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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:.5in'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>European
Colloquium<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>presents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=7
face=Arial><span style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Hilmar
Kaiser<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=6 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Van, 1914-15:
>From Cooperation to Annihilation</span></font><font size=6 color=black
face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=6 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- a Case Study from the
Armenian Genocide<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thursday, 29 November 2007, 4:00 pm (3703
W.W. Posvar Hall)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
lecture examines the relations between the Ottoman government and the Armenian
community from the start of the war in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>
in August 1914 to the start of regional deportations in May 1915. The region
around <st1:place w:st="on">Lake Van</st1:place> was the stronghold of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). Relations between the ARF and the
government deteriorated quickly. A climate of political repression developed,
marked by increasingly violent clashes. After winter inaction, government
repression culminated in a wholesale attack on the Armenian community, which
decided to stage a self-defense. For decades, the defense at Van and its causes
stand the center of a bitter debate. Based on research in Turkish archives, the
lecture will offer a fresh perspective on the strategies of both sides. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dr.
Hilmar Kaiser is probably the scholar with the best knowledge of archival
sources about the Armenian genocide. He has published several books and
numerous book chapters on this topic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>For more information, please contact Dr. Christian
Gerlach (<a href="mailto:hcg3@pitt.edu">hcg3@pitt.edu</a> or 412-648 74 87)</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Helene J. Sinnreich, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Director of Judaic and Holocaust Studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Youngstown</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44555</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'>330-941-1603 (telephone)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>330-941-2304 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>judaic.ysu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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