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November 6, 2009 @ 8:30 PM |
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St. Peter Armenian Apostolic Church
17231 Sherman Way
Van Nuys,CA 91406
USA
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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC WORKSHOP, ISTANBUL, 6-7 NOVEMBER 2009
Adana 1909: History, Memory and Identity from a Hundred Year Perspective
International Hrant Dink Foundation, Sabanci University, Bogaziçi University History Department, and the Gomidas Institute announce a workshop under the above heading, to be held in Istanbul on November 6-7, 2009, to mark the centenary of the Adana Massacres of 1909. The meeting will look back at Adana 1909 to discuss the historiographic traditions, to evaluate the humanitarian activity in the aftermath of the 1909 massacres and to explore the response, imagery and meaning ascribed to those events.
Possible subjects might include, but are not limited to, the following:
* contextualizing 1909 within late Ottoman history;
* transformation of class, ethnic and religious relations after Adana 1909;
* the response to Adana 1909 by observers, survivors, humanitarian organizations and writers;
* analysis of new approaches to the classic texts by authors including but not limited to Zabel Yessayan, Souren Bartevian, Siamanto, Arshagouhi Teotig, Hagop Terzian, or Hüseyin Cahid, Dr. Riza Nur, Halide Edib, Refik Halid, Yakub Kadri, Yasar Kemal;
* women’s experience of and responses to Adana 1909;
* Adana in oral narratives or song;
* the relationship between art, violence and mourning;
* literary texts or film or artwork on Adana, memory or diasporic identity.
Those wishing to participate should send the titles of their proposed papers with a 300 word summary to [email protected] by July 1, 2009. Entries should include the names of presenters, their institutional affiliations, as well as contact details. Once accepted, the final drafts of each paper should be sent to the above address by October 15, 2009, for distribution amongst discussants prior to the workshop meeting. The workshop languages are English, Turkish and Armenian.
Organizing Committee
Hülya Adak (Sabanci University)
Fikret Adanir (Sabanci University)
Cengiz Aktar (International Hrant Dink Foundation)
Ayse Gül Altýnay (IHDF and Sabanci University)
