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PRESS RELEASE
November 7, 2014
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian/Director
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 213.509.7109
THE MANY TRUTHS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Harout Ekmanian, a Syrian-Armenian journalist, will be the guest of
the USC Institute of Armenian Studies at a lunchtime conversation to
be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at 12 pm at the Tutor Campus
Center (TCC) 450 Forum, on campus.
Entitled "The Many Truths of the Middle East," Harout will speak about
the difficult task facing anyone studying the modern Middle East, at
any time, and especially now, as violence rages across borders and
among communities who have forged bonds and lived together in the same
state for decades or centuries. USC Professor Sandy Tolan, a
journalist who teaches at the USC Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism, will be guiding the discussion.
Harout is a journalist who had worked with Arab and western media for
years prior to the beginning of the war. He has lived in Armenia for
over three years and works in various capacities at CivilNet.TV, an
Internet television that serves as a platform for discourse on issues
facing Armenia and the region. Harout produces reports on and from
Turkey and the Arab Middle East, focusing on inclusive regional
dialogue among experts and stakeholders, including Armenians, Turks,
Kurds and Arabs. During the conflict, he traveled to Syria, including
the border with Turkey, reporting on refugees from northern Syria. He
has a broad perspective on old and new struggles for identity and
dominance in the region.
Sandy Tolan is a journalist whose book The Lemon Tree presented a
nuanced, intimate look at the complex struggles and adversities that
have come to define the Middle East generally, and Israeli-Arab
relations specifically. He has produced many programs from the
region. He teaches Radio Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism.
Salpi Ghazarian, the director of the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies, says, "We invite the community to the USC campus for this
program. This, like our previous lunchtime programs, is not a
lecture. It's a conversation between two people who have spent many
years writing about the Middle East, trying to explain past and
present challenges, and the search for peace. Understanding their
work is critical to understanding that intractable-seeming part of the
world which is increasingly closer and closer to us."
Lunch will be served.
The event will be live streamed at: https://capture.usc.edu/Mediasite/Play/f8589d1f67e6497abc8afcddf21b70bc1d
Directions and parking information:
We advise guests to park in Parking Structure D, which is located on
the corner of Jefferson and Figueroa (across from the Shrine). See
attached map for the location of the event (Tutor Campus Center, TCC
450, Forum).
Please call 213.821.3943 if you have any questions regarding the
event, including parking and directions.
About the Institute
Established in 2005, the USC Institute of Armenian Studies supports
multidisciplinary scholarship to re-define, explore and study the
complex issues that make up the contemporary Armenian experience -
from post-Genocide to the developing Republic of Armenia to the
evolving Diaspora. The institute encourages research, publications and
public service, and benefits from communication technologies that link
together the global academic and Armenian communities.
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From: Baghdasarian
November 7, 2014
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian/Director
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 213.509.7109
THE MANY TRUTHS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Harout Ekmanian, a Syrian-Armenian journalist, will be the guest of
the USC Institute of Armenian Studies at a lunchtime conversation to
be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at 12 pm at the Tutor Campus
Center (TCC) 450 Forum, on campus.
Entitled "The Many Truths of the Middle East," Harout will speak about
the difficult task facing anyone studying the modern Middle East, at
any time, and especially now, as violence rages across borders and
among communities who have forged bonds and lived together in the same
state for decades or centuries. USC Professor Sandy Tolan, a
journalist who teaches at the USC Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism, will be guiding the discussion.
Harout is a journalist who had worked with Arab and western media for
years prior to the beginning of the war. He has lived in Armenia for
over three years and works in various capacities at CivilNet.TV, an
Internet television that serves as a platform for discourse on issues
facing Armenia and the region. Harout produces reports on and from
Turkey and the Arab Middle East, focusing on inclusive regional
dialogue among experts and stakeholders, including Armenians, Turks,
Kurds and Arabs. During the conflict, he traveled to Syria, including
the border with Turkey, reporting on refugees from northern Syria. He
has a broad perspective on old and new struggles for identity and
dominance in the region.
Sandy Tolan is a journalist whose book The Lemon Tree presented a
nuanced, intimate look at the complex struggles and adversities that
have come to define the Middle East generally, and Israeli-Arab
relations specifically. He has produced many programs from the
region. He teaches Radio Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism.
Salpi Ghazarian, the director of the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies, says, "We invite the community to the USC campus for this
program. This, like our previous lunchtime programs, is not a
lecture. It's a conversation between two people who have spent many
years writing about the Middle East, trying to explain past and
present challenges, and the search for peace. Understanding their
work is critical to understanding that intractable-seeming part of the
world which is increasingly closer and closer to us."
Lunch will be served.
The event will be live streamed at: https://capture.usc.edu/Mediasite/Play/f8589d1f67e6497abc8afcddf21b70bc1d
Directions and parking information:
We advise guests to park in Parking Structure D, which is located on
the corner of Jefferson and Figueroa (across from the Shrine). See
attached map for the location of the event (Tutor Campus Center, TCC
450, Forum).
Please call 213.821.3943 if you have any questions regarding the
event, including parking and directions.
About the Institute
Established in 2005, the USC Institute of Armenian Studies supports
multidisciplinary scholarship to re-define, explore and study the
complex issues that make up the contemporary Armenian experience -
from post-Genocide to the developing Republic of Armenia to the
evolving Diaspora. The institute encourages research, publications and
public service, and benefits from communication technologies that link
together the global academic and Armenian communities.
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From: Baghdasarian