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SETIAN TO LECTURE AT NAASR ON 'HUMANITY IN MIDST OF INHUMANITY'
Weekly Staff
July 24, 2012
BELMONT, Mass.-On Thurs., Aug. 9, Dr. Shahkeh Setian will discuss
her book Humanity in the Midst of Inhumanity, which provides stories
submitted by 16 descendants of survivors who were saved by Muslims
during the Armenian Genocide.
In Humanity, Setian graphically presents the vicious treatment of
the victims, conveying the horrors committed by government officials
and out-of-control citizens in order to illustrate that the victims
of the genocide were not simply numbers but were breathing, living,
women, men, and children.
Some brave Muslims-Turks, Kurds, and Arabs-risked their lives to
save Armenians. Humanity features many stories of such individuals,
as well as missionaries and others who came to the aid of suffering
Armenians. Despite the threat by the government against such actions,
brave individuals acted out of their humanity. Lives were saved,
but a nation was lost.
The daughter of genocide survivors, Setian is a graduate of the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has three children and
five grandchildren and lives in Cape Cod. She lived for a year as an
independent volunteer in post-war Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh). She
has taught at Springfield College, Cape Cod Community College, and
Artsakh State University, and has facilitated workshops and presented
talks about genocide, injustice, and values.
The talk is free and open to the public. It begins at 8 p.m. at the
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center,
on 395 Concord Ave. in Belmont. For more information, call NAASR at
(617) 489-1610 or e-mail [email protected].
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/07/24/setian-to-lecture-at-naasr-on-humanity-in-midst-of-inhumanity/
Weekly Staff
July 24, 2012
BELMONT, Mass.-On Thurs., Aug. 9, Dr. Shahkeh Setian will discuss
her book Humanity in the Midst of Inhumanity, which provides stories
submitted by 16 descendants of survivors who were saved by Muslims
during the Armenian Genocide.
In Humanity, Setian graphically presents the vicious treatment of
the victims, conveying the horrors committed by government officials
and out-of-control citizens in order to illustrate that the victims
of the genocide were not simply numbers but were breathing, living,
women, men, and children.
Some brave Muslims-Turks, Kurds, and Arabs-risked their lives to
save Armenians. Humanity features many stories of such individuals,
as well as missionaries and others who came to the aid of suffering
Armenians. Despite the threat by the government against such actions,
brave individuals acted out of their humanity. Lives were saved,
but a nation was lost.
The daughter of genocide survivors, Setian is a graduate of the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has three children and
five grandchildren and lives in Cape Cod. She lived for a year as an
independent volunteer in post-war Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh). She
has taught at Springfield College, Cape Cod Community College, and
Artsakh State University, and has facilitated workshops and presented
talks about genocide, injustice, and values.
The talk is free and open to the public. It begins at 8 p.m. at the
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center,
on 395 Concord Ave. in Belmont. For more information, call NAASR at
(617) 489-1610 or e-mail [email protected].
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/07/24/setian-to-lecture-at-naasr-on-humanity-in-midst-of-inhumanity/