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    Armenian Genocide Commemorative Events

    Fresno State News (California State Univ, Fresno), CA
    April 20 2005

    Begin April 22 at Fresno State

    The Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization at
    California State University Fresno will commemorate the Armenian
    Genocide with events on Friday, April 22, and April 26. All events
    are free and open to the public.

    The commemoration marks the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the
    genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey.

    On Friday, April 22, events will begin at noon in the Free Speech
    area. A variety of invited guests and students will speak, followed by
    the placing of flowers on a model of the Armenian Martyr~Rs memorial
    in Yerevan, Armenia. The public is welcome to participate.

    At 7:30 p.m. that night, the film "Germany and the Secret Genocide"
    will make its Fresno premiere. It will be shown in McLane Hall,
    room 121, on the Fresno State campus. Directed and written by Dr. J.
    Michael Hagopian, the film documents Germany's relationship with
    Ottoman Turkey during the Armenian Genocide. The film showing will
    be followed by a candlelight vigil.

    On Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. James Reid will speak on
    "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Armenian Genocide Narratives"
    in the Alice Peters Auditorium, room 191 of the University Business
    Center on campus.

    Reid is the author of several books, including ~SCrisis of the
    Ottoman Empire: Prelude to Collapse, 1839-1878.~T From 2001-2003
    he was the director of the Vryonis Center, following 10 years as a
    senior research fellow at the center. He has written extensively on
    the Ottoman Empire and modern Greece. Reid holds a Ph.D. from the
    University of California at Los Angeles.

    His talk will examine the psychological responses of both survivors
    of genocide and the psyche of perpetrators, a topic he has been
    researching for more than 20 years.

    The lecture is co-sponsored by the Psychology Department at Fresno
    State and Armenian Students Organization. Parking will be relaxed in
    Lots A and J after 7 p.m. for the lecture.

    For more information on the events contact the Armenian Studies
    Program at (559) 278-2669.
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