PRESS RELEASE
Department of Armenian Studies, Haigazian University
Beirut, Lebanon
Contact: Ara Sanjian
Tel: 961-1-353011
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/
HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
invites to a lecture on
The Armenian Genocide and the Comparative Dimension of Denial
(in English)
by
Henry C. Theriault
(Worcester State College)
Friday, April 30, 2004 - 7:30 p.m.
Haigazian University Auditorium - Kantari, Beirut
N.B. Please accept this message as a personal invitation.
Henry C. Theriault has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of
Massachusetts. He serves as Assistant Professor of philosophy at
Worcester State College (Massachusetts, USA), where he also coordinates
the College's Center for the Study of Human Rights. His research focuses
on genocide nationalism, and the philosophy of history, with particular
emphasis on issues of genocide denial. His publications include
'Universal Social Theory and the Denial of Genocide: Norman Itzkowitz
Revisited' in Journal of Genocide Research (June 2001) and 'Free Speech
and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide' in Richard G. Hovannisian
(ed.), Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Confronting the Armenian
Genocide (2003). This, Henry C. Theriault's first lecture tour in
Lebanon, was initiated by the Lebanese-Armenian Heritage Club of the
American University of Beirut.
Haigazian University is a liberal arts institution of higher learning,
established in Beirut in 1955. For more information about its activities
you are welcome to visit its web-site at <http://www.haigazian.edu.lb> .
For additional information on the activities of its Department of
Armenian Studies, contact Ara Sanjian at <[email protected]>
Department of Armenian Studies, Haigazian University
Beirut, Lebanon
Contact: Ara Sanjian
Tel: 961-1-353011
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/
HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
invites to a lecture on
The Armenian Genocide and the Comparative Dimension of Denial
(in English)
by
Henry C. Theriault
(Worcester State College)
Friday, April 30, 2004 - 7:30 p.m.
Haigazian University Auditorium - Kantari, Beirut
N.B. Please accept this message as a personal invitation.
Henry C. Theriault has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of
Massachusetts. He serves as Assistant Professor of philosophy at
Worcester State College (Massachusetts, USA), where he also coordinates
the College's Center for the Study of Human Rights. His research focuses
on genocide nationalism, and the philosophy of history, with particular
emphasis on issues of genocide denial. His publications include
'Universal Social Theory and the Denial of Genocide: Norman Itzkowitz
Revisited' in Journal of Genocide Research (June 2001) and 'Free Speech
and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide' in Richard G. Hovannisian
(ed.), Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Confronting the Armenian
Genocide (2003). This, Henry C. Theriault's first lecture tour in
Lebanon, was initiated by the Lebanese-Armenian Heritage Club of the
American University of Beirut.
Haigazian University is a liberal arts institution of higher learning,
established in Beirut in 1955. For more information about its activities
you are welcome to visit its web-site at <http://www.haigazian.edu.lb> .
For additional information on the activities of its Department of
Armenian Studies, contact Ara Sanjian at <[email protected]>