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.

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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

Inhalt

Foreword; Dr. Ronald Suny.- Introduction; Alexis Demirdjian.- PART I. NOW AND THEN: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMENIAN CATASTROPHE.- 1. ****The Armenian Genocide in the Context of Twentieth-Century Paramilitarism; Uur Ümit Üngör.- 2. ****The Disputed Numbers: In Search of the Demographic Basis for Studies of Armenian Population Losses, 1915-1923; Jakub Bijak and Sarah Lubman.- 3. ****Orphans of the Armenian Genocide with Special Reference to the Georgetown Boys and Girls in Canada; **Lorne Shirinian.- PART II. WHAT DOES LAW HAVE TO DO WITH IT: LEGAL REMEDIES AND JUDICIAL EXPLANATIONS.- 4. Armenia and the G-word: the Law and the Politics; Geoffrey Robertson.- 5. ****The International Court of Justice and The Armenian Genocide; Susan L. Karamanian.- 6. Compensation for the Armenian Genocide: A Study of Recognition and Reparations; Nolwenn Guibert and Sun Kim.- 7. ****Legacy of Impunity: Sexual Violence Against Armenian Women and Girls during the Genocide; Najwa Nabti.- 8. The Failure of the Judicial System during Armed Conflicts; Alexis Demirdjian.- 9. Counterinsurgency as Genocidal Intent: From the Ottoman Christians to the Bosnian Muslims; Hannibal Travis.- PART III. A CENTURY OF DENIAL.- 10. 'They Brought It on Themselves and It Never Happened': Denial to 1939; Levon Chorbajian.- 11. Towards 2015: Media in Turkey on Armenian Genocide; Esra Elmas.- 12. ****The Politics of Denial and Recognition Turkey, Armenia and the EU; Seyhan Bayraktar.- 13. **Lost in Translation: The Monument's Deconstruction; Ayda Erbal.- PART IV. GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS: WHAT IS AN ARMENIAN TODAY?.- 14. ****The Musa Dagh History Hike: Truth-Telling, Dialogue and Thanatourism; Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous.- 15. ****Cultural Heritage and the Denial of Genocide Law; Nanor Kebranian.- 16. ****Memorization of the Armenian Genocide in Cultural Narratives; Anthonie Holslag.- PART V. THE CATASTROPHE'S LEGACY.- 17. The Theme of Genocide in Armenian Literature; Barlow Der Mugrdechian.- 18. ****Hiding Horrors in Full View: Atom Egoyan's Representations of the Armenian Genocide; Lisa Siraganian.- 19. Missing Images: Textures of Memory in Diaspora; Marie-Aude Baronian.- 20. Genocide Education: Promises and Potential; Joyce Sahyouni.- Bibliography.- Index