Vicken Babkenian

Vicken Babkenian is an independent researcher for the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He is the co-author (with Professor Peter Stanley) of Armenia, Australia and the Great War (NewSouth Publishing 2016) - shortlisted for 2 major Australian history awards.
History

Frances Willard: Armenia’s Angel on Capitol Hill

Inside the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., each state is represented by a statue of…

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Literary Corner

The Making of ‘Armenia, Australia and the Great War’

On April 25, 1915, just a day after the mass arrest of Armenian leaders in the capital of the Ottoman…

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Film

Before ‘Ravished Armenia’…

When the American-made motion picture Ravished Armenia was released in 1919, it became the first film to tell the story…

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Opinion

America’s Chosen Executives Help Save Lives of Armenian Children

The end of the First World War brought to a conclusion what had been regarded at the time as the…

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Opinion

Hollywood’s First Celebrity Humanitarian that America Forgot

A story that made the rounds in Hollywood in the 1960’s told of how a little girl who had been…

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Opinion

Cuba, China, Korea, Hawaii and the Armenian Genocide

The Forgotten Global Humanitarian Response While America’s response to the Armenian Genocide has in recent years gained increased attention thanks…

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Opinion

Japan and the Armenian Genocide

A Forgotten International Humanitarian Relief Episode The devastation and immense human suffering caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti resulted…

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