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  • Symposium on Adana Massacres at NAASR, May 7

    PRESS RELEASE
    National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
    395 Concord Ave.
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Tel.: 617-489-1610
    www.naasr.org
    Contact: [email protected]

    CENTENARY OF ADANA MASSACRES
    TO BE MARKED WITH SYMPOSIUM AT NAASR


    The 100th anniversary of the Adana Massacres will be marked with a
    special symposium entitled "The Adana Massacres of 1909: Legacy and
    Perspectives," on Thursday, May 7, at 7:00 p.m., at the National
    Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395
    Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA.

    The Adana Massacres of April 1909 took the lives of more
    than 20,000 Armenians in the province of Adana and elsewhere in
    Armenian-inhabited areas of the Ottoman Empire. In addition to the
    appalling loss of life and property, the massacres were a bitter blow to
    the Armenians who had expressed such optimism at the Young Turk
    Revolution of 1908. Many see in these massacres an indication of what
    was to come in the genocide of 1915.

    The NAASR symposium will bring together four scholars who
    will present their research on various aspects of the terrible events of
    a century ago.

    Aram Arkun, former co-director of the Krikor and Clara
    Zohrab Information Center in New York City and editor of Ararat
    Quarterly will speak on "Armenian Self-Defense During the 1909
    Massacres: The Case of Dörtyol (Chorkmarzban)"; Dr. Bedross Der
    Matossian of the Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of
    Technology, will present "Revisiting the Adana Massacres of 1909:
    Revolution, Power, and Violence"; Dr. Dikran Kaligian, author of the
    recently-published Armenian Organization and Ideology Under Ottoman Rule
    1908-1914, will discuss "Impact of the Adana Massacre on ARF-CUP
    Relations"; and Dr. Lou Ann Matossian, program director of the Cafesjian
    Family Foundation, Minneapolis, and eastern U.S. community news editor
    of the Armenian Reporter, will speak about "Missionary Witness: The
    Christie Family Papers on the Cilician Massacres of 1909."

    More information on the Adana symposium may be had by
    calling 617-489-1610, e-mailing [email protected], or writing to NAASR, 395
    Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.
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