The Armenian Genocide Legacy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Alexis Demirdjian

      Pages 1-8

3. Now and Then: Historical Perspectives on the Armenian Catastrophe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The Armenian Genocide in the Context of 20th-Century Paramilitarism

      • Uğur Ümit Üngör

      Pages 11-25

   3. The Disputed Numbers: In Search of the Demographic Basis for Studies of Armenian Population Losses, 1915–1923

      • Jakub Bijak, Sarah Lubman

      Pages 26-43

   4. Orphans of the Armenian Genocide with Special Reference to the Georgetown Boys and Girls in Canada

      • Lorne Shirinian

      Pages 44-66

4. What Does Law Have to Do with It? Legal Remedies and Judicial Explanations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Armenia and the G-word: The Law and the Politics

      • Geoffrey Robertson

      Pages 69-83

   3. The International Court of Justice and the Armenian Genocide

      • Susan L. Karamanian

      Pages 84-101

   4. Compensation for the Armenian Genocide: A Study of Recognition and Reparations

      • Nolwenn Guibert, Sun Kim

      Pages 102-117

   5. Legacy of Impunity: Sexual Violence against Armenian Women and Girls during the Genocide

      • Najwa Nabti

      Pages 118-133

   6. The Failure of Judicial Systems during Armed Conflicts

      • Alexis Demirdjian

      Pages 134-148

   7. Counterinsurgency as Genocidal Intent: From the Ottoman Christians to the Bosnian Muslims

      • Hannibal Travis

      Pages 149-164

5. A Century of Denial

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. ‘They Brought It on Themselves and It Never Happened’: Denial to 1939

      • Levon Chorbajian

      Pages 167-182

   3. Towards 2015: Media in Turkey on the Armenian Genocide

      • Esra Elmas

      Pages 183-196

   4. The Politics of Denial and Recognition: Turkey, Armenia and the EU

      • Seyhan Bayraktar

      Pages 197-211

   5. Lost in Translation: The Monument’s Deconstruction

      • Ayda Erbal

      Pages 212-226

6. Going Back to My Roots: What is an Armenian Today?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

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   2. The Musa Dagh History Hike: Truth-Telling, Dialogue and Thanatourism

      • Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous

      Pages 229-242

This volume focuses on the impact of the Armenian Genocide on different academic disciplines at the crossroads of the centennial commemorations of the Genocide. Its interdisciplinary nature offers the opportunity to analyze the Genocide from different angles using the lens of several fields of study.

• Armenian Genocide
• Armenia
• Genocide
• War Crimes
• First World War
• International Criminal Law
• armed conflict
• history
• nation
• war crimes

“The heterogeneous contributions of the volume shed light on different aspects of the Armenian genocide. For this reason, after reading its pages the reader will have an idea of the Armenian genocide that is not limited to a specific discipline. Thus, perhaps the greatest strength of the volume is to contribute to a holistic understanding of the topic and its implications until the present time.” (Nadia Tapia Navarro, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 15 (5), 2017) "Hoist on the ramparts of political expediency, the Armenian genocide of 1915 continues to haunt the corridors of power. But one of this volume's great strengths is the many ways in which it moves beyond the legal, the political and the sheer hypocritical to illuminate the lasting personal and cultural legacies of what it means to be an Armenian, 100 years on from catastrophe." - Mark Levene, Reader in Comparative History, University of Southampton, UK

"Alexis Demirdjian's The Armenian Genocide Legacy brings together a fine, diverse cast of scholars. Historical reconstruction, legal analysis and political, artistic, and cultural commentary combine to powerful effect. They highlight the importance of a past that refuses to go away despite official Turkish denial and 'scholarly' collusion in that denial." - Donald Bloxham, University of Edinburgh, UK

• International Criminal Court, The Netherlands

  Alexis Demirdjian

Ronald Suny, University of Michigan, USA U?ur Ümit Üngör, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Jakub Bijak, University of Southampton, UK Sarah Lubman, University of Southampton, UK Lorne Shirinian, Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Canada Geoffrey Robertson, Doughty Street Chambers, UK Susan L. Karamanian, George Washington University Law School, USA Nolwenn Guibert, Independent Scholar, France Sun Kim, Independent Scholar, USA Najwa Nabti, University of Arizona, USA Hannibal Travis, Florida International University, USA Levon Chorbajian, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Esra Elmas, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey Seyhan Bayraktar, University of Konstanz, Germany Ayda Erbal, New York University, USA Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous, Notre Dame University, Lebanon Nanor Kebranian, Independent Scholar, UK Anthonie Holslag, Amsterdam NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Netherlands Barlow Der Mugrdechian, California State University, Fresno, USA Lisa Siraganian, Southern Methodist University, USA Marie-Aude Baronian, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Joyce Sahyouni, Collège Durocher in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada

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