This year, we will be commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide with an evening of talks and music, kindly hosted by the Wiener Holocaust Library. Judging by the number of publications that have appeared in the past few years, from monographs to journals and edited volumes, we can say that scholarly research around the topic of the Armenian genocide is an ever renewed field. On Thursday, April 24th, two scholars who are active in this field will present their work and enlighten us on the most recent directions that this research has taken. The second part of the evening will be dedicated to Armenian music by Lucine Musaelian.
Dr Peter Morgan will discuss his recent book, British Representations of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-23, which examines how British politicians, national and local newspapers, writers and commentators discussed the mass killing and deportation of Armenians as they were happening. Morgan found that the news was widely circulated in the provincial press and not just in major contemporary titles.
Dr Becky Jinks will discuss how, in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide, Armenian networks and international relief organisations mounted efforts to rescue Armenians who were being kept in Turkish, Kurdish, or Arab households. Most of the published or well-known sources we have, though, are about male rescuers. Her brief talk will begin to explore the efforts of women rescuers – those who rescued other women, and those who trekked to find their own children.
Moderated by Tatiana Der Avedissian.
This event is held in collaboration with the Wiener Holocaust Library, as part of the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership.