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Համաստեղին ուղղուած նորայայտ նամակներ
(2017) Վարդան Մատթէոսեան
The files of Armenian-American writer Hamasdegh (Hampartzum Gelenian, 1895-1966) were organized by fellow writer and close friend Aram Haigaz (Chekemian, 1900-1986) in 1971, and later delivered to the Museum of Literature and Art, "Yeghishe Charents" of Yerevan, during Soviet times. However, some items, mostly letters, were not included in the delivery due to their sensitive nature at the time. Hamasdegh was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, as well as some of his correspondents, and the undelivered letters, in Haigaz's view, were of a highly subjective nature as they depicted the party or some of its members in an unfair way. In the end, the cache of letters - some of them apparently lost in the process - reached the archives of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (New York). Our examination of these documents allowed us select ten letters that, in spite of some controversial or inflammatory characterizations, were suitable for publication given their value as a source of information. The present publication includes annotated letters written to Hamasdegh by Rouben Darbinian (1888-1968), political activist and editor in chief of Hairenik Publications; Gostan Zarian (1885-1969), writer; Dertad Kazanjian (1895-1966), political activist; Rouben Ter Minassian (1882-1951), political activist and former Interior Minister of the first Republic of Armenia; Simon Vratzian (1883-1969), political activist and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Krikor Chahinian (1930-2009), literary critic; and Papken Papazian (1915-1990), political activist.
Անտիպ փաստաթուղթեր Կիլիկեան կոտորածներու օրերուն Քիլիսի հայութեան իրավիճակին մասին
(2017) Միհրան Մինասեան
Very little is known about the hardships and massacres the Kilis Armenians faced during the Adana Massacres of 1909. Though the town itself was not attacked, at least nine Kilis Armenians who were out of the town were attacked and killed. In addition, the neighborhood and the surrounding Armenian villages and towns were attacked and many Armenians were killed, villages burnt and belongings looted.
The documents, eight letters in total, were written between May and August 1909, and all are addressed to Father Shahe Kasbarian, the vice-prelate of Aleppo. Seven of the letters were written by Fr. Vartan Tovmassian, the vice-prelate of the town of Kilis.
Արշակ Չօպանեանի եւ Լեւոն Բաշալեանի նամակները Արփիար Արփիարեանին
(2017) Հայկ Աւագեան
Sultan Abdul Hamid used the occupation of the Ottoman Bank by Armenian revolutionaries as a pretext to persecute Armenian national and cultural figures in Constantinople and give the green light to extensive massacres in the Armenian Vilayets. Indeed, the era 1896 to 1908 is considered the most repressive of Abdul Hamid's regime. Several Armenian political figures fled the Empire and settled in Europe, particularly in France and Great Britain, while others resumed their anti-oppression activities from Egypt. Among these figures was Arpiar Arpiarian (1851, Constantinople-1908, Cairo), a western Armenian author, editor, publisher and a renowned revolutionary member of the Social Democratic Hunchak Party.
The letters, dated 1896 and 1897, are addressed to him by two of his revolutionary friends, Arshag Chobanian and Levon Pashalian.
The letters are just a few in a bundle of letters addressed to Arpiarian. They discuss matters related to the propagation of the Armenian cause in Europe, pro-Armenian sympathy in Europe, and issues of collaboration with dissident young Turks; they also reflect the life and concerns of Armenian nationals living in exile.
Ժխտողականութեան դրսեւորումներն Ալեքսանդրապոլի գաւառում 1918-1921՝ թուրքական ռազմակալումների շրջանում
(2017) Կարինէ Ալեքսանեան
The research looks for the roots of Turkish denialism of the events of 1918-1921 and examines whether it has its offshoots in the current Turkish denialist policies.
In the context of the Turkish genocidal policy against the Eastern Armenians during 1918-1921, the study of Turkish denialism clarifies the nature of Turkish-Armenian relations. Furthermore, it sheds light on the roots which nurture current Turkish denialism. In this paper the author addresses how Turkish denialist policy tried to align Turkish interests with superpower interests, claim support of Armenian interests and pose Turks as liberators of Armenians, blame Armenians for the brutalities commited against Muslim Turks, and generate contradictions and divide the Armenian polity while denying them the ability to resist. Moreover, in order to erase its fingerprints from the 1915 Genocide, Turkish denialist policy attempted to annihilate the decimated Western Armenian refugees who had taken refuge in Eastern Armenia. Moreover, during their occupation of the District of Alexandrapole, the Turkish authorities tried to win the confidence of the local population through popular diplomacy and creation of local government agencies to give legitimacy to Turkish misdeeds. Such methods would enable them to further their policy of brutalities against and lootings of Armenians by discrete and legitimate means, though taking every measure to exterminate them. The author concludes that the major objective of these policies was to make the sustainability of any Armenian statehood impossible.
Հարիւրամեայ շփոթ. Կոմիտասի քուրդ երաժշտութեան թեզը
(2017) Մարինէ Մուշեղեան
The art of Komitas plays a central role in the history of Armenian music. His biography and his musical and musicological works have been relatively well studied. There are, however, certain issues which are understudied and have been circulating for decades now in the media and in certain professional circles. One of these issues is the baseless claim that Komitas wrote a graduation thesis, a claim which misrepresents some details of his biography and research work.
The author tackled this issue through a deep and thorough investigation in the archives of the University of Berlin, where Komitas studied musicology. The extensive research in the archives and registers of the University of Berlin produced no evidence whatsoever of such a document and thus brought the author to the conclusion that Komitas had not written any dissertation in the University of Berlin and accordingly had not defended any thesis on Kurdish music.