Start Date
5-3-2024 9:20 AM
End Date
5-3-2024 10:30 AM
Disciplines
History
Subjects
Armenia -- History, Azerbaijan -- History, Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), Genocide
Abstract
Amidst the shadows of the war in Ukraine, in September of 2023, Azerbaijan’s military advancement into an ethnic Armenian enclave called Nagorno-Karabakh ended a thirty year conflict in just one violent day. The next morning, hundreds of thousands of Armenians fled, fearing ethnic cleansing and retaliatory killings. While the more recent history of this conflict is tied to the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia and Azerbaijan’s disagreements have lasted for generations. The threat of ethnic violence and forced migration is not new to the Armenian people, and unfortunately still remains relevant. This paper deals not only with questions of territorial integrity and national self-determination, but also difference: in religion, culture, and language. This largely forgotten clash, over a territory barely 1700 square miles in total, between two countries who are intertwined with the world’s global powers, is one with huge international implications, making it one that cannot be ignored.
Keywords: Territorial integrity, national self determination, Armenia, Armenian genocide, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
Part of the panel: Violent Intolerance and Modern Memory
Moderator: Professor Patricia Schechter
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Fragments of a Dream: Armenia and the Shadow of Genocide
Amidst the shadows of the war in Ukraine, in September of 2023, Azerbaijan’s military advancement into an ethnic Armenian enclave called Nagorno-Karabakh ended a thirty year conflict in just one violent day. The next morning, hundreds of thousands of Armenians fled, fearing ethnic cleansing and retaliatory killings. While the more recent history of this conflict is tied to the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia and Azerbaijan’s disagreements have lasted for generations. The threat of ethnic violence and forced migration is not new to the Armenian people, and unfortunately still remains relevant. This paper deals not only with questions of territorial integrity and national self-determination, but also difference: in religion, culture, and language. This largely forgotten clash, over a territory barely 1700 square miles in total, between two countries who are intertwined with the world’s global powers, is one with huge international implications, making it one that cannot be ignored.
Keywords: Territorial integrity, national self determination, Armenia, Armenian genocide, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
Part of the panel: Violent Intolerance and Modern Memory
Moderator: Professor Patricia Schechter