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ARMENIANS of COLORADO
P.O. Box 13854
Denver, Colorado 80201
Website: www.armeniansofcolorado.org
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Kim Christianian, [email protected]
Telephone: (303) 588-5524
Denver, Colorado
Wednesday March 7, 2012
Award Winning Author-Poet Peter Balakian To Visit Colorado
For a Series of Educational Events
Peter Balakian will visit Colorado State University in Fort Collins to
read from his latest book of poems Ziggurat for the Creative Writing
Program Reading Series on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:30 PM. The
event will be held in the University Art Museum, University Center for
the Arts, 1400 Remington Street, in Fort Collins.
On Saturday March 10, 2012, 1:00-4:00 PM, Facing History And Ourselves
along with Armenians of Colorado Inc., will host a discussion-
workshop with Peter Balakian. The topic will be Why Studying the
Armenian Genocide Matters Today. This event will be held at the
Johnson & Wales Campus 7039 E. 18th Avenue, Aspen Hall 2nd Floor, Room
A220, Denver. For more information and to RSVP for the workshop
please visit www.facinghistory.org/offices/denver
On Sunday, March 11, 2012, 3:00-5:00PM, Armenians of Colorado Inc.,
will host a talk with Peter Balakian entitled Literary Memory and
Catastrophe: From the Armenian Genocide to 9/11... There will be a
book signing and introduction to his latest book of poems Ziggurat at
the Tattered Cover (Lodo) 1628 16th Street, Denver. A reception will
follow. All events are Free and open to the public.
Peter Balakian, Ph.D. is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar
Professor in Humanities at Colgate University. A poet and
award-winning author, Balakian is a leading scholar on the Armenian
Genocide and author of many books, including Black Dog of Fate: A
Memoir (Basic Books, 1997, 2009), The Burning Tigris: The Armenian
Genocide and America's Response (HarperCollins, 2003) and Armenian
Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, by Grigoris Balakian
(Translated by Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag; Ra
The lecture at the Tattered Cover, hosted by Armenians of Colorado,
Inc., will be part of the Armenian Genocide awareness and remembrance
events in Colorado that will include a commemoration program on
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 1:30PM at the State Capitol's Armenian
Genocide Memorial Plaque located in the NE quadrant of the State
Capitol grounds, Colfax and Grant. The annual Colorado state
resolution designating April 24 as Colorado Day of Remembrance of the
Armenian Genocide, will be read at length.
The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the Ottoman Turks during and
after WWI. It resulted in the complete extermination of modern
Turkey's indigenous Armenian population (1.5 million), and in the
annihilation of Armenian cultural artifacts dating back thousands of
years. The Turkish government to this day denies that the Armenian
Genocide ever happened despite scholars', historians', and most
western governments' published reports and archives affirming the
facts.
For additional information please contact Kim Christianian
303-588-5524. Armenians of Colorado, Inc. (AOC) was established in
June 1982. It is a 501(c) (3) non-profit, cultural organization
charged with a purpose to create a cohesive Armenian community and to
further the understanding of Armenian history, culture, and
heritage. AOC actively supports issues and concerns of the
Armenian-American community here in Colorado as well as those
identified within the Armenian Diaspora throughout the world. For more
information about Armenians of Colorado go to
www.armeniansofcolorado.org
P.O. Box 13854
Denver, Colorado 80201
Website: www.armeniansofcolorado.org
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Kim Christianian, [email protected]
Telephone: (303) 588-5524
Denver, Colorado
Wednesday March 7, 2012
Award Winning Author-Poet Peter Balakian To Visit Colorado
For a Series of Educational Events
Peter Balakian will visit Colorado State University in Fort Collins to
read from his latest book of poems Ziggurat for the Creative Writing
Program Reading Series on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:30 PM. The
event will be held in the University Art Museum, University Center for
the Arts, 1400 Remington Street, in Fort Collins.
On Saturday March 10, 2012, 1:00-4:00 PM, Facing History And Ourselves
along with Armenians of Colorado Inc., will host a discussion-
workshop with Peter Balakian. The topic will be Why Studying the
Armenian Genocide Matters Today. This event will be held at the
Johnson & Wales Campus 7039 E. 18th Avenue, Aspen Hall 2nd Floor, Room
A220, Denver. For more information and to RSVP for the workshop
please visit www.facinghistory.org/offices/denver
On Sunday, March 11, 2012, 3:00-5:00PM, Armenians of Colorado Inc.,
will host a talk with Peter Balakian entitled Literary Memory and
Catastrophe: From the Armenian Genocide to 9/11... There will be a
book signing and introduction to his latest book of poems Ziggurat at
the Tattered Cover (Lodo) 1628 16th Street, Denver. A reception will
follow. All events are Free and open to the public.
Peter Balakian, Ph.D. is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar
Professor in Humanities at Colgate University. A poet and
award-winning author, Balakian is a leading scholar on the Armenian
Genocide and author of many books, including Black Dog of Fate: A
Memoir (Basic Books, 1997, 2009), The Burning Tigris: The Armenian
Genocide and America's Response (HarperCollins, 2003) and Armenian
Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, by Grigoris Balakian
(Translated by Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag; Ra
The lecture at the Tattered Cover, hosted by Armenians of Colorado,
Inc., will be part of the Armenian Genocide awareness and remembrance
events in Colorado that will include a commemoration program on
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 1:30PM at the State Capitol's Armenian
Genocide Memorial Plaque located in the NE quadrant of the State
Capitol grounds, Colfax and Grant. The annual Colorado state
resolution designating April 24 as Colorado Day of Remembrance of the
Armenian Genocide, will be read at length.
The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the Ottoman Turks during and
after WWI. It resulted in the complete extermination of modern
Turkey's indigenous Armenian population (1.5 million), and in the
annihilation of Armenian cultural artifacts dating back thousands of
years. The Turkish government to this day denies that the Armenian
Genocide ever happened despite scholars', historians', and most
western governments' published reports and archives affirming the
facts.
For additional information please contact Kim Christianian
303-588-5524. Armenians of Colorado, Inc. (AOC) was established in
June 1982. It is a 501(c) (3) non-profit, cultural organization
charged with a purpose to create a cohesive Armenian community and to
further the understanding of Armenian history, culture, and
heritage. AOC actively supports issues and concerns of the
Armenian-American community here in Colorado as well as those
identified within the Armenian Diaspora throughout the world. For more
information about Armenians of Colorado go to
www.armeniansofcolorado.org