AGA-Tribunal
16.07.2020
in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/conf-15-7-2020-hy/
in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/conf-15-7-2020/
International Scientific and Practical Online Conference on the 100th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in city Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh Republic/Artsakh)
“Genocidal behavior of Azerbaijan: history and modernity (from the political and legal assessment of crimes to the international court)”
(July 15-16, city Shushi, Republic of Artsakh)
Organizers
- Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh
- Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
- Foundation “Culture and Future” (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Partners
- Scientific center of Artsakh
- Public organization of sociological and political science initiatives “Crossroad” (“Khachmeruk”)
- National Archive of the Republic of Armenia
- Institute for Armenological Researches, Yerevan State University
- Scientific center “Kachar” (Republic of Artsakh)
- Analytical Research Center “Orbeli” (Armenia)
- Russian society of friendship and cooperation with Armenia (Russia)
- Technological University of Shushi (Artsakh)
Organizing Committee
- Lusine Karakhanyan – minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh
- Yuri Suvaryan – academic secretary of the Department of armenology and social sciences of NAS RA
- Ashot Melkonyan – director of the Institute of history of NAS RA
- Aram Simonyan – corresponding member of NAS RA, director of the Institute for Armenological Researches, Yerevan State University
- Melania Balayan – advisor to the minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh
- Armen Marukyan – head of the Department of history of the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide, Institute of history of NAS RA
- Stepan Dadayan – director of Artsakh science Center
- Vagan Babakhanyan – chairman of the public organization of sociological and political science initiatives “Crossroad” (“Khachmeruk”) (Saint Petersburg)
- Valery Avanesyan – vice-rector of the Artsakh State University
- Mher Harutyunyan – head of the Scientific Center “Kachar”, Executive secretary of the Organizing Committee
Working languages of the Conference: Armenian, Russian, English
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
JULY 15
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9.40 Registration of participants
10:00 Exhibition “Shushi in historical photographs and archival documents” from the (National Archive of Armenia)
Opening of the Conference (Melania Balayan – advisor to the minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh)
Welcome words (up to 5 minutes):
1. Radik Martirosyan – president of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
2. Lusine Karakhanyan – minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh
3. Address by the President of the Republic of Artsakh to the Conference participants
4. Yuri Suvaryan – academic secretary of the Department of armenology and social sciences of NAS RA
5. Ashot Melkonyan – director of the Institute of history of NAS RA
6. Archibishop Pargev Martirosyan – Leader of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (blessing)
11:00 Break (10 minutes)
PLENARY SESSION
11:10-13:00
Aram Simonyan, corresponding member of NAS RA, director of the Institute for Armenian Studies of YSU – “The Destruction of Armenian Shushi: History and Lessons”
Valery Avanesyan, vice-rector for international cooperation, Ph.D. in History, professor of Artsakh State university – “International Relations in 1918-1920. and the tragedy of Armenians in the city of Shushi: lessons and consequences”
Alexander Manasyan, corresponding member of NAS of Armenia, Ph.D. in Philosophy, professor – “Azerbaijan: history of disease” (formation of political genocidal behavior)
Vahram Balayan, Artsakh State university, Ph.D. in History, professor – “Demographic processes in Shushi from the 19th century to the present day”
Victor Nadein-Raevsky, Ph.D. in Philosophy, director of the Institute of political and social studies of the Black Sea-Caspian region named after V.B. Artsruni, senior researcher of IMEMO RAS (Russia) – “Armenian Genocide in Shushi and Modern Geopolitics”
Victor Krivopuskov, president of the Russian Society for Friendship and Cooperation with Armenia, Ph.D. in Sociology, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honorary Doctor of the Yerevan State Linguistic University named after Valery Bryusov, Laureate of the Literary prize named after Boris Polevoy, Honorary member of the Writers Union of Armenia – “Sources of Mass Facts of Massacre, Pogroms, Genocide of Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh and terrorism and armeniaphobia in the modern politics of the Republic of Azerbaijan: historical and sociological aspect”
12: 40-13: 00 Discussion
13: 00-14: 00 break
Section 1 (A)
Reasons, stages and goals of the Genocide of the
Armenian population in Shushi by Azerbaijani authorities
14:00-15:00
Chairmen: Armen Marukyan and Mher Harutyunyan
Gevorg Stepanyan, head of the Department of history of Armenian communities and Diaspora, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Ph.D. in History, professor – “Causes and Stages of the Armenian Genocide in Eastern Transcaucasia”
Armen Marukyan, head of the Department of history of the Armenian Cause and the Armenian Genocide, Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Ph.D. in History, professor – “Pogroms of Armenians of Shushi as a manifestation of the pan-Turkic policy of the Armenian Genocide”
Ashot Harutyunyan, head of the Museum of history of Shushi – “Reasons for the failure of self-defense in the city of Shushi in the interpretation of the representative of the Government of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Mikayelyan”
Mher Harutyunyan, head of the “Kachar” Scientific Center, Candidate of Historical Sciences, associate professor – “Reasons for the March Armenocide of 1920. in Shushi and modern challenges (historical, political, legal and military aspects)”
Hamlet Harutyunyan, head of the Department of contemporary history, Institute of History of the NAS of RA, Ph.D. in History, professor – “The Shushi Massacre of Armenians (June 1919 and March 1920)”
Hamlet Gevorkyan, Ph.D. in Political Sciences, professor of Yerevan Polytechnic University – “The Shushi massacre in 1920 and the experience of self-defense of the Armenian population”
14:35-14:50 Discussion
14:50-15:00 Break
Section 2
Falsification by Azerbaijani historiography of historical events in Artsakh in 1918-1920
14:00-17:00
Chairmen: Amatuni Virabyan and Gevorg Stepanyan
Ashot Melkonyan, director of the Institute of History of the NAS RA, academician of the NAS RA, Ph.D. in History, professor – “Reflection of the pogroms of Armenians in Azerbaijan in the book of Zeynal Ibragimov”
Amatuni Virabyan, Ph.D. in History, professor, director of the National Archive of Armenia – “Events in Nagorno-Karabakh according to the testimony of Governor General H. Sultanov”
Larisa Alaverdyan, human rights activist, first ombudsman of Armenia – “Genocide of the Armenians of the East Transcaucasia: succession and inheritance of Azerbaijan”
Aelita Dolukhanyan, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, Ph.D. in Philology, professor – “Falsification of Historical and Literary Facts by Azerbaijani Scientists According to Historian Asatur Mnatsakanyan”
Stepan Dadayan, director of Artsakh Scientific Center, Ph.D. in History, professor – “On the issue of penetration of the Turkic element into the Shushi fortress”
Armine Khatchatryan, Artsakh State university, Ph.D. in History, associate professor – “Azerbaijan falsifications of the history of Artsakh 1918-1920. from the position of pan-Turkism”
Nune Sarumyan, Artsakh State university, Ph.D. in History, associate professor – “March crime in Shushi of 1920 in the context of internal political and foreign political processes”
Ovik Avanesov, scientific researcher in Caucasus Studies Center after Mesrop Mashtots – “Falsification of key issues of the Artsakh events of 1918-1920 in Azerbaijani historiography”
16:30-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:00 Break
Section 3
Azerbaijan’s cultural genocide policy regarding the Armenian heritage of Shushi
14:00-17:00
Chairwoman and chairman: Anna Asatryan and Vrezh Harutyunyan
Artak Gulyan, senior researcher of Institute of Arts of NAS RA, Ph.D. in Architecture – “Architecture of the city of Shushi”
Aram Khatchaturyan, head of the information and analytical site russia-armenia.info, executive secretary of the Coordinating Council of Russian-Armenian Organizations (Russia) – “Historical and Cultural Monuments of Artsakh and Nakhichevan as victims of vandalism committed by Azerbaijan”
Vrej Harutyunyan, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh, Ph.D. in History – “Cultural and educational activities of charitable organizations of the city of Shushi in the late 19th – early 20th centuries”
Anna Asatryan, deputy director, Institute of Arts of NAS RA, Ph.D. in Arts, professor – “Musical Life in Shushi”
Grigor Ordoyan, Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema, Ph.D. in Arts – “The development and decline of the Handamiryan Theater of Shushi”
Marine Harutyunyan, senior researcher of Institute of History of NAS RA, Ph.D. in History – “Saved manuscripts of the late 18th – first half of the 20th century from the destruction of cultural property in Shushi”
18:00-18:20 Discussion
JULY 16
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Section 4
The Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan as an integral part of pan-Turkism
11:00-12:00
Chairmen: Edik Minasyan and Mariam Avagyan
Edik Minasyan, Ph.D. in History, professor, dean of the History Department of Yerevan State University – “Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan in 1988-1990”
Arthur Petrosyan, publicist, public figure (Paris, France) – “The Shushi massacre is a bloody episode of the 100-year-old Armenian Genocide”
Hrayr Ulubabyan, publicist, public figure (Armenia) – “Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan and Pan-Turanism”
Mariam Avagyan, coordinator of the Congress of Armenian Refugees from the Azerbaijani SSR – “Crimes committed against citizens of Armenian nationality in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1987-1992 represent a stage of the uninterrupted 130-year genocide”
Beklaryan Levon, Ph.D. in Philosophy, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Moscow) “Events in Shushi as a continuation of ethnic cleansing in Eastern Armenia”
10:40-11:00 Discussion
Section 5
Reflection of the theme of the massacres of Armenians in Shushi
in documents, literary works and periodicals
10:00-12:30
Chairwomen: Tehmina Marutyan and Melania Balayan
Lusine Karakhanyan, Ph.D. in Pedagogy, associate professor, Minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Artsakh Republic – “Negative stereotypes in the work of‘ ’Phaeton driver’ ’Osip Mandelstam” к.п.н, доцент, министр образования, науки и культуры Республики Арцах – “Отрицательные стереотипы в произведении ‘’Фаэтонщик’’ О.Мандельштама”
Radik Khamoyan, public figure (Armenia) “A stable peace in Transcaucasia and throughout the Middle East cannot be achieved without the Treaty of Sevres and the Arbitration Award of Woodrow Wilson”
Yulia Harutyunyan, senior researcher, “Kachar” Research Center – “The subject of the tragic fate of Shushi in Russian literature”
Tehmina Marutyan, проректор Горисского государственного университета, к.ф.н., доцент – “Отражение резни армян Шуши 1920 года в газете “Мшак””
Mher Harutyunyan, Ph.D. in History, associate professor, Nane Harutyunyan, student of Artsakh state university – “Theme of pogroms of Armenians in Shushi in the Armenian periodical”
Melania Balayan, Ph.D. in History, associate professor – “Violence against the Armenian Apostolic Church in Shushi in 1920”
12:00-12:20 Discussion
12:20-14:00 Break
Section 6 (Z)
Practical measures for international condemnation and prevention of genocide crimes by Turkey and Azerbaijan
14:00-17:00
Chairmen: Alexandr Minasyan and Vahan Babakhanyan
Martik Gasparyan, head of the International Independent Legal and Scientific Center of Evaluation and Expertise for Reparations and Restitutions, member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of economics, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Russian Academy of Arts, European Academy «EWAN», professor – “Challenges and threats to modern civilization, a century-old genocidal policy of destroying the cultural heritage (culturocide) of Armenians and other autochthonous peoples by Musavatists, Young Turks, Caucasian Tatars (Turks) – newly formed Azerbaijanis with the Bolsheviks”
Garen Arevian, blogger, public figure (United Kingdom) – «Changing and maintaining the correct narrative in the face of historical revisionism»
Armen Ter-Sarkisyan, president of the Armenian International information-analytical, cultural, educational and legal center “ARMINFOCENTER” (Moscow) – “The issue of the borders between Armenia-Artsakh and the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1920 and the international community”
Aram Sargsyan, chairman of the Organizing Committee “In Defense of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Republic of Artsakh)” (Armenia) – «Overcoming the consequences of the Armenian Genocide»
Narek Abrahamian, retired General (Lebanon) – “Indigenous Peoples of the Middle East as an important and main factor of peace in the region”
Tigran Pashabezyan, member of the Board of the French Agency “Lusavor Avetis” (Yerevan) – “The strategy of recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide and compensation for it in the light of the UN Conventions on Dec 12,1948 and Nov 26, 1968”
Ruben Kirakosyan, lawyer, chairman of the Russian-Armenian Association of lawyers ARMROSS (Moscow) – “Coordination of refugees and refugee organizations as exclusive entities for the formation of legal claims against the Republic of Azerbaijan”
Zohrab Gabrielyan, lawyer, member of the International Bar Association of St. Petersburg (Russia) – “Qualification of the crimes of Azerbaijan as genocide using international legal mechanisms to hold the state of Azerbaijan accountable”
Vahan Babakhanyan, «Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan» and «Miaban» information portals, “Khachmeruk” (Crossroad) public organization of sociological and political science initiatives, member of the Coordinating Council of Russian-Armenian organizations (St. Petersburg, Russia) – “Practical measures for international condemnation and prevention of crimes of genocide by Azerbaijan”
Ashot Shahsuvaryan, chairman of the Russian-Armenian non-governmental Center for legal assistance (Armenia) – “The problem of combining the efforts of lawyers around the issue of preventing relapse of the crimes of genocide”
Tatyana Minasyan, public activist, member of the “Congress of Armenian refugees from the Azerbaijani SSR (Armenia) – «The problems of preserving the historical memory of the young generation (on the example of the Armenian community of Banants village)»
Matsak Poladyan, public figure (France) – “Problems and immediate tasks of the trinity of Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora and the Armenians of the Middle East”
Grigory Ayvazyan, Ph.D. in History, researcher at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of NAS RA, chairman of the NGP “Assembly of Azerbaijanian Armenians” (Armenia) – “About the process of official recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Armenia in Azerbaijan in 1988-1992″
Armenak Armandayan, head of “Lusavor Avetis” Information Agency (France) – “Problems of the return to their national roots of refugees who are estranged from national identity”
17:00-17:20 Discussion
17:20 Adoption of the Resolution (Statement) of the Conference
18:00 Summing up the online conference
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