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    Dr. Dikran Kaligian To Discuss ARF And Ottoman Relations At Naasr
    Asbarez
    Jan 4th, 2010


    Historian Dr. Dikran Kaligian will kick-off the 2010 NAASR lecture
    series with a lecture entitled `The Armenian Revolutionary Federation
    Under Ottoman Rule, 1908-14,' on Thursday, January 21, 2010, at 8:00
    p.m., at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
    (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA.

    Dr. Kaligian, in his 2008 book Armenian Organization and Ideology
    Under Ottoman Rule, 1908-1914, has provided a comprehensive picture of
    Armeno-Turkish relations for the brief period of Ottoman
    Constitutional rule between 1908 and 1914. Drawing on internal
    documents of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and existing
    research on the last years of the empire, as well as the archives of
    the British, American, and German diplomatic corps, he sets out to
    resolve many of the conflicting conclusions in the current
    historiography - including the most central issue, the ARF's relations
    with the Turkish Committee of Union and Progress.

    Kaligian analyzes an ARF torn between maintaining relations with a CUP
    that had failed to implement promised reforms and was doing little to
    prevent increasing attacks on the Armenian population, or break off
    relations thus ending any realistic chance for the constitutional
    system to succeed. The decisive issue was the failure of land
    restitution and reform.

    Kaligian's study, the first of its kind, seeks to set the record
    straight in terms of understanding Armeno-Turkish relations during
    this short but pivotal period. He shows that the party's internal
    deliberations support the conclusion that it did remain loyal until
    the failure of reform and contradicts the view that the party's only
    aim was to incite a rebellion against Ottoman rule.

    Armenian Organization and Ideology Under Ottoman Rule, 1908-1914 will
    be on sale and available for signing by the author.

    Admission to the event is free (donations appreciated). The NAASR
    Center is located opposite the First Armenian Church and next to the
    U.S. Post Office. Ample parking is available around the building and
    in adjacent areas. The lecture will begin promptly at 8:00 p.m.

    More information about the lecture is available by calling
    617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing
    to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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