Khatchig Mouradian
Khatchig Mouradian is the Program Coordinator of the Armenian Genocide Program at the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights [1] at Rutgers University, where he also teaches in the History and Sociology departments. [2] He has also taught at Clark University, Columbia University[citation needed] and Worcester State University.
Life[edit]
Mouradian was born in an Armenian family in Lebanon.[1] He worked as the editor of the Armenian Weekly from 2007-2014.[citation needed] He is the recipient the Gulbenkian Armenian Studies research fellowship to study the Armenian community in China in the 20th century (2014).[2] Mouradian is also the recipient of the first Hrant Dink Freedom and Justice Medal (2014) of the Organization of Istanbul Armenians.[3] In 2016, Mouradian earned the first PhD in Armenian Genocide studies at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University; scholars Taner Akçam, Debórah Dwork, and Raymond Kévorkian formed the committee that approved his dissertation, titled Genocide and Humanitarian Assistance in Ottoman Syria (1915-1917).[4]
Mouradian has lectured and participated in conferences in Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, China, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.[citation needed] He has presented papers on genocide and the media at several academic conferences including the 5th and 6th Workshops on Armenian-Turkish Scholarship,[not in citation given] held at NYU in 2006 and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 2008, an international conference titled "The Armenian Genocide and International Law" at Haigazian University in Beirut in September 2009, [3][not in citation given] the 2010 "The State of the Art of Armenian Genocide Research" conference at Clark University [4]
, the 2010 Armenian Genocide conference in Ankara, Turkey [5], and the 2014 conference in Washington of the Society for Armenian Studies [6].
In 2009, Mouradian was the Seventh Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecturer at the University of Minnesota [7]. On April 24, 2010, Mouradian delivered a lecture on the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul, Turkey.[5]
Mouradian was one of the junior editors of the Lebanese-Armenian daily newspaper Aztag from 2000 to 2007, when he moved to Boston and became the editor of the Armenian Weekly.[citation needed] Mouradian holds a B.S. in biology and has studied towards a graduate degree in clinical psychology.[6][unreliable source?] He also holds a graduate certificate in Conflict Resolution and Management from the University of Massachusetts Boston [8][not in citation given]
As a journalist, Mouradian has interviewed leading scholars, authors and journalists like Noam Chomsky,[7] Arundhati Roy,[8] Paulo Coelho,[9] Chris Bohjalian[10] and Nicholas Kristof.[11]
His paternal grandparents hail from Konya, and Kilis, while his maternal grandparents hail from Adana, and Amanos.[citation needed][relevant? ]
Writing[edit]
His articles and poems[6][12][13][non-primary source needed] have appeared in publications worldwide. A few of his poems in languages other than English have been translated to English and are available online.[9]. Many of his writings have been translated into more than ten languages.[citation needed] He contributes to a number of U.S. and European publications, including ZNet,[14][non-primary source needed] Jewcy,[15][non-primary source needed] The Jewish Advocate.[16][non-primary source needed][17][non-primary source needed] and Radikal.[10]
The special newspaper publications he has edited include "Commemorating Genocide: Images, Perspectives, Research" and The Armenian Genocide.
He has one academic publication, "From Yeghern To Genocide: Armenian Newspapers, Raphael Lemkin, And The Road To The UN Genocide Convention," (Haigazian Armenological Review, Vol.29, 2009).[citation needed]
His translations (to Armenian) include Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist," published by Hamazkayin in 2004. The book was launched in Yerevan, Armenia in the presence of Coelho and Mouradian.[citation needed]
He judged the New England Poetry Club's 2007 Shelia Motton Book Award, the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award [11][not in citation given] and the 2008 Daniel Varoujan Award.[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Was it genocide?". The Economist. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ↑ Staff, Weekly (2014-09-29). "Research Project to Explore Armenian Presence in China". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Community Honors Dink Legacy (Asbarez) - Organization of Istanbul Armenians". 2014-12-22. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ↑ "Clark grants first doctoral degree in Armenian Genocide Studies". Clark Now | Clark University. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ↑ Mouradian, Khatchig (2010-04-25). "Mouradian: Despite Obstacles, Armenian Genocide Commemorations Held in Turkey". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mouradian, Khatchig (2003-02-22). "Answer". Literary Groong. Armenian News Network. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ Mouradian, Khatchig (2006-05-08). "Subordinate and Non-Subordinate States, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Khatchig Mouadian". Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ Mouradian, Khatchig (2008-02-08). "Interview with Arundhati Roy". ZNet. Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Q & A with Paulo Coelho". Jewcy. 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ "An Interview with Chris Bohjalian". Armenian Weekly. 73 (51–52). 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ "An interview with Nicholas D. Kristof". Armenian Weekly. 74 (13). 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ Mouradian, Khatchig (2002-12-24). "Theft". Literary Groong. Armenian News Network. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ "Khatchig Mouradian". Armenian Poetry Project. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ "Khatchig Mouradian". Z Space.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Khatchig Mouradian". Jewcy. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Mouradian, Khatchig (2008-08-17). "What would Lemkin do?". Jewish Advocate. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Mouradian, Khatchig (2008-08-16). "An invitation to Musa Dagh". Jewish Advocate. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New England Poetry Club. Founded in 1915 by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost and Conrad Aiken". 2009-05-22. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
Works[edit]
- Mouradian, Khatchig (2021). The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915–1918. MSU Press. ISBN 978-1-62895-419-7. Search this book on
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