A struggle for genocide recognition : how the Aramean, Assyrian and Chaldean diaspora link past and present

This article analyzes how Arameans, Assyrian, and Chaldean communities in Western Europe organized their struggle for Sayfo (genocide) recognition and how narratives of the past are enacted in their campaign. The year 2015 provided a unique opportunity to study such diasporic communities' strategic uses of the past. Hundreds of centenary commemorations were organized all over the world. The authors have selected three that illustrate how the Sayfo recognition campaign was organized, and how its practitioners strategically use the past in their efforts.