School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London

DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY& ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD

Lecture by Dr. Taner 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 & 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).

Middle East Study Association (MESA), Annual Conference, Montreal

Speaker

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

University of St Andrews

Lecture

“From failed Soviet autonomies to unrecognised post-Soviet ‘states’: Reassessment of inter-ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus”

9 October 2007

Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies

University of St Andrews

Scotland

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London

Speaker

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Prospects for Peace

Panel 5: Prospects for Peace: Where do zve go from here?

- Tom de Waal, Institue for War and Peace Reporting
- Hratch Tchilingirian, Cambridge University
- Leyla Aliyeva, Independent analyst

Chair: Jonathan Cohen, Conciliation Resources

24 September 2007

XVII Economic Forum, Krynica Zdrój, Poland

Invited speaker 

“The Black Sea Region Dimension to European Security and New Possibilities of Conflict Regulation”

 5-7 September 2007

 Economic Forum, Krynica Zdrój 

Poland

LONDON MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Lecture

Isolation or Integration?
The Armenians in Turkey Today

Tuesday 19th February - 5.30pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Hrant Dink (1954-2007) A memorial tribute

Hosted by the Turkish Studies at SOAS and the Armenian Studies Group (ASG), SOAS

Speakers:

Dr Kerem Oktem (European Studies Centre, Oxford University)

Dr Hratch Tchilingirian (Judge Business School, Cambridge University)

Maureen Freely (Writer and translator, University of Warwick)

12 February 2007

Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, Greece

Paper

"Modern Believers in an Ancient Church"

6 October 2001

Conference on "Armeniens et Grecs en diaspora, approches comparatives. Colloque International Interdisciplinaire"

Ecole Francaise d'Athenes