The Right of the 1st Night and Sexual Violence against Armenian Women in the Nineteenth Century

Anna Alexanian

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 6 a.m. (local) UCLA BUNCHE HALL, ROOM 10383 LEARN MORE & RSVP AT bit.ly/AGRP04-29-24   National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies. Throughout the nineteenth century, the Patriarchate in Constantinople and the Catholicos of all Armenians in Ējmiatsin received petitions and other correspondence from the Ottoman Armenian provinces that aimed to seek justice from the Ottoman government, which local administrations and courts were unable or unwilling to provide. These petitions described the details of all known episodes of violence or exploitation to which provincial Armenians…

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