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ANC GRASSROOTS TO FEATURE MOURADIAN PRESENTATION ON TURKEY'S CONFISCATION OF CHURCHES
By:Armenian Weekly
Thu, Sep 29 2011
Dynamic presentation to address key points raised by passage of
Berman-Cicilline Amendment
GLENDALE, Calif.-The Armenian National Committee-Western Region
(ANC-WR) recently announced that Khatchig Mouradian will serve as
a panelist in the ANC presentation "Confronting Truth, Delivering
Justice: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide," which is part of the ANC
Grassroots weekend that will take place from Fri., Nov. 25 to Sun.,
Nov. 27, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Studio City. Mouradian, the
editor of the Armenian Weekly and among the diaspora's leading public
intellectuals, will speak at ANC Grassroots about the confiscation
of Christian church properties by the Ottoman Empire and the Republic
of Turkey.
Mouradian speaking at the AC 2.0 conference in DC earlier this year.
Mouradian's timely presentation comes on the heels of the passage of
the Berman-Cicilline Amendment, which called on the Republic of Turkey
to end all forms of religious discrimination and allow the rightful
owners of Christian church properties to organize and administer prayer
services without hindrance or restriction. It further called for the
return of these properties to the Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and
other nations that have lived in the lands of present-day Turkey for
thousands of years. This religious freedom amendment-which came under
attack from Ankara's surrogates in Washington-drew broad bi-partisan
support, including from both Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and
Ranking Democrat Howard Berman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
the influential panel that drafted the legislation. Mouradian's
presentation will cover the Ottoman era of Sultan Abdulhamid and the
Young Turks through to the present-day Republic of Turkey. Drawing
from a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including recently
published scholarly works, Mouradian will present an overview of the
process through which Armenian property, including church property,
was confiscated from Armenians and transferred to the Ottoman and later
Turkish state, and how the economic wealth stolen from the Armenians
contributed to the creation of the Turkish national economy. Through
a multimedia and photographic presentation, Mouradian will share
a broad overview of the destruction, desecration, and disregard of
Armenian and other Christian church properties, as well as present
a detailed inventory of pre and post-genocide religious properties.
Mouradian will then discuss the Turkish state's current policy towards
Armenians and Armenian cultural and religious heritage in Turkey. He
will also explore the moral and material remedies available to begin
addressing the damages inflicted upon the Armenian and other victims of
Ottoman and later Republican Turkey's genocidal campaign to eliminate
the Christian populations within its borders.
In addition to serving as editor of the Armenian Weekly, Mouradian
is a doctoral student in Holocaust and genocide studies at Clark
University, where he is writing his dissertation on the destruction
of the Armenians in the Syrian desert during the Armenian Genocide.
Mouradian has lectured extensively and participated in conferences in
Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Lebanon, Norway, Syria, Switzerland, Turkey,
and across the United States. He has presented papers on media, human
rights, and the Armenian Genocide at several academic conferences,
including the 5th and 6th Workshops on Armenian-Turkish Scholarship,
held at NYU in 2006 and at the Graduate Institute in Geneva in 2008;
the 2009 International Conference on Genocide and International
Law at Haigazian University in Beirut; the 2009 Middle Eastern
Studies Association (MESA) conference in Boston; the 2010 Armenian
Genocide Research conference at Clark; and the 2010 Armenian Genocide
Reparations conference in Ankara, Turkey.
ANC Grassroots is a three-day program of workshops and panel
presentations that will inform participants about the issues presently
facing Armenian Americans, and educate them about civic leadership
arising from grassroots efforts. ANC Grassroots will bookend the
ANCA-WR's Annual Banquet, which will take place on Sat., Nov. 26 at
7p.m. The conference and banquet are open to interested individuals
throughout the entire United States, and participants are encouraged
to register early. Tickets for ANC Grassroots, which includes the
Friday night cocktail in the Starview Room; as well as conference
sessions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, which include breakfast,
post-banquet dance, and a keynote luncheon on Sunday, are $150.
Tickets for the Annual Banquet are $200. Those interested in attending
the Annual Banquet and ANC Grassroots can purchase a package for $300.
Students with valid ID can purchase discounted tickets to the banquet
and conference.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the
largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy
organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination
with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the
Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country,
the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community
on a broad range of issues.
From: A. Papazian
By:Armenian Weekly
Thu, Sep 29 2011
Dynamic presentation to address key points raised by passage of
Berman-Cicilline Amendment
GLENDALE, Calif.-The Armenian National Committee-Western Region
(ANC-WR) recently announced that Khatchig Mouradian will serve as
a panelist in the ANC presentation "Confronting Truth, Delivering
Justice: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide," which is part of the ANC
Grassroots weekend that will take place from Fri., Nov. 25 to Sun.,
Nov. 27, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Studio City. Mouradian, the
editor of the Armenian Weekly and among the diaspora's leading public
intellectuals, will speak at ANC Grassroots about the confiscation
of Christian church properties by the Ottoman Empire and the Republic
of Turkey.
Mouradian speaking at the AC 2.0 conference in DC earlier this year.
Mouradian's timely presentation comes on the heels of the passage of
the Berman-Cicilline Amendment, which called on the Republic of Turkey
to end all forms of religious discrimination and allow the rightful
owners of Christian church properties to organize and administer prayer
services without hindrance or restriction. It further called for the
return of these properties to the Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and
other nations that have lived in the lands of present-day Turkey for
thousands of years. This religious freedom amendment-which came under
attack from Ankara's surrogates in Washington-drew broad bi-partisan
support, including from both Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and
Ranking Democrat Howard Berman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
the influential panel that drafted the legislation. Mouradian's
presentation will cover the Ottoman era of Sultan Abdulhamid and the
Young Turks through to the present-day Republic of Turkey. Drawing
from a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including recently
published scholarly works, Mouradian will present an overview of the
process through which Armenian property, including church property,
was confiscated from Armenians and transferred to the Ottoman and later
Turkish state, and how the economic wealth stolen from the Armenians
contributed to the creation of the Turkish national economy. Through
a multimedia and photographic presentation, Mouradian will share
a broad overview of the destruction, desecration, and disregard of
Armenian and other Christian church properties, as well as present
a detailed inventory of pre and post-genocide religious properties.
Mouradian will then discuss the Turkish state's current policy towards
Armenians and Armenian cultural and religious heritage in Turkey. He
will also explore the moral and material remedies available to begin
addressing the damages inflicted upon the Armenian and other victims of
Ottoman and later Republican Turkey's genocidal campaign to eliminate
the Christian populations within its borders.
In addition to serving as editor of the Armenian Weekly, Mouradian
is a doctoral student in Holocaust and genocide studies at Clark
University, where he is writing his dissertation on the destruction
of the Armenians in the Syrian desert during the Armenian Genocide.
Mouradian has lectured extensively and participated in conferences in
Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Lebanon, Norway, Syria, Switzerland, Turkey,
and across the United States. He has presented papers on media, human
rights, and the Armenian Genocide at several academic conferences,
including the 5th and 6th Workshops on Armenian-Turkish Scholarship,
held at NYU in 2006 and at the Graduate Institute in Geneva in 2008;
the 2009 International Conference on Genocide and International
Law at Haigazian University in Beirut; the 2009 Middle Eastern
Studies Association (MESA) conference in Boston; the 2010 Armenian
Genocide Research conference at Clark; and the 2010 Armenian Genocide
Reparations conference in Ankara, Turkey.
ANC Grassroots is a three-day program of workshops and panel
presentations that will inform participants about the issues presently
facing Armenian Americans, and educate them about civic leadership
arising from grassroots efforts. ANC Grassroots will bookend the
ANCA-WR's Annual Banquet, which will take place on Sat., Nov. 26 at
7p.m. The conference and banquet are open to interested individuals
throughout the entire United States, and participants are encouraged
to register early. Tickets for ANC Grassroots, which includes the
Friday night cocktail in the Starview Room; as well as conference
sessions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, which include breakfast,
post-banquet dance, and a keynote luncheon on Sunday, are $150.
Tickets for the Annual Banquet are $200. Those interested in attending
the Annual Banquet and ANC Grassroots can purchase a package for $300.
Students with valid ID can purchase discounted tickets to the banquet
and conference.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the
largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy
organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination
with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the
Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country,
the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community
on a broad range of issues.
From: A. Papazian