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The Genocide of the Christian Populations in the Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath (1908-1923)
During the twilight years of the Ottoman Empire, the ethnic tensions between the minority populations within the empire led to the administration carrying out a systematic destruction of the Armenian people. This not only brought 2,000 years of Armenian civilisation within Anatolia to an end but was accompanied by the mass murder of Syriac and Greek Orthodox Christians. Containing a selection of papers presented at The Genocide of the Christian Populations of the Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath (1908–1923) international conference, hosted by the Chair for Pontic Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, this book draws on unpublished archival material and an innovative historio...
Critical Approaches to Genocide
The study of genocide has been appropriate in emphasizing the centrality of the Holocaust; yet, other preceding episodes of mass violence are of great significance. Taking a transnational and transhistorical approach, this volume redresses and replaces the silencing of the Armenian Genocide. Scholarship relating to the history of denial, comparative approaches in the deportations and killings of Greeks and Armenians during the First World War, and women’s histories during the genocide and post-genocide proliferated during the centennial of the Armenian Genocide in 2015. Collectively, however, these studies have not been enough to offer a comprehensive account of the historical record, docu...
Gender and Genocide in Cambodia
This book explores the multiplicity of women’s experiences in the Cambodian genocide during the four-year rule of the Khmer Rouge. The dominant discourses of genocide often speak from a patriarchal and national perspective, rendering women speechless, and yet in this volume, the female survivors of the Cambodian genocide testify not only to the specific atrocities committed during the war but also to the pre-war conditions that laid the groundwork for a gender-specific victimization of women and its continuation post-war. With the help of testimonies from Khmer women who joined the Khmer Rouge, women who experienced sexual violence during the Khmer Rouge era, women who fled the country, an...
Die letzten Byzantiner
Das Osmanische Reich im Ersten Weltkrieg: Am Abend des 9. August 1917 schießen Kriegsschiffe des verfeindeten Russlands die Kleinstadt Ordu an der Schwarzmeerküste in Brand. Da die christlichen Minderheiten des Reichs verdächtigt werden, den Kriegsgegner insgeheim zu unterstützen, fürchten die ortsansässigen Griechen die Rache ihrer türkischen Nachbarn. Panisch versuchen sie, an Bord der Schiffe zu gelangen. Eine, die es schafft, ist die 15-jährige Alexandra. Doch ihre Heimat sieht sie niemals wieder. Nach dem Krieg werden aus dem Gebiet der heutigen Türkei etwa 1,2 Millionen Griechen zwangsausgesiedelt.0100 Jahre später reist Alexandras Enkel Mirko Heinemann auf den Spuren seiner Familie und der sogenannten Pontos-Griechen durch den Norden der Türkei. Er erzählt, wie Griechen seit der Antike an den kleinasiatischen Küsten lebten, mit Byzanz das Erbe Roms antraten, bis sie in den letzten Jahren des Osmanischen Reichs erst dem aufgeschaukelten Nationalismus und schließlich den Interessen der Großmächte zum Opfer fielen. Eine hierzulande fast vergessene Geschichte, die bis heute das Verhältnis zwischen der Türkei und Europa prägt.
De Armeense gruwelen
Honderd jaar na dato is de Armeense genocide (door het kabinet omschreven als de ‘Armeense kwestie’) nog steeds onderwerp van maatschappelijk en politiek debat. Er is echter weinig bekend over de reactie van het christelijke en neutrale Nederland, ruim een eeuw geleden, op de vervolgingen van de Armeense christenen in het Ottomaanse rijk. Na jarenlang onderzoek in talrijke binnen- en buitenlandse archieven presenteert Dirk Roodzant een indringend beeld. Legio landgenoten – politici, gezanten en consuls, missionarissen, zendelingen, toeristen, schrijvers, kunstenaars en ingenieurs – blijken te hebben bericht over de ‘Armeense gruwelen’. Velen waren zelfs ooggetuigen van wat activisten in die tijd de moord “op nagenoeg een geheel volk” noemden.
Court Ceremonies and Rituals of Power in Byzantium and the Medieval Mediterranean
Publicly performed rituals and ceremonies form an essential part of medieval political practice and court culture. This applies not only to western feudal societies, but also to the linguistically and culturally highly diversified environment of Byzantium and the Mediterranean basin. The continuity of Roman traditions and cross-fertilization between various influences originating from Constantinople, Armenia, the Arab-Muslim World, and western kingdoms and naval powers provide the framework for a distinct sphere of ritual expression and ceremonial performance. This collective volume, placing Byzantium into a comparative perspective between East and West, examines transformative processes from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, succession procedures in different political contexts, phenomena of cross-cultural appropriation and exchange, and the representation of rituals in art and literature. Contributors are Maria Kantirea, Martin Hinterberger, Walter Pohl, Andrew Marsham, Björn Weiler, Eric J. Hanne, Antonia Giannouli, Jo Van Steenbergen, Stefan Burkhardt, Ioanna Rapti, Jonathan Shepard, Panagiotis Agapitos, Henry Maguire, Christine Angelidi and Margaret Mullett.
