ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
YURI SUVARYAN
Academician- Secretary of the Division of Armenology and Social Sciences of NAS RA
ARAM SIMONYAN
Rector of Yerevan State University (YSU)
ASHOT MELKONYAN
Director of the Institute of History of NAS RA
RUBEN SAFRASTYAN
Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
ARARAT AGHASYAN
Director of the Institute of art of NAS RA
GEVORG POGHOSYAN
Director of the Institute of Philosophy,Sоciology and Law of NAS RA
AVETIK ISAHAKYAN
Director of M.Abeghyan Institute of Literature of NAS RA
ARMEN MARUKYAN
Head of Department of Armenian Question and Armenian Genocide history of Institute of History of NAS RA

OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE AND PLENARY SESSION 1 October 2014 10:00–12:00 Conference Hall of the Presidium of NAS RA Opening Speech Academician Radik Martirosyan, President of NAS RA Welcome Speech Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Eduard Nalbandyan Rector of Yerevan State University Aram Simonyan Presentations Ashot Melkonyan World War I – The Armenian Genocide: Reasons and Consequences. Ruben Safrastyan Development of the Program of Genocide of Armenians. Analysis of the Turkish Documents Alexandr Shubin Ottoman Campaign to the East in 1918 Amatouni Virabyan The Report on the Publication of Documents of National Archive of Armenia on The Armenian Genocide in Different Languages

Section Participation of the Armenians in World War I 1 October 2014 12:30–14:00 First Session Conference Hall of the Presidium of NAS RA Chairmen: Ruben Sahakyan, Edik Minasyan

1. Gegham Hovhannisyan, Activity of the Armenian National Parties in Small Armenia in World War I threshold

2. Ruben Sahakyan, Value of the Russian-Turkish Front in World War I

3. Haik Suqiasyan, Strategic Importance of the Armenian Uplands in Researches of the German Strategists

4. Gevorg Poghosyan, Social and Demographic Situation of Armenians during the World War I (Turkey and Western Armenia)

 5. Levon Shirinyan, Strategic Turn of Turkey on the Balkans, and the Destiny of the Western Armenia 6. Norair Sarukhanyan Reflection of World War I and the Armenian question in the “Armyansky Vestnik” weekly

Second Session 15:00–16:30

1. Karen Pahlevanyan, The Armenian Officers of the Western front of World War I Awarded by Awards оf St. George

2. Inga Avagyan, The Retreat of our Regiment (Memories of Hovhannes Hovhannissyan-Trchunyan)

3. Verjine Svazlian, The First World War According to the Testimonies of the Eyewitness Survivors

 4. Knarik Avakian Armenians of the USA during First World War

5. Seda Zargaryan, The armenian heroes awarded by St George's Crosses for shown bravery on fronts of World War I

6. Henrik Kharatyan, Irina Kasatskaya E.E. Vishinskiy, Participant of the First World War, and his Tracking List

7. Gevorg Stepanyan, The Battle of 1918 in Baku: Military operation and its Importance

Section Diplomatic Fight Around the Armenian Question During World War I 1 October 2014 12:30–14:00 First Session Conference Hall of the Institute of History of NAS RA Chairmen: Gegham Petrosyan, Vahan Baiburdyan

1. Gayane Makhmourian, Armenia and Armenian Question in the U. S. Policy of 1917-1918

2. Feliks Movsisyan, Armenia during the First World War in the Field of Russian Foreign Affairs

 3. Iakovos Z. Aktsoglou, Fighting by the pen and packing punches: aspects of the participation of Ottoman Turkey in World War I through the cartoons of a British magazine

4. Karen Hairapetyan, The Problem of Refugees in the Armenian-Turkish relationship in June-October, 1918.

 5. Lilit Hovhannisyan, The Interpretation of 1915-1916 Anglo-French-Russian Secret Negotiations in Post-soviet Armenian Historical Science

6. Tigran Tumanyan, World War I and the British interests in the Middle East

7. Hamo Sukiasyan, The Interpretation of Activity of the Armenian Delegation in Constantinople in June-November, 1918 in Diaries of Participants
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Section Reflection of World War I and the Armenian Genocide in the Armenian and World Art Literature and Art 1 October 2014 12:30–14:00 First Session Conference Hall of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA Chairmen: Ararat Aghasyan, Artsroun Avagyan

 1. Avik Isaakyan, Works of Avetik Isaakyan of World War I

2. Vahan Agababyan, Echoes of Genocide in Sero Khanzadyan’s “The Deads Remember” Novelette

3. Dadid Gasparyan, The Reflection of Armenian Genocide in the Works of American-Armenian Writers

4. Tatiana Rybalchenko, Armenian Code in the Novel of D.M. Thomas "Ararat"

5. Vladimir Kirakosyan, Tumanyan and World War I
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Second Session 15:00–16:30

1. Irina Kasatskaya, The First World War in the Creativity and Memories of the Descendants of I.K. Ayvazovskiy

2. Anoush Ter-Minasyan, The Role of the First World War in Scientific Fates Toros Toramanyan and Josef Strzygowski.

3. Meri Kirakosyan, Panos Terlemezyan and the First World War

4. Ara Akopyan, Vardan Makhokhyan and The Armenian Genocide

5. Susanna Abazyan, The Echos of the Armenian Genocide in the Modern Turkish Literature

Third Session Conference Hall of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA 2 October 2014 9:30–11:00

 1. Anna Asatryan, The Singer Colonel: Vahan Ter-Araqelyan

2. David Kertmenjian, The Travel Research of Walter Bachman and its Indication in the History of Armenian Architecture Studies

3. Albert Musheghyan, Reflection of the Armenian Genocide in Diaries of the German Officers-Eyewitnesses

4. Susanna Hovhannisyan, Tumanyan's Meetings with Officers of the Russian Army in the Years of World War I

5. Vardan Devrikyan, Records by the Russian Officers of Customs of Vaspurakan in the Years of World War I

Section Genocidal Policy of the Authorities of the Ottoman Empire During World War I 2 October 2014 9:30–11:00 Conference Hall of the Presidium of NAS RA Chairmen: Ruben Safrastyan, Ashot Airouni

1. Gevorg Khudinyan, The Reasons and Prerequisites of Genocide of Armenians from the Point of View of Modern Geopolitics

2. Stepan Stepanyan, Archival documents of Germany on the Armenian Genocide during World War I

3. Anahit Khosroeva, The Assyrian Massacres in the Ottoman Empire during WWI (1914-1918): Forgotten Genocide

4. Anushavan Zakaryan, The Testimony of the Russian Writer, the Witness of the 1918 Tragic Events of Baku

5. Armen Hayrapetyan, Western Armenian Migrants in the Province of Aleхandropol in 1914-1918

6. Karine Aleksanyan, The Assistance Provided by Public Institutions to Refugees Sheltered in the Province of Alexandropol during the First World War

Section Losses of the Armenian People in World War I and Compensation Problem 2 October 2014 9:30–11:00 Conference Hall of the Institute of History of NAS RA Chairmen: Armen Marukyan, Mher Hovhannisyan

1. Khachatur Gasparyan, Gayane Ghazaryan, Tatevik Araqelyan, Lilit Mnatsakanyan, Armen Hovsepyan, About Research Study Related to the Transmission of the Armenian Genocide Psychological Trauma

 2. Anahit Astoyan, The Topic of Eхpropriation of Armenians During The Armenian Genocide in the Works of Turkish Historians

3. Armen Marukyan, Opportunities and prospects of preparation and presentation of the judicial claim in the International Court of Justice condemning The Armenian Genocide

4. Qristine Melqonyan, Problem of the Armenian Genocide in Documents of the Organizations of the Armenian Diaspora in 1945-1948.

PLENARY SESSION AND CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERANCE 2 October 2014 11:30–12:30 Conference Hall of the Presidium of NAS RA The Reports of the Chairmen of the Sections on the Results of Discussions Concluding Remarks Academician Radik Martirosyan, President of NAS RA