İlkay Yılmaz reconsiders the history of two political issues, the Armenian and Macedonian questions, approaching both through the lens of mobility restrictions during the late Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1908 in her book Ottoman Passports. Yılmaz investigates how Ottoman security perceptions and travel regulations were directly linked to transnational security regimes battling against anarchism.… Continue reading “Ottoman Passports: Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908” by Dr. İlkay Yılmaz

The lecture will identify and assess domestic, interstate, and international opportunities and challenges for preserving Armenian heritage remnants in the Turkish Republic. It will then discuss three scenarios, detailing the agencies of key stakeholders, for the future of Turkey’s Armenian material past, making the case that a total erasure of all traces of Armenian heritage… Continue reading “The Future of the Past: Pathways for Saving Armenian Vestiges in Turkey” by Dr. Simon Maghakyan

Among the creations of Armenian artistic genius, which gives this nation an important place in art's universal history, the khatchkar (khatch=cross; kar=stone) is probably the most iconic example of this in Armenia. Hrair Hawk Khatcherian was born in Lebanon in 1961. In 1982 he earned his wings as a commercial pilot in Hayward California. He… Continue reading “Khatchkars: Emblematic Art of Armenians” by Hrair Hawk Khatcherian