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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TALK NOV. 4
Targeted News Service
November 1, 2011 Tuesday 1:49 AM EST
The University of South Florida issued the following news release:
On Nov. 4, noted Turkish-born scholar Taner Akcam headlines the
USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center's second annual
Armenian Studies symposium with a provocative topic: Turkish government
treatment of the Armenian Genocide (1915-23) in the name of national
security policy.
The keynote talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring USF
scholars Edward Kissi (Africana Studies), Rachel May (Institute for
the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean), and Steven C. Roach
(Government and International Affairs), and inviting audience
participation.
Akcam has spent the past 21 years critically examining Turkey's
historical treatment of the genocide. He is appreciated by the
Armenian community for shedding factual light on an oft-obscured
catastrophe. His November 4th talk seeks "to show that pitting
'national interest' against 'morality' as mutually exclusive is just
plain wrong."
This excerpt from an abstract of the Clark University professor's
November 4th talk presents a lesser-known facet of what most in the
U.S. think of as a modern democracy:
In a judgment in 2007 against two Turkish-Armenian journalists the
Turkish court stated that: "Talk about genocide, both in Turkey and
in other countries, unfavorably affects national security and the
national interest (of Turkey)." Due to this these national security
concerns, the court declared that the claim of genocide in 1915 is
not protected speech and "the use of these freedoms can be limited
in accordance with aims such as the protection of national security,
of public order, of public security".
The Politics of Genocide event takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday,
Nov. 4, in the USF Tampa Library's Grace Allen Room on the 4th floor.
It is free and open to the public. RSVP is appreciated but not
required.
By Eileen Thornton
From: Baghdasarian
Targeted News Service
November 1, 2011 Tuesday 1:49 AM EST
The University of South Florida issued the following news release:
On Nov. 4, noted Turkish-born scholar Taner Akcam headlines the
USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center's second annual
Armenian Studies symposium with a provocative topic: Turkish government
treatment of the Armenian Genocide (1915-23) in the name of national
security policy.
The keynote talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring USF
scholars Edward Kissi (Africana Studies), Rachel May (Institute for
the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean), and Steven C. Roach
(Government and International Affairs), and inviting audience
participation.
Akcam has spent the past 21 years critically examining Turkey's
historical treatment of the genocide. He is appreciated by the
Armenian community for shedding factual light on an oft-obscured
catastrophe. His November 4th talk seeks "to show that pitting
'national interest' against 'morality' as mutually exclusive is just
plain wrong."
This excerpt from an abstract of the Clark University professor's
November 4th talk presents a lesser-known facet of what most in the
U.S. think of as a modern democracy:
In a judgment in 2007 against two Turkish-Armenian journalists the
Turkish court stated that: "Talk about genocide, both in Turkey and
in other countries, unfavorably affects national security and the
national interest (of Turkey)." Due to this these national security
concerns, the court declared that the claim of genocide in 1915 is
not protected speech and "the use of these freedoms can be limited
in accordance with aims such as the protection of national security,
of public order, of public security".
The Politics of Genocide event takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday,
Nov. 4, in the USF Tampa Library's Grace Allen Room on the 4th floor.
It is free and open to the public. RSVP is appreciated but not
required.
By Eileen Thornton
From: Baghdasarian