Host Tsvetana Paskaleva presents a profile of Hratch Tchilingirian's scholarly and community activities in the Diaspora and interviews him on issues of preservation of identity and culture in the Diaspora and on Armenia-Diaspora relations. Co-hosted by Khachatur Gasparyan. Programme Director: Karine Hakobyan.
News report on international conference on Diakonia Education held on 27-28 November 2012 in Etchmiadzin. Hratch Tchilingirian interviewed in the report about Diakonia.
Oriental Institute, University of Oxford - 22 January 2013
Lecture: Cultural Production and Preservation in Diaspora: Visual and Performing Arts
As part of a series of 8 lectures, this session will explore the works of a number of diaspora artists with roots in the Middle East, such as painters Paul Guiragossian, Krikor Norikian and Shant Avedissian and performing artists like Gerarld Avedissian, Krikor Satamian, and others. What is universal in their artistic creation and what is particularly Armenian?
Organised by the Armenian Educational Benevelont Union & Nor Serount Cultural Association
Conference Paper: "From End of Empires to the Global Age: Issues and Questions in Armenian Political Ideology and Strategy"
The founding ideological and strategic pillars of Armenian political parties in the late 19th century in general and the Hunchakian Party in particular were social democracy and the "liberation of the Armenian people" living under suppression and injustice. While many of the fundamental principles of social democracy and freedom have remained relevant in the world in the last 125-year, the changes and developments ushered by the end of Empires in the 20th centuries and the emergence of a connected globalised world pose numerous questions that have not been fully addressed by the leadership of the Party. What is the relevance of an Armenian political party that has existed for 125 years to Armenians living in the 21st century Los Angeles, Paris, Beirut, Damascus or Buenos Aires? This presentation will attempt to deal with this question and offer some thoughts and reflection for future consideration.
Armenian Educational Benevolent Union & Nor Serount Cultural Association
International Conference on the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the Social Democratic Hunchak Party
Paper presented: "From End of Empires to the Global Age: Issues and Questions in Armenian Political Ideology and Strategy"
The founding ideological and strategic pillars of Armenian political parties in the late 19th century in general and the Hunchakian Party in particular were social democracy and the "liberation of the Armenian people" living under suppression and injustice. While many of the fundamental principles of social democracy and freedom have remained relevant in the world in the last 125-year, the changes and developments ushered by the end of Empires in the 20th centuries and the emergence of a connected globalised world pose numerous questions that have not been fully addressed. What is the relevance of an Armenian political party that has existed for 125 years to Armenians living in the 21st century Los Angeles, Paris, Beirut, Damascus or Buenos Aires? The paperl attempt to deal with this question and offered some thoughts and reflection for future consideration.
27 October 2012
Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium, Woodbury University, Burbank, California
World Council of Churches Armenia Round Table Foundation & United Nations Population Fund Armenia
International Conference on Diakonia Education
Paper: "The Parish as Agency of Diakonia: Faith and Service in Praxis"
The main question that this paper dealt with is the following: How could the church make the concept and practice of diakonia that comes from apostolic times relevant to faith communities living in the 21st century? The example of an Armenian parish in the Diaspora was presented as a case study to illustrate the building blocks of diaskonia in the formation of church communities.
This short documentary is the story of how in 1923 Armenians in London with the help of philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian built a place of worship and communal gathering as one of the first steps towards re-building their lives after the virtual annihilation of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire, the first genocide of the 20th century. The Armenian Church in the UK, St. Sarkis Church Trust and St. Sarkis Church Parish celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the first Armenian Church in London with a series of educational, cultural and social events between September 2012 and January 2013. Hratch Tchilingirian is Hon. President of St. Sarkis Church Trust and headed the 90th Anniversary celebrations.
Slaq News report on NERDURS dance performance dedicated to Diaspora-Armenia relations and to "repatriation", Hratch Tchilingirian introduced the programme underlining that the performance was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of repatriation to Armenia.
Under the chairmanship of Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Hon. President of the St, Sarkis Church Trust and the Chairman of the St. Sarkis Parish Assembly, the committee for the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the consecration of the St. Sarkis Church met in Gulbenkian Hall on Wednesday, 12th September, 2012, to discuss a long list of programmes and lectures as part of the year-long celebration. Presiding at the meeting was His Grace Bishop Vahan Hovhanessian, Primate of the Armenian Church in Great Britain and Ireland, and Pontifical Legate, under whose auspices the anniversary celebrations will take place. Some 17 events have been organised between September and January to celebrate this historic milestone with the parishioners of St. Sarkis and the wider Armenian community. The committee discussed and finalised the details of several of the events scheduled in the months of September and October.
... the neighbourhood of St. Sarkis Church and the Armenian Vicarage in the heart of London, was turned into a beautiful "Armenian village" on Sunday 29 July 2012. Thousands of community members, families ...
A joint study by Armenian and Azeri sociologists shows that the people in both countries would support more concerted efforts by their governments to normalize relations and move toward settlement of territorial disputes. The study was designed to determine the possibilities for reconciliation among the people of the two countries.
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) held its annual meeting in the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Canada, in conjunction with the Middle East Studies Association's(MESA) Conference (November 17-21, 2007).
The highlight at the Montreal conference was a panel sponsored jointly by the SAS and the Turkish Studies Association dedicated to the memory of slain Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
The session titled "On Hrant Dink and Turkish-Armenian Relations" was organized by the presidents of the two associations, Professors Richard Hovannisian of UCLA andAndras Riedlmayer of Harvard. The panel attracted an overflow audience of more than 200 academics, including specialists in Turkish and Armenian studies as well as colleagues from other fields.
After remarks by both organizers, Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian of Cambridge University spoke on "Hrant Dink before Hrant Dink: Armenians in Turkey." He was followed by Dr. Fatma Müge Göçek of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who discussed "Hrant Dink and Turkish-Armenian Dialogue." The third panelist was Professor Levon Zekiyanof Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, who assessed "Hrant Dink’s Innovative Approach to Armenian-Turkish Relations. Its Context, Challenge and Prospects."
The final presentation was by journalist Etyen Mahçupyan, who now edits Hrant Dink’s newspaper Agos, with his reflections on "Agos and the Hrant Dink Foundation: Looking at the Future."
The panel was filled with deep emotion and was received enthusiastically by the large, mixed audience.
... Akçam, University of Minnesota Chair: Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, University of Cambridge
Tuesday, 4 March 2008 at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London
Project for Armenian & ...
Window View of the Armenian Church, Volume IV, Number 3, 1994
The Witness of the Armenian Church in the Diaspora
A Conversation with ARCHBISHOP ARAM KESHISHIAN, Moderator of World Council of Churches and Prelate of the Armenian Church in Lebanon
By Hratch Tchilingirian
Archbishop Aram Keshishian, as Moderator of the Central and Executive Committees of the World Council of Churches, has the highest position within the structure of WCC. The General Assembly of WCC convenes every seven or eight years. The Assembly elects the Central Committee, comprised of 168 members, a Moderator and two Vice-Moderators. The Moderator, the two Vice-Moderators and the General Secretary are the four officers of WCC. Archbishop Keshishian is the author of several books, among them Witness of the Armenian Church in a Diaspora Situation; Concilliar Fellowship; Orthodox Perspective on Mission.
The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: A History of the 'Blue Book'
By David Miller
The British Parliamentary ‘Blue Book’ on The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (Misc 31 Cmnd 8325, HMSO 1916) is the largest single source of information on what happened to the Turkish Armenians in 1915-16. As such, it provides a focus of controversy between those who claim that it provides evidence of genocide, and those who maintain that because the Blue Book was wartime propaganda, its contents are not to be trusted. Ninety years after publication, the Blue Book is key to the question of whether the massacre and deportation of the Armenians was the result of a deliberate policy of extermination, or the unintended consequence of measures taken against the threat of foreign invasion and civil unrest.
... of the people, their customs, rituals, monuments of historical value , etc. The second volume of his work, the Land of Aghvank and its Neighbours: Artsakh was republished in 1999 by Vem ...