Knowledge and acknowledgement in the politics of memory of the Armenian genocide

In: Mass violence in modern history 1

Abstract

Politics of memory: an intricate perpetual process -- Politics of memory explained through its constituent parts -- Memory and history in the politics of memory -- Creating national narrative and identity -- Molding the memory by forgetting -- The reciprocal relation between democracy and memory -- Education : an example of auxiliary means in politics of memory -- The central role of law and justice -- Reconciliation: synthesis of recognition, responsibility and reparation -- Existing research -- Outline and delimitations -- The Armenian question between history and politics -- The entry of the Armenian question into the international arena -- Beacons of hope and justice: the Sèvres treaty -- From Sèvres to Lausanne : realpolitik reigns supreme -- Genocide in international law : Nuremberg and the UN convention -- The Turkish genocide denial during the interwar period -- The reawakening: the 50th commemoration day on April 24, 1965 -- The resonance: the diaspora as agent of remembrance and recognition -- The rediscovery of the suppressed genocide -- The igniting spark : the genocide survivor Gourgen Yanikian -- The first un genocide study: the ruhashyankiko report, 1979 -- The iron ladle : armed terrorism as political leverage -- The entry into the academia -- Which memory to preserve : US Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Hearing the neglected victim : the permanent peoples, tribunal, 1984 -- The UN genocide convention revisited : the Whitaker report, 1985 -- The pinnacle of the recognition process : European Parliament, 1987 -- Memory, history and justice : towards reconciliation -- The Karabakh conflict : the legacy turned catalyst for independence -- Independence and the genocide as rule setter -- Armenian-Turkish relations and the old ghost of genocide -- Parliamentary recognitions : writing history or confirming the research? -- Legal examination : law and politics -- The unforgotten genocide: the Centennial Commemoration, 2015 -- Knowledge and (dis)acknowledgement: a century of the politics of memory of the Armenian genocide