Armenian Genocide Denial

The Armenian Genocide Denial Project at the NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study has brought together scholars from across disciplines for a series of discussions and workshops that will culminate in an edited volume on the denial of the Armenian genocide.

After holding several brainstorming sessions in Spring 2023, the Project invited 16 scholars to contribute chapters to the volume from historical, philosophical, sociological, and public policy perspectives.

Gothamist interviewed professors Paul Boghossian and Khatchig Mouradian, co-principal investigators of the Armenian Genocide Denial Program at GIAS, on details released in Mayor Eric Adams’s indictment that, upon Turkey’s demand, he refrained from issuing a statement on Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day. The link is available here.

Lectures, Conferences, and Workshops

• In Fall 2023, a virtual workshop was convened to discuss chapter abstracts submitted by the contributors.
• On August 26-27, 2024, the Armenian Genocide Denial Program at the NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study hosted a manuscript review workshop in New York City with the participation of 16 contributors. The scholars, who hailed from Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, and the U.S., reviewed draft chapters for a planned edited volume on genocide denial. Pictured here are the scholars who attended the workshop in person. The expected date of publication for the volume is 2026.

• On May 5, 2024, the “Music in Time of War: Debussy / Komitas” Album release concert was held at the NYU Kimmel Center. This public event included a piano performance by Kirill Gerstein, followed by a discussion featuring Kirill Gerstein, Annette Becker (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense), Khatchig Mouradian (Columbia University) and moderated by Paul Boghossian (NYU). Video from the event is available here. Co-sponsored by The Armenian Center at Columbia University.

• ‘Facts Are Stubborn Things’: How Denial Turns Facts Into Opinions and Erodes Truth, a public event co-sponsored with the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) was hosted on April 24, 2023. Coverage of the event in The Armenian Weekly is available here: Marc Mamigonian’s presentation at NYU addresses genocide denial and the erosion of truth.

Co-Principal Investigators: Paul Boghossian (Julius Silver Professor of Philosophy; Director, Global Institute for Advanced Study, NYU); Khatchig Mouradian (Lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University)