BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Zell Lecture sponsored by the Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice.With Khatchig Mouradian\, Columbia Univer sityRegister NowThis illustrated lecture maps the trajectory and humanitar ian toll of the 2020 war in Nagorno Karabakh\, and explores its historical and geopolitical contexts. Outlining the antecedents of the conflict from WWI to the collapse of the Soviet Union\, the lecture identifies pogroms\ , propaganda campaigns\, and policy decisions that cast a shadow across ge nerations in the South Caucasus. Unpacking domestic developments within po st-Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan and their impact on the negotiations betw een the two countries\, the lecture tracks the process that led to unsettl ing a “frozen conflict\,” and the role played by regional actors\, chief a mong them Turkey\, in detonating it in the middle of a raging pandemic.Kha tchig Mouradian is a lecturer in Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and Africa n Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University. He is the author of The Resista nce Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria\, 1915-1918. Mouradian has published articles on concentration camps\, unarm ed resistance\, the aftermath of mass violence\, midwifery in the Middle E ast\, and approaches to teaching history. He is the co-editor of a forthco ming book on late-Ottoman history\, and the editor of the peer-reviewed jo urnal The Armenian Review. Mouradian has taught at Worcester State Univers ity\, Clark University\, Stockton University\, Rutgers University\, and Ca lifornia State University – Fresno.Open captioning will be provided.Co-spo nsorship support from: Syracuse University\nHumanities Center\, Citizenshi p and Civic Engagement Program\, College of Law\nOffice of International P rograms\, College of Law \;Journal\nof Global Rights &\; Organizati ons \;and \;Impunity\nWatch News\, History Department\, The Instit ute for Security Policy\nand Law\, International Relations Program\, Jewis h Studies Program\, Lender Center\nfor Social Justice\, Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs Central Asia and the\nCaucasus Research Group\, Depart ment of Political Science\, School of Education\,\nand the Social Sciences Ph.D. Program. For additional information\, please contact Professor Juli a White at \;jmwhit02@syr.edu. \; DTEND:20210303T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T060009Z DTSTART:20210303T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: The 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War: Actors\, Antecedents\, and Aftermath UID:RFCALITEM639139752091766925 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Zell Lecture sponsored by the Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice.

With Khatchig Mouradian\, Columbia University


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This illustrated lecture maps the trajectory and humanitarian toll of the 2020 war in Nagorno Karab akh\, and explores its historical and geopolitical contexts. Outlining the antecedents of the conflict from WWI to the collapse of the Soviet Union\ , the lecture identifies pogroms\, propaganda campaigns\, and policy decis ions that cast a shadow across generations in the South Caucasus. Unpackin g domestic developments within post-Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan and thei r impact on the negotiations between the two countries\, the lecture track s the process that led to unsettling a “frozen conflict\,” and the role pl ayed by regional actors\, chief among them Turkey\, in detonating it in th e middle of a raging pandemic.

Khatchig Mouradian is a lecturer in Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia Un iversity. He is the author of The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocid e and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria\, 1915-1918. Mouradian has publishe d articles on concentration camps\, unarmed resistance\, the aftermath of mass violence\, midwifery in the Middle East\, and approaches to teaching history. He is the co-editor of a forthcoming book on late-Ottoman history \, and the editor of the peer-reviewed journal The Armenian Review. Mourad ian has taught at Worcester State University\, Clark University\, Stockton University\, Rutgers University\, and California State University – Fresn o.

Open captioning will be provided.

Co-sponsorship s upport from: Syracuse University\nHumanities Center\, Citizenship and Civi c Engagement Program\, College of Law\nOffice of International Programs\, College of Law \;Journal\nof Global Rights &\; Organizations \;and \;Impunity\nWatch News\, History Department\, Th e Institute for Security Policy\nand Law\, International Relations Program \, Jewish Studies Program\, Lender Center\nfor Social Justice\, Moynihan I nstitute for Global Affairs Central Asia and the\nCaucasus Research Group\ , Department of Political Science\, School of Education\,\nand the Social Sciences Ph.D. Program.


For additional information\, ple ase contact Professor Julia White at \;jmwhit02@syr.edu. \;

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