Tessa Hofmann (Savvidis) (born 15 December 1949, Bassum,

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n studies and sociology, PhD, research scholar at the

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Biography

She studied at the Department of Slavonic Languages and Literature, as well as Armenian studies and sociology at the

.Curriculum vitae
academic page. Hofmann is a member of the

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. She is the chairperson of reorganized Working Group “Affirmation” – Against Genocide, for Reconciliation. She is an active participant in the international initiative “Speaking with one voice!” for the recognition of the

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, Aramean and

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. Hofmann is the author of over a dozen books on Armenian history and culture. She is an honorary professor at the

Hrachia Acharian Hrachia Acharian ( hy, Հրաչեայ Աճառեան, reformed spelling: Հրաչյա Աճառյան ; 8 March 1876 – 16 April 1953) was an Armenian linguist, lexicographer, etymologist, and philologist. An Istanbul Armenian, Acharian stu ...

University, Yerevan (2002). Hofmann is the editor of ''Takibat, Tehcir Ve İmha'' (2013), the Turkish edition of the original German collective monograph (2004; 2nd, rev. ed. 2007) on the

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against Christians during the last decade of Ottoman rule.Yeni Çıkanlar - Takibat, Tehcir Ve İmha (in Turkish)
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Publications

* ''Persecution, Expulsion and Annihilation of the Christian population in the Ottoman Empire, 1912-22'' *
Annihilation, Impunity, Denial: The Case Study of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire (1915/16) and Genocide Research in Comparison
" Lecture in Japan at the "Comparative Genocide Studies", University of Tokyo, 27 March 2004. *
Armenians in Turkey today: a critical assessment of the situation of the Armenian minority in the Turkish Republic
. Brussels, 2002.

References

External links

Tessa Hofmann - Islamisierung Syriens mithilfe der USA und Europas Der Kosmopolit 3. August 2012
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofmann, Tessa 1949 births Living people People from Diepholz (district) Armenian studies scholars German women historians 20th-century German historians 21st-century German historians