Bedross Der Matossian
@BedrossDM
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Professor of Modern Middle East at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Areas of interest: ethnic violence, political history, Genocide. From East Jerusalem.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joined August 2014
It is my pleasure to announce the publication of my book ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐: ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ by @stanfordpress. Available on Amazon!
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A powerful image from the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem taken by the prominent Armenian photographer Garo NalbandIan. Armenian priests standing in front of the tractor that destroyed the wall of the Armenian Seminary.
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URGENT-please read. Armenians of Jerusalem are under existential threat. Please share widely.
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URGENT-A Massive attack on the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem . Please read and share this URGENT COMMUNIQUE!
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IMPORTANT: Statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem on the existential threat facing the Armenians and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem.
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In order to understand more about the struggle of the Armenians in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem please read the following chapter from my co-edited volume Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem. Here is the link to the article:
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Look at the irony in this powerful image taken by Garo Nalbandian. Paul Djernazian has been arrested by the Israeli soldiers for defending the Armenian Quarter from the massive and coordinated attack by 30 masked thugs.
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A long article published by @AJEnglish on the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem featuring @DjernazianHagop @SetragBalian . โWe wonโt leaveโ: Armenians in Jerusalem push back against armed settlers | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera via @AJEnglish.
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This is the image of Giorgi (Kevork Checkmeyan) my great uncle in Marash. He was fedayee who defended Marash from the Kemalist forces. Today the resting place of the image is on p.10 in my edited volume on The Social Democrat Hnchakian Party published by @ibtauris @BloomsburyPub
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At first I thought the image depicted Gazans but it turns out it is from the Ethnic Cleansing of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh).
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When the Nagorno-Karabagh War began in November 2020, scholars of Armenian background were baffled by the silence of the international academic community. Below you will find my essay on the topic that just appeared in @IJMES1 @UNLHistory .
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Whats happening in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem? Settler with links to the fascist minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir identified in confrontation over Armenian land dispute in Jerusalem. Please read and widely share this article.
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For Armenians of Jerusalem, today is Christmas Eve. The image is from Bethlehem today where the Homenetmen scouts are marching to welcome the two Armenian Patriarchs: Manougian of Jerusalem, and Mashalian of Istanbul. The scouts are carrying a painful Christmas message.
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Below you will find @ArmenStudies SAS Podcast no. 59 on The Horrors of Adana. Thanks to author and journalist @mbobelian for interviewing me. .@stanfordpress
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My new book Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century will be out in May from @UnivNebPress. @UNLincoln @unlcas @UNLHistory @ArmGenocide100 @HolocaustMuseum @Genocideof1915 @Kigali_Memorial @GenocideStudies @ZoryanInstitute @SrebrenicaMC @UNOSAPG
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My edited volume ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ has just been published by @ibtauris an imprint of @BloomsburyBooks. @unlcas @UNLincoln
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Today's Editorial in the second mostly widely circulated in Israel. The title says it all. Editorial | Israel's fingerprints are all over the ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
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I just uploaded my Review of Armen T. Marsoobian, Reimagining a Lost Armenian Home: The Dildilian Phoโฆ' to @academia!
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A great piece by the prominent Armenian Art Historian Prof. Christina Maranci. Commentary: The resolution to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan leaves irreplaceable treasures in harmโs way via @WSJ.
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When referring to #Artsakh use #OccupiedArtsakh. #Artsakh is under the #Azeri-#Turkish and #Russian occupation. Impunity of #genocidal regimes emboldens them to perpetrate acts of violence against vulnerable minorities. "Thank you!!" international community for your silence!!!.
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THE ARMENIANS OF PALESTINE (1918-1948) is another article that discusses in detail the rise and the decline of the Armenians of Palestine. Here I also discuss the fate of the other communities in Palestine: Haifa, Jaffa, and Bethlehem. Link:
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Joint statement of the Christian Scout Groups of Jerusalem in support of the Armenians of Jerusalem and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem in its struggle to protect the territorial integrity of the Armenian Quarter @DjernazianHagop
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Yesterday I saw a pic of the Christian religious leaders of the Holy Land with the President of Israel. Supposedly he received them on the occasion of Xmas. While Israeli media portrayed the visit out of context, the real reason of the visit was to convey an IMPORTANT message.
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I was involved in drafting this letter. Where Is the International Will to Respond to the Ethnic Cleansing Taking Place in Karabakh/Artsakh? via @jadaliyya.
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Bellow you will find my latest interview with @jadaliyya on The Horrors of Adana @stanfordpress.
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Below you will find my Obituary of Professor Richard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023) who was one of the most important icons in the academic world. He put the basis of Modern Armenian History in the Western Hemisphere.
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Copies of Denial of Genocide in the Twenty-First Century published by the @UnivNebPress have just arrived.
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Books published between 2014-2023 with @stanfordpress @routledgebooks @UnivNebPress @ibtauris @BloomsburyBooks The Press and @iletisimyayin
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Thanks to everyone who showed up today for the launch of Denial of Genocides in the 21st Century published by @UnivNebPress Thanks to the panelists @gsteinacher2 and @kohenari for contributing to the discussion. Event organized by Harris Center @UNLHistory @HRHA_UNL @unlcas
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A good Samaritan ordered a 100 signed copies of Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century. The picture is taken by Rob Buchanan the sales coordinator at the University of Nebraska Press. @UnivNebPress
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Below you will find my interview with Andrew West from the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) @abcnews on the existential threat facing the Armenian Community of Jerusalem. The property deal that could threaten Armenian land in Jerusalem
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"The West is indifferent to Azeri aggression in Armenia because Azerbaijanโs strategic significance makes it an essential partner for Western energy security, leaving democratic Armenia with limited support in its time of need.".
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Here is a short article I co-wrote with Mary Hoogasian on the dire situation in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. Thank you @ArmenianWeekly for publishing it. The Armenian community in Jerusalem faces an existential threat: @BBCWorld @CNN @Reuters.
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Thanks to everyone who showed up for my talk yesterday on The Horrors of Adana at @UCLA organized by UCLA Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History,@PromiseInstUCLA. @ArmenianUCLA @NAASR1955, @UCLA_CNES and Ararat Eskijian Musuem @stanfordpress
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I just uploaded 'Bedross Der Matossian, โAnnotated Bibliography of the Armenian Genocide (2010-2021โฆ' to @academia!
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The UN mission aka sightseeing tour has just arrived in the empty parking lot called Stepanakert. Members of the mission please enjoy the view especially after the ethnic cleansing!
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Copies of Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century are available for purchase from the University of Nebraska Press website. Use code: 6AS23 to receive a ๐๐% ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ @UnivNebPress .
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On May 10 we are going to have a book launch for Denial of Genocides in the Twenty First Century with @gsteinacher and @kohenari. Sponsored by the UNL Judaic Studies and co-sponsored by @UNLHistory and @HRHA_UNL . Copies of the book will be on sale. @UnivNebPress @unlcas
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Dear friends in Michigan, next Thursday the 6th of October I will give a talk on The Horrors of Adana at the @UMich @stanfordpress @unlcas @UNLHistory
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It was an honor to speak with Aris Janigian about my latest book, The Horrors of Adana,"Where is Humanity?" appeared today in LARB via @lareviewofbooks @stanfordpress @unlcas #ArmenianGenocide #UkraineWar #Revolution #CrimesAgainstHumanity.
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Here is my article on Garabed Artinian who survived the Adana Massacres of 1909, lost his family, and wrote the lengthiest lamentation poem (destan) in Armeno-Turkish. I analyze the destan, discuss its historical value, and provide a translation. LINK:
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The first review of Denial of Genocides in the 21st Century by @jeff_bachman has just been published on H-Diplo. Thanks to @dirkmoses for bringing it to my attention. Here is the link: . @UnivNebPress @unlcas @UNLHistory @BridgetRBarry
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An excellent article by @SatoMoughalian on the Nubar Library in Paris considered one of the most important libraries around the world for modern Armenian history. @contingent_mag . A Postcard From Paris via @contingent_mag.
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Bellow you will find the link to @RonaldSuny's review of The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century published by @stanfordpress in the the latest issue of the American Historical Review @AmHistReview . LINK:
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ . egister on Zoom: @ArmenStudie @lara @BedrossDM @DavidLPhillips4
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I will deliver my first talk on The Horrors of Adana on Saturday May 7, 2022 at 11:00am PT and 2:00pm ET. The discussant will be @ugur_umit_ungor. Sponsored by @ArmenStudies and @NAASR1955 @stanfordpress .ZOOM LINK:
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Dear friends in Fresno, I will be giving a book talk on the The Horrors of Adana this Friday the 26th of August. The talk is organized by the Armenian Studies Program, Fresno State. Looking forward to seeing you. @stanfordpress @UNLHistory
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Statement by @ArmenStudies on the latest aggression by Azerbaijan on the Republic of Armenia.
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Another reason as to why my book Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century is important. The recent article below denies that acts of genocides were perpetrated by colonists against indigenous populations of Americas. @UnivNebPress
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Scholars of Armenian Studies issue statement on the latest aggression by Azerbaijan on Armenia:
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The second book in my Series Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World with @ibtauris and @BloomsburyPub is David Lowe's Picturing the Ottoman Armenian World - Photography in Erzerum, Harput, Van and Beyond
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Thank you @UCLA Chancellor Gene Block @UCLAchancellor for tweeting my book talk on The Horrors of Adana. @stanfordpress.
Today, we honor the lives lost during the #ArmenianGenocide. In tribute,@ArmenianUCLA, @PromiseInstUCLA, @UCLA_CNES & their partners invite us to join Prof @BedrossDM this week to discuss his book & offer insight into this difficult period of world history.
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I am honored to be featured on the front page of @NebToday. The article deals with my book "The Horrors of Adana" published by @stanfordpress. Der Matossian's Book Takes Closer Look at Adana Massacres
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On Friday the 24th of June, I delivered my first in-person lecture on The Horrors of Adana at the @agbu center in Toronto. A dynamic crowd of over 80 people attended the talk. Thanks to Salpi Der Ghazarian the Director of AGBU Toronto for the invitation. @stanfordpress
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If you want to understand The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century read my previous book Shattered Dreams of Revolution published by @stanfordpress available on Amazon. #OttomanEmpire #Revolution #Turkey #Armenians
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Tune in this Monday, April 11, 6:00 a.m. (PT) KPFK 90.7 FM + Livestream I will be discussing my new book The Horrors of Adana with @vicgerami
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Below you will find my latest interview with @robbyref the host of @JerusalemUnplu1 where we discuss the threats facing the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. Please listen and share in order to spread the word.
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On Tuesday, October 24, I will be participating on a panel dealing with the #ethnic #cleansing of the Armenians of Artsakh. The event is organized by the @NAASR1955 and @ZoryanInstitute.
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Dear friends in Toronto, I will be giving a talk on Armenian Jerusalem this Friday. The event is organized by the @agbu Toronto. Below you will find the details. Hope to see you there.
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Dear friends in Toronto, . I will be delivering a book talk at the Armenian General Benevolent Union @agbu Center in Toronto on June 24, 2022 at 7:00pm ET. I hope to see you there. @stanfordpress
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My latest article โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐โ appeared in The Cambridge World History of Genocide ed. Ben Kiernan & published by @CambridgeUP @UNLincoln @unlcas. Here is the link.
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What a "beautiful" manifestation of coexistence and religious "tolerance" under Aliyev's despotic regime. I wonder why this clip wasn't shot in Shushi or Stepanakert? They could have brought few actors after the ethnic cleansing of Armenians and shot it in Ghazanchetsots Church.
Some images from our newly published photo book โChristian Life in Azerbaijanโ showing the diversity & beauty of #Azerbaijanโs Christian heritage and life. @EtibarJafar
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My interview on The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century was published today in TorontoHye @stanfordpress @UNLHistory .
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Check the new initiative of @ArmenStudies. Consider submitting articles to the editor @tzovie
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David P. Forsythe, one of the leading scholars of Human Rights, reviews The Horrors of Adana in today's Omaha World-Herald by situating it in the current political upheavals via @owhnews @stanfordpress.
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Below is the link to my lengthy obituary of Professor Richard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023) that just appeared in the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies 8, no. 1 (2023): 101-105, published by @ArmGenocide100 . LINK:
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A Powerful Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem denouncing all types of violent actions and calling for their end.
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Glad to see @TYegavian's review of my edited volume The Armenian Social Democrat Hunchakian Party: Politics, Ideology and Transnational History published by @ibtauris and imprint of @BloomsburyPub in the @evn_report @SDHPArchive .
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Dear friends in Fresno, this Friday I am going to give a talk at @Fresno_State on my latest edited volume on Denial of Genocides published by @UnivNebPress. The talk is organized by the Armenian Studies Program. I hope to see you there. @unlcas @UNLincoln @UNLGLST
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My latest article on the #lachincorridor crisis just appeared in a special issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention @utpress called Nagorno-Karabakh and the #lachincorridor Crisis. Link to the article: @ZoryanInstitute @UNLincoln @unlcas @UNLHistory
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Below you can find my talk on my edited volume Denial of Genocides in the 21st Century published by @UnivNebPress. I also discussed the current situation in ARTSAKH via @YouTube organized by @NAASR@NAASR1955 @NAASR and @ArmenStudies.
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I will be giving a talk on the Armenian Genocide and Public Memory at The 2022 James A. Rawley Conference on WAR AND GENOCIDE @UNLHistory @UNL_HGSA.For the complete program see: .
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Coverage of Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century by @DeannGayman from @UNL_Today @UnivNebPress @BridgetRBarry @UNLHistory @unlcas .
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@ArmenStudies will start a Zoom-Lecture Series. The first lecture will be delivered Dr. Stephen Badalyan Riegg (Texas A&M University) on his latest book Russiaโs Entangled Embrace: The Tsarist Empire and the Armenians 1801-1914 (Cornell University Press, 2020).
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An excellent article by @BarbaSusan in today's @nybooks titled Armeniaโs Mortal Calculus. Thanks Susan for quoting me from my volume on Denial of Genocides via @nybooks @UnivNebPress @unlcas @UNLincoln @UNLHistory.
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My interview with @robbyref on Denial of Genocides in the Twenty First Century published by @UnivNebPress is now available on @NewBooksNetwork. @UNLHistory @unlcas @UNLincoln .
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Glad to see that Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century is one of the recommended books on @TheMarkazReview written by @MGeracoulis . Recommended Reading: Armenia Across Dislocation and Diaspora @UnivNebPress.
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Azerbaijanโs grand strategy to ethnically cleanse Karabakh Armenians via @YouTube a fantastic interview with @IrinaGhaplanyan. This is one of the best interviews I have seen on the topic. Kudos to you Irina!.
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Here is my interview with @ViewsParallax on the existential threat facing the Armenian Community of Jerusalem.
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Below you will find my talk on The Armenian Genocide: Origins, Factors and Repercussions - Bedross DerM. via @YouTube delivered on the 12th of July at the @TheWWImuseum.
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On this solemn day, I would like to share with you The Fall into the Abyss which is a short excerpt from the conclusion of my book covering Adana and the Armenian Genocide. It was published today in The Big Q. @stanfordpress.
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Happy to announce a new book series with I.B.Tauris, Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern Woโฆ' to @academia!
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Congrats to Vartan Matiossian for winning the 2023 Dr. Sona Aronian Armenian Studies Book Prize awarded by @NAASR1955 for his The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide, the inaugural book in my series with @ibtauris an imprint of @BloomsburyPub.
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Tonight I will deliver a lecture on The Armenian Genocide: Origins, Factors and Repercussions at the National World War I Museum @TheWWImuseum in Kansas City @KansasCity at 6:30pm CT. @UNLHistory.
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I just uploaded the transcript of my interview with David Barsamian, the host of Alternative Radio @Al_15210982789, on the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh to Academia. Here is the link:
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You can now listen to my interview on The Horrors of Adana that just appeared on the @NewBooksNetwork . The interview was conducted by historian Roberto Mazza @robbyref. @stanfordpress @UNLHistory .
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Der Matossian publishes Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century: @UnivNebPress @ArmenianWeekly @UNLHistory.
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The Society for Armenian Studies announces the release of Volume 28, Issue 2 (Fall 2022) of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS), on the theme of Armenian women in theater, cinema, and music.
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On their own accord? You are kidding me!!.
Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh continues. They are leaving on their own accord.
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Thank you @TYegavian for reviewing my series ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ with @ibtauris an imprint of @BloomsburyPub @BloomsburyBooks and its impact on the field of Armenian Studies.
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John Drobnicki's review of Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2023) in Choice 61, no. 3 (Nov. 2023): 360. via @academia @UNLincoln @UnivNebPress
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Please join us as we celebrate and remember the life and work of a monumental figure in modern Armenian history: Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian (1932-2023). Zoom Registration Link:. organized by @NAASR1955 and @ArmenStudies
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My interview with David Barsamian the host of @AltRadio on the #EthnicCleansing of #Artsakh and #denial of #genocides will be aired today at 10am ET on @KPFK. It will also be aired on 300 stations . @UNLincoln @unlcas @UnivNebPress @UNLHistory .
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An Important Development!. Group freezes Armenian Quarter role after TNA investigation
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One sentence sums it all:. "๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ, ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐". Coverage of my book talk on Denial of Genocides in the 21st C. at @Fresno_State in the @TheCollegian @UNLincoln @UnivNebPress @unlcas .
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If you missed my talk on Saturday, The Horrors of Adana via @YouTube please see below. Thanks to @NAASR1955 and @ArmenStudies for hosting it. Thanks to @ugur_umit_ungor for being the discussant! @stanfordpress.
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Below you will find Matthias Bjรธrnlund 's review of The Horrors of Adana that just appeared in the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022). @stanfordpress @UNL_HGSA .
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Very good interview with @hasmikegian on the Nagorno-Karabagh Conflict on @jadaliyya. Please share! . Quick Thoughts: Hasmik Egian on the Conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan via @jadaliyya.
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