S1E38: Feminism of A Stateless People: Why Armenian Feminism's High Point Was After the Genocide and In Istanbul
Description
►What is Armenian feminism?
►Was there such a thing as Armenian feminism without Armenian nationalism?
►Why did Armenian feminism flourish in Istanbul? And why after the Armenian genocide?
►Were Armenians more educated than their Muslim counterparts?
►Was the Armenian feminist movement similar to its Western counterparts?
►Why does the denial of the Armenian genocide persist in Türkiye?
►How was the past, with all its dark chapters, empowering for Armenian feminists?
🚩About my guest:
Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu is a professor of history at MIT and the Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program there.
She has published extensively, including the following:
- A Cry for Justice: Five Armenian Feminist Writers from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic, and
- Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey .
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🎶Music attributions:
1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/
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2. Background music:
The Desert | The Grand Score
The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
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3. Background music:
The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music
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