Symposium - Wanted for the future - historical clarification! Armenians Turks and Europe in the shadow of World War I Zukunft braucht Geschichtsklärung: Armenier Türken und Europa im Schatten des Ersten Weltkriegs Basel 12-13 November 2005 Program Saturday 12 November Mitte Gerbergasse 30 4001 Basel 9.15 Introduction 9.25-10.25 Panel 1: The state of research on the Armenian catastrophe of 1915/16 - Raymond Kévorkian (Bibliothèque Nubar Paris): Hiérarchie des sources et problématiques nouvelles dans la recherche autour du génocide des Arméniens ottomans - Halil Berktay (Sabanci University Istanbul): Multiple layers of the Turkish nationalist discourse as seen through the prism of the recent ‘Ottoman Armenians’ conference in Istanbul 10.25-10.45: Break 10.45-12.30 Panel 2: The 1915 genocide: reception in literature and repercussions in Germany - Hülya Adak (Sabanci University Istanbul): The Armenian question in Turkish literature - Valentina Calzolari (Université de Genève): 1915 dans la littérature arménienne - Mike Joseph (Cardiff): The Personal Link. Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter: the personal link from genocide to Hitler -- Short presentation: Joni Kreutner (Zürich): Deutsches Judentum und die Rezeption der Armeniermorde 1896-1939 12.30-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.30 Panel 3: Coming to terms with the Armenian catastrophe - Hans-Lukas Kieser (University of Zurich): Armenians Turks and Europe in the shadow of World War I: Historiographical developments - Ayse Gül Altinay (Sabanci University Istanbul): Where did Ottoman Armenians go? Reconstructing a silenced History through stories - Gérard Libaridian (University of Michigan): What questions should we be asking today? 15.30-16.00 Break 16.00-17.30 Panel 4: Coming to terms with the Armenian genocide in the context of Europe and European history - Georg Kreis (Europainstitut Basel): Zur Strafbarkeit von Genozidleugnung vor dem Hintergrund der Genozide im Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg - Jakob Tanner (University of Zurich): The historian and the judge: The significance of the Armenian genocide for the 20th century - Micha Brumlik (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt): Katastrophen lernen . Zeitgeschichtliche Bildung und menschenrechtliche Sensibilisierung Snack (evening program see culturescapes) Sunday 13 November Mitte Gerbergasse 30 4001 Basel (next to the Marktplatz in the historical center of Basel) 9.45-10.30 Final discussion: Armenians Turks and Europe in the shadow of World War I 10.30-11.00 Break 11.00-12.30 Public discussion (auf Deutsch Gesprächsleitung: Georg Kreis): Der Völkermord und die Zukunft der Völker 12.30 Lunch