Vendredi 18 Octobre 2024 : la résistance du révérend Eskijian & de son réseau durant le génocide : Eskijian Museum

'THE VERY LIMIT OF OUR ENDURANCE': REV.
HOVHANNES ESKIJIAN AND HIS NETWORK OF
RESISTERS DURING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

This talk explores the role of Rev. Hovhannes
Eskijian and his associates in the underground
network of humanitarians, missionaries, and
diplomats who resisted the destruction of the
Armenian people during World War I. Piecing
together hundreds of accounts, official
documents, and missionary records—including
Eskijian’s and his associates’ family archives—
Mouradian presents a social history of genocide
and resistance in Ottoman Syria. He argues that
despite the violent and systematic mechanisms
of control and destruction in the cities,
concentration camps, and massacre sites in this
region, the genocide of the Armenians did not
progress unhindered—unarmed resistance
proved an important factor in saving lives and
laying the groundwork for postwar rebuilding.
This endowed lectureship is named in honor of
the Kerr family, whose progenitors include
Professor Stanley and Elsa Reckman Kerr, who
helped to rescue and provide exemplary
humanitarian care for survivors of the Armenian
Genocide of 1915-23. The annual Kerr Family
Lectureship is designed to amplify the stories of
heroes and heroines who dedicated themselves
to saving and supporting victims and survivors of
violence and mass atrocities in times of crisis.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024 | 7 PM PT
HYBRID: MONG LEARNING CENTER & ZOOM
bit.ly/kerrfamilylecture2024

KHATCHIGMOURADIAN,PH.D.
LECTURER,COLUMBIAUNIVERSITY;
ARMENIANANDGEORGIANAREA
SPECIALIST, THE LIBRARYOFCONGRESS

photo : Armineh JOHANNES