides, Late Ottoman - Early Turkish Republic History, Armenian Genocide, Ottoman Greek Genocide, The Greek Genocide, and Aramean Genocide
Essays on contemporary Armenia, illustrated by the Swiss photographer Andreas Wolfensberger (152 pages)
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A monograph on the history of Armenia, its Diaspora(s) and Armenian culture
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On the basis of a comparative identity study (Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Armenian Diasporas) clusters of five identity segments (language, religion, genocide awareness, territory/state/statehood) are constructed and discussed.
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Religion, Ethnic Studies, Cultural Sociology, Diasporas, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and 14 moreNational Identity, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Diaspora in the USA, Diaspora Studies, Armenian Language, Identity, Religious Studies, Multilingual Studies, Identity Studies, Border identities, hybridity, multilingualism, poetry, bilingual poetry, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, globalization studies, third culture kids, Nagorno Karabakh, Ethnicity and National Identity, History of Armenian Diaspora, Hamshen, Armenian Diaspora In Europe, and Armenian Diaspora In Russia
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Essays and articles on Armenian-German relations with focus on Berlin (as a residence and refuge for Armenians, a place of study of Armenian culture, a crime scene). The full text of the pdf file can be downloaded here:... more
Essays and articles on Armenian-German relations with focus on Berlin (as a residence and refuge for Armenians, a place of study of Armenian culture, a crime scene).
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Biographical sketch on the German journalist and author Armin T. Wegner as a writer, eyewitness and photographer of the Ottoman genocide against the Armenians (1915/16)
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Book collection of articles on the genocide against the Ottoman Armenians and aftermath, published in the journal "pogrom" of the Society for Threatened Peoples (Göttingen) during 1979-1987.
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Doctoral thesis on the peasant theme in Russian Soviet prose of the 1920s (concepts, conflicts, personal)
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The present issue of the Working Papers (No 3, 2009) published by the Department of Sociology of the Institute for Eastern European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin contains preliminary results of the international research project... more
The present issue of the Working Papers (No 3, 2009) published by the Department of Sociology of the Institute for Eastern European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin contains preliminary results of the international research project Comparing Out-Migration from Armenia and Georgia (ArGeMi), funded by Volkswagen-Stiftung for the 2008-2010
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Two introductory chapters provide an overview on the topic of international migration and on the aims of the research project. Three reports explore causes, processes and effects
of out-migration from Armenia and Georgia to Moscow which is the most relevant destination of migrants from the South Caucasus. The issue also contains a comprehensive bibliography on out-migration from Armenia and Georgia and
immigration to Russia.
The guiding idea of the descriptions and explanations is the necessity to analyze international migration from the perspective of both the countries of origin and the countries of immigration. This balanced approach is further elaborated by taking into account the variety of macro-, meso-, and micro-social determinants of international migration and its consequences. This two-tired explanatory model offers fresh
insights into the interplay of economic, political and cultural factors and effects of migration. In addition, it makes it possible to systematically study acting individuals together with economic organizations, political institutions and other
collective actors involved in the international migration.
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Two introductory chapters provide an overview on the topic of international migration and on the aims of the research project. Three reports explore causes, processes and effects
of out-migration from Armenia and Georgia to Moscow which is the most relevant destination of migrants from the South Caucasus. The issue also contains a comprehensive bibliography on out-migration from Armenia and Georgia and
immigration to Russia.
The guiding idea of the descriptions and explanations is the necessity to analyze international migration from the perspective of both the countries of origin and the countries of immigration. This balanced approach is further elaborated by taking into account the variety of macro-, meso-, and micro-social determinants of international migration and its consequences. This two-tired explanatory model offers fresh
insights into the interplay of economic, political and cultural factors and effects of migration. In addition, it makes it possible to systematically study acting individuals together with economic organizations, political institutions and other
collective actors involved in the international migration.
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This newspaper article reflects the current situation in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh under the blockade of the Lachin road.
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Im September 1922, vor einhundert Jahren, wurde die unverteidigte ionische Haupt- und Hafenstadt Smyrna von kemalistischer Kavallerlie eingenommen und ihre christlichen Viertel wenige Tage später von den Kemalisten in Brand gesetzt. Die... more
Im September 1922, vor einhundert Jahren, wurde die unverteidigte ionische Haupt- und Hafenstadt Smyrna von kemalistischer Kavallerlie eingenommen und ihre christlichen Viertel wenige Tage später von den Kemalisten in Brand gesetzt. Die Einnahme Smyrnas markiert sowohl eine humanitäre Katastrophe in bisher unbekanntem Ausmaß, als auch das Ende des zehnjährigen Genozidas der Jungtürken und Kemalisten an der indigenen christlichen Bevölkerung des Osmanischen Reiches
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This article was published at the occasion of the centennial of Mehmet Talat's assassination (Berlin, 15 March 1921) and the subsequent trial of Soghomon Tehlirian (2/3 June 1921). It evaluates the meaning of both events for international... more
This article was published at the occasion of the centennial of Mehmet Talat's assassination (Berlin, 15 March 1921) and the subsequent trial of Soghomon Tehlirian (2/3 June 1921). It evaluates the meaning of both events for international law, in particular the UN Genocide Convention.
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Against the background of the current conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, this newspaper article analyzes the history of Russian-Turkish claims to regional hegemony and focuses in particular on the ambivalent policies of the supposed... more
Against the background of the current conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, this newspaper article analyzes the history of Russian-Turkish claims to regional hegemony and focuses in particular on the ambivalent policies of the supposed protecting power Russia.
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An overview on academic research on the genocide against the Ottoman Armenians, with a focus on Taner Akcam's monograph 'Killing Orders' (German edition: 2019)
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German history and memory policies related to the Ottoman genocide(s) against Christians, with focus on genocide awareness teaching in German schools
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This newspaper article, published in "Der Tagesspiegel" (21 April, 2017, Berlin) discusses the reperpussions of Armenia's precarious geopolitical position at the cross-road of trade routes and strategic interests. The focus is on the 20th... more
This newspaper article, published in "Der Tagesspiegel" (21 April, 2017, Berlin) discusses the reperpussions of Armenia's precarious geopolitical position at the cross-road of trade routes and strategic interests. The focus is on the 20th century and thei neighborhood of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran and Russia.
A second article in the same issue of "Berliner Tagesspiegel" is dedicated to the relationship of Armenia's Diasporas and the "homeland".
A second article in the same issue of "Berliner Tagesspiegel" is dedicated to the relationship of Armenia's Diasporas and the "homeland".
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Review on Corinna Kulenkamp's novel "Aprikosenzeit" (in German)
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My review (in German) on the German edition of Hovik Afyan's novel "Red" (2023)
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Review of Susanna Harutyunyan's novel, published in German in "Armenisch-Deutsche Korrespondenz: Zeitschrift der Deutsch-Armenischen Gesellschaft", Nr. 199
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My review (in German) on Jürgen Gispert's recent monograph on Armenian history and identity policies.
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History and Memory, Memory Studies, History of Karabakh, Collective Memory, Armenian History, and 10 moreThe Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, History of Azerbaijan, Memorials and the Memorial Art-Work in the Public Arena, Armenian Genocide 1915, Nagorno Karabakh, Memorialisation, Cultural memory/Memorialization, and Politics of memory and memorialisation
My review (in German) on Ara Sarafian's book on M. Talat's "Black Book"
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Review of Marc Sinan's debut novel "Gleißendes Licht" (2023)
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Review on the English edition of Soghomon Tehlirian's memoir (in German)
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Review of two memory prose novels in German language
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Review of an anthology of interviews with Armenians civic and military prisoners (ed.: Ashkhen Arakelyan)
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Review on the monograph "Knowing about Genocide" by Joachim Savelsberg
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Review of the monograph Doose, Katja: Tektonik der Perestroika: Das
Erdbeben und die Neuordnung Armeniens, 1985–1998 (2019)
Erdbeben und die Neuordnung Armeniens, 1985–1998 (2019)
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File 1 contains my review as published in "The California Courier" (pp.6-7), File 2 the full version in an online-edition. File 3 contains the German version of the review,published in "Jahrbuch Verfolgung und Diskriminierung von Christen... more
File 1 contains my review as published in "The California Courier" (pp.6-7), File 2 the full version in an online-edition. File 3 contains the German version of the review,published in "Jahrbuch Verfolgung und Diskriminierung von Christen 2021" (Yearbook Persecution and Dscrimination of Christians, 2021; pp. 54-59).
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German author and lawyer Wilfried Eggers' second crime novel about genocidal Turkey, this time dedicated to the persecution of Armenians. The action takes place mainly in the capital Tabriz (Iran or southern Azerbaijan).
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Review of the monograph The Thirty Year Genocide
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Review of a biography and testimonies of an Armenian survivor of the Ottoman genocide
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Review on the collective monograph "Pluralität und Koexistenz, Gewalt, Flucht und Vertreibung: Christliche, jesidische und muslimische Lebenswelten in den gegenwärtigen Umbrüchen im Nahen Osten, hg. v. Claudia Rammelt in Verbindung mit... more
Review on the collective monograph "Pluralität und Koexistenz, Gewalt, Flucht und Vertreibung: Christliche, jesidische und muslimische Lebenswelten in den gegenwärtigen Umbrüchen im Nahen Osten, hg. v. Claudia Rammelt in Verbindung mit Jan Gehm und Rebekka Scheler"
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Review of Susan P. Pattie's monograph on the emergence and activities of the Armenian Legion during and after WW1
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Review on Avedis Hadjian's monograph and travelogue "Secret Nation", published in "Armenisch-Deutsche Korrespondenz" (Armenian-German Correspondence; ADK), the journal of the German Armenian Society (Deutsch-Armenische Gesellschaft, DAG)
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Review on the cumulative dissertation of Brigitta Davidjants on Armenian identities, musicology and related matters.
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Book review on: Üngör, Ugur Ümit; Polatel, Mehmet: Confiscation and Destruction: the Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property. London (Continuum International Publishing Group), 2011
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Economic History, Ottoman History, Property, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, and 13 moreEconomic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Armenian Genocide, Accumulation by Dispossession, Late Ottoman History, Young Turk Movement, Armenian Genocide 1915, İttihat ve Terakki, Ottoman Armenians, Dispossession, Young Turks, Confiscations, Property Confiscation, and Organized State Crime
Book review on: Michael Bobelian: Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice. New Yor, London, Toronto, Sydney: (Simon and Schuster), 2009
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Genocide Studies, History and Memory, Memory Studies, Social and Collective Memory, Commemoration (Memory Studies), and 9 moreCommemoration and Memory, Collective Memory, Armenian Diaspora in the USA, Diaspora Studies, Armenians, Armenian Genocide, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Armenian Genocide 1915, and Monuments and Commemoration
Book review of the doctoral thesis of Seyhan Bayraktar: Politik und Erinnerung: Der Diskurs über den Armeniermord in der Türkei zwischen Nationalismus und Europäisierung. Bielefeld: (Transcript), 2010
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Book review on: Cetin, Fethiye: My Grandmother: A Memoir. London, New York: (Verso), 2008
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Book review on: Kévorkian, Raymond: The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2011
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Review (in German) on the collective monograph: Suny, Ronald Grigor; Göçek, Fatma Müge; Naimark, Normann M. (Ed.s): A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire. Oxford, New York (Oxford University Press)... more
Review (in German) on the collective monograph: Suny, Ronald Grigor; Göçek, Fatma Müge;
Naimark, Normann M. (Ed.s): A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire. Oxford, New York (Oxford University Press) 2011. XXII, -
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Naimark, Normann M. (Ed.s): A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire. Oxford, New York (Oxford University Press) 2011. XXII, -
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Ottoman History, Armenian Studies, Genocide Studies, Ottoman Studies, Armenian History, and 6 moreArmenian Genocide, Armenian Genocide 1915, Dialogue between Turkish Armenian civil societies, Imagining the Turkish nation through ‘othering’ Armenians, Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation, and Late Ottoman - Early Turkish Republic History, Armenian Genocide
Review (in German) of the recollections of the Armenian journalist and publisher Yervant Odian (Accursed Years: My Exile and Retum tram Der Zor, 1914-1919; translated from original Arrnenian by Ara Stepan Melkonian with an introduction... more
Review (in German) of the recollections of the Armenian journalist and publisher Yervant Odian (Accursed Years: My Exile and Retum tram Der Zor, 1914-1919; translated from original Arrnenian by Ara Stepan Melkonian with an introduction Krikor Beledian. London (Gomidas Institute) 2009, xvi p.)
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Review (in German) of the 1999 re-edition and English translation (2007) of a Swiss German missionary's recollections on the Ottoman genocide against the Armenians.
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Book review (in German) on: Harutyun Marutyan: Iconography of Armenian Identity; Vol. 1: The Memory of Genocide and the Karabakh Movement. Yerevan: Gitutyun, 2009. 415 p.
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Armenian Studies, History and Memory, Memory Studies, Commemoration and Memory, Collective Memory, and 11 moreModern Armenian History, The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Armenian Genocide, Collective Identity, Memory, Armenian Genocide 1915, Politics of Memory, Memorialisation, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Ethnicity and Identity Politics, and Monuments and Memorials
Book review (in German) on: Andreas Meier (Ed.:) Armin T. Wegner: Die Austreibung des armenischen Volkes in die Wüste; ein Lichtbildvortrag. Göttingen 2011 The emphesis of my review is on the inconsistent use of Wegner's own and other... more
Book review (in German) on: Andreas Meier (Ed.:) Armin T. Wegner: Die Austreibung des armenischen Volkes in die Wüste; ein Lichtbildvortrag. Göttingen 2011
The emphesis of my review is on the inconsistent use of Wegner's own and other photographs on the 1915/6 deportation of Ottoman Armenians during and after WW1; new information on other, so far unknown German photographers in Mesopotamia, in particular Mosul, is included (Walter König, Gustav Simonsohn, both from Berlin).
The emphesis of my review is on the inconsistent use of Wegner's own and other photographs on the 1915/6 deportation of Ottoman Armenians during and after WW1; new information on other, so far unknown German photographers in Mesopotamia, in particular Mosul, is included (Walter König, Gustav Simonsohn, both from Berlin).
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Review (in German) on the English translation of Grigoris Palakean's memoirs in his deportation during the genocide against the Ottoman Armenians in 1915/6, translated by Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag (New York 2009. ISBN 978-0307-2628-2).
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A newspaper review ("Der Tagesspiegel", 21.10.2000) on Peter Balakians German edition "Die Hunde vom Ararat", also available online: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/zeitung/die-hunde-von-ararat-auf-der-flucht-vor-den-haeschern/173364.html
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Review (1990) on Edgar Hilsenrath's novel "The Fairytale of the Last Thought" (1989)
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During the last decade of Ottoman rule in 1912-1922, under two nationalist regimes - the so-called Young Turks (Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti), since 1919 the Kemalists - at least three million indigenous Christians (Greek Orthodox,... more
During the last decade of Ottoman rule in 1912-1922, under two nationalist regimes - the so-called Young Turks (Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti), since 1919 the Kemalists - at least three million indigenous Christians (Greek Orthodox, Armenians and Syrians of different denominations) were murdered by forced labor, massacres and death marches.
In my pptx-supported lecture (Athens, Dec 1, 2018) I explain the demographic peculiarities of the Ottoman Empire and the historical-political background in the period between the Balkan Wars of 1912/3 and the capture of Smyrna (Sept. 1922) before I trace the course of the genocide of the Greek Orthodox population and ask about the peculiarities in comparison with the fate of the Armenians. My thesis is that these specifics consisted above all in the regionalization as well as in the long duration of this genocide, which was committed before, during and after the First World War.
It will also be necessary to ask about the role of protective powers for Ottoman Christians: Unlike the Ottoman Armenians, of whom one and a half million were destroyed in just 19 months, the Greek Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire had, at least temporarily, a protective state in Greece. Thus the initial neutrality of Greece in the WW1 initially caused a deceleration of the annihilation policy.
Finally, the applicability of the term genocide as defined by international law to events in the late Ottoman Empire must be justified.
In my pptx-supported lecture (Athens, Dec 1, 2018) I explain the demographic peculiarities of the Ottoman Empire and the historical-political background in the period between the Balkan Wars of 1912/3 and the capture of Smyrna (Sept. 1922) before I trace the course of the genocide of the Greek Orthodox population and ask about the peculiarities in comparison with the fate of the Armenians. My thesis is that these specifics consisted above all in the regionalization as well as in the long duration of this genocide, which was committed before, during and after the First World War.
It will also be necessary to ask about the role of protective powers for Ottoman Christians: Unlike the Ottoman Armenians, of whom one and a half million were destroyed in just 19 months, the Greek Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire had, at least temporarily, a protective state in Greece. Thus the initial neutrality of Greece in the WW1 initially caused a deceleration of the annihilation policy.
Finally, the applicability of the term genocide as defined by international law to events in the late Ottoman Empire must be justified.
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Slides of a lecture on 'Commemorative Cultures and Memorials in the Context of the Ottoman Genocide' (in German), Stuttgart, Haus der Geschichte, 15 October 2016
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Armenian Studies, Diasporas, Memory Studies, Ethnic minorities, Commemoration and Memory, and 15 moreComparative genocide, Early modern Ottoman History, Berlin, Armenian Genocide 1915, Politics of History, Politics of Memory, Memorialisation, Arameans, Memorials, Armenian diaspora, Armenian Greek Assyrian Genocides, Neo Assyrians, Armenian Diaspora In Europe, Monuments and Memorials, and Armenian Diaspora in the Near East
This still unpublished paper attempts to evaluate the academic and legal/political achievements or failures with regards to the destruction of Ottoman Armenians.
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My autobiographical essay attempts to explain how I became what I am: a genocide researcher, human rights activist, and publicist focusing on the Ottoman genocide. More broadly, I was concerned with the question of how - by what... more
My autobiographical essay attempts to explain how I became what I am: a genocide researcher, human rights activist, and publicist focusing on the Ottoman genocide. More broadly, I was concerned with the question of how - by what coincidences/non-coincidences in life - one stumbles upon one's enduring subject.
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A historical novel written in the tradition of 'magical realism' about the Irish tribal society of the 6th century, between pre-Christian traditions and Christianity as a new religion. It focuses on the life and work of the Northern Irish... more
A historical novel written in the tradition of 'magical realism' about the Irish tribal society of the 6th century, between pre-Christian traditions and Christianity as a new religion. It focuses on the life and work of the Northern Irish Saint Columcille ('Dove of the Church').
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Interview on the effects of recent developments (in English and Armenian): "We spoke with Tessa Hofmann, a German scholar, historian, independent author, researcher, and human rights defender, about the consequences of Azerbaijan's... more
Interview on the effects of recent developments (in English and Armenian): "We spoke with Tessa Hofmann, a German scholar, historian, independent author, researcher, and human rights defender, about the consequences of Azerbaijan's military aggression against Artsakh and the forced displacement of Artsakh Armenians, the deliberate destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh, the human rights violations during the conflicts, Azerbaijan's continued aggression and rhetoric against Artsakh and Armenia, the role of the international community in addressing these issues, and other related matters."
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Interview (in Russian) on human rights advocacy in the field of 'genocide recognition'
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Interview with Tessa Hofmann (by Suren Knolle-Akyüz) on Armenian migration to Germany (in German)
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Slides used in a webinar of 12 October 2020 on the current war/conflict in and about Nagorno Karabakh / Artsakh, explaining the historical origins of the conflict, its consequences, human rights violations and Turkey's role in the conflict
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These Teaching documents consist of three files: an introductory lecture (File "Einführungsvortrag"), slides ("Vortragsfolien") and the information of a guided history walk on Berlin's Hardenbergstraße (Berlin-Charlottenburg) and the... more
These Teaching documents consist of three files: an introductory lecture (File "Einführungsvortrag"), slides ("Vortragsfolien") and the information of a guided history walk on Berlin's Hardenbergstraße (Berlin-Charlottenburg) and the Ecumencial Memorial for Genocide Victims in the Ottoman Empire in the same district (file "Lernreise... Englisch).
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This is an introductary presentation of the specifics of the Ottoman Empire, its emergence and the situations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The presentation (in German) was hold on May 6, 2018, for participants of the AGA... more
This is an introductary presentation of the specifics of the Ottoman Empire, its emergence and the situations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The presentation (in German) was hold on May 6, 2018, for participants of the AGA Lernreise 1 (guided study tours on Ottoman, Turkish and Armenian history in Berlin and Potsdam).
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Folien meines Vortrags im Rahmen des Tags des Offenen Denkmals 2016 (10. September 2016) über die intentionale Vernichtung und/oder Vernachlässigung christlicher (armenischer, griechisch-orthodoxer) Sakralbaukunst in der Türkei und die... more
Folien meines Vortrags im Rahmen des Tags des Offenen Denkmals 2016 (10. September 2016) über die intentionale Vernichtung und/oder Vernachlässigung christlicher (armenischer, griechisch-orthodoxer) Sakralbaukunst in der Türkei und die Chancen des Denkmalschutzes.
An Armenian translation of a lecture hold on 20 January 2005 at London University
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Mein Vortrag handelt von einem der größten Staatsverbrechen des an Staatsverbrechen reichen 20. Jhs. Deshalb hat man dieses Jahrhundert auch als Jahrhundert der Völkermorde bezeichnet. Ich beziehe mich heute Abend auf den Genozid in der... more
Mein Vortrag handelt von einem der größten Staatsverbrechen des an Staatsverbrechen reichen 20. Jhs. Deshalb hat man dieses Jahrhundert auch als Jahrhundert der Völkermorde bezeichnet. Ich beziehe mich heute Abend auf den Genozid in der letzten Dekade osmanischer Herrschaft.
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Slides of my presentation at the international online-conferences "Aspects of Pontian Hellenismus: experience and knowledge", 27 March 2021, organized by the Euxenus Club of Pontians in Naoussa
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Paper at the international Conference on the Crime of Genocide (Athens, 6-8 December 2019), organized by the Pan-Pontion Federation of Greece
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Ottoman History, History of Iran, Minority Studies, Ottoman Empire, Ethnicity, and 18 moreMinority Rights, Armenian Genocide, Armenian Genocide 1915, Syriac, Arameans, Diyarbakir, Assyrian church of the east, Nestorians, Assyrian Genocide, Armenian Greek Assyrian Genocides, Chaldeans, Ethno Religious Conflicts, Neo Assyrians, Ethno religious Identities, Syriacs, Van Vilayet, Osmanisches Reich, and Aramean Genocide
The crimes that form the topic of my presentation were committed on the ethnically highly diversified peninsula between the Gulfs of Mudanya and Izmit. The period under scrutiny saw the successive collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its... more
The crimes that form the topic of my presentation were committed on the ethnically highly diversified peninsula between the Gulfs of Mudanya and Izmit.
The period under scrutiny saw the successive collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its civic administration, the emergence of a rivaling nationalist state under Mustafa Kemal and the guerilla fight of Kemalist irregulars against the Hellenic occupational forces and the indigenous Christian population, including returning WW1 deportees. The years 1920 and 1921 also saw the failure of the Allies to establish an impartial judiciary, to protect Ottoman Christians from further massacres, including large-scale sexual violence, and to prevent their economic destruction. As side effect of the traumatizing and at the same time brutalizing events the impoverished and homeless Yalova Christians in a few cases retaliated on their tormentors or on the Muslim population in general. The only resort that the Allies knew was to evacuate Christian survivors to Thrace and the Greek islands in 1922 (21,000 ethnic Greeks, 9,000 Armenians).
My account and analyze derives from the report of the Inter-Allied Yalova Commission (1921), the findings of the Armenian-Greek Section at the Inter-Allied High Commission in Constantinople and the testimonies, gathered in situ by the Greek war correspondent Konstantinos Faltaits. The conclusion is that the local ‘atrocities’, which resulted in the murder of more than 15,000 Greeks and the arson of 37 Greek villages, form an episode in the genocidal destruction of more than one million Romiosyni (Rumlar) during the last decade of Ottoman rule.
The period under scrutiny saw the successive collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its civic administration, the emergence of a rivaling nationalist state under Mustafa Kemal and the guerilla fight of Kemalist irregulars against the Hellenic occupational forces and the indigenous Christian population, including returning WW1 deportees. The years 1920 and 1921 also saw the failure of the Allies to establish an impartial judiciary, to protect Ottoman Christians from further massacres, including large-scale sexual violence, and to prevent their economic destruction. As side effect of the traumatizing and at the same time brutalizing events the impoverished and homeless Yalova Christians in a few cases retaliated on their tormentors or on the Muslim population in general. The only resort that the Allies knew was to evacuate Christian survivors to Thrace and the Greek islands in 1922 (21,000 ethnic Greeks, 9,000 Armenians).
My account and analyze derives from the report of the Inter-Allied Yalova Commission (1921), the findings of the Armenian-Greek Section at the Inter-Allied High Commission in Constantinople and the testimonies, gathered in situ by the Greek war correspondent Konstantinos Faltaits. The conclusion is that the local ‘atrocities’, which resulted in the murder of more than 15,000 Greeks and the arson of 37 Greek villages, form an episode in the genocidal destruction of more than one million Romiosyni (Rumlar) during the last decade of Ottoman rule.
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Peace and Conflict Studies, Genocide Studies, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman Period, and 16 moreModern Turkey, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, Ottoman Genocide(s), Late Ottoman History, Ottoman Greeks, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Asia Minor, Izmit, Greco-Turkish relations, Greeks in Asia Minor, Yalova, Greek Genocide, Armenian Greek Assyrian Genocides, Greek Turkish Wars, The Greek Genocide, and Interethnic Conflict
Presentation of the symposium on the Dersim genocide of 1937/38 of the Ruhr University Bochum, 21 October 2021
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Presentation and slides at the commemorative conference "80 years Tertele", organized by the Dersim Cultural Association Berlin (Dersim Kulturgemeinde Berlin) and the Federation of Dersim Associations in Europe (FDG) in Berlin, 6th May,... more
Presentation and slides at the commemorative conference "80 years Tertele", organized by the Dersim Cultural Association Berlin (Dersim Kulturgemeinde Berlin) and the Federation of Dersim Associations in Europe (FDG) in Berlin, 6th May, 2017
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Genocide Studies, Commemoration and Memory, Ottoman Genocide(s), Modern Germany, Berlin, and 11 moreMemorials and the Memorial Art-Work in the Public Arena, Modern Turkish History, Germany, Dersim Studies, Dersim, Armenian Genocide 1915, Comparative Genocide Studies, Memorialisation, Monuments & Memorials, Cultural memory/Memorialization, and Dersim Region (Turkey)
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Ottoman History, Genocide Studies, Ottoman Empire, Armenian Genocide, Genocide, and 10 moreOttoman Greeks, Armenian Genocide 1915, Comparative Genocide Studies, Ottoman Armenians, Aramaic/Syriac, Aramaic Studies, Armenian, Assyrian Hellenic Genocides; Jewish Holocaust, Armenian Greek Assyrian Genocides, Neo Assyrians, and Syriacs
Slides (in German and English) of a lecture hold at the Third Aramean Congress ("Sayfo 1915-2015 and the Aramean Identity")
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Ottoman History, Genocide Studies, Ottoman Studies, Ottoman Empire, Comparative genocide, and 16 moreArmenian Genocide, Jacobite History, Arameans, Jacobites, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Jacobite Studies, Orthodox and Jacobite Syrian Christians, Nestorians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Chaldean Assyrians Christian History and International Relations, Neo Assyrians, Syriacs, Van Vilayet, Armenian and Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire, and Recognition of Genocide
Presentation during the Frame Program "Gender, Violence, Genocide"
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Paper presented to the international conference 'The Crime of Genocide: Prevention, Condemnation and Elimination of Consequences', Yerevan, 14-15 Dec 2010
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Paper Proposal for XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, RC 31, Part 1, Session 1 (2009)
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Das Standardwerk zur Religionsfreiheit 2022/23 und das Standardwerk zur Verfolgung von Christen 2022/23 in einem Wendebuch zusammen gebunden – jedes Jahrbuch beginnt auf einer Seite des Umschlages. Herausgegeben für den Arbeitskreis für... more
Das Standardwerk zur Religionsfreiheit 2022/23 und das Standardwerk zur Verfolgung von Christen 2022/23 in einem Wendebuch zusammen gebunden – jedes Jahrbuch beginnt auf einer Seite des Umschlages. Herausgegeben für den Arbeitskreis für Religionsfreiheit der Deutschen und Österreichischen Evangelischen Allianz und die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Religionsfreiheit der Schweizerischen Evangelischen Allianz, das Internationale Institut für Religionsfreiheit und die Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte von Thomas Schirrmacher, Martin Lessenthin und Martin Warnecke.
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In my contribution, I introduce four authors of different generations and languages, but all of Greek origin: Elias Venezis, Dido Sotiriou, Jeffrey Eugenides and Aris Fioretos. Both the works of expelled authors from Asia Minor and of... more
In my contribution, I introduce four authors of different generations and languages, but all of Greek origin: Elias Venezis, Dido Sotiriou, Jeffrey Eugenides and Aris Fioretos. Both the works of expelled authors from Asia Minor and of their transnational, postmodern descendants are remarkably free of revanchist clichés or the stereotypical ‘othering’ of Turks or Muslims. While Venezis points to the irritating ‘genocidal corruption’ and dehumanization within the victim group, Sotiriou puts the political responsibility for the ‘Catastrophe’ on Germany and the Entente, depicting Asia Minor as the homeland of Greeks and Turks. Eugenides chooses intersexuality as a metaphor of modernity and hybridity of (Greek and other) immigrant communities, whereas Fioretos is interested in flowing, flexible identities and the intersection of past and present that expresses itself in a non-linear narrative, where everybody and everything is related to others.
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This literary analysis examines the representation of the Ottoman genocide against Armenians and Greeks in contemporary German prose using four examples of family narratives and travel texts, respectively. Two of the authors analyzed –... more
This literary analysis examines the representation of the Ottoman genocide against Armenians and Greeks in contemporary German prose using four examples of family narratives and travel texts, respectively. Two of the authors analyzed – Katerina Poladyan and Laura Cwiertnia – represent fictional prose, while Mirko Heinemann and Michael Asderis represent factual prose. Written three to four generations after the Ottoman genocide, all four authors ask themselves what the events of that time mean for the descendants of survivors: a burden or a legacy obligatory to preserve or remember? At the same time, genre hybridity as a characteristic of post-genocidal or post-migrant German prose is analyzed.