Unpacking Armenian Studies4 Jun 2021

Unpacking Armenian Studies with Dr. Ümit Kurt

Economics of genocide — Dr. Ümit Kurt, a historian of the modern Middle East, provides a rare look at economic factors as both cause and consequence of genocide. How and why did neighbors turn on neighbors? Because the financial incentives were great. Kurt, born in Aintab (Gaziantep), writes on the economics of genocide in his hometown.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

Publications:

The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021)

Co-edited with Ara Sarafian, Armenians and Kurds in the Late Ottoman Empire (CA: The Press California State University Fresno, 2020).

Antep 1915: Soykırım ve Failler (Istanbul: İletişim, September 2018).

"The Political Micro-Economy of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1922," Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, vol. 20, no. 6, 2018, pp. 618-638.

"Theatres of Violence on the Ottoman Periphery: Exploring the Local Roots of Genocidal Policies in Antep," Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 20, issue 3, 2018, pp. 351-371.

"The Curious Case of Ali Cenani Bey: The Story of a Génocidaire," Patterns of Prejudice, vol. 52, issue 1, 2018, pp. 58-77.

The Spirit of the Laws: The Plunder of Wealth in the Armenian Genocide, co-authored with Taner Akçam (New York: Berghahn Books, 2017).

"Revisiting the Legal Infrastructure for Confiscation of the Armenian and Greek Wealth: A Political-Economic Analysis of the CUP Years and the Early Modern Republic," Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 53, issue 5, 2017, pp. 700-723.

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