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PRESS OFFICE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (E.)
630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Contact: Chris Zakian
Tel: (212) 686-0710; Fax: (212) 779-3558
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.armenianchurch.org
January 25, 2005
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DR. VAHAKN DADRIAN, WORLD'S LEADING SCHOLAR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, TO
RECEIVE "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" IN GALA BANQUET AT DIOCESAN CENTER
ON APR. 2
The Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America is proud to
announce that it will bestow a special Lifetime Achievement Award on Dr.
Vahakn N. Dadrian, the eminent scholar of the Armenian Genocide, during
a gala banquet on Saturday, April 2, 2005.
His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the Diocesan Primate, will
preside over the event and present the award to Dr. Dadrian, who is
considered to be the world's leading authority on the Genocide.
Through decades of study, and in a number of major publications, Dr.
Dadrian has not only documented the atrocities of the Genocide itself,
but has also shed critical light on the mechanics of organized
extermination employed by the Turkish government of the period, and has
detailed the sociological and legal consequences of state-sponsored
genocide.
A blue-ribbon program of speakers will be on hand to honor Dr. Dadrian
on this occasion.
Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation, will be one
of two main speakers.
Professor Stephen Feinstein, the distinguished Holocaust specialist at
the University of Minnesota, will also deliver an address.
Professor Peter Balakian, author of the Genocide memoir, "Black Dog of
Fate," and the best-selling historical account, "Burning Tigris," will
be master of ceremonies.
In addition, the banquet guests will view a multi-media presentation on
Dr. Dadrian's life and work, by the Zoryan Institute.
The Lifetime Achievement Award banquet honoring Dr. Vahakn Dadrian will
take place on Saturday, April 2, 2005, in the Haik and Alice Kavookjian
Auditorium of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (630 Second
Avenue, New York City). A reception starting at 6:30 p.m. will precede
the dinner and program at 7:30 p.m. The donation for this event is $125
per person, and tables of ten can be reserved for $1,250. Proceeds will
be used to establish a special fund in Dr. Dadrian's honor.
More information on the award banquet will be forthcoming; but
reservations can be made by calling the Diocese of the Armenian Church
of America (Eastern), at (212) 686-0710.
--1/25/05
PHOTO CAPTION: Dr. Vahakn N. Dadrian will be honored by the Eastern
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, which will bestow a special
Lifetime Achievement Award on the eminent scholar of the Armenian
Genocide at a gala banquet on Saturday, April 2, 2005.
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Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (E.)
630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Contact: Chris Zakian
Tel: (212) 686-0710; Fax: (212) 779-3558
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.armenianchurch.org
January 25, 2005
____________________
DR. VAHAKN DADRIAN, WORLD'S LEADING SCHOLAR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, TO
RECEIVE "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" IN GALA BANQUET AT DIOCESAN CENTER
ON APR. 2
The Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America is proud to
announce that it will bestow a special Lifetime Achievement Award on Dr.
Vahakn N. Dadrian, the eminent scholar of the Armenian Genocide, during
a gala banquet on Saturday, April 2, 2005.
His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the Diocesan Primate, will
preside over the event and present the award to Dr. Dadrian, who is
considered to be the world's leading authority on the Genocide.
Through decades of study, and in a number of major publications, Dr.
Dadrian has not only documented the atrocities of the Genocide itself,
but has also shed critical light on the mechanics of organized
extermination employed by the Turkish government of the period, and has
detailed the sociological and legal consequences of state-sponsored
genocide.
A blue-ribbon program of speakers will be on hand to honor Dr. Dadrian
on this occasion.
Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation, will be one
of two main speakers.
Professor Stephen Feinstein, the distinguished Holocaust specialist at
the University of Minnesota, will also deliver an address.
Professor Peter Balakian, author of the Genocide memoir, "Black Dog of
Fate," and the best-selling historical account, "Burning Tigris," will
be master of ceremonies.
In addition, the banquet guests will view a multi-media presentation on
Dr. Dadrian's life and work, by the Zoryan Institute.
The Lifetime Achievement Award banquet honoring Dr. Vahakn Dadrian will
take place on Saturday, April 2, 2005, in the Haik and Alice Kavookjian
Auditorium of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (630 Second
Avenue, New York City). A reception starting at 6:30 p.m. will precede
the dinner and program at 7:30 p.m. The donation for this event is $125
per person, and tables of ten can be reserved for $1,250. Proceeds will
be used to establish a special fund in Dr. Dadrian's honor.
More information on the award banquet will be forthcoming; but
reservations can be made by calling the Diocese of the Armenian Church
of America (Eastern), at (212) 686-0710.
--1/25/05
PHOTO CAPTION: Dr. Vahakn N. Dadrian will be honored by the Eastern
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, which will bestow a special
Lifetime Achievement Award on the eminent scholar of the Armenian
Genocide at a gala banquet on Saturday, April 2, 2005.
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