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    PRESS RELEASE

    Thursday, July 7, 2011

    Renowned Historian Raymond Kevorkian Receives 2010 Armenian
    Presidential Award, Completes North American Tour

    On May 30, 2011, renowned historian Raymond Kevorkian was awarded the
    2010 Armenian Presidential Awards at a ceremony that took place at the
    Presidential Palace in Yerevan, Armenia. Kevorkian, along with
    world-renowned genocide expert Dr. Israel Charny, was honored for his
    contribution to the international recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide.

    The book, "The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History," by Raymond
    Kevorkian, a lecturer at the Institute Français de Géopolitique,
    University of Paris, and director of the AGBU Nubarian Library in
    Paris, gives an authoritative account of the origins, events and
    consequences of the Armenian Genocide. It has been embraced in
    European academic circles as providing a new understanding to many
    previously unexamined sources on the Armenian Genocide. In it,
    Kevorkian considers the role played by the Armenian Genocide in the
    construction of the Turkish nation state and Turkish identity, as well
    as exploring the ideologies of power, rule, and state
    violence. Crucially, he examines the consequences of the violence
    against the Armenians, the implications of the deportations, and the
    attempts to bring those who committed the atrocities to
    justice. Following the book's recent translation into English, the
    author embarked on a North American book tour, which began on May 3
    and continued until May 13, with stops in Toronto, Montreal, Los
    Angeles, Silicon Valley, Detroit and New York. All the lectures were
    given in Armenian, and over 600 people came to hear Kevorkian speak
    during the tour.

    2010 Presidential Award Honorees

    In addition to Kevorkian and Charny, a number of other individuals in
    the fields of arts, humanities, medicine, physics, and technology also
    received Presidential Prizes. Winners included Martin Grigorian and
    Artsrun Sarkissian (Natural Sciences); Haroutyun Terzian (Technical
    Sciences and IT); Haroutyun Khatchatrian, Mickael Stamboltsian, Rouben
    Khatchatrian, Vrezh Petrossian, and Karen Tsaturian (Arts); Andranik
    Petrossian and Armen Vardanian (Medical Sciences); Armen Nersessian,
    Tigran Hakobian, Vadim Ohanian, and Vahagn Eghikian (Physics); Vardan
    Hakobian (Literature); and Argam Ayvazian (Humanitarian Sciences).

    Recipients of the Presidential Youth Award 2010 included Vahe Hakobian
    (Arts and Cinema); Lilit Karapetian and Haroutyun Hovakimian
    (Literature); and Arman Manassian (Music). Republic of Armenia
    President Serzh Sargsyan presented the awards to the winners.

    In his address to the honorees of the 2010 Presidential Awards,
    President Sargsyan stressed that their scientific and artistic
    achievements represented the achievements of Armenia and the Armenian
    people. "People should know about deserving individuals and deeds
    through this kind of high esteem. By giving awards we, as a state and
    as a society, demonstrate our standards, expectations and our value
    system," he said. "Our public at large should learn about
    accomplishments and worthy people through the signs of recognition."

    Sargsyan went on to single out Raymond Kevorkian's achievements. "Time
    constraints don't allow me to mention one by one the merits of all
    winning works submitted and the individuals behind each one. However,
    I ought to speak about works which have political significance and
    resonance. I am talking particularly about the works aimed at the
    international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and those which
    confront its denial, activities of the scholar of international
    standing Israel Charny and of Raymond Kevorkian," he said.

    Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
    non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
    preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
    educational, cultural and humanitarian program, annually touching the
    lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the world.

    For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please
    visit www.agbu.org.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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