When We Dead Awaken: Australia, New Zealand, and the Armenian Genocide

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On April 24th 1915 Armenian intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire were arrested en masse marking the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. The following day, April 25th 1915, saw the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing at Gallipoli. This book draws the connections between these two landmark historical events- the genocide of the minority Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire and the Anzac soldiers who fought at Gallipoli during World War I. Through eye witness accounts of Anzac soldiers witnessing the genocide, to a history of the Australasian involvement in the international Armenian relief campaign, and enduring discussions around genocide recognition, James Robins explores the international political implications that this unexplored history still has today.On April 24th 1915 Armenian intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire were arrested en masse marking the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. The following day, April 25th 1915, saw the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing at Gallipoli. This book draws the connections between these two landmark historical events- the genocide of the minority Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire and the Anzac soldiers who fought at Gallipoli during World War I. Through eye witness accounts of Anzac soldiers witnessing the genocide, to a history of the Australasian involvement in the international Armenian relief campaign, and enduring discussions around genocide recognition, James Robins explores the international political implications that this unexplored history still has today.
James Robins is an award-winning journalist, critic, and columnist whose work regularly appears in The New Zealand Listener and The New Zealand Herald. He has also written recently for the Spectator and the Guardian. He is also the Managing Editor of TheBigQ.org, part of the University of Auckland's Project for Public Interest Media, and host of the weekly series The Great Crime- A Podcast History of the Armenian Genocide. In August 2018, James spoke at the New Zealand Parliament alongside the pioneering Turkish intellectual Taner Ak am.