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

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

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

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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

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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)

Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme

Periphery or Priority? Scholarship, Policy and the Caucasus

"Constructing Reality: scholarship and policy on post-independence Caucasus"

Hratch Tchilingirain, University of Oxford

12 November 2013, Chatham House

Royal Institute of International Affairs, London

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The Soviet Regime and Decline of the Armenian Church and Religion

Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, 5 November 2013, Oriental Institute, Room 1

This lecture will discuss the establishment of Soviet rule in Armenia and the near extinction of the institutional church, especially in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40's. The Church suffered heavily under decades of Soviet rule, anti-religious propaganda and was stripped bare to its liturgical functions. This process furthered the "secularisation" of the church that had started in the 19th century. Particular focus will be on the relationship between the Armenian Church and the Soviet-State in the context of the 'Repatriation' of Armenians from the Diaspora to Soviet Armenia in the mid-1940s. 

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Michaelmas Term 2013 - Hilary Term 2014

Armenian Religion, Society, Politics Seminar Lecture Series

Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, 22 October to 11 March 2014, Oriental Institute, Room 1

This lecture series will explore the contemporary crossroads where religion, society and politics intersect in Armenia and the Diaspora. 

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