Online Symposium: Mass Violence in the (Post-)Ottoman Lands

Online Symposium

From the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire came under increasing internal external pressures, culminating in the Empire’s disintegration following defeat in the First World War. Increasing acts of mass violence accompanied political instability, most notably the Armenian Genocide. This online Symposium hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence at Newcastle University interrogates the causes, processes and consequences of mass violence in the (Post-)Ottoman lands. It examines: macro and micro causes of mass violence; who was targeted for inclusion and exclusion; methods employed to achieve national homogeneity; ‘everyday’ responses to, and the role of non-state actors in, mass violence; the ongoing influence of mass violence in post-Ottoman states; and restraints on mass violence.

Papers will be held live on Zoom. Sessions will be recorded and posted to the History@Newcastle YouTube channel.

Symposium Welcome 1.45pm (UTC+10)

Session 1: Interpretations of Mass Violence: 2-3.30pm (UTC+10)

Session 2: Balkan Geographies of Violence: 4-5.30pm (UTC+10)

Session 3: Mass Violence in Context: 6.30-8.30pm (UTC+10)

Program and abstracts: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/csov/conferences