School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London

DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY& ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD

Lecture by Dr. Taner Akçam

Chair: Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, University of Cambridge

Tuesday, 4 March 2008 at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London

Project for Armenian & Turkish Studies PATS) and Armenian Studies Group (ASG)

Dr Taner Akçam teaches (since 2002) in the History Department of University of Minnesota and is an authority on the late Ottoman and modern Turkish history. He has authored ten scholarly works on history and sociology, as well as numerous articles in Turkish, German and English. His most recent publications include From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide (Zed, 2004); A Shameful Act: the Armenia Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (Metropolitan, 2006) and most recently ‘Ermeni Meselesi Hallolunmustur’: Osmanli Belgelerine Göre Savas Yillarinda Ermenilere Yönelik Politikalar (Istanbul, 2008).