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February 3, 2015
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian/Director
[email protected]
213.821.3943
The Armenian Genocide's Legacy, 100 Years on
March 6-7, 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands
The University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies
has joined with the Centennial Project Foundation and the Netherlands
Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies to convene a two-day
conference at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, in the
Netherlands, on March 6-7, 2015.
This major interdisciplinary gathering will bring together academics
and professionals from various fields to discuss the impact of the
Genocide. Experts will examine such issues as impunity, sexual
violence, demographics, compensation, memorializing, political
discourse and media approaches.
Keynote speaker, Ronald Suny, Professor Emeritus, University of
Chicago and University of Michigan, will open the conference. He will
be followed by experts in the field of Law (Geoffrey Robertson - QC,
Susan L. Karamanian, Nolwenn Guibert, Sun Kim, Najwa Nabti, Alexis
Demirdjian, Hannibal Travis), historians Ugur Umit Ungor, Jakub Bijak,
Lorne Shirinian, experts in social sciences and humanities (Levon
Chorbajian, Seyhan Bayraktar, Nanor Kebranian, Ayda Erbal, Eugene
Sensenig-Dabbous, Anthonie Holslag), literature, media, education and
journalism scholars Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Lisa Siraganian, Esra
Elmas, Marie-Aude Baronian, Joyce Sahyouni.
Alexis Demirdjian, Director of the Centennial Project Foundation and a
trial attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, said, "We are pleased to
partner with the University of Southern California Dornsife Institute
of Armenian Studies.
We look forward to a conference that is significant going forward
beyond the centennial."
Additional information and participants' bios are available at
http://www.centennialprojectfoundation.org/. Contact details may be
found on the website. The conference is open to the public, free of
charge. Advance registration will open on February 6, 2015.
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USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian/Director
[email protected]
213.821.3943
The Armenian Genocide's Legacy, 100 Years on
March 6-7, 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands
The University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies
has joined with the Centennial Project Foundation and the Netherlands
Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies to convene a two-day
conference at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, in the
Netherlands, on March 6-7, 2015.
This major interdisciplinary gathering will bring together academics
and professionals from various fields to discuss the impact of the
Genocide. Experts will examine such issues as impunity, sexual
violence, demographics, compensation, memorializing, political
discourse and media approaches.
Keynote speaker, Ronald Suny, Professor Emeritus, University of
Chicago and University of Michigan, will open the conference. He will
be followed by experts in the field of Law (Geoffrey Robertson - QC,
Susan L. Karamanian, Nolwenn Guibert, Sun Kim, Najwa Nabti, Alexis
Demirdjian, Hannibal Travis), historians Ugur Umit Ungor, Jakub Bijak,
Lorne Shirinian, experts in social sciences and humanities (Levon
Chorbajian, Seyhan Bayraktar, Nanor Kebranian, Ayda Erbal, Eugene
Sensenig-Dabbous, Anthonie Holslag), literature, media, education and
journalism scholars Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Lisa Siraganian, Esra
Elmas, Marie-Aude Baronian, Joyce Sahyouni.
Alexis Demirdjian, Director of the Centennial Project Foundation and a
trial attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, said, "We are pleased to
partner with the University of Southern California Dornsife Institute
of Armenian Studies.
We look forward to a conference that is significant going forward
beyond the centennial."
Additional information and participants' bios are available at
http://www.centennialprojectfoundation.org/. Contact details may be
found on the website. The conference is open to the public, free of
charge. Advance registration will open on February 6, 2015.
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