A discussion by authors of a new book in the series Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches, edited by J. Laycock and F. Piana .
‘Aid to Armenia’ critically examines the history of humanitarianism and intervention on behalf of Armenia and Armenians from the late nineteenth century to the post-Soviet era. Analyzing a diverse set of case studies, the volume shows how the case of Armenia and the Armenians informs histories of humanitarianism and, in turn, how the history of humanitarianism illuminates the history of Armenia.
The co-editors, Jo Laycock and Francesca Piana, will introduce the book, followed by contributors Sossie Kasbarian on responses to Syrian Armenian refugees in the Republic of Armenia and Laurence Broers on politics of peacebuilding in the context of the recent dramatic events in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Speaker Bio’s
Laurence Broers is an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs at Chatham House and co-editor-in-chief of the triannual journal Caucasus Survey. He is the author of Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry (Edinburgh University Press, 2019).
Sossie Kasbarian is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Stirling. She specialises in Middle East Politics and Diaspora Studies. She is co-editor of Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies.
Jo Laycock is Senior Lecturer in Migration and Diaspora History at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Imagining Armenia: Orientalism, Ambiguity and Intervention, 1879–1925 (Manchester University Press, 2009). Her current research focuses on refugee relief and resettlement in Soviet Armenia.
Francesca Piana is a historian of European and international history. She holds a PhD in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Her research includes the history of internationalism, humanitarian aid, migration, and gender in twentieth-century Europe.
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