The Women Mobilizing Memory working group presents Reclaiming Collective Memories in Contemporary Turkey, a panel discussion and book presentation.
In the frame of the recently published volume Women Mobilizing Memory (Columbia University Press, 2019), editors and contributors will talk about their contribution to the book in the Armenian/Turkish context. Women Mobilizing Memory, a transnational exploration of the intersection of feminism, history, and memory, shows how the recollection of the violent histories can generate possibilities for progressive futures. Questioning the politics of memory-making in relation to experiences of vulnerability and violence, this wide-ranging collection asks: How can memories of violence and its afterlives be mobilized for change? What strategies can disrupt and counter public forgetting? What role do the arts play in addressing the erasure of past violence from current memory and in creating new visions for future generations?
The piece read by Nancy Krikorian, The Name of this Place, was published by The Armenian Weekly and can be read here.
Date:
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location:
Room 417, Mathematics Building
Columbia University
Questions?
Contact Professor Khatchig Mouradian at km3253@columbia.edu
Featuring Artists and Writers:
Nicole Gervasio
Nancy Kricorian
Silvina Der Meguerditchian
Aylin Tekiner
Moderated by
Co-sponsored by: the Center for the Study of Social Difference, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), The Armenian Center at Columbia University, the Research Institute on Turkey, the Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability, the Columbia University Armenian Society, and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
