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Пресечена провокация незаконных армянских вооруженных формирований в Кяльбаджарском направлении
13 сентября примерно в 19:00 разведывательно-диверсионная группа незаконных армянских вооруженных формирований на территории Азербайджана, где временно размещен российский миротворческий контингент, в целях совершения диверсионно-террористических действий, используя ущелья между боевыми позициями нашей Армии, расположенными в направлении населенного пункта Мерджимек Кяльбаджарского района, попыталась проникнуть на территорию расположения наших подразделений.
В результате бдительности наших военнослужащих, несущих боевое дежурство, провокация была пресечена.
Разведывательно-диверсионная группа была принуждена к отступлению, один член группы получил ранение.
Пресечена провокация незаконных армянских вооруженных формирований в Кяльбаджарском направлении
Scholars Hans-Lukas Kieser (Newcastle University, Australia), Seyhan Bayraktar (University of Zurich, Switzerland), and Khatchig Mouradian (Columbia University) will discuss their recently-published book, After the Ottomans: Genocide’s Long Shadow and Armenian Resilience at Columbia University on Sept. 25.
The event and book-signing will be held at 6 p.m. at the School of Social Work, Room C03 (1255 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027). It is co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department (MESAAS), the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR), the Columbia University Armenian Center and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).
The book deals with the lasting impact and the formative legacy of removal, dispossession and the politics of genocide in the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. For understanding contemporary Turkey and the neighboring region, it is important to revisit the massive transformation of the late-Ottoman world caused by persistent warfare between 1912 and 1922. This fourth volume of a series focusing on the “Ottoman Cataclysm” looks at the century-long consequences and persistent implications of the Armenian Genocide. It deals with the actions and words of the Armenians as they grappled with total destruction and tried to emerge from under it. Eleven scholars of history, anthropology, literature and political science explore the Ottoman Armenians not only as the major victims of the First World War and the post-war treaties, but also as agents striving for survival, writing history, transmitting the memory and searching for justice.
Kieser is a historian of Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and the modern Middle East at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is the author of Nearest East: American Millenniallism and Mission to the Middle East (2010), Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey and Architect of Genocide (2018), and When Democracy Died: The Middle East’s Enduring Peace of Lausanne (2023).
Bayraktar is Ph.D.-coordinator at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). She has a doctorate in social sciences from the University of Konstanz (Germany). Her research focuses on the politics of memory and apology and political communication. She is the author of Politik und Erinnerung. Der Armeniermord im türkischen Diskurs zwischen Nationalismus und Europäisierung published by transcript 2010.
Mouradian is a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University, and the Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist at the Library of Congress. He also serves as co-principal investigator of the project on Armenian Genocide Denial at the Global Institute for Advanced Study, New York University. Mouradian is the author of the award-winning book The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918.
For more information, contact Prof. Mouradian at km3253@columbia.edu.
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Painting by Karnig Alajajian
DOUGLASTON, N.Y.—St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Douglaston, New York is excited to announce a solo art exhibition showcasing the breathtaking paintings of Karnig Alajajian on October 22, 2023. The exhibit, along with a wine and cheese reception, will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the St. Sarkis Main Hall after the conclusion of Sunday church service. Alajajian will be generously donating 50-percent of the profits to St. Sarkis Church.
The exhibition will feature many of Alajajian’s original works, along with stunning master replicas of the works of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) as a tribute to the greatest maritime artist in history. Alajajian was awestruck by Aivazovsky’s paintings when he first saw them during a visit to Armenia in 2004. Since then, he has been relentlessly and remarkably mastering the formidable challenge of reproducing Aivazovsky’s use of light and color to recreate the depth and luminosity of his seascapes.
Alajajian was born in Alexandria, Egypt and received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. After a distinguished career at Bell System, he successfully transitioned his career into real estate as a developer and broker. At the same time, Alajajian channeled his creativity as an engineer toward his childhood dream of becoming an artist and painter. In 2003, he enrolled in art classes at Nassau Museum of Art to study under renowned artist, Professor Steven Lampasona. Alajajian has since become a prolific painter, exploring texture and color utilizing acrylic paints as his primary art medium.
Alajajian is a pillar of the Armenian community in New York, having served on the St. Sarkis Board of Trustees for 11 years and as a member of Hamazkayin of New York for the past 56 years since its inception. He also loves theater and has been involved in several productions of the Hamazkayin theatrical group. Alajajian is a member of the Art Guild of Port Washington and has exhibited in numerous art shows in the surrounding area.
We look forward to seeing you at this special event!
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