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NAASR PRESENTS TALK ON LEMKIN AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2011 - 13:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Association for Armenian Studies
and Research (NAASR) presents a talk by Khatchig Mouradian titled
"Raphael Lemkin and the Armenian Genocide in Light of New Research"
to take place on October 6, 2011, in Belmont, Mass.
By coining the word "genocide," formulating its meaning, and through
his lifelong struggle to render genocide a crime punishable by law,
Lemkin exercised a profound influence on the discourse on the Armenian
Genocide worldwide. In turn, from the mid-1940's, Armenian newspapers
embraced the term and engaged in discussions of the Genocide Convention
and its implications, contributing to Lemkin's efforts for the adoption
and ratification of the Convention.
Mouradian draws from a wealth of archival material - including Lemkin's
papers and newspapers articles published on three continents - to
examine the impact on Lemkin of the destruction of the Armenians
in the Ottoman Empire, Lemkin's influence on the public discourse
on the Armenian Genocide globally, and the role played by Armenian
journalists and activists in advancing Lemkin's cause. Within this
broader context, Mouradian zooms in on the cooperation between Armenian
intellectuals and Lemkin during the struggle for the ratification of
the Genocide Convention by the U.S. Mouradian's lecture will trace
the path from the sands of Der Zor to the conference halls of the UN
drafting committees and offices in Washington where a joint struggle
by Lemkin and his supporters was being waged against genocide and in
pursuit of justice for its victims, The Armenian Weekly reported.
Mouradian is a Ph.D. student at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and
Genocide Studies (Clark University) and the editor of the Armenian
Weekly. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the destruction of the
Armenians in the Syrian desert during the Armenian Genocide.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2011 - 13:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Association for Armenian Studies
and Research (NAASR) presents a talk by Khatchig Mouradian titled
"Raphael Lemkin and the Armenian Genocide in Light of New Research"
to take place on October 6, 2011, in Belmont, Mass.
By coining the word "genocide," formulating its meaning, and through
his lifelong struggle to render genocide a crime punishable by law,
Lemkin exercised a profound influence on the discourse on the Armenian
Genocide worldwide. In turn, from the mid-1940's, Armenian newspapers
embraced the term and engaged in discussions of the Genocide Convention
and its implications, contributing to Lemkin's efforts for the adoption
and ratification of the Convention.
Mouradian draws from a wealth of archival material - including Lemkin's
papers and newspapers articles published on three continents - to
examine the impact on Lemkin of the destruction of the Armenians
in the Ottoman Empire, Lemkin's influence on the public discourse
on the Armenian Genocide globally, and the role played by Armenian
journalists and activists in advancing Lemkin's cause. Within this
broader context, Mouradian zooms in on the cooperation between Armenian
intellectuals and Lemkin during the struggle for the ratification of
the Genocide Convention by the U.S. Mouradian's lecture will trace
the path from the sands of Der Zor to the conference halls of the UN
drafting committees and offices in Washington where a joint struggle
by Lemkin and his supporters was being waged against genocide and in
pursuit of justice for its victims, The Armenian Weekly reported.
Mouradian is a Ph.D. student at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and
Genocide Studies (Clark University) and the editor of the Armenian
Weekly. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the destruction of the
Armenians in the Syrian desert during the Armenian Genocide.