Prof. Vahakn Dadrian OIA'de / Prof. Vahakn Dadrian at OIA
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OIA/Kultur Kolu, gecen cuma gecesi (11 Nisan 2003) Prof. Vahakn Dadrian'i, OIA Merkezinde konuk etti. Cok sayida dinleyicinin katildigi gecenin acilis konusmasi, OIA/Kultur Kolu Baskani, Dr. Ohannes K. Avedikian tarafindan yapildi. Dr. Avedikian konu ile ilgili kisa bir aciklamadan sonra, OIA/Hyeties Baskani, Sn. Jbid Cepkinyan'i sahneye davet etti. Sn Cepkinian basarili bir sekilde okudugu "Ghoghanch Yeghernagan" siiri ile uyelerden alkis topladi. Prof. Dadrian'in ozgecmisi ve calismalari hakkinda bilgi veren Dr. Avedikian, kendisini sahneye davet etti. Prof. Dadrian once OIA/Kultur Kolu uyelerine tesekkur etti, bu geceki konusmasini Ermenice yapacagindan dolayi cok sevincli oldugunu bildirdi. Konusmasina baslamadan evvel, kendisinin bir politikaci olmadigini, bir akademisyen oldugunu, tum konulari akademik dille anlatacagini bildirdi. Iki bolumden olusan konusmasinin ilk bolumunde: Osmanli-Modern Turkiye iliskisini ve Osmanli-Rus-Alman ve diger Avrupa ulkeleri arasindaki iliskilerle, Rus ve Alman devet arsivlerinden topladigi "Belgeler"ile Soykirimin baslangic etkinliklerini anlatti. Ikinci bolumde: Soykirim'in Uluslararasi kabulu ile ilgili bilimsel calismalari ve bu bolumun sonunda kisaca, Minnesota Universitesinde uc hafta once Ermeni ve Turk Tarihciler ile Bilimadamlari arasinda yapilan toplantiya degindi ve kendisinin cok etkilendigi, Murat Belge'nin Radikal Gazetesi'nde yayinlanan yazisi hakkindaki gorusleri ile son buldu. Salondakiler ayakta ve uzun alkislarla, geceki konusmadan memnun olduklarini Prof. Dadrian'a hissettirdiler. Ayakustu sohbetler ile devam eden gece, Prof. Dadrian'in Ermenice, Ingilizce ve Turkce Yayinlanan kitaplarinin satisi ve kendisinin imzalamasi ile son buldu.
Bes gun Los Angeles ta konuk olacak Prof. Dadrian, Pazar gunu de (dun) "Ararat Home" yaslilar evi "Eskijian Muzesi"nede ayni konuda Ingilizce konusma yapti.
Garbis Sarafian
Los Angeles
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On Friday evening, April 11, 2003, the OIA Cultural Committee hosted Prof. Vahakn Dadrian at its headquarters. Cultural Committee president Dr. Ohannes K. Avedikian began the evening by addressing the large audience. After briefly introducing the topic of the lecture, Dr. Avedikian invited OIA HyeTies president, Miss Jbid Cepkinian, to the podium. Her recital of "Ghoghanch Yeghernagan" drew a large ovation from the members in attendance. Dr. Avedikian continued with a brief summary of Prof. Dadrian's life and works and invited the distinguished scholar to the stage. Prof. Dadrian thanked the OIA and the Cultural Committee for the invitation and expressed his joy for having the opportunity to give the evening's lecture in Armenian. In the first of his two-part lecture, Prof. Dadrian spoke on the relationship between Ottoman and modern Turkey, the Ottoman-Russian-German relationship, and the relationship with other European nations. He supported his theories on the causes of the Genocide with documents he has examined in the Russian and German national archives. The second part of his lecture focused on efforts put forth toward international recognition of the Genocide. He also touched briefly on a symposium of Armenian and Turkish historians and scholars he attended three weeks before at the University of Minnesota. He concluded his lecture by mentioning an article by Murat Belge, published in the newspaper Radikal, which he found very influential. The audience showed its appreciation for Prof. Dadrian's lecture with a standing ovation. Discussion among audience members followed the lecture, and Prof. Dadrian closed the evening's program by signing his books--published in Armenian, English, and Turkish--for those in attendance.
Prof. Dadrian, whose visit to Los Angeles lasted five days, also gave his lecture in English at the Ararat Home Eskijian Museum on Sunday.
Translation by Murat Kazanci
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