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281. Participant: OSCE and the Karabakh Conflict

Chatham House, Russia and Eurasia Programme 

Invited participant: "The Role of the OSCE Minsk Group in the Nagorny Karabakh Conflict" with Jacques Faure, Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group (2012-2014); the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, 13 January 2015.

Date:

2015-01-19

282. Armenian Weekly: The issue of Canonization

Armenian Weekly, 10 November 2014 

"Victors, Not Victims: Johnson Presents Case for Armenian Martyrs", by Florence Avakian 

"Sociologist and Deacon Hratch Tchilingirian, in a 1990 article titled “Canonization of the Genocide Victims: Are We Ready?” wrote, “Theologically, once the victims of the genocide are canonized, the Armenian Church will be put under a dogmatic imperative. ..."

Date:

2014-11-12

283. Lecture: Religion and Politics

University of Fribourg

Invited speaker: "Religion, Nation and Democracy in the South Caucasus", organised by Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN)

14 November 2014

Conference programme

Date:

2014-11-12

284. Paper: Modernity and Secularization

National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan

Paper: "Modernity and Secularization of the Armenian Church", Society for Armenian Studies, 40th
Anniversary Conference.

5 October 2014

(Asbarez report)

Date:

2014-11-12

285. Paper: Armenian Christianity in the Middle East

Christianity in the Contemporary Middle East - The Life and Death of a Tradition? Conference hosted by the Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, in association with the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, University of London

Invited Speaker:  "Armenian Christianity in the Middle East: modern history and contemporary challenges" 

1 November 2014, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford

Conference programme & synopsis

Date:

2014-10-22

286. Speaker: “Armenians in 2115” Strategy Seminar

FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN

Invited Speaker: "To Stay or Not to Stay? The Question of the Century for Armenian communities in the Middle East"

Part of “Armenians in 2115” Strategy Seminar organised by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Armenian Communities Department in Lisbon, 13 October 2014.

Date:

2014-10-13

287. Lecture Series: The Armenian Church, Society and Politics

Heythrop College, University of London, Centre for Eastern Christianity

Michaelmas Term Lecture Series

The Armenian Church, Society and Politics. The costs and challenges of the Soviet legacy in Armenia and the Diaspora

Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

Dates and Topics

04 November: Introduction to the Armenian Church: Past and Present

11 November: The Soviet Regime and the Decline of the Church and Religion

18 November: The Soviet Regime and the 'Secularisation' of the Church

25 November: Post-Soviet Social and Political Dislocation and the 'Return' of Religion

 

The Bellarmine Room, Heythrop College, Kensington Square, London W8 5HN

Topics and synopsis

Date:

2014-11-04

288. Christians in Iraq and Syria Today

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Workshop ‘Christians in Iraq and Syria Today: Facing the Challenges’

19 May 2014

The Centre of World Christianity, Dept for the Study of Religions, SOAS hosted on Monday 28th April, 2014 a Workshop, ‘Christians in Syria and Iraq today: facing the challenges’ to explore the realities of the Christian communities in Syria and Iraq. Six speakers presented a rich spread of papers, chaired by Dr. Erica C. D. Hunter.

The closed workshop was attended by Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian (University of Oxford), Mar Polycarpus (Metropolitan and Arch Vicar of the Netherlands, Syrian Orthodox Church), Dr. Naures Atto (University of Cambridge), Father Dr. Behnam Sony (St. Ephrem’s Seminary, Karakoche, Iraq), Dr. Suha Rassam (Iraqi Christians in Need), and Dr. Anthony O’Mahony (Heythrop College). All participants presented and openly discussed papers pertaining to the current situation of Christians in Iraq and Syria under present conditions.

A detailed summary of the presented papers and the workshop can be found in the Report of Workshop Christians in Syria and Irac Today: Facing the Challenges.

Date:

2014-05-19

289. Speaker: Turkey-Armenia Relations in 2015

Chatham House, Russia and Eurasia Programme 

Invited speaker, "Turkey-Armenia Relations in 2015: Thaw or Freeze"; the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 

26 June 2014

Programme

Summery Report

Date:

2014-06-26

290. Paper: Diaspora's 'Natives' or Native 'Diaspora'?

Sheffield Hallam University

Paper:  "Diaspora's 'Natives' or Native 'Diaspora'? Research and methodological questions regarding the study of Islamized Armenians in Turkey," at Armenian-Turkish Studies Workshop, Sheffield.

9 June 2014

Sheffield Workshop Programme

Date:

2014-06-27

291. Paper: Turkish-Armenian Relations

St. Anne's College, University of Oxford.

Middle East Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies

International Conference: Global Conflict and Conflict Management: Israel/Palestine and Beyond

Paper:  "Living with Injustice and Denial: Turkish-Armenian relations on the threshold of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire"

18-19 May 2014

Conference Programme

 

Date:

2014-05-18

292. Paper:

St. Anne's College, University of Oxford.

Middle East Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies

International Conference: Global Conflict and Conflict Management: Israel/Palestine and Beyond

Paper:  "Living with Injustice and Denial: Turkish-Armenian relations on the threshold of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire"

18-19 May 2014

 

Date:

2014-05-18

293. Participant: Roundtable on Abkhazia

Chatham House, Russia and Eurasia Programme 

Invited speaker, "Turkey-Armenia Relations in 2015: Thaw or Freeze"; the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 

26 June 2014

Programme

Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme

Invited participant, Roundtable on "The Impact of External Factors on Abkhazia's Internatl Debate", with Liana Kvarchelia, Deputy Director, Center for Humanitarian Programs, Abkhazia. The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London.

14 May 2014

Date:

2014-05-14

294. Participant: Reverberations of the events in Crimea and Ukraine

Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme

Invited participant, Experts Roundtable on "The Immediate Reverberations of the events in Crimea and Ukraine" and "South Caucasus - the role of Turkey, and interface with Iran" with Fiona Hill, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution, and Gareth Winrow, Independent Analyst.  The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London.

12 May 2014

Date:

2014-05-12

295. Paper: Christians in Syria and Iraq Today

Centre of World Christianity, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Paper, "Christians in Syria and Iraq Today: Facing the Challenges", a workshop exploring the realities of the Christian communities in Syria and Iraq.  

28 April, 2014

Workshop Report

(workshop programme)

Date:

2014-04-28

296. Conference on the Mediterranean

Conference on the Mediterranean, organised by the Centre for Mediterranean Studies and Diaspora Studies at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, 27-29 March 2014. 

http://azg.am/AM/2014032816

... կոնֆերանսին բանախոսելու է 28 գիտնականՙ աշխարհի տարբեր գիտական կենտրոններից: Այդ թվում նաեւՙ Փաուլ Սիլվերսթայնը (Պորտլանդ), Հրաչ Չիլինգիրյանը (Օքսֆորդ), որի ուշադրության առանցքում հայերն են «Բնիկ եւ սփյուռքացած.

Date:

2014-04-03

297. Lecture: "Diaspora Communities in Contemporary Middle East"

The Faculty of Divinity and the Henry Martin Centre

University of Cambridge

Lecture: "Imposed Realities & Uncertain Future: Armenian Diaspora Communities in Contemporary Middle East."

14 February 2014

(Audio:  Part 1, Part 2)

 

Date:

2014-04-02

298. Paper: "Native and Diasporic"

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum - Ruhr-Universitat Bochum - Centre for Mediterranean Studies 

Conference;  The Mediterranean Other - The Other Mediterranean: Subaltern Perceptions, Interpretations and Representations

Paper:  "Native and Diasporic:  Armenians and the Mediterranean"

28 March 2014

(conference programme)

Date:

2014-04-02

299. Public Outreach by Oxford Armenian Studies Academics

Community and Public Outreach by Oxford Armenian Studies Academics

OXFORD (03.03.2014)  In addition to offering a wide array of courses, lectures and seminars at Oxford, Armenian Studies academics have been active in bringing educational opportunities to the wider Armenian community.   .... In London, Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, Associate Faculty, gave a lecture on the issue of cultural production and maintenance in the Diaspora and used Armenian music from Komitas to contemporary rabiz as case study. ....The previous week, Dr Tchilingirian gave a talk on "Armenians in the Middle East Today" at the Faculty of Divinity in Cambridge. 

Date:

2014-03-20

300. NextStep: A Talk with Hratch Tchilingirian

Next Step #293: Fr Vazken Movsesian's candid conversation with Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian about the church, relevancy and focusing on the basics - faith, hope and love. Tchilingirian shares insights from experiences in London as well as from a life in the Armenian Church. Filtering out the "noise," the quest for meaning are part of this discussion.

The Interview

The entire podcast

Link: ePostle.net 

Date:

2014-02-03