Conference on Anatolian Genocides to be held in May in Chicago

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Armenian National Committee of Illinois

1701 N. Greenwood Glenview, Illinois 60025

Contact: Raffi Killian

Telephone: 847-830-1906, 312-831-3049

 

 

Conference on Anatolian Genocides to be held in May in Chicago

 

The Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center (AMPHRC), the

Armenian National Committee of Illinois (ANC-IL), and the Assyrian

Center for Genocide Studies (ACGS) will be jointly hosting an academic

conference entitled "The Ottoman Turkish Genocides of Anatolian

Christians: A Common Case Study,' on May 10-11, 2013, in Chicago,

Illinois.

 

The goal of the conference is to promote academic and critical

examination of the Genocides of the Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks

perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkish government at the beginning of the

20th century resulting in mass extermination of at least 2.5 million

Christians, the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of others, the

theft of vast amounts of wealth and property and the destruction of

thousands of cultural artifacts and religious sites.

 

This conference will be an opportunity for an inter-disciplinary

investigation of the Ottoman Turkish Genocides as a large case study

consisting of the individual cases - Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek -

which can be comparatively examined to yield new insight into the

overall strategy, planning and execution of the campaign to eliminate

the native Christian populations of Asia Minor and its aftermath.

 

Original research covering the following areas will be presented at

the conference: the Legal Aspects of the Genocides of the Armenians,

Assyrians, and Greeks; Prelude, Causes and Aftermath of the Ottoman

Turkish Genocides; and the present state of Scholarship of the Ottoman

Turkish Genocides.

 

A Call for Papers was issued in early January, 2013, announcing

details of the conference to the academic community. The Call for

Papers and additional information about the conference can be obtained

by visiting the website of the Asia Minor