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LE MOYNE HOSTS TALK ON GENDER AND THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Targeted News Service
October 12, 2011 Wednesday 11:30 PM EST
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Le Moyne College issued the following news release:
Arlene Avakian will speak at Le Moyne College about "Gender and the
Armenian Genocide" on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. in the Reilley Room,
located in Reilly Hall.
Avakian's grandmother, Elmas Tutuian, was a victim and survivor of the
1915-23 Turkish genocide of the Armenians. Avakian saw her storytelling
as a narrative/performance through which her grandmother constructed
herself as a survivor, healing herself through it from the trauma
of genocide. Avakian analyzes the story from a psychological and
textual perspective, addressing the interaction between the teller
and the hearer.
Avakian is professor emeritus and former chair of the department of
women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst. She is the author of "Lion Woman's Legacy: An Armenian
American Memoir," editor of "Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore
the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking" and co-editor of "African
American Woman and the Vote 1937-1965." She holds a bachelor's degree
from Columbia University and a master's degree and doctorate from
the University of Massachusetts.
The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the
Center for Peace and Global Studies. For more information, call
(315) 445-4292.
Targeted News Service
October 12, 2011 Wednesday 11:30 PM EST
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Le Moyne College issued the following news release:
Arlene Avakian will speak at Le Moyne College about "Gender and the
Armenian Genocide" on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. in the Reilley Room,
located in Reilly Hall.
Avakian's grandmother, Elmas Tutuian, was a victim and survivor of the
1915-23 Turkish genocide of the Armenians. Avakian saw her storytelling
as a narrative/performance through which her grandmother constructed
herself as a survivor, healing herself through it from the trauma
of genocide. Avakian analyzes the story from a psychological and
textual perspective, addressing the interaction between the teller
and the hearer.
Avakian is professor emeritus and former chair of the department of
women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst. She is the author of "Lion Woman's Legacy: An Armenian
American Memoir," editor of "Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore
the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking" and co-editor of "African
American Woman and the Vote 1937-1965." She holds a bachelor's degree
from Columbia University and a master's degree and doctorate from
the University of Massachusetts.
The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the
Center for Peace and Global Studies. For more information, call
(315) 445-4292.