A blog series in commemoration of the centennial.
On April 24th, 1915—one hundred years ago this Friday—the Ottoman government arrested hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders living in Constantinople and, save a few exceptions, gradually deported and assassinated them. This blow to the Armenian community came after years of social strife and nationalist propaganda presenting the Armenians as a threat to the empire’s security. Driven by nationalist impulses, the Ottoman government persecuted the Armenian minority within its borders by way of conscription, deportation, massacres, and death marches—events that coalesced into what is widely regarded today as the first genocide of the 20th century.
April 24th, the date that the Armenian notables were arrested, serves as the formal start date of the Armenian Genocide and is commemorated today as Genocide Remembrance Day by Armenians the world over. This week the Stanford Press blog presents reflections on this harrowing chapter of history, and introduces Goodbye, Antoura—the memoir of one young Armenian boy who lived through it all.
Tuesday
How the Young Turks went from Carnegie Hall to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Tuesday
The nationalist fervor that led to the Armenian Genocide still haunts us today.
Wednesday
Enforced disappearances and the Armenian Genocide.
Wednesday
Armenian Feminism in Post-Genocide Turkey ⇨
On the complications of feminist speech and national belonging.
Thursday
Genocide and the Social Death of Children ⇨
Why do we downplay the non-lethal elements of genocide?
Thursday
Justice, Martin Luther King, and the Armenian Genocide.
Friday
A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide ⇨
On the enduring legacy of Karnig Panian and his story.
Friday
One man’s recollection of his childhood spent in a “Turkified” Antoura orphanage.
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