Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide

Vahagn Avedian is the editor of Armenica.org and Genocide1915.org. The current publication is a modified version of his Ph.D. thesis at the History Department, Lund University.

• Contents;Acknowledgements;Introduction ;The Vitality of the Armenian Genocide: Why is it Still Topical? ;Genocide Studies: A True Interdisciplinary Field and its Challenges;Politics of Memory: An Intricate Perpetual Process;Politics of Memory Explained through its Constituent Parts;Memory and History in the Politics of Memory;Creating National Narrative and Identity;Molding the Memory by Forgetting;The Reciprocal Relation between Democracy and Memory;Education: An Example of Auxiliary Means in Politics of Memory;The Central Role of Law and Justice;Reconciliation: Synthesis of Recognition, Responsibility and Reparation ;Existing Research;Outline and Delimitations;The Armenian Question between History and Politics ;The Entry of the Armenian Question into the International Arena;Beacons of Hope and Justice: The Sèvres Treaty;From Sèvres to Lausanne: Realpolitik Reigns Supreme;Genocide in International Law: Nuremberg and the UN Convention ;The Turkish Genocide Denial during the Interwar Period;The Reawakening: The 50th Commemoration Day on April 24, 1965 ;The Resonance: The Diaspora as Agent of Remembrance and Recognition ;The Rediscovery of the Suppressed Genocide ;The Igniting Spark: The Genocide Survivor Gourgen Yanikian;The First UN Genocide Study: The Ruhashyankiko Report, 1979;The Iron Ladle: Armed Terrorism as Political Leverage;The Entry into the Academia;Which Memory to Preserve: The US Holocaust Memorial Museum;Hearing the Neglected Victim: The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, 1984;The UN Genocide Convention Revisited: The Whitaker Report, 1985 ;The Pinnacle of the Recognition Process: European Parliament, 1987 ;Memory, History and Justice: Towards Reconciliation ;The Karabakh Conflict: The Legacy Turned Catalyst for Independence ;Independence and the Genocide as Rule Setter;Armenian-Turkish Relations and the Old Ghost of Genocide;Parliamentary Recognitions: Writing History or Confirming the Research? ;Legal Examination: Law and Politics;The Unforgotten Genocide: The Centennial Commemoration, 2015;Knowledge and (Dis)Acknowledgement: A Century of the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide ; Bibliography ;Index