Professor Ron Suny, emeritus of the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan -- and author of a major study of the massacres and deportations committed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915, "They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide (Princeton University Press, 2015) -- uses the insights of Moses' work to take a fresh look at the Armenian tragedy and how it provides another lens to look at the concept of genocide.
This audio-visual presentation, featuring rare archival material, photographs and video clips, sheds light on the massive life-saving impact of the Near East Relief and more specifically, the Kerr family, on a generation of survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Responding to horrific eyewitness accounts and urgent pleas for help, the U.S. mobilized an unprecedented campaign of humanitarian assistance led by the Near East Relief (NER) and given legs by a small army of relief workers who risked their lives to help the destitute survivors in distant, dangerous lands. Among the volunteers was Stanley Kerr, a young biochemist in the U.S. Army who, learning of the opportunity to join the relief effort, in 1919 boarded a ship to the crumbling Ottoman Empire.
Dr. David Low's talk "Pictures Between Worlds: Harput and New England in Dialogue," will explore long distance photographic dialogues and consider how pictures worked to solidify relationships and sustain communities during a period of great change.
Join us for our next Literary Lights in-person event in New York City, featuring Aram Mrjoian, editor of We Are All Armenian, who will be joined by the anthology’s contributors, Chris Bohjalian, Nancy Kricorian, Scout Tufankjian, and Hrag Vartanian.
Dr. Khatchig Mouradian is the author of the award-winning book The Resistance Network:The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918 (Michigan State University Press, 2021).
Professor Ron Suny, emeritus of the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan -- and author of a major study of the massacres and deportations committed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915, "They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide (Princeton University Press, 2015) -- uses the insights of Moses' work to take a fresh look at the Armenian tragedy and how it provides another lens to look at the concept of genocide.
This audio-visual presentation, featuring rare archival material, photographs and video clips, sheds light on the massive life-saving impact of the Near East Relief and more specifically, the Kerr family, on a generation of survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Responding to horrific eyewitness accounts and urgent pleas for help, the U.S. mobilized an unprecedented campaign of humanitarian assistance led by the Near East Relief (NER) and given legs by a small army of relief workers who risked their lives to help the destitute survivors in distant, dangerous lands. Among the volunteers was Stanley Kerr, a young biochemist in the U.S. Army who, learning of the opportunity to join the relief effort, in 1919 boarded a ship to the crumbling Ottoman Empire.
Dr. David Low's talk "Pictures Between Worlds: Harput and New England in Dialogue," will explore long distance photographic dialogues and consider how pictures worked to solidify relationships and sustain communities during a period of great change.
Join us for our next Literary Lights in-person event in New York City, featuring Aram Mrjoian, editor of We Are All Armenian, who will be joined by the anthology’s contributors, Chris Bohjalian, Nancy Kricorian, Scout Tufankjian, and Hrag Vartanian.