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GENOCIDE SCHOLARS CALLS FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ZORYAN INSTITUTE
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 15, 2012 - 10:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 50 international scholars of Genocide and
Diaspora Studies have issued a formal statement, which appeared in the
latest issue of the journal Genocide Studies and Prevention (Vol. 6,
No. 3), endorsing the work of the Zoryan Institute in systematically
combating the policy of denial by the Turkish State and keeping
the truth of the Armenian Genocide at the forefront of attention
of scholars, educators, opinion and policy-makers, and the public
at large.
"We wish to express publicly our great appreciation for the
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies and
its parent organization, the Zoryan Institute, for their thirty
years of academic work in the field of genocide and human rights
studies. In the face of the continuing problem of genocide in the
twenty-first century, the Institute is to be commended for its service
to the academic community and is recognized by scholars for providing
leadership and a support structure in promoting the cause of universal
human rights and the prevention of genocide. We urgently call upon all
foundations and organizations worldwide concerned with these issues,
as well as individuals committed to preventing this heinous crime,
to provide financial support for this world class academic institution.
If the Institute is to continue its invaluable scholarly and
educational undertakings, it must secure its financial foundation
by raising funds for an endowment and its annual operations," the
declaration says.
"For the past thirty years, the Institute has maintained an ambitious
program to collect archival documentation, conduct original research,
and publish books and periodicals. It also conducts university-level
educational programs in the field of Genocide and Human Rights
Studies, taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach in its
examination of the Jewish Holocaust, the Cambodian Genocide, and the
Rwandan Genocide, among others, using the Armenian Genocide as a point
of reference. In the process, using the highest academic standards,
the Institute has strived to understand the phenomenon of genocide,
establish the incontestable, historical truth of the Armenian Genocide
and raise awareness of it among academics and opinion-makers."
"We appeal to the global community, foundations, organizations,
business leaders, and national and international institutions to
show their tangible and generous support for this highly respected
academic institution," says the document signed by Varouj Aivazian
(University of Toronto), Israel W. Charny (Institute on the Holocaust
and Genocide Jerusalem, Israel), Vahakn N. Dadrian (Zoryan Institute
Conesus, New York), John Evans (Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
Washington, DC) and others.
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 15, 2012 - 10:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 50 international scholars of Genocide and
Diaspora Studies have issued a formal statement, which appeared in the
latest issue of the journal Genocide Studies and Prevention (Vol. 6,
No. 3), endorsing the work of the Zoryan Institute in systematically
combating the policy of denial by the Turkish State and keeping
the truth of the Armenian Genocide at the forefront of attention
of scholars, educators, opinion and policy-makers, and the public
at large.
"We wish to express publicly our great appreciation for the
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies and
its parent organization, the Zoryan Institute, for their thirty
years of academic work in the field of genocide and human rights
studies. In the face of the continuing problem of genocide in the
twenty-first century, the Institute is to be commended for its service
to the academic community and is recognized by scholars for providing
leadership and a support structure in promoting the cause of universal
human rights and the prevention of genocide. We urgently call upon all
foundations and organizations worldwide concerned with these issues,
as well as individuals committed to preventing this heinous crime,
to provide financial support for this world class academic institution.
If the Institute is to continue its invaluable scholarly and
educational undertakings, it must secure its financial foundation
by raising funds for an endowment and its annual operations," the
declaration says.
"For the past thirty years, the Institute has maintained an ambitious
program to collect archival documentation, conduct original research,
and publish books and periodicals. It also conducts university-level
educational programs in the field of Genocide and Human Rights
Studies, taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach in its
examination of the Jewish Holocaust, the Cambodian Genocide, and the
Rwandan Genocide, among others, using the Armenian Genocide as a point
of reference. In the process, using the highest academic standards,
the Institute has strived to understand the phenomenon of genocide,
establish the incontestable, historical truth of the Armenian Genocide
and raise awareness of it among academics and opinion-makers."
"We appeal to the global community, foundations, organizations,
business leaders, and national and international institutions to
show their tangible and generous support for this highly respected
academic institution," says the document signed by Varouj Aivazian
(University of Toronto), Israel W. Charny (Institute on the Holocaust
and Genocide Jerusalem, Israel), Vahakn N. Dadrian (Zoryan Institute
Conesus, New York), John Evans (Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
Washington, DC) and others.