conferences and workshops

This year marks the 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. On this anniversary, the Lepsiushaus Potsdam and the International Institute for Nationality Law and Regionalism, Munich, are organising an international conference entitled “The Armenian Genocide, 110 Years After”, to which we cordially invite you.

Scientists from Armenia, Germany, France, Poland, Lebanon, Switzerland and Turkey will present and discuss recent research off the beaten track. The conference language is English.

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At present, the term genocide is used almost inflationary, with states suing states before the International Court of Justice. Associated with this is a growing ambiguity of the legal, historical and cultural dimensions of genocide. Genocidal violence thus becomes a fighting term for geopolitical identity politics. The symposium is dedicated to the phenomenon of “cultural genocide,” “ethnocide,” the destruction of a group's cultural identity through forced assimilation, and thus reveals a global, historical understanding of patterns and practices of cultural destruction.

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Zum 90. Jahrestag der Veröffentlichung des historischen Romans von Franz Werfel:

Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh

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On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, AGBU Lebanon, in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut and Lepsiushaus Potsdam has the pleasure to invite you to a webinar on

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The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in July 1923, marked the end of the Ottoman Empire. It regulates Turkey's borders with its European neighbors that are still valid today and had serious consequences for the situation of minorities on Turkish territory. As a result, the Völkerbund project was also buried as a “solution to conflict” through exchange of populations. The symposium discusses this historical development up to the current treatment of minorities in the Republic of Turkey.

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Conference on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide and Genocide Prevention.

In cooperation with the Armenian General Benevolent Union Lebanon (AGBU) and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut.

As is well known, denial is the last stage of every genocide. But why are crimes against humanity persistently denied despite abundant documentation? What are the reasons for such defensiveness? What forms does denial take? And how can this defensive attitude be overcome? The Lepsiushaus Potsdam, the human rights organization Working Group Recognition — Against Genocide, for International Understanding e.V. (AGA) and the Association of Activists Against Racism, Nationalism and Discrimination e.V. (AKEBI) want to address these questions at a joint event with contributions from various perspectives.

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