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“The Armenian Genocide: 100 Years of research”

Wednesday, March 25, the doors of the prestigious Grand Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne are solemnly opened on the study and the consequences of the Armenian Genocide, 100 years of research. A cycle unprecedented three days organized by the International Scientific Council (ISC) with the support of the Mission 2015, the CFC and the Ile de France Regional Council that will host 70 researchers from around the world. Three sessions who asked for their preparation, two years of work, as indicated Gaïdz Minassian. #ArmenianGenocide

resented by the master of ceremonies, the historian Vincent Duclert (EHESS), under the High -patronage the President of the Republic, the Minister of Education and Research, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, inaugurated the International Symposium on delivering a powerful speech recounting the dark hours of the first genocide of the twentieth century. She will say, in essence, about the Armenian genocide, that “the rigorous study of sources, testimonies of survivors, documents, has established this truth that no longer debate in the scientific community” [.. .] “This is also what has led France

assert that denial is intolerable; because the law is what protects against all forms of manipulation. And this is the position of France to the European Court of Human Rights. “Reflecting the intellectual struggle of Archag Tchobanian whose role was decisive in the aftermath of Hamidian massacres, the Minister of Education says,” The Armenian intellectuals were tirelessly book and writing a fight for the truth ” . Which led him to thank the Turkish intellectuals present in the amphitheater, such Zarakolu and Fethi Çetin and politist Büşra Ersanlı. It will make a tribute to historians came especially from around the world to witness and publicize their work. With the contribution of the First World War specialists. “Historians of the Great War included the now fully [Armenian Genocide] in the study and understanding of the extremes of war violence. “Najat Vallaud-Belkacem has finally announced that it would be next to Francois Hollande on April 24 in Yerevan.

In his address, Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur, President of the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), noted that “it was not until April 1984 that was held in Paris in the Richelieu amphitheater, a session the Permanent People’s Tribunal on the Armenian genocide. “A session during which a communication was read by the historian Pierre Vidal-Naquet,” which became the preface to the book The Crime of silence. “Vidal-Naquet appears the fate of the Armenians to that of Jews and Palestinians. […] Armenians victims of a major historical crime. “Armenians and Jews” experiencing wildest ideologues, torn between the memory that weighs and history that always fails to deliver. And struggling with what he called the great denial. The most amazing character seen today of the Armenian Genocide, which is the degree was increased its denial. Not only by those who had perpetrated. Not only by the Turkish state in all of these judicial, educational and diplomatic, but almost by all its allies. Sometimes even by the United Nations. “Complains Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoueur, justifying the session of the Permanent People’s Tribunal, which therefore” have a real impact. “ He finished his speech by noting that the Armenian genocide “more than ever found its place in European history. »