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Excerpt from a lecture given on July 12, 2022.
"But for the case of the Young Turks, they were imperial nationalists. They wanted to keep, to preserve the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire. Even if that meant getting rid of the Armenian question..."
Playlist with all excerpts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1OLsQ_f7YPdyj7se-lnbGqAHf9vBgIZN
Full lecture and transcript: theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/armenian-genocide-origins-factors-and-repercussions-bedross-der-matossian
The arrest of 250 Armenians in April of 1915 was the start of a massacre. That massacre helped inform the creation of a new word, genocide, in 1944. Join Dr. Bedross Der Matossian, Associate Professor of Modern Middle East Studies at the University of Nebraska and President of the Society for Armenian Studies as he explores the historical background, differing interpretations, the magnitude and the repercussions of the Armenian Genocide.
This event, part of The World War I in the Middle East Summer Institute for K-12 Educators, has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit theworldwar.org
Excerpt from a lecture given on July 12, 2022.
"But for the case of the Young Turks, they were imperial nationalists. They wanted to keep, to preserve the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire. Even if that meant getting rid of the Armenian question..."
Playlist with all excerpts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1OLsQ_f7YPdyj7se-lnbGqAHf9vBgIZN
Full lecture and transcript: theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/armenian-genocide-origins-factors-and-repercussions-bedross-der-matossian
The arrest of 250 Armenians in April of 1915 was the start of a massacre. That massacre helped inform the creation of a new word, genocide, in 1944. Join Dr. Bedross Der Matossian, Associate Professor of Modern Middle East Studies at the University of Nebraska and President of the Society for Armenian Studies as he explores the historical background, differing interpretations, the magnitude and the repercussions of the Armenian Genocide.
This event, part of The World War I in the Middle East Summer Institute for K-12 Educators, has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit theworldwar.org
