
On 6 and 7 March 2015, this conference will bring together renowned academics, authors, researchers, local and international journalists, media representatives and trial lawyers to discuss the impact and relevance of the Armenian massacres of the early 20th century. Speakers will focus on the influence that these events and their denial, have had on various areas of study, research and practice.
While much has been written and debated about the genocide, there has been little discussion of the impact of the event on the next generations, and the subject has rarely been tackled in a cross-disciplinary way.
The participants listed below will take part in this exercise. They are listed according to the structure of the conference and in relation to the particular topic of their contribution to the book.
Click here to read the biographies of the contributors.
Thursday 5 March 2015
(at Humanity House, The Hague) 17:00 – 19:00
Opening by Dr. Nanci Adler (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies)
Screening of ‘Grandma’s Tattoos’
Keynote Lecture Dr. Ronald Suny
Reflections Dr. Uğur Ümit Üngör
Discussion and questions from the audience
Friday 6 March 2015
(at Institute for Global Justice, The Hague) 09:00 - 17:00
09:00 Registration
09:30 Introduction by the Organizing Committee
Alexis Demirdjian, Centennial Project Foundation
Salpi Ghazarian, USC - Dornsife, Institute of Armenian Studies
Dr. Nanci Adler, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
10:00 Keynote speaker: Dr. Ronald G. Suny
Morning session 10:30 – 12:30
Moderated by Mr Matthew Carlson (MICT, Senior Legal Officer)
Legal Remedies and Judicial Explanation
10:30 Mr. Geoffrey Robertson - QC
Armenia and the G-Word: The Law and the Politics
10:55 Coffee / Tea break
11:10 Ms. Susan L. Karamanian
The Armenian Genocide and the International Court of Justice
11:30 Ms. Nolwenn Guibert and Ms. Sun Kim
Compensation for the Armenian Genocide: A study of recognition
and reparations
11:50 Ms. Najwa Nabti
Legacy of Impunity: Sexual Violence against Armenian
Women and Girls during the Genocide
12:10 Mr. Alexis Demirdjian
The Failure of the Judicial System During Armed Conflicts
12:30 - 12:45 Question period
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch break
Afternoon session 14:00 – 17:00
Moderated by Dr. Nanci Adler (NIOD, Director of Research)
Armenian identity, cultural narratives and the media
14:00 Dr. Anthonie Holslag
Memorization of the Armenian Genocide in Cultural Narratives
14:20 Esra Elmas
Media coverage of the current discourse relating to
the Armenian genocide in Turkey
14:40 Ferda Balançar
Creating Awareness in Turkey's public on Genocide: The role of Agos
14:40 Ayda Erbal
Lost In Translation: The Monument's 'Demolishing'
15:00 – 15:20 Question period
15:20 – 15:35 Coffee / Tea break
The impact of the genocide on media studies and literature
15:35 Dr. Lisa Siraganian
Hiding Horrors in Full View:
Atom Egoyan’s Representations of the Armenian Genocide
15:55 Dr. Marie-Aude Baronian
Remembering the Armenian Catastrophe through Art Practices
16:15 – 16:45 Question period
Saturday 7 March 2015
(at Institute for Global Justice, The Hague) 09:00 - 17:00
09:00 Registration (for those who did not attend on Friday)
Morning session 09:30 – 12:30
Moderated by Dr. Richard Antaramian (Faculty member, USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies)
Intent and Denial
09:30 Hannibal Travis
Counterinsurgency as Genocidal Intent: From the Ottoman
Christians to the Muslims of Yugoslavia
09:55 Dr. Levon Chorbajian
"We Didn’t Do it, But They Deserved It”: Lying About the
Armenian Genocide from 1915 to Present
10:20 Dr. Seyhan Bayraktar
Moving Mountains: on the Changing Discourse About
the Armenian Genocide in Turkey
10:45 - 11:00 Question period
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee / Tea break
Historical Perspectives on the Armenian Catastrophe
11:10 Dr. Ugur Ümit Üngör
Genocide in the Twentieth Century: Re-framing Central Questions
11:35 Dr. Jakub Bijak and Ms Sarah Lubman
The Disputed Numbers: In search for the demographic basis for
studies of Armenian population losses, 1915–1923
12:00 Dr. Lorne Shirinian
Orphans of the Armenian Genocide with Special Reference to
the Georgetown Boys and Girls in Canada
12:20 - 12:35 Question period
12:35 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon session 14:00 – 17:00
Moderated by Mr. Alexis Demirdjian (Director, Centennial Project Foundation)
The Catastrophe’s Legacy
14:00 Dr. Barlow Der Mugrdechian
The Theme of Genocide in Armenian Literature
14:25 Dr. Nanor Kebranian
Cultural Heritage and the Denial of Genocide Law
14:40 - 14:55 Question period
14:55 - 15:10 Coffee / Tea break
15:10 Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous
The Musa Dagh History Hike: Truth-Telling,
Dialogue and Thanatourism
15:35 Ms. Joyce Sahyouni
Genocide Education: Promises and Potential
16:00 – 16:30 Question period
16:30 - Closing of the conference