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РусскийArmenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration Events in Norway
Oslo – This year marks the 100th year since the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey of 1915-1923. The Armenian Genocide, first genocide of the 20th century, was planned and carried out by the “Young Turk” government of Ottoman Turkey in 1915 (with subsidiaries to 1922-23). One and a half million Armenians were killed on their ancestral lands. The Armenian genocide is considered one of the three archetypes of what constitutes a genocide by Norwegian and international historians.
Events and initiatives marking the centennial are being held around the world throughout the year of 2015. Leaders from around the world including French President Hollande and Pope Francis will gather in capital of Armenia on April 24, to commemorate this event. The Armenian Cultural Association in Norway is pleased to present various commemorative events marking the centennial in Norway. Events on such a solid scale in Norway signal that the country and the people of great explorer, scientist and humanist – an outstanding advocate for the rights for the Armenian people – Fridtjof Nansen, carry on his mission and demand that justice be served.
The events organized by Norwegian Church’s cultural agency Kirkelig Kulturverksted include a film screening, photo exhibition, theater performances, a cultural workshop, a concert and a panel discussion on political aspects of denial within the prestigious annual Red Zone Festival, happening this week. The Holocaust Senteret (Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities) is also central in marking the centennial in Norway. It has already organized a film screening and public lecture, hosted a commemoration concert by world’s oldest string quartet from Armenia – the Komitas Quartet. Holocaust Senteret is hosting an instrumental international conference, later this week, with the participation of some of the biggest names in studies of genocide, including Taner Akçam (Clark University, USA), Matthias Bjørnlund (Danish Institute for Study Abroad), Sigurd Sverre Stangeland (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Vahé Tachjian (The Houshamadyan Project, Germany), Uğur Ümit Üngör (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands), Seyhan Bayraktar (USA), Yair Auron (The Open University of Israel), Anton Weiss-Wendt (Holocaust Senteret, Norway), Baard Larsen (Civita, Norway).
In city of Stavanger, on February 25, a discussion on the Armenian Genocide was arranged within the Global Morgen event series, with Turkey’s leading human rights activist Ragıp Zarakolu (now in exile in Sweden). The event series are organized by Internasjonalt kulturnettverk, ICORN and UN Association in Rogaland province.
The Armenian Cultural Association in Norway will present updated information on these and other forthcoming commemorations in Norway on its website at www.armenia.no. There is also a Facebook Page, to present forthcoming events in Norway and key developments around the centennial commemorations around the world at facebook.com/folkemord1915.
Note that the list presented below does not include all the commemorative events planned in Norway. Information about events planned by the Cultural Association and the Armenian Apostolic Church Society will be presented after a number of technical details are finalized.
The Armenian Cultural Association in Norway is devoted to promoting Armenian culture and traditions in Norway, and to strengthen bonds between the two countries, cultures and peoples. For further information on the Armenian Cultural Association in Norway and its activities check www.armenia.no or email: info@armenia.no.
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March 3 – 7, 14:00 – 20:00 – EXHIBITION: “Images from Anatolia”
Opening March 3 at 12:00
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
Photos from Armenian ruins in East Anatolia by the Polish photographer Magdalena Madra
Place: Kulturkirken Jakob, Jakobs Brønn (the crypt), Oslo
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Entrance: Free
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 3, 19:30 – CONCERT: “A hundred years of oblivion”
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
Music Freedom Day, Featuring:
Elias Akselsen, (Norway), Murat İçlinalça and Ashug Leyli (Armenia)
Dengbesz Kazo and Deng Bej Gazin (Anatolia), Marjan Vahdat (Iran)
Place: Kulturkirken Jakob
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Tickets: 250NOK, Student: 200NOK
Purchase at: https://www.billettservice.no/
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 4, 17:00 – Film Screening: ”Grandma’s Tattoos”
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
Director Suzanne Khardalian from Sweden will present the movie
The documentary film “Grandma’s Tatoos” shows the fates of women during the aftermaths of the genocide.
Place: Kulturkirken Jakob
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Tickets: 150NOK, Student: 100NOK
Purchase at: https://www.billettservice.no/
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 4, 20:00 – THEATRE: ”Armine, Sister”
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
With Teatr Zar, Directed by founding leader of Teatr ZAR: Jarosław Fret
Performance by Teatr ZAR, which mirrors the Armenian genocide through a wordless, densified theater play. These three performances are the first in Scandinavia. Through their work Teatr ZAR centers on the history of ignorance that feeds on inaction and leads to inaction among today’s Europeans. The history of ignorance also includes the social story of building an accord of silence around each act of violence.
Place: Kanonhallen, Oslo
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Tickets: 400NOK, Student: 300NOK
Purchase at: https://www.billettservice.no/
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 5, 15:00 – WORK DEMONSTRATION: “The making of Armine Sister”
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
By Teatr ZAR and the director Jarosław Fret
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Place: Kulturkirken Jakob
Tickets: 50NOK
Purchase at: http://www.billettservice.no/
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 5, 20:00 – THEATRE: ”Armine, Sister”
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
With Teatr Zar, Directed by founding leader of Teatr ZAR: Jarosław Fret
Performance by Teatr ZAR, which mirrors the Armenian genocide through a wordless, densified theater play. These three performances are the first in Scandinavia. Through their work Teatr ZAR centers on the history of ignorance that feeds on inaction and leads to inaction among today’s Europeans. The history of ignorance also includes the social story of building an accord of silence around each act of violence.
Place: Kanonhallen, Oslo.
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Tickets: 400NOK, Student: 300NOK
Purchase at: https://www.billettservice.no/
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 6, 10:00-16:00 – International Conference: The Armenian Genocide and the Politics of Denial
The conference maps the state of current research on the Armenian genocide and grasps with a broader question of denial. Among presenters are distinguished researchers Taner Akçam (Clark University, USA), Matthias Bjørnlund (Danish Institute for Study Abroad), Sigurd Sverre Stangeland (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Vahé Tachjian (The Houshamadyan Project, Germany), Uğur Ümit Üngör (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands), Seyhan Bayraktar (Independent scholar, USA), Yair Auron (The Open University of Israel), Anton Weiss-Wendt (HL-senteret, Norway), Bård Larsen (Civita, Norway)
Place: Holocaust Senteret, Oslo
Organiser: Holocaust Senteret (The Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities)
Entrance: Free
Registration: arrangement@hlsenteret.no,
More info: http://www.hlsenteret.no/
March 6, 17.30 – DISCUSSION: ”Forgotten by the world, the selective memory of the West”.
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
Discussion with Ara Sarafian the founding director of the Gomidas Institute in London and historian Bård Larsen from Civita, Oslo and freelance journalist Frida Sebina Skatvik from Oslo.
Place: Kulturkirken Jakob
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Entrance: Free
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
http://red-zone.no/program-
March 6, 20:00 – THEATRE: ”Armine, Sister”
Part of Red Zone 2015 Program
With Teatr Zar, Directed by founding leader of Teatr ZAR: Jarosław Fret
Performance by Teatr ZAR, which mirrors the Armenian genocide through a wordless, densified theater play. These three performances are the first in Scandinavia. Through their work Teatr ZAR centers on the history of ignorance that feeds on inaction and leads to inaction among today’s Europeans. The history of ignorance also includes the social story of building an accord of silence around each act of violence.
Place: Kanonhallen, Oslo
Organiser: Kirkelig Kulturverkstad (Norwegian Church’s Cultural Agency)
Tickets: 400NOK, Student: 300NOK
Purchase at: https://www.billettservice.no/
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/
More info: http://red-zone.no/program-
