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MOURADIAN TO DISCUSS TURKEY'S CONFISCATION OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AT ARMENIAN CAUSE 2.0
Armenian Weekly
Tue, Jun 21, 2011
Timely Presentation will Address Key Points Raised by Introduction
of H.Res.306
WASHINGTON--Khatchig Mouradian, the editor of the Armenian Weekly
and one of the diaspora's leading public intellectuals, will speak
at the Armenian National Committee of America's (ANCA) "Armenian
Cause 2.0â~@³ conference about the confiscation of Christian church
properties by the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey.
Armenian Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian Mouradian's timely
presentation will take place in wake of the recent introduction of
a resolution, H.Res.306, in the U.S. House calling upon Turkey to
return Christian religious properties to the Armenians, Greeks,
Assyrians, and the other nations that have lived on the lands of
present-day Turkey for thousands of years. This religious freedom
measure, which has already come under attack from Ankara's surrogates
in Washington, D.C., has drawn broad bipartisan support, including
from both Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ranking Democrat Howard
Berman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the influential panel
to which this legislation has been referred.
Mouradian's presentation, the first ever about H.Res.306 at a civic or
community gathering, will cover the Ottoman era of Sultan Abdulhamid
and the Young Turks through to the present-day Republic of Turkey.
Drawing from a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including
recently published scholarly works, Mouradian will present an overview
of the process through which Armenian property, including church
property, was confiscated from Armenians and transferred to the Ottoman
and later Turkish state, and how the economic wealth stolen from the
Armenians contributed to the creation of the Turkish national economy.
He will share a broad overview of the destruction, desecration, and
disregard of Armenian and other Christian church properties, and a
detailed inventory of pre- and post-genocide religious properties.
Mouradian will then discuss the Turkish state's current policy
towards Armenians and Armenian cultural and religious heritage in
Turkey. He will also explore, with all in attendance, the moral and
material remedies available to begin addressing the damages inflicted
upon the Armenian and other victims of Ottoman and later Republican
Turkey's genocidal campaign to eliminate the Christian populations
within its borders.
In addition to serving as editor of the Armenian Weekly, Mouradian
is a Ph.D. student in Holocaust and genocide studies at Clark
University in Worcester, Mass., where he is writing his dissertation
on the destruction of the Armenians in the Syrian desert during
the Armenian Genocide. Mouradian has lectured extensively and
participated in conferences in Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Lebanon,
Norway, Syria, Switzerland, Turkey, and across the United States. He
has presented papers on media, human rights, and the Armenian Genocide
at several academic conferences, including the 5th and 6th Workshops on
Armenian-Turkish Scholarship, held at NYU in 2006 and at the Graduate
Institute in Geneva in 2008; the International Conference on Genocide
and International Law at Haigazian University in Beirut in 2009; the
Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) conference in Boston in 2009;
the Armenian Genocide Research Conference at Clark University in 2010;
and the Armenian Genocide Reparations Conference in Ankara, Turkey,
in 2010. Mouradian writes for a number of national and international
publications.
Armenian Cause 2.0's full schedule of educational workshops and
interactive presentations, including speakers such as former U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia John Evans, POLITICO National Politics Editor
Charles Mahtesian, and angel investor and blogger Haig Kayserian will
be complemented by social and networking opportunities, including a
dinner reception at the Armenian Embassy hosted by Ambassador Tatoul
Markarian. Break-out sessions will include workshops on advocacy,
social media, and elections.
Due to high demand, Armenian Cause 2.0 has sold-out. No more
registrations are being accepted.
Armenian Weekly
Tue, Jun 21, 2011
Timely Presentation will Address Key Points Raised by Introduction
of H.Res.306
WASHINGTON--Khatchig Mouradian, the editor of the Armenian Weekly
and one of the diaspora's leading public intellectuals, will speak
at the Armenian National Committee of America's (ANCA) "Armenian
Cause 2.0â~@³ conference about the confiscation of Christian church
properties by the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey.
Armenian Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian Mouradian's timely
presentation will take place in wake of the recent introduction of
a resolution, H.Res.306, in the U.S. House calling upon Turkey to
return Christian religious properties to the Armenians, Greeks,
Assyrians, and the other nations that have lived on the lands of
present-day Turkey for thousands of years. This religious freedom
measure, which has already come under attack from Ankara's surrogates
in Washington, D.C., has drawn broad bipartisan support, including
from both Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ranking Democrat Howard
Berman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the influential panel
to which this legislation has been referred.
Mouradian's presentation, the first ever about H.Res.306 at a civic or
community gathering, will cover the Ottoman era of Sultan Abdulhamid
and the Young Turks through to the present-day Republic of Turkey.
Drawing from a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including
recently published scholarly works, Mouradian will present an overview
of the process through which Armenian property, including church
property, was confiscated from Armenians and transferred to the Ottoman
and later Turkish state, and how the economic wealth stolen from the
Armenians contributed to the creation of the Turkish national economy.
He will share a broad overview of the destruction, desecration, and
disregard of Armenian and other Christian church properties, and a
detailed inventory of pre- and post-genocide religious properties.
Mouradian will then discuss the Turkish state's current policy
towards Armenians and Armenian cultural and religious heritage in
Turkey. He will also explore, with all in attendance, the moral and
material remedies available to begin addressing the damages inflicted
upon the Armenian and other victims of Ottoman and later Republican
Turkey's genocidal campaign to eliminate the Christian populations
within its borders.
In addition to serving as editor of the Armenian Weekly, Mouradian
is a Ph.D. student in Holocaust and genocide studies at Clark
University in Worcester, Mass., where he is writing his dissertation
on the destruction of the Armenians in the Syrian desert during
the Armenian Genocide. Mouradian has lectured extensively and
participated in conferences in Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Lebanon,
Norway, Syria, Switzerland, Turkey, and across the United States. He
has presented papers on media, human rights, and the Armenian Genocide
at several academic conferences, including the 5th and 6th Workshops on
Armenian-Turkish Scholarship, held at NYU in 2006 and at the Graduate
Institute in Geneva in 2008; the International Conference on Genocide
and International Law at Haigazian University in Beirut in 2009; the
Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) conference in Boston in 2009;
the Armenian Genocide Research Conference at Clark University in 2010;
and the Armenian Genocide Reparations Conference in Ankara, Turkey,
in 2010. Mouradian writes for a number of national and international
publications.
Armenian Cause 2.0's full schedule of educational workshops and
interactive presentations, including speakers such as former U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia John Evans, POLITICO National Politics Editor
Charles Mahtesian, and angel investor and blogger Haig Kayserian will
be complemented by social and networking opportunities, including a
dinner reception at the Armenian Embassy hosted by Ambassador Tatoul
Markarian. Break-out sessions will include workshops on advocacy,
social media, and elections.
Due to high demand, Armenian Cause 2.0 has sold-out. No more
registrations are being accepted.