The Armenian Tragedy Programme for a Commemorative Symposium

        
               

1:30pm – 8:45pm, Thursday, 29th October, 2015.

M2 Boardroom, University of Brighton, 

Grand Parade Building, Brighton BN2 0JY. 

1.30 pm Registration

2.00 Welcome and Introduction: 

Prof Graham Dawson (University of Brighton) 

and Prof Edward Timms (University of Sussex)

2.20 Prof Bob Brecher (University of Brighton) , ‘

What is it that matters so much about genocide?’

2.40 Prof Armen T. Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut University), 

‘Fragments of a Lost Armenian Homeland: Bearing Witness to a Silenced Past’

(illustrated lecture incorporating photographs from the Dildilian collection)

Followed by Questions and Discussion

4.00 Tea Break

4.30 Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute, London) , 

‘The Destruction of Armenians in the Kharpert Plain, 1915-17’

5.00 Ari Sekeryan (Oxford University) , 

‘The Armenian Community at the End of the Ottoman Empire: 

Reflections in the Armenian Press, 1918-1923’

Followed by Questions and Discussion

6.00-7.00 Refreshments

7.15 Dr Helin Anahit (Middlesex University) , 

'Gendered Narratives of Trauma and Survival through the Politics of Collective Memory'.

7.45 Vatche Simonian (London) 

‘Personal Experiences of a First Generation Diaspora Armenian’

Followed by Questions and Discussion

8.45 Closure

No charge for admission to the seminar but advance registration is essential. 

 To book a place email memorynarrativehistories@brighton.ac.uk 

 Hosted by the Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories, 

 University of Brighton and coordinated by Saime Göksu, Jackie Stimpson and Edward Timms.