School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, hosted by Near and Middle East Department, Middle East Society and Armenian Studies at SOAS.
The Challenges Facing the Armenian Church. An Interview with Hratch Tchilingirian
by Khatchig Mouradian
"The Armenian Church hides, under its each and every stone, a secret path ascending to the heavens", wrote the famous Armenian poet, Vahan Tekeyan. Yet, the Armenian Church is more than a religious institution that has acted as a "mediator" between Armenians and their God. Having survived the shifting tides of time for more than seventeen centuries, this "unique organization", as Professor Hratch Tchilingirian calls it in this interview, has served its people as much as, if not more than, it has served God. Today, in the age of globalization, secularization and false crusades, the Armenians - despite their constant boasting about having the oldest Christian state in the world - are also following this global trend, by gradually distancing themselves from established religious institutions and, at times, looking for spiritual answers elsewhere.
South Caucasus: A war-zone or a place for holidays?
An Interview with Hratch Tchilingirian
by Khatchig Mouradian
`Abkhazia is not a place for holidays...it is a war zone,' said Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili earlier this month, threatening to sink foreign (implicitly understood as Russian) ships that enter the region without permission from his government. His comments came as tensions escalated between the central authorities of Georgia and two of its breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which Saakashvili has promised to win back. Saakashvili's pronouncements on South Ossetia and Abkhazia have been furiously opposed by Moscow, whose relations with Georgia have plummeted from bad to worse since a `rose revolution' brought pro-western Saakhasvili to power.
First Woman and First Diasporan Ambassador builds vital bridges
by Hratch Tchilingirian
When in 1994 Sevda Sevan was appointed Armenia’s ambassador to Bulgaria, she held three records. She was the first female to head an Armenian diplomatic mission; she was the first Diasporan with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; and was the first Diasporan to acquire Armenian citizenship by giving up her Bulgarian citizenship.
... His numerous analytical articles and reports have appeared in journals and publications in Europe, North America and the MiddleEast.Tchilingirian's talk on the Armenians of Abkhazia was partly based on ...
... campus, Dr. Tchilingirian also participated in a special workshop on "Minorities in the MiddleEast," organized by the university's Center for MiddleEastern and North African Studies, with a ...
[The Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem has become one of the most talked about issues in the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli negotiations over the final status of the city that is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims. At the Camp David II talks in the US in July [2000], it was proposed that the Old City be divided into two sections: Israeli control over the Jewish and Armenian quarters and Palestinian control over the Christian and Muslim quarters.]
Middle East Study Association (MESA), Annual Conference, Montreal
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Special Session: On Hrant Dink and Armenian-Turkish Relations
18 November 2007, Montreal, Canada
Chairs: Andras J. Riedlmayer, Harvard U and Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
Speakers:
Hratch Tchilingirian, Cambridge U - Hrant Dink before Hrant Dink: Armenians in Turkey Fatma Miige Gocek, U of Michigan - Hrant Dink and Turkish-Armenian Dialogue Levon Zekiyan, Universita Ca'Foscari, Venice - Hrant Dink's Innovative Approach to Armenian-Turkish Relations. Its Context, Challenge, and Prospects Etyen Mahcupyan, Journalist/Writer, Turkey - Agos and the Hrant Dink Foundation: Looking at the Future
The Cilician Election and Church Unity Discussed in An Interview with Khachig Babikian, Esq.
HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
The following interview, conducted by the editor of Window Quarterly with Mr. Khachig Babikian, Chairman of the World General Assembly of the See of Cilicia, has been made available to a select few Armenian newspapers, including TAR Int'l
LONDON, UK - As Antelias prepares for the election of a new Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, on April 20, 1995, this writer conducted an interview with Attorney Khachig Babikian, Chairman of World General Assembly of the Great House of Cilicia and member of the Lebanese Parliament, discussing the details of the election and the issue of church unity.
... heartland, but also in Europe, the US and the MiddleEast.
SDHP was founded to struggle against, as its founders stated in their program, injustice and inequalities. They believed that "the ...
... is a collection of essays dealing with pedagogical issues in the context of Armenian education in the Diaspora, particularly as it relates to the Armenian community in the MiddleEast. They are based on ...
How absurd a notion it is to con sider having a Peace Center in one of the most war-torm regions of the world. Such has been the response I have often received when pursuing the dreams of the Dormition Abbey/a century old Benedictine Monastry in Jerusalem. However, the more shocking idea seems to be participation of Armenians in this endeavor. While there is foundation for skepticism, the most appropriate answer to such a view seems to be - how is it possible that there not be a Center for Peace in the city of Jerusalem, capital of three monotheistic religions — the City of Peace.