Khatchig Mouradian

“Any interaction that involves the Turkish government will inevitably lead to requests similar to what we read in the case of Mayor Adams,” said Khatchig Mouradian, a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University, and the co-principal investigator of NYU's Armenian Genocide Denial Project. Mouradian said Armenian genocide denial “has been a priority for Turkish foreign policy for decades,” and involves pressuring legislative bodies at the city, state and congressional levels “to not pass any resolutions commemorating the Armenian Genocide.” In other instances, he said, pressure has involved litigation by Turkish American groups against universities. “What happened in New York is actually not an aberration,” he said. “In this particular case, it happened to be a high-profile case.” gothamist.com/news/ny-skies-…

The ANCA Kasparian Summer Academy Session 2 participants toured @librarycongress (LOC) vast Armenian collection with Armenia and Georgia Specialist Dr. Khatchig Mouradian. They also had the wonderful opportunity to meet and have lunch with both Dr. Mouradian and former LOC Armenia and Georgia Specialist Dr. Levon Avdoyan. Under the leadership of Dr. Avdoyan and Dr. Mouradian, the LOC Armenian collection has grown from some 7000 Armenian-related articles to over 45,000, of which over 16,000 are in Armenian. Visit anca.org/youth to learn more about the ANCA's suite of youth empowerment programs, including the Leo Sarkisian Internship Program, Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program, Maral Melkonian Avetisyan fellowship, ANCA Rising Leaders Program, Lucine Kouchakdjian Capitol Hill Days, and the Haroutioun & Elizabeth Kasparian Summer Academy. #ANCASummer