Shane Ferro, Columbia Spectator, March 10, 2008
"Armenian contemporary art and cultural divides were on the minds of international scholars, artists, and musicians who gathered in Alfred Lerner Hall to participate in a day-long forum on the Armenian diaspora and artistic development on Saturday.
The forum, which was held by the Armenian Club, addressed questions of contemporary Armenians about their culture’s perceived shortcomings." [More]
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, March 26, 2007
America Should Be Aware of Genocide [Columbia Univ]
By Jordan Hirsch, The Columbia Spectator, March 26, 2007
War provides an excellent cover for despots and murderers. The Ottoman Empire stretched this cover to new lengths amid the chaos of World War I. The Armenians, Christians who had lived in Anatolia and the Caucasus Mountains for three millennia, were a minority under Ottoman rule. When the war ignited, the Ottomans quickly came to view the Armenians as a dangerous fifth column. Some Armenians had staged a revolt in previous years, and there were many Armenians fighting for the Russian army. What happened over the next two years, no one disputes: some 1.2 million Armenians were expelled from their homes. They were forced to march through the scorching desert, harassed, robbed, raped, and murdered by Turkish peasants and their Kurdish escorts. The most accurate historical estimates place the death toll at approximately 800,000. At this point, however, the politics of genocide take over.
War provides an excellent cover for despots and murderers. The Ottoman Empire stretched this cover to new lengths amid the chaos of World War I. The Armenians, Christians who had lived in Anatolia and the Caucasus Mountains for three millennia, were a minority under Ottoman rule. When the war ignited, the Ottomans quickly came to view the Armenians as a dangerous fifth column. Some Armenians had staged a revolt in previous years, and there were many Armenians fighting for the Russian army. What happened over the next two years, no one disputes: some 1.2 million Armenians were expelled from their homes. They were forced to march through the scorching desert, harassed, robbed, raped, and murdered by Turkish peasants and their Kurdish escorts. The most accurate historical estimates place the death toll at approximately 800,000. At this point, however, the politics of genocide take over.
Monday, October 4, 2004
Aliyev Speaks of Peace, Denies Armenian Rights [Columbia Univ]
Raffi Haroutunian, The Columbia Spectator, October 4, 2004
"The comments of Azerbaijani President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev in his speech at Columbia University during last week’s WorldLeaders Forum—that he had a “desire to establishlasting peace and stability in a historically unstableregion”—could not have been further from the truth." asecond step."
"The comments of Azerbaijani President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev in his speech at Columbia University during last week’s WorldLeaders Forum—that he had a “desire to establishlasting peace and stability in a historically unstableregion”—could not have been further from the truth." asecond step."
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