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UNL STUDENTS, SCHOLARS TO DISCUSS FORGOTTEN GENOCIDES
The Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska
April 10 2013
Students and scholars will gather Wednesday for "Forgotten Genocides:
New Perspectives on a Less Known History" in the Nebraska Union
Auditorium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Bedross Der Matossian, an assistant history professor at UNL, said
the symposium's goal is to inform the general public on genocides of
the 20th century other than the Holocaust and to gather scholars to
bring new perspectives to understudied genocides.
"Most of these genocides occurred in the 20th century after the
Holocaust," Der Matossian said. "When the whole idea of 'never again'
was a major thing."
Der Matossian will speak about concentration camps during the Armenian
Genocide, which is not yet officially recognized as genocide. The
United States has largely avoided labeling the deaths of 1.5 million
Armenians killed in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Leaders
fear upsetting NATO-ally Turkey, which disputes genocide charges,
according to an April 2012 report by ABC News.
People around the world will commemorate those Armenians on April
24 this year, said Der Matossian, who encouraged everyone to attend
the symposium.
"It's a unique opportunity to hear professors talking about their
expertise on the respective genocides," Der Matossian said. "Despite
the fact that the subject is depressing - it is about mass killings
- it is the duty of every student to learn about these genocides as
part of their undergraduate and graduate education and pass on that
information to future generations."
David Forsythe, a professor emeritus of political science, will
kick off the symposium at 9 a.m. with a discussion on international
legal framework set up prohibiting atrocities and the kind of actions
leaders, organizations and activists can take to oppose them.
Two panels follow the lecture, and the symposium will end at 4 p.m.
The symposium is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by
UNL's Harris Center for Judaic Studies, with additional support from
the Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Program and the Department
of History.
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The Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska
April 10 2013
Students and scholars will gather Wednesday for "Forgotten Genocides:
New Perspectives on a Less Known History" in the Nebraska Union
Auditorium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Bedross Der Matossian, an assistant history professor at UNL, said
the symposium's goal is to inform the general public on genocides of
the 20th century other than the Holocaust and to gather scholars to
bring new perspectives to understudied genocides.
"Most of these genocides occurred in the 20th century after the
Holocaust," Der Matossian said. "When the whole idea of 'never again'
was a major thing."
Der Matossian will speak about concentration camps during the Armenian
Genocide, which is not yet officially recognized as genocide. The
United States has largely avoided labeling the deaths of 1.5 million
Armenians killed in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Leaders
fear upsetting NATO-ally Turkey, which disputes genocide charges,
according to an April 2012 report by ABC News.
People around the world will commemorate those Armenians on April
24 this year, said Der Matossian, who encouraged everyone to attend
the symposium.
"It's a unique opportunity to hear professors talking about their
expertise on the respective genocides," Der Matossian said. "Despite
the fact that the subject is depressing - it is about mass killings
- it is the duty of every student to learn about these genocides as
part of their undergraduate and graduate education and pass on that
information to future generations."
David Forsythe, a professor emeritus of political science, will
kick off the symposium at 9 a.m. with a discussion on international
legal framework set up prohibiting atrocities and the kind of actions
leaders, organizations and activists can take to oppose them.
Two panels follow the lecture, and the symposium will end at 4 p.m.
The symposium is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by
UNL's Harris Center for Judaic Studies, with additional support from
the Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Program and the Department
of History.
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