Gomidas Institute 2012-13

26 Dec. 2012

We are pleased to inform you that the Gomidas Institute has successfully wrapped up another productive year. Below is a summary of some of its publications, projects, internships, press coverage and other important news for 2012-2013. If you would like more information on any item, please let us know at info@gomidas.org

New Publications in 2012:

· Carmen Pascal, The Amiras: Lords of Ottoman Armenia (transl. from French by Marika Blandin).

· Ann Elbrecht, Telling the Story: The Armenian Genocide in the Pages of the New York Times and Missionary Herald, 1914-1918

· Hrachik Simonyan, The Destruction of Armenians in Cilicia, April 1909 (transl. from Armenian by Melissa Brown and Alexander Arzumanian).

· Hagop Hacikyan, My Ethnic Quest.

· Levon Shahoian, On the Banks of the Tigris, (transl. from Armenian with an introduction by Garabet Moumdjian).

In Press:

· Hambartsum Galstyan, Unmailed Letters (transl. from Armenian with an introduction by Agop Hacikyan).

· Aghavni Yeghenian, Red Flag at Ararat (republication, Sterndale Classics).

· Rouben Shougarian, The Politics of Immaculate Misconception.

Academic Projects started in 2012:

· The Demographic Profile of the Late Ottoman Empire: A Critical Perspective. This project is based on Ottoman, Russian, Armenian and Turkish sources and is due for completion over 2013-2014.

· A series of four lectures co-sponsored by the Gomidas Institute, the Calouste Gulebankian Foundation and the Turkish Studies Department at Ludwig Maximilan University in Munich. Lectures in Munich by David Gaunt, Janet Klein, Hans Lukas-Kieser and Seda Altug.

· Translation and publication of Krikor Mkhalian’s Bardizag’n ou Bardizagtsin [Bardizag and Its People], Cairo, 1938. Publication date summer 2013.

· The Genocide of Armenians and Assyrians in 1915-18. Project includes two internships plus a publication in 2013.

· What Happened on 24 April 1915? A Critical Study of History and Denial based on Armenian, Turkish and Ottoman records.

Internships:

For the third year running, the Gomidas Institute hosted research internships in London. This year two MA students at British universities worked on Armenian and Assyrian issues. Both students are still engaged with projects on 20^th century genocides.

Institutional Support and Cooperation:

Gomidas Institute entered into a formal agreement with the Grotowski Institute (Wroclaw, Poland). The two Institutions will cooperate on issues related to the Armenian Genocide. The Grotowski Institute is a renowned centre of performing arts. They are currently working on a new project related to the Armenian Genocide.

Commendation by the Board:

· Ara Sarafian’s work at the Gomidas Institute and in Turkey resulting in “24 Nisanda Ne Oldu?” [What Happened on 24 April?] by Ara Sarafian in Agos (30 May 2012), “97 Yil Sonra Ayaş Yolunda” [On the Road to Ayash 97 Years Later] by Pinar Öğünç in Radikal (24 April 2012), and “Interview du chercheur Ara Sarafian” [Interview with Researcher Ara Sarafian” in Nouvelles d’Armenie (July 2012).

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