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Event Videos — Knights and Daughters of Vartan

Conversation with Historians Ümit Kurt and Dirk Moses on The Armenians of Aintab

Conversation with Historians Ümit Kurt and Dirk Moses on The Armenians of Aintab

“If genocide, as a practice that includes murder and plunder, is orchestrated by a central authority but implemented at the local level,” Ümit Kurt asks, “what is the relationship between local and central authorities?” What are the incentives and motives that lead to mass participation?

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Valley of Death: A 44-Day Catastrophe

Valley of Death: A 44-Day Catastrophe

Join Tatul Hakobyan as he deconstructs the events leading up to and following the 44-Day War. The discussion will be in English. Conflict specialist Hakobyan examines why the war started; what transpired on the ground; what were the surprises, if any; and why events unfolded along a trajectory of seemingly endless calamities.

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THE RESISTANCE NETWORK: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918

THE RESISTANCE NETWORK: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918

Henry Theriault and Khatchig Mouradian discuss Mouradian's new book: The Resistance Network. Theriault is the President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Mouradian is a Lecturer at Columbia University and Armenian and Georgian Specialist at the Library of Congress.

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